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

conti

Jeden wrote: »

I wonder would they setup a tent/area for up and coming Irish artists?

Picnic has been great to Irish acts old and new, they have loads of them play every year.

am777

peteeeed wrote: »

No killers

Another quote from my source; "quite ironically, the killers almoost killed the picnic."

Eod100

am777 wrote: »

Another quote from my source; "quite ironically, the killers almoost killed the picnic."

I'd have thought they would've boosted day ticket sales nah?

am777

Eod100 wrote: »

I'd have thought they would've boosted day ticket sales nah?

Well see that's the problem, weekend tickets dropped as a result. Common sense would have put the Killers on Friday or Saturday instead!

nomoreindie

am777 wrote: »

Well see that's the problem, weekend tickets dropped as a result. Common sense would have put the Killers on Friday or Saturday instead!

I would have thought that poor management and poor selection of bands over the past few years killed the picnic.

am777

nomoreindie wrote: »

I would have thought that poor management and poor selection of bands over the past few years killed the picnic.

Poor selection of bands? That would depend on your music taste.

nomoreindie

am777 wrote: »

Poor selection of bands? That would depend on your music taste.

Of course it does, but to have losses approaching €900,000 over the past few years would suggest that a lot of punters werent interested in the bands being booked and stayed away.

Joe Hart

They lost money because the tickets were ridiculously overpriced. The weren't getting the numbers.

am777

Joe Hart wrote: »

They lost money because the tickets were ridiculously overpriced. The weren't getting the numbers.

Well, overpriced no more!

roll

u could get rid of at least one of the crawdady/cosby/little big tent... bad sound in general in that area.... the cheaper tix does make me a bit nervous that they'll completely decimate the festival tho....

run_Forrest_run

roll wrote: »

u could get rid of at least one of the crawdady/cosby/little big tent... bad sound in general in that area.... the cheaper tix does make me a bit nervous that they'll completely decimate the festival tho....

god no, don't get rid of the Little Big Tent, well don't get rid of the type of acts that typically play there anyway, some savage DJs and acts appeared in that lil tent over the years:)

ghostdancer

agreed, the Crawdaddy/Cosby ones could probably be merged into one though if they're cutting down the number of acts a bit, they're both similar enough with the size of acts they have in them...

Eod100

Someone over on EP's fb page is claiming this is the leaked line-up:

Alabama shakes
Band of Horses
Bat For Lashes
Foals
Franz Ferdinand
Editors
Jake Bugg
Kendrick Lamar
The Knife
The Lumineers
Majro Lazer
Nine Inch Nails
Tame Impala
MIA
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Flaming Lips
Wu Tang Clan
Belle & Sebastian
Jessie Ware
Sinead O' Connor
James Blake
Johnny Marr
Where's My Elephant?
Bastille
The Strypes
Dexys
Caravan Palace
Hackney Empire
The Roots
Savages
The Walkman
John Cooper Clark
Laura Mvula
Billy Bragg
HAIM
Hurts
The 2 Bears
Portishead
First Aid Kit

Not sure how plausible it is though!

conti

@Eod100 I know one band on there who are 100% playing it so this lineup is plausible.

Eod100

conti wrote: »

@Eod100 I know one band on there who are 100% playing it so this lineup is plausible.

Heard the Strypes?

There def seems to be an EP-vibe to the list alright..

corm500

List looks fine but there is not one headline act on it. None of these names could close the main stage

Eod100

corm500 wrote: »

List looks fine but there is not one headline act on it. None of these names could close the main stage

Flaming Lips or Wu-Tang or Nine Inch Nails or Portishead maybe?

conti

corm500 wrote: »

List looks fine but there is not one headline act on it. None of these names could close the main stage

The Knife, NIN, Flaming Lips, three headliners right there.

Eod100

Was comparing it to last year's initial line-up and it seems to have the same mix of Irish acts, new acts, indie, etc.

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2012/03/01/here-we-go-electric-picnic-2012-official-line-up/

But then again someone could have just made this up!

ghostdancer

not true.
several of those are playing Longitude, or their own gigs shortly before EP, so unlikely (eg. Tame Impala are playing Dublin 10days before, they won't be playing EP too.)
a few of them are booked, or at least very likely to play.
there's a few that were booked that aren't there.

Bat for Lashes is playing in Canada that weekend, so that definitely isn't true. probably others are elsewhere that weekend too, but i'm not bothered going through them.

and i'm pretty sure "Where's My Elephant" isn't a band, but a Simpsons reference :pac:

Eod100

ghostdancer wrote: »

several of those are playing Longitude, or their own gigs shortly before EP, so unlikely. a few of them are booked, or at least very likely to play. there's a few that were booked that aren't there.

Bat for Lashes is playing in Canada that weekend, so that definitely isn't true. probably others are elsewhere that weekend too, but i'm not bothered going through them.

in short, someone's made that up, but a few of those will almost certainly be playing if it goes ahead.

Ah yeah, never thought that it was 100% true or anything but gives an idea of what sort of acts might play. Can see Haim playing it even though they're supporting in Marlay Park before EP.

If I had to guess who could play EP of the list, this it'd be it. Maybe more of a wish-list though! (idle speculation I know) :P


Alabama shakes
Band of Horses
Foals
Kendrick Lamar
The Knife
The Lumineers
Nine Inch Nails
Tame Impala
MIA
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Flaming Lips
Belle & Sebastian
Jessie Ware
Sinead O' Connor
James Blake
Where's My Elephant?
Bastille
The Strypes
Dexys
The Roots
Savages
The Walkman
Laura Mvula
Billy Bragg
HAIM
Portishead
First Aid Kit

Eod100

ghostdancer wrote: »

and i'm pretty sure "Where's My Elephant" isn't a band, but a Simpsons reference :pac:

Think it's safe to assume the weirder a band name sounds the more likely it is to exist :P http://wheresmyelephant.bandcamp.com/

Don't seem to have much of a following though!

ghostdancer

Eod100 wrote: »

Ah yeah, never thought that it was 100% true or anything but gives an idea of what sort of acts might play. Can see Haim playing it even though they're supporting in Marlay Park before EP.

If I had to guess who could play EP of the list, this it'd be it. Maybe more of a wish-list though! (idle speculation I know) :P

well most of them are playing Bestival the week after EP, so it's likely that a good few of them will play anyway.

Toast

"Leaked" Lineup was posted on the EP facebook originally by a guy who seems to be a Simpsons fan based on his profile. Almost certainly made up by him.

danniemcq

EP is turning out to be the music version of Half Life 3

Oasis_Dublin

Any word on the apparent court case yet?

catch--22

The founder of the Electric Picnic has begun a High Court action fighting for control of the festival. #EP

Red Fm News

The founder of the Electric Picnic has begun a High Court action fighting for control of the festival.

John Reynolds claims promoters, 'Festival Republic', which invested in the event four years ago, has removed him from any meaningful role.

The promoter says there has been interference in band selection and breaches of the shareholders agreement.

He's asked for the case to be fast-tracked at the Commercial Court, explaining there is 'considerable urgency' if this year's Electric Picnic is to go ahead.

Oasis_Dublin

Terrible that they are putting their egos in the way of 30,000 people's enjoyment

Eod100

catch--22 wrote: »

Red Fm News

Cheers for that!

Where'd you find the second quote btw?

catch--22

Eod100 wrote: »

Cheers for that!

Where'd you find the second quote btw?

Today Fm news report.