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

dixiechick88

when i fIrst heard the second announcement I was a little bit underwhelmed but on a positive note..My one regret from last year was I spent too much time at the main stage & the woods, Im looking forward to a bit more wandering this year, the wailers im very excited about checking out, presuming they will be in trench town? Also I would LOVE to see hermitage green added to the line up again, saw them last year on the sunday afternoon (absolutely DYING) and they really got the crowd going, my hangover melted away, CRACKING BAND!

bodhrandude

dixiechick88 wrote: »

when i fIrst heard the second announcement I was a little bit underwhelmed but on a positive note..My one regret from last year was I spent too much time at the main stage & the woods, Im looking forward to a bit more wandering this year, the wailers im very excited about checking out, presuming they will be in trench town? Also I would LOVE to see hermitage green added to the line up again, saw them last year on the sunday afternoon (absolutely DYING) and they really got the crowd going, my hangover melted away, CRACKING BAND!

Last time they played I think in 2009 they played both, they played the main stage on Sunday afternoon and played in one of the Trenchtown stages on Saturday night, so probably will be the same this year.

Furious-Red

bodhrandude wrote: »

The Prodigy could still get added as they will need some levy when the price goes up to 230 odd, it makes sense and would probably be after the Marquee gig. EP has done this a few times added big names quite late in the announcement. I've just checked their site again and their tour ends the weekend of 23rd August, so perhaps Benito thats the actual end of their tour or a shock announcement to shift the dearer tickets.

Yea good point they will need a big announcment to make people pay the 230 price , so it was better to do a smaller less massive announcement now and then the last one to have a few more biggish acts

freddiemoore

Furious-Red wrote: »

Yea good point they will need a big announcment to make people pay the 230 price , so it was better to do a smaller less massive announcement now and then the last one to have a few more biggish acts

Sounds like some good wishful thinking there! Hope you're right though.

endainoz

maximoose wrote: »

I've witnessed plenty of these people at every Picnic since 2006.

Oxegen was pretty great 2004-2008ish. It's a shame it'll only be remembered for the ****storm it became after that.

Very true, like a lot of other people here I started out going to Oxegen since it began in 2004. 2009 was the last great one I think. Went to it in 2010, seemed to be more of a rough crowd by then. (or maybe I had outgrown it) Anyway went to my first picnic the same year, swore never to go to Oxegen again. Turns out my timing was perfect.

hugeglobe

Would it be out of the question to still hope that moderat will be added?

bodhrandude

hugeglobe wrote: »

Would it be out of the question to still hope that moderat will be added?

Well the good news is that they weren't announced for FF and these dates are still vacant around Picnic time, so perhaps they are waiting for the last early bird deadline of July 2nd I think before making an impressive announcement to go with the final price increase, hopefully the Prodigy are in there too.

Saruwatari

Odd that Damon Albarn hasn't been listed for any Irish festival yet. I hope he at least does a gig here, would be ridiculous not to.

Arne_Saknussem

endainoz wrote: »

Very true, like a lot of other people here I started out going to Oxegen since it began in 2004. 2009 was the last great one I think. Went to it in 2010, seemed to be more of a rough crowd by then. (or maybe I had outgrown it) Anyway went to my first picnic the same year, swore never to go to Oxegen again. Turns out my timing was perfect.

Not exactly, you missed 2004-2008 Electric Picnic's.

The Golden Age :pac:

endainoz

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

Not exactly, you missed 2004-2008 Electric Picnic's.

The Golden Age :pac:

Nah man I reckon I would have been too young to appreciate how good it was. Timing was perfect to leave oxegen because it was on the way down by then.

Peterd66

Saruwatari wrote: »

Odd that Damon Albarn hasn't been listed for any Irish festival yet. I hope he at least does a gig here, would be ridiculous not to.

Apparently "ticket sales are doing (too) well and Albarn is expensive but still on the radar."

PaddyPooHead

Peterd66 wrote: »

Apparently "ticket sales are doing (too) well and Albarn is expensive but still on the radar."

Source?

larrymiller

So folks, I know it might of been asked already but has the main dance act been announced yet? I'm slightly confused

bodhrandude

larrymiller wrote: »

So folks, I know it might of been asked already but has the main dance act been announced yet? I'm slightly confused

This is my guess http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=90386760&postcount=2874 I think when tickets go to full price you will see some big announcements possibly.

pervertedcoffee

larrymiller wrote: »

So folks, I know it might of been asked already but has the main dance act been announced yet? I'm slightly confused

For some reason I read that as: So folks, I know I might have been naked already...

I give up. Bring me to the Picnic now.

melekalikimaka

endainoz wrote: »

Nah man I reckon I would have been too young to appreciate how good it was. Timing was perfect to leave oxegen because it was on the way down by then.

Trust me, your timing is always perfect to leave oxegen

BadTurtle

bodhrandude wrote: »

This is my guess http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=90386760&postcount=2874 I think when tickets go to full price you will see some big announcements possibly.

You're nothing if not optimistic!

byrneg28

larrymiller wrote: »

So folks, I know it might of been asked already but has the main dance act been announced yet? I'm slightly confused

this could be just a rumor but a friend of a friend who works with the event management said that Fatboy Slim is headlining the Sunday and he had Laois on his tour dates on his website but removed it

BaZmO*

byrneg28 wrote: »

this could be just a rumor but a friend of a friend who works with the event management said that Fatboy Slim is headlining the Sunday and he had Laois on his tour dates on his website but removed it

It is a rumour. I'd say it's also not true.

Cybersausage

byrneg28 wrote: »

this could be just a rumor but a friend of a friend who works with the event management said that Fatboy Slim is headlining the Sunday and he had Laois on his tour dates on his website but removed it

I hope this isnt true, Wasn't mad about him last year. Would much prefer basement jaxx or the prodigy.

BadTurtle

That would be dreadful. And there is absolutely categorically no way he would sell more tickets than OutKast.

Halloween Jack

Fatboy slim has always, ALWAYS, been ****....

Dance music for people who wouldn't know a twelve inch from a frisbee...

BadTurtle

His album Half-way Between the Gutter and the Stars had a couple of decent tracks on it, but 95% of what he's released is ****.

larrymiller

pervertedcoffee wrote: »

For some reason I read that as: So folks, I know I might have been naked already...

I give up. Bring me to the Picnic now.

I've been laughing away to myself all day about that post

Bowlardo

when do they annouce who is on sunday?

MadYaker

What a sh!te announcement. Sinead O Conner ffs does she still dress up as a priest?

iamanengine

Sinead O Connor is probably well up there with the acts that I least want to see, ever.

bodhrandude

iamanengine wrote: »

Sinead O Connor is probably well up there with the acts that I least want to see, ever.

There will be always be something you fancy at another stage when she is on and if there isn't come up by me at the Hendrix campsite and listen to my boogie box of tunes or maybe I might entertain with a song on the bodhran. Sure it could have been worse they might have booked the Cranberries or the Heathers

BadTurtle

Prefer to see the Cranberries over Sinead o connor

Dr. Bre

so will there be another announcement of acts over nxt few months?