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

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    #452
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    Joe Hart wrote: »
    It's not happening.

    Ok thanks.

    \source?


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    #453
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users Posts: 12,552 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Joe Hart wrote: »
    It's not happening.

    Link please, Ive not seen anything official yet.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #454
    Joe Hart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭Joe Hart


    Magnemo festival is not on this year and you won't find any link to for it as it doesn't exist. People issue press releases when they are putting on stuff not when there is nothing to announce.


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    #455
    Mountainlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,851 ✭✭✭Mountainlad


    Joe Hart wrote: »
    Magnemo festival is not on this year and you won't find any link to for it as it doesn't exist. People issue press releases when they are putting on stuff not when there is nothing to announce.

    Yeah it's not like Oxegen or Glastonbury announced last year that they weren't going ah...wait a minute!


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    #456
    Joe Hart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭Joe Hart


    Mountainlad wrote: »
    Yeah it's not like Oxegen or Glastonbury announced last year that they weren't going ah...wait a minute!

    These are festivals that had big numbers of paying customers and planned on returning unlike Electric Picnic.


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    #457
    [Deleted User]
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    Joe Hart wrote: »

    These are festivals that had big numbers of paying customers and planned on returning unlike Electric Picnic.


    Yeah. That's exactly like Electric Picnic...






























    ... ;)


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    #458
    Joe Hart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭Joe Hart


    EP was mostly staff/volunteers and freebies. That's why they were losing so much money.


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    #459
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,371 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    Joe Hart wrote: »
    EP was mostly staff/volunteers and freebies. That's why they were losing so much money.

    One more post trolling and you're done.


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    #460
    Joe Hart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭Joe Hart


    lordgoat wrote: »
    One more post trolling and you're done.

    You might as well shut the thread as its not happening. Take my word for it, I'm in the industry.


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    #461
    Rastadoyle
    Registered Users Posts: 208 ✭✭Rastadoyle


    Mr.S wrote: »
    Joe Hart, Irelands number 1 music event promoter!

    and very good goalkeeper


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    #462
    Joe Hart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭Joe Hart


    The talk in industry was of 15K paying punters. I predicted that 2011 would be the last but they stupidly went ahead and lost another packet last year. They would need to completely reinvent themselves if they were to make any money this year but its far too late for that.


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    #463
    The Guardian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭The Guardian


    sure if the killers didnt enable them to make some dosh no one will..

    has Bowie ruled himself out of the event btw?


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    #464
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    Joe Hart wrote: »
    You might as well shut the thread as its not happening. Take my word for it, I'm in the industry.

    the industry of rabble rousing?

    I am also involved in the industry and was asked if i was available for the date. While I agree its still possibly not going ahead for reasons laid out... its certainly not off the cards yet.


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    #465
    Toast
    Registered Users Posts: 2,829 ✭✭✭Toast


    Bowie has yet to confirm he will tour again ever.


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    #466
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Toast wrote: »
    Bowie has yet to confirm he will tour again ever.

    At this stage I think there's more chance of Bowie touring than a 2013 Electric Picnic.

    It's nearly April now and still not a whisper.


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    #467
    The Guardian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭The Guardian


    Bowie, Dylan and the Cure
    this mix would draw a real crowd
    real musicians too.

    C'mon EP - sign em up.


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    #468
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,935 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    The Guardian wrote: »
    Bowie, Dylan and the Cure
    this mix would draw a real crowd
    real musicians too.

    C'mon EP - sign em up.

    The Cure only played 2 years ago


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    #469
    sadie06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭sadie06


    Furious-Red wrote: »
    The Cure only played 2 years ago

    Last year actually.

    If we are going to throw 'I'm in the industry' around, my husband is 'in the industry' and his organisation are all set to go and do what they usually do, and have not heard otherwise. They are involved in a pretty major set-up, year in year out.

    Meaningless really, but I just thought I'd join in.......


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    #470
    Joe Hart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 358 ✭✭Joe Hart


    It costs nothing to make a few provisional bookings in the very off chance that they decide to run a smaller festival.


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    #471
    Eroticplants
    Registered Users Posts: 1,551 ✭✭✭Eroticplants


    I'm David Bowie and I'm headlining the Sunday, suck it ya'll.

    Also, I'd like FIDLAR please?


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    #472
    Eod100
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    Just had a look at the Festival Republic fb page and noticed that they told someone today that EP is going ahead..Still fairly skeptical though! :(


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    #473
    exilec
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭exilec


    Eod100 wrote: »
    Just had a look at the Festival Republic fb page and noticed that they told someone today that EP is going ahead..Still fairly skeptical though! :(

    Took them 2 weeks to give such a short reply...?
    Surely they could of given a more positive answer..:confused:


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    #474
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,774 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    exilec wrote: »
    Took them 2 weeks to give such a short reply...?
    Surely they could of given a more positive answer..:confused:

    Yeah I don't know what to make of it all at this stage.

    Like if it was 100% going ahead, why has there not been a peep from EP on fb/twitter about it? The end of March is fast approaching too so unless they come out with concrete details before then it looks like a non-starter..


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    #475
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users Posts: 12,552 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Im thinking they might have scooped someone big and they are just waiting till April to blow our minds, perhaps they have got the European festival exclusive of Daft Punk, please blow our minds EP please do.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #476
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Im thinking they might have scooped someone big and they are just waiting till April to blow our minds, perhaps they have got the European festival exclusive of Daft Punk, please blow our minds EP please do.

    i dont think ep has the funds for blockbuster acts, compare to oxegen there is alot less sponsorship and branding around which i imagine brings in the bucks big time also being a smaller festival economies of scale comes in to play too.


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    #477
    grudgehugger
    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭grudgehugger


    Some interesting names at Bestival.

    Elton John for the Picnic rather than Oxegen???

    Would certainly sell some tickets...

    Add in Snoop Dogg, Flaming Lips, Belle and Sebastian and the Knife and you've have the beginnings of a varied and diverse line-up.


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    #478
    raymann
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭raymann


    did ep sell out every year? i was under the impression that tickets were really hard to get? incidently the secret garden party in the uk is basically all the stuff that goes on at glastonbury from 11pm - 6am. best festival ive ever been to...


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    #479
    LeftBlank
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    raymann wrote: »
    did ep sell out every year? i was under the impression that tickets were really hard to get? incidently the secret garden party in the uk is basically all the stuff that goes on at glastonbury from 11pm - 6am. best festival ive ever been to...

    It hasn't sold out in a good few years now - reckon 2007 or 2008 would have been the last sell out. Open to correction though.


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    #480
    maximoose
    Registered Users Posts: 9,202 ✭✭✭maximoose


    LeftBlank wrote: »
    It hasn't sold out in a good few years now - reckon 2007 or 2008 would have been the last sell out. Open to correction though.

    I think you are right yeah, 2008 definitely sold out but I don't think it has since then.


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    #481
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users Posts: 12,552 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    i dont think ep has the funds for blockbuster acts, compare to oxegen there is alot less sponsorship and branding around which i imagine brings in the bucks big time also being a smaller festival economies of scale comes in to play too.

    Well considering RockNess bagged Daft Punk in 2007 and thats a 35,000 capacity festival, I cannot see why they could not do EP. Oxegen bagged them in 2007 much to the detriment of the Scottish counterpart T in the Park and its fans, as RockNess had scooped them as a Scottish exclusive that year.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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