Electric Picnic 2013 *Discussion only. NO ticket sales/requests*

Eroticplants

Alt-j still on the cards for EP, sexual.

Eod100

Marseyred wrote: »

Just checking my glamping option for this years EP and yurtsandsqurts.co.uk have a statement saying the line up for EP is due to be announced around 10th March!!!

Hope they're right.. Everyone seems to be in the know except the punters which seems like a strange way to do business!

exilec

grudgehugger wrote: »

The Longitude announcement not overly strong in my opinion... really hope EP is full steam ahead and its line-up packs more of a punch.

I think it will be on, let's see who they've booked!

Me too !!, but seems so strange that they never even tried to confirm that its on. You would imagine they done something before longitude was announced..

Eod100

exilec wrote: »

Me too !!, but seems so strange that they never even tried to confirm that its on. You would imagine they done something before longitude was announced..

EP have stated loads of times that it's going ahead.. It's just the fact that they haven't released ticket/line-up info yet which is worrying and that they've disappeared from social media for the last month..

Mountainlad

Eod100 wrote: »

EP have stated loads of times that it's going ahead.. It's just the fact that they haven't released ticket/line-up info yet which is worrying and that they've disappeared from social media for the last month..

And the fact that they've lost so much money in the past two years, I think that's what is really worrying people.

Micky Dolenz

Been hearing a few rumours that it isn't going to happen this year.

Hopefully there is no truth in it. I don't really care who plays it as long as I'm there and wondering around in a wonderful cloud of wonderfulness

guest2003

Just spoke to a friend in Vodafone and there all set up and good to go for EP 2013. Plus the Strypes announced on radio 1 that they were playing there also!!!!

SAY ITS TRUE!

grudgehugger

How about we all make a pact to ban the "is it on, is it off?" topic from this thread and just focus our valuable energy on idle and ultimately pointless speculation on who's going to be on the line-up?

There's usually some headline dance music act on around midnight on Saturday night on the main stage.

My money is on The Prodigy to take that slot this year.

Playing Creamfields the week before.

Anyone got any other ideas for who could end up in that slot?

ghostdancer

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2013/02/28/here-come-the-summer-festivals/

The one event not mentioned above is, of course, the Electric Picnic. They are due to announce their line-up in March so that means anytime from tomorrow until Easter. There have been a lot of on-off rumours about the Stradbally event in the last few months, something that even promoter Melvin Benn’s assertion to this reporter in January, that the event will go ahead as usual, has done nothing to stop. Word is that there is a MCD-housed booker at work on the line-up for the festival’s tenth run and that it will go ahead. But given that the Picnic didn’t embark on an early bird ticket drive this year – something which always works as excellent word-of-mouth promotion for the festival – how the festival has struggled to attract big numbers in recent years, the huge losses incurred and the various bouts of ownership arm-wrestling which have been going on, it may well be a tough year for this chequered event.

interesting that another area where POD once handled is now being overseen by FR/MCD.

ghostdancer

grudgehugger wrote: »

How about we all make a pact to ban the "is it on, is it off?" topic from this thread and just focus our valuable energy on idle and ultimately pointless speculation on who's going to be on the line-up?

There's usually some headline dance music act on around midnight on Saturday night on the main stage.

My money is on The Prodigy to take that slot this year.

Playing Creamfields the week before.

Anyone got any other ideas for who could end up in that slot?

i see Basement Jaxx are at V Festival a few eeks before EP, and Bestival has Chic, who closed the main stage on Saturday in 2009, and were apparently very good.

lordgoat

Chic again please and i might go.

Eroticplants

For the first announcement I'm expecting Fiona Apple and The Knife.
How much do you's wanna bet?

Gonzovision

I would go for the Knife.

nocoverart

Eroticplants wrote: »

For the first announcement I'm expecting Fiona Apple and The Knife.
How much do you's wanna bet?

I don't think Fiona Apple does many live shows. I suppose you could of said the same for The Knife and look at them now, they're doing loads of Festivals and shows :P

Eroticplants

If Fiona Apple doesn't get announced then my housemate is gonna take me for every penny I've got. :L

Furious-Red

grudgehugger wrote: »

How about we all make a pact to ban the "is it on, is it off?" topic from this thread and just focus our valuable energy on idle and ultimately pointless speculation on who's going to be on the line-up?

There's usually some headline dance music act on around midnight on Saturday night on the main stage.

My money is on The Prodigy to take that slot this year.

Playing Creamfields the week before.

Anyone got any other ideas for who could end up in that slot?

Can see Oxegen grabbing Prodigy :mad:

electrobanana

Furious-Red wrote: »

Can see Oxegen grabbing Prodigy :mad:

Hope they play the picnic been a while since i saw them plus they must be the only big edm act not to play that Saturday midnight slot if im not mistaken!

Furious-Red

electrobanana wrote: »

Hope they play the picnic been a while since i saw them plus they must be the only big edm act not to play that Saturday midnight slot if im not mistaken!

Ah yea because i really wanna see them again and dont really wanna go to Oxegen for it

breakfasttime

So far I'm calling st.vincent and david byrne, the knife and depeche mode for picnic.

Marseyred

Would love to see Depeche Mode at EP, they are on tour this year so maybe..........??????

sadie06

breakfasttime wrote: »

So far I'm calling st.vincent and david byrne, the knife and depeche mode for picnic.

I hope you are right on both counts. My festival experience would be coming full circle with David Byrne, having seen him at Féile '92! :eek:


I'm really hoping for Alt J....my number one wish for this year. The singer's delivery reminds me so much of John Martyn.

WoollyRedHat

breakfasttime wrote: »

So far I'm calling st.vincent and david byrne, the knife and depeche mode for picnic.

NO MORE KNIVES, STOP THE CARNAGE!

ghostdancer

breakfasttime wrote: »

So far I'm calling st.vincent and david byrne, the knife and depeche mode for picnic.

St. Vincent and David Byrne is right anyway.

Belle & Sebastian and Warpaint too from what I'm told...

The Guardian

Glen Hansard on board too I think.
Plus Paddy Casey.
Mundy will prob fall in too.

nocoverart

The Guardian wrote: »

Glen Hansard on board too I think.
Plus Paddy Casey.
Mundy will prob fall in too.

Sure I think they all have property there at this stage

The Guardian

Pretty sure I saw Mundy wandering around in a stewarts jacket last year..
was doing a good job too

breakfasttime

ghostdancer wrote: »

St. Vincent and David Byrne is right anyway.

Belle & Sebastian and Warpaint too from what I'm told...

Oh right, a good bit of cross over with the end of the road festival. I'm happy with that!

electrobanana

Furious-Red wrote: »

Ah yea because i really wanna see them again and dont really wanna go to Oxegen for it

Same here plus there's a good chance them playing because i just cant think who else they could get for that slot.

grudgehugger

Belle and Sebastian would be very nice...

Eroticplants

Thee Oh Sees.
Please.