Electric Picnic 2013 Discussion only. NO ticket sales/requests

deeks · 15-04-2013 3:09pm

With the level of animosity involved I really can't see how it will go ahead this year. I can't imagine either party will willingly back down from their position as the spat is now so public and the egos involved appear to be pretty large.

The Blur situation is a perfect example. Rather than booking them for EP (which would have been brilliant imho) both promoters involved in EP were basically fighting over them for their own separate gigs. Complete lunacy!!

sissorhands · 15-04-2013 3:10pm

The loss of Body & Soul, and The Salty Dogg is pretty much the loss of the festival. Sure there's the acts that go on til 2am, but after that, what? Those places are what makes Electric Picnic unique.

grudgehugger · 15-04-2013 3:39pm

If they cut Body and Soul, it'll take a very special line-up to take me down to Stradbally

super_furry · 15-04-2013 3:44pm

Without Body and Soul it's no longer Electric Picnic. Wandering through there at 1am, stopping to hear bands you would never otherwise see and doing all that in amazing and almost fairytale surroundings, is what made the festival for me.

sissorhands · 15-04-2013 5:35pm

On the situation of headliners, Flaming Lips and Basement Jaxx would certainly be suitable! And they're touring. I know they've played before, but not everyone has seen them.

exilec · 15-04-2013 5:41pm

sissorhands wrote: »

On the situation of headliners, Flaming Lips and Basement Jaxx would certainly be suitable! And they're touring. I know they've played before, but not everyone has seen them.

2 amazing live bands..:cool:

daenerysstormborn3 · 15-04-2013 6:29pm

Is The Salty Dogg definitely gone? I was talking to someone over the weekend who said her friend runs The Salty Dogg and she was already scheduled to be working for her friend at EP this year. According to this person, EP is definitely going ahead. It's all a bit confusing.

bodhrandude · 15-04-2013 6:37pm

Well the announcement is only really a month late, although it was announced at the start of March last year, but most years it has been launched around the middle of March. Ok there was no early birds this year but Oxegen has still to be launched too, so it should be interesting with two major festivals launching at the same time, if they actually launch.

ghostdancer · 15-04-2013 6:42pm

pixiebean22 wrote: »

Is The Salty Dogg definitely gone? I was talking to someone over the weekend who said her friend runs The Salty Dogg and she was already scheduled to be working for her friend at EP this year. According to this person, EP is definitely going ahead. It's all a bit confusing.

it will almost certainly be there this year, same as Body and Soul, which has already started booking acts and hiring people.
one of the organisers in a private email questioned how sustainable they were, but no decision or anything was made, so they should be there this year if it goes ahead.

buff_alo · 15-04-2013 7:20pm

I love the salty dog - best gig i have seen there was sea sick steve

Rfrip · 15-04-2013 10:21pm

grudgehugger wrote: »

If they cut Body and Soul, it'll take a very special line-up to take me down to Stradbally

Ya me too, if there was no body n soul then it wud be just like oxygen almost
Nah they couldn't do it without body n soul

danniemcq · 16-04-2013 8:05am

buff_alo wrote: »

I love the salty dog - best gig i have seen there was sea sick steve

Bellowhead last year was one of the highlights of any EP

JohnFalstaff · 16-04-2013 10:10am

Mr.S wrote: »

Ban for life for whoever doesn't pay! :pac:

I see Joe Hart has only gone and gotten himself banned...pre-emptive strike I wonder?

Does this mean the picnic is actually going ahead?!?

lordgoat · 16-04-2013 10:57am

Some acts on twitter saying they've been booked for EP hmmm maybe it is going ahead.

I'm guessing some form of announcement before Friday.

Eroticplants · 16-04-2013 11:14am

What acts? Anyone pee.in the pants exciting?

donal666 · 16-04-2013 11:16am

Looking good....

http://entertainment.ie/music/news/Irish-journalist-reveals-Electric-Picnic-booking/177536.htm

16-04-2013 11:18am

Olaf Tyaransen @OlafTyaransen

I've just been booked for the Electric Picnic. So looks like it's all going ahead...

Means Mindfield should still be there...

ghostdancer · 16-04-2013 11:44am

donal666 wrote: »

Looking good....

http://entertainment.ie/music/news/Irish-journalist-reveals-Electric-Picnic-booking/177536.htm

this being the most relevant part of the article:

but it's likely that certain sections of the festival - such as Mindfield, for example - are proceeding with their bookings on the assumption that the festival will proceed as usual this year and that's likely dependent on the result of mediation between POD and Festival Republic.

Rfrip · 16-04-2013 1:57pm

ghostdancer wrote: »

this being the most relevant part of the article:

Oh dear

recyclebin · 16-04-2013 2:12pm

Change the band names and a few other details and then we could merge the Electric Picnic and Oxegen threads. A lot of guessing being done about both festivals but the promoters of both are not giving any info to the public.

I keep coming back to both threads and get excited to see there are new posts but then I leave disappointed as still nothing has been announced officially for either of them.

H8GHOTI · 16-04-2013 3:40pm

New post, still no news

Sorry recyclebin :pac:

recyclebin · 16-04-2013 4:04pm

H8GHOTI wrote: »

New post, still no news

Sorry recyclebin :pac:

:mad:

daenerysstormborn3 · 16-04-2013 8:26pm

Goldfrapp have announced they're headlining Lovebox, hoping and wishing and praying that if EP goes ahead, they'll be there.

bodhrandude · 16-04-2013 9:45pm

Zurich Open Air festival have the Knife down for August 30th, so still plausible for the Picnic on the 31st or Sept 1st as their next gig is Bestival on the 7th. http://theknife.net/

macscoob · 17-04-2013 5:22am

it on like donkey cong!!!! you heard it here first!

grudgehugger · 17-04-2013 8:08am

macscoob wrote: »

it on like donkey cong!!!! you heard it here first!

Not sure how to interpret the above statement.

Is it "on" like this Donkey Cong (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/donkey-cong/14/706/181)?

If yes, then it may exist but there is barely a pulse... looks pretty dead to me.

Perhaps your post was a cryptic confirmation of all our worst fears - EP going ahead without Body and Soul?

Say it ain't so - please!!!!! And whatever you're saying - sources please. Otherwise people might think you're just posting wild speculation. And god knows that's not what this thread is about.