Electric Picnic 2015

proudi

With all the quality gigs going on in the months leading up to EP and looking at the lineups for other Irish festivals and reading of the rumours and seeing who's currently on tour and in the area things aren't looking great this year (as far as my tastes go anyway). I'm still hopeful that they're gonna pull something great from somewhere though. Even if it does end up just being Blur.

bodhrandude

No wouldn't like Kasabian or Mumford headlining, would like the Stone Roses or Blur or the Prodigy. Maybe Underworld will get the earlier slot and the Prodigy the late one. Wouldn't mind if they pulled Faithless out of the bag. There is some stuff on the previous announcements that has me thrilled, it will be great to see Hopkins again in a decent sized marquee.

ghostdancer

proudi wrote: »

With all the quality gigs going on in the months leading up to EP and looking at the lineups for other Irish festivals and reading of the rumours and seeing who's currently on tour and in the area things aren't looking great this year (as far as my tastes go anyway). I'm still hopeful that they're gonna pull something great from somewhere though. Even if it does end up just being Blur.

there's quite a lot of stuff from R&L, Bestival and EOTR that i'd like to see at EP:

Kendrick Lamar
Alexisonfire
The Cribs
The Gaslight Anthem
Run The Jewels
Tyler the Creator
Jamie xx
Ghostpoet
Hudson Mohawke
Evian Christ
Rustie
The Menzingers
Cancer Bats
Manchester Orchestra
ASAP Ferg
Flying Lotus
FKA Twigs
Four Tet
Jackmaster
Joy Orbison
Ben UFO
Erol Alkan
Greg Wilson
Beni B
Daniel Avery
Horse Meat Disco
Dean Blunt
Action Bronson
Mac Demarco
Natalie Prass

AFAIK none of them are at Longitude/B&S, and only a few are at FF.

proudi

ghostdancer wrote: »

there's quite a lot of stuff from R&L, Bestival and EOTR that i'd like to see at EP:

Kendrick Lamar
Alexisonfire
The Cribs
The Gaslight Anthem
Run The Jewels
Tyler the Creator
Jamie xx
Ghostpoet
Hudson Mohawke
Evian Christ
Rustie
The Menzingers
Cancer Bats
Manchester Orchestra
ASAP Ferg
Flying Lotus
FKA Twigs
Four Tet
Jackmaster
Joy Orbison
Ben UFO
Erol Alkan
Greg Wilson
Beni B
Daniel Avery
Horse Meat Disco
Dean Blunt
Action Bronson
Mac Demarco
Natalie Prass

AFAIK none of them are at Longitude/B&S, and only a few are at FF.

Good list. A few of them have played here in the last few months or will be playing within the next few. But they'd all be great to see. I will never forget the disappointment of heading in to see FKA Twigs last year, waiting 15 minutes before being confused by the Book Brass Band and then ultimately being told by the security guy that she'd cancelled. If she's added this year I'll me made up. That Robert Pattinson is a lucky man.

BadTurtle

ghostdancer wrote: »

there's quite a lot of stuff from R&L, Bestival and EOTR that i'd like to see at EP:

Kendrick Lamar
Alexisonfire
The Cribs
The Gaslight Anthem
Run The Jewels
Tyler the Creator
Jamie xx
Ghostpoet
Hudson Mohawke
Evian Christ
Rustie
The Menzingers
Cancer Bats
Manchester Orchestra
ASAP Ferg
Flying Lotus
FKA Twigs
Four Tet
Jackmaster
Joy Orbison
Ben UFO
Erol Alkan
Greg Wilson
Beni B
Daniel Avery
Horse Meat Disco
Dean Blunt
Action Bronson
Mac Demarco
Natalie Prass

AFAIK none of them are at Longitude/B&S, and only a few are at FF.

Hudson Mohawke is playing Longitude.
Jamie xx and Run the Jewels at FF
Flylo just played Dublin Yesterday, and played FF last year.
Tyler The creator is playing Dublin the week before EP.
Would rule those out I should think.

everlast75

Just my tuppence worth..

