Electric Picnic 2014 ** NO TICKET DISCUSSION ALLOWED ** see new mod note

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

BadTurtle wrote: »

The Stranglers, The Blades and The Wailers are all old.

I'm not that old :pac:


My older brother loved The Stranglers and turned me right off them by playing them non-stop.

Will take in The Wailers for sure though.

scruff monkey

NordieSteve wrote: »

Never understood why people bring food to Electric Picnic, the food choice is excellent and ****ing delicious.

It's handy to have a few breakfast bar type things in the tent for munchies post nap time, the food in general though is awesome

LUPE

NordieSteve wrote: »

They'll still sound ten times better than **** like ellie goulding, Kodaline or the script.

Ellie Goulding and Kodaline were great last year (or year before?) in fairness to them.

BadTurtle

LUPE wrote: »

Ellie Goulding and Kodaline were great last year (or year before?) in fairness to them.

I'll take your word for it. Kodaline are so boring Coldplay laugh at them.

grudgehugger

Some names I'd like for the next announcement. All playing live dates at the moment, with no Irish festival bookings that I know of or gigs in USA the weekend of EP. Really hoping a few of these that are playing End of the Road will make it onto the EP Lineup....

Daniel Avery
SBTRKT
Gruff Rhys
Tune-Yards
Run The Jewels
Greg Wilson

... and if Bonnie Prince Billy's Dun Laoghaire gig is a warm-up for EP, that would be very very nice.

ghostdancer

Gruff Rhys is playing Castlepalooza a few weeks before EP, so probably unlikely.

PaddyPooHead

Eroticplants wrote: »

Janelle did a talk in the Hotpress tent last year.

Nah mate it was an exclusive playing of her new album but she wasn't actually there.

kellso81

BadTurtle wrote: »

Kodaline are so boring Coldplay laugh at them.

I was walking through body and soul two years ago and sat down at the main stage and they came on. I thought they had won a competition or something to play at EP. They sounded like a small town pub band. Couldn't believe it 6 months later when they exploded in popularity.

kellso81

Mr.S wrote: »

They where popular before EP!

I'd never heard of them. They only released their first EP after that performance so couldn't have been that big.

Mouzone

Eroticplants wrote: »

There's nothing open on the Thursday. Just you and a load of campervans. The craic is mighty though.
It is an unruly walk to the main arena.

What's the point of paying €60 for a camper van ticket when your parked as far as possible from the main arena? Might as well just park in the free car park.

BaZmO*

Mouzone wrote: »

What's the point of paying €60 for a camper van ticket when your parked as far as possible from the main arena? Might as well just park in the free car park.

I'd imagine the Camper Van area has access to water and electricity to hook the van up to?

SmallBalls

BaZmO* wrote: »

I'd imagine the Camper Van area has access to water and electricity to hook the van up to?

No electricity to hook up to!

melekalikimaka

Le_Dooner wrote: »

Out of interest, has anyone done the volunteering before and would ye recommend it? Been looking on their site every now and again and it keeps saying Coming Soon, any ideas when applications for it opens?

i've been involved with the volunteering for a long time, depends what volunteering. tbh everyone who does it has a blast and alot are return volunteers too, theres perks depending where you work. havent paid to go to a gig since witnness, and i've done all eps and alot others

Thundercats Ho

Mouzone wrote: »

What's the point of paying €60 for a camper van ticket when your parked as far as possible from the main arena? Might as well just park in the free car park.

Is that even allowed? If so (and depending on where you were in the carpark) the walk in to the main arena would only be an extra 5mins?

BaZmO* wrote: »

I'd imagine the Camper Van area has access to water and electricity to hook the van up to?

No electricity hook up. There's access to water, but it's the same as the main camp-sites, in that it's just a few taps.

There are 4-5 portaloos, and a big tank, for emptying the sh!tters.

You're basically paying €66 for the privilege of having a camper, and have the longest walk of any of the punters thrown in as well.

The comfort is great and all, but €66 to park your camper is a bit much tbf.

UsedToWait

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

You're basically paying €66 for the privilege of having a camper, and have the longest walk of any of the punters thrown in as well.

The comfort is great and all, but €66 to park your camper is a bit much tbf.

Have to agree.. I'm a bit long in the tooth for tenting it at this stage - need a good night's sleep, but the distance involved at EP does take the good out of it a bit, and I've avoided EP for smaller festivals like B&S and Vantastival in the last few years, mainly for this reason.

Skipping B&S this year in protest of last year's horrible set-up, so it's back to the long walk at EP for me - can't wait though

bodhrandude

I'm hoping now that Forbidden Fruit don't snag Moderat as they are due to announce additions next week too, seeing that they are playing Primavera in the same weekend. Moderat don't have a booking for June 1st the Sunday of FF. I hope they play EP again but seeing that they played 2009 and the way FF works at getting previous EP acts, it might very well happen. :eek:

NordieSteve

bodhrandude wrote: »

I'm hoping now that Forbidden Fruit don't snag Moderat as they are due to announce additions next week too, seeing that they are playing Primavera in the same weekend. Moderat don't have a booking for June 1st the Sunday of FF. I hope they play EP again but seeing that they played 2009 and the way FF works at getting previous EP acts, it might very well happen. :eek:

Never been to forbidden fruit, I'd say moderat would make me nab a ticket.

Furious-Red

AdMMM

Got an email about a gig in the Button Factory on the 27th of August with Russian Circles, Emma Ruth Rundle, And So I Watch You from Afar, and Tera Melos. Would be very surprised if the majority of those weren't also on the EP line up a few days later!

garrkell

bodhrandude wrote: »

I'm hoping now that Forbidden Fruit don't snag Moderat as they are due to announce additions next week too, seeing that they are playing Primavera in the same weekend. Moderat don't have a booking for June 1st the Sunday of FF. I hope they play EP again but seeing that they played 2009 and the way FF works at getting previous EP acts, it might very well happen. :eek:

by the looks of it, all the main acts have been added

Furious-Red

So realistically who are people expecting tomorrow?

Ill go for

Damon Albarn
Janelle Monae
Basement Jaxx
Tame Impala

garrkell

Chromeo
Moderat

BadTurtle

Damon is a dead certainty. Mogwai self-confirmed. Caribou and Chromeo near-certainties.

AlanDeGenerous

Furious-Red wrote: »

So realistically who are people expecting tomorrow?

Ill go for

Damon Albarn
Janelle Monae
Basement Jaxx
Tame Impala

What makes you say that?! Would love to see them.

I reckon:

The Horrors
Interpol
Royal Blood

AdMMM

Thought this announcement was today

Eroticplants

Lykki Li, Robyn and Royksopp, Modest Mouse, Death Grips.

we'llallhavetea

Eroticplants wrote: »

Lykki Li, Robyn and Royksopp, Modest Mouse, Death Grips.

Would LOVE robyn and modest mouse, there will be a fair amount of squealing done if they're announced

Rfrip

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

Would LOVE robyn and modest mouse, there will be a fair amount of squealing done if they're announced

I'd love Robyn aswell. Although the song with royksopp isn't great

Rough Sleeper

Eroticplants wrote: »

Lykki Li, Robyn and Royksopp, Modest Mouse, Death Grips.

Looking at their tour dates, it seems most of them will be on the other side of the Atlantic in August. I'd give my left one to have Death Grips there, though. Even if their last album was a bit disappointing.

Furious-Red

AlanDeGenerous wrote: »

What makes you say that?! Would love to see them.

I reckon:

The Horrors
Interpol
Royal Blood

Well maybe its more wishful thinking that Tame Impala would play:)