Electric Picnic 2015

MadYaker

DaveSuarez wrote: »

How bad would it look if I missed my first day of college because I was passed out in a field in Stradbally?

I spent most of first year passed out anyway :pac:

roll

exilec wrote: »

See James are playing festival 6 (http://www.festivalnumber6.com/). same weekend as electric picnic with a lot of the same bands . Would love to see them play the picnic ...

I'd take King Creosote myself, but James would be good...

run_Forrest_run

DaveSuarez wrote: »

How bad would it look if I missed my first day of college because I was passed out in a field in Stradbally?

meh, nothing really happens on first day of college, I'm sure you can get timetables etc online

thunderdog

bodhrandude wrote: »

Full eight minute version of the new Hopkins track.

Looks like half of boards will be at the Jon Hopkins set at EP!

deeceemee

Eco Camping Details for EP by BYEco Camping on Facebook:

Ok guys fantastic news very short notice yet you have the weekend to spread the word to any Eco minded friends.
The date of release will be Monday the 6th July smile emoticon
Please fill in the on line application on the EP website smile emoticon
Thank you guys see you all there smile emoticon
Remember we leave the field as we found it smile emoticon bring only what you need and take away every thing you bring smile emoticon
We will have a simple recycling system for you to follow smile emoticon
Happy camping x


Register Early..All places were taken up with registration within 2days last year!

rebelreded

That's a lot of smile emoticons. 😀

-=al=-

good smile emoticon news smile emoticon

Done eco at B&S and it was awesome. Less crap knocking about and the general vibe was pretty chilled out and good. Plenty of space too. I'm sure EP will be bigger and busier but still gona go for it fo sureeeeeeeeee

Arne_Saknussem

Spiritualized are playing the Moseley Festival in the UK on the Same wkend as the Picnic, i wonder if there's any chance they'll be announced in the next release.

They were amazing supporting Patti Smith in Kilmainham last month.

lc180

deeceemee wrote: »

Eco Camping Details for EP....

Register Early..All places were taken up with registration within 2days last year!

Is there a cost for registry or is it free?

BullBlackNova

Quite a few bands at Festival No 6 and Moseley I'd like to see at Picnic actually. Hmm...

Everything Everything, Gaz Coombes, Young Fathers and Spiritualised would be the main ones.

Can anyone explain the popularity of Catfish & the Bottlemen or Years & Years to me though please? Have given both quite a few goes and just can't get into it at all!! Maybe Catfish...'s stupid name has put me off and there's no coming back from it...

s8n

thunderdog wrote: »

Looks like half of boards will be at the Jon Hopkins set at EP!

elevator music

ghostdancer

s8n wrote: »

elevator music

i'd love to go on whatever elevators you go on

deeceemee

lc180 wrote: »

Is there a cost for registry or is it free?

No mention of a cost. I think its just first come first serve but dont hold me to that. 800 places allocated for it this year, 400 last year so its doubling in size. Not sure where its location will be on site, no word on that yet.

cson

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Quite a few bands at Festival No 6 and Moseley I'd like to see at Picnic actually. Hmm...

Everything Everything, Gaz Coombes, Young Fathers and Spiritualised would be the main ones.

Can anyone explain the popularity of Catfish & the Bottlemen or Years & Years to me though please? Have given both quite a few goes and just can't get into it at all!! Maybe Catfish...'s stupid name has put me off and there's no coming back from it...

Whatever about Y&Y, Catfish are decent imo.

Mike Guide 69

cson wrote: »

Whatever about Y&Y, Catfish are decent imo.

You can throw British Sea Power into that mix, one of the most original and innovative guitar bands over the last 15 years, they are amazing live!!!!!

bodhrandude

s8n wrote: »

elevator music

Ha ha that's what my brother called Hopkins when he heard his music, one persons boredom is another's poison.

Fatfrog

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Quite a few bands at Festival No 6 and Moseley I'd like to see at Picnic actually. Hmm...

Everything Everything, Gaz Coombes, Young Fathers and Spiritualised would be the main ones.

Can anyone explain the popularity of Catfish & the Bottlemen or Years & Years to me though please? Have given both quite a few goes and just can't get into it at all!! Maybe Catfish...'s stupid name has put me off and there's no coming back from it...

Gaz and Catfish are both playing Longitude as far as I'm aware, would love to see them at the EP!!!! Been a Gaz to EP campaigner for years.

Watch the Catfish and the bottle men's Glasto set (I you haven't already) its cracking, might give you a better idea

Fatfrog

deeceemee wrote: »

Eco Camping Details for EP by BYEco Camping on Facebook:

Ok guys fantastic news very short notice yet you have the weekend to spread the word to any Eco minded friends.
The date of release will be Monday the 6th July smile emoticon
Please fill in the on line application on the EP website smile emoticon
Thank you guys see you all there smile emoticon
Remember we leave the field as we found it smile emoticon bring only what you need and take away every thing you bring smile emoticon
We will have a simple recycling system for you to follow smile emoticon
Happy camping x


Register Early..All places were taken up with registration within 2days last year!

What's the deal, keep the place clean, put rubbish in the bin and take all ur **** home?
Are you guaranteed a place once you've registered?

deeceemee

Fatfrog wrote: »

What's the deal, keep the place clean, put rubbish in the bin and take all ur **** home?
Are you guaranteed a place once you've registered?

Yup thats it in a nut shell...Oh and be sound to your neighbours :cool:.

Once you register you have your place, first come first serve.

bodhrandude

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Not usually the biggest fan of Jon Hopkins but his set at Glastonbury looked brilliant. Surely he would be perfect for the Electic Arena, but maybe he would clash with Underworld then. How big is the Electric Arena compared to the Midnight Circus tent at Body & Soul? He had that place wedged last year.

Midnight Circus would be about the same size as the Little Big Tent, capacity for 1,500 I think.

Right Turn Clyde

I actually hope Jon Hopkins clashes with Underworld. Anything to separate the wheat from the chav...

Synode

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

I actually hope Jon Hopkins clashes with Underworld. Anything to separate the wheat from the chav...

Right Turn Clyde

Synode wrote: »

No, but I've seen Underworld live 5 times, and there's invariably a bunch of absolute knackers hanging around waiting for Born Slippy. I've no interest in seeing Underworld again, but I'm gonna embrace the fact that they'll pull a lot of the tramps away from the other 'dance' acts.

Slobberdawn

Synode wrote: »

What is a music snob? Someone that thinks certain music is ****e?

That makes me a snob.

Do the people that don't consider themselves music snobs agree that Jedward are artists that deserve respect? As do their fans?

frozenfrozen

ah lads go away you're wrecking my future buzz

Synode

Slobberdawn wrote: »

What is a music snob? Someone that thinks certain music is ****e?

I'd call someone who posts stupid statements like knackers will go see Underworld, just for Born Slippy, a music snob

Right Turn Clyde

Synode wrote: »

I'd call someone who posts stupid statements like knackers will go see Underworld, just for Born Slippy, a music snob

Any big-name act with a couple of recognisable dance tracks will attract their fair share of heads. This is 16 years of festival experience talking. Have you never been to a festival in the UK or Ireland before? Have you never seen The Chemical Brothers, Faithless, Daft Punk or The Prodigy live? EP is never that bad because the crowd is generally decent, but does anyone here remember Underworld at Creamfields in 2002?

The only exception to this was Orbital. I remember both they and The Chems clashed at Oxegen years ago. I seen 30 minutes of each. The difference between the crowds was, I'll be polite, noticeable.

Incidentally, The Prodigy, circa The Fat of the Land, were the funniest for this. You'd see all the white boiler-suits and glow-sticks heading toward the stage, and then eventually walking away when they realised that, contrary to popular opinion, The Prodigy were't actually a dance act.

Call me a snob if you want. I love all of the acts I've just mentioned and I've seen them all countless times. I couldn't care less what other people listen to. I just don't like dirt-birds.

Synode

I've been going to dance gigs and festivals for nearly 20 years. I get what you're saying, it just comes off as snobbish. At the end of the day, most people are there to have a good time. I've never in all my years at gigs seen any trouble, and I've seen all of the above any many, many more

Right Turn Clyde

Synode wrote: »

I've been going to dance gigs and festivals for nearly 20 years. I get what you're saying, it just comes off as snobbish. At the end of the day, most people are there to have a good time. I've never in all my years at gigs seen any trouble, and I've seen all of the above any many, many more

I've rarely seen any 'trouble' either, in terms of fighting, etc. So I'm not talking about trouble.

My experience is very simple - certain types of music/acts attract certain types of people. I call a spade a spade. It you think that's snobbish then fair enough.

total former

Ah come on lads, it's a cold hard fact that dance gigs attract toe-rags in sizeable numbers.

But I don't think anyone is going to pay €200+ for a ticket to EP just to see Underworld, so it's probably not an issue here.

What's a lot more likely is that a load of people who've no real interest in dance music or Underworld will rock up, wait for Born Slippy to come on, and then head off. That's my plan anyway...

Edit: the best/worst example of this I ever saw was Jose Gonzalez at Oxegen a few years back. Got a big crowd, then he played that 'Heartbeats' song from the Sony ad and I'd say 90% of people (me included) bailed out after that. He wasn't pleased.