There seems to be a bit of muso snobbery here. I have one Kasabian album and would be the first to admit they're not a band of much depth but in my view they'd put on a stellar show. Their catalogue of singles is quality and they're ranked as a proper act with excellent reviews. They mightn't be as unique as some EP acts but they deserve a lot more credit than appears to be given to them here.

ghostdancer

BadTurtle wrote: »

Hudson Mohawke is playing Longitude.
Jamie xx and Run the Jewels at FF
Flylo just played Dublin Yesterday, and played FF last year.
Tyler The creator is playing Dublin the week before EP.
Would rule those out I should think.

ah, well HudMo and Tyler won't in that case.
Forbidden Fruit won't rule those 2 out i don't think, long enough between gigs, probably not announced until after it though.
i'd expect FlyLo to be announced for EP now that his own gig is out of the way.

bodhrandude

everlast75 wrote: »

Just my tuppence worth..

There seems to be a bit of muso snobbery here. I have one Kasabian album and would be the first to admit they're not a band of much depth but in my view they'd put on a stellar show. Their catalogue of singles is quality and they're ranked as a proper act with excellent reviews. They mightn't be as unique as some EP acts but they deserve a lot more credit than appears to be given to them here.

Just don't like them, but thats me, I don't really mind if they do get announced I'll just be elsewhere, plenty to do around the festival site and that.

bodhrandude

It would be brilliant to see Four Tet again, he was amazing at Life Festival last year, just listening back to the audio of his Glastonbury set last year at the Park stage.

MadYaker

Has there ever been a boards meetup at EP? Id go to one if I'm not off my face on drugs.

bodhrandude

MadYaker wrote: »

Has there ever been a boards meetup at EP? Id go to one if I'm not off my face on drugs.

Would love to do this, will be working for the run up to the festival and then I'm free to enjoy the weekend, probably off my face too. Earthship stage at Body & Soul or some place like that.

Ferris_Bueller

Have a feeling that FlyLo, Run the Jewels and Jamie XX will play at EP too. I'd be surprised if one of them didn't anyway, not sure if I'd go to see any of them though.

proudi wrote: »

With all the quality gigs going on in the months leading up to EP and looking at the lineups for other Irish festivals and reading of the rumours and seeing who's currently on tour and in the area things aren't looking great this year (as far as my tastes go anyway). I'm still hopeful that they're gonna pull something great from somewhere though. Even if it does end up just being Blur.

Kind of feel the same as this to be honest. I'm sure they will get together a great line up as always but as far as my taste goes I'm not expecting too much. Even with the headliners who are being talked about on this thread (Prodigy, Blur, Kasabian, Stone Roses, Kylie etc.) I wouldn't be too into any of them, after last years line up though I can't complain, it would be hard to top that for me. Other Irish festivals have very strong line ups this year too, there have been a good few acts I thought were possibilities for EP only to be announce for other festivals already.

keithkk16

I wouldn't rule out Jamie XX for ep. Doesn't say he's playing live at FF so fingers crossed it could be done for Ep. There is no Ireland date for the album tour either in the winter. Also check out his new one. His debut album
is gonna be a good one.

proudi

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Have a feeling that FlyLo, Run the Jewels and Jamie XX will play at EP too. I'd be surprised if one of them didn't anyway, not sure if I'd go to see any of them though.



Kind of feel the same as this to be honest. I'm sure they will get together a great line up as always but as far as my taste goes I'm not expecting too much. Even with the headliners who are being talked about on this thread (Prodigy, Blur, Kasabian, Stone Roses, Kylie etc.) I wouldn't be too into any of them, after last years line up though I can't complain, it would be hard to top that for me. Other Irish festivals have very strong line ups this year too, there have been a good few acts I thought were possibilities for EP only to be announce for other festivals already.

Last year's lineup had some of my absolute favourite bands of all time with Portishead and Slowdive who both just got back together after long breaks along with some of my favourites from the last few years with St. Vincent, SBTRKT, Flume, and a load of brilliant up and coming acts. I'm not gonna be too disappointed with however this year's lineup goes because for my tastes it would be completely unrealistic to expect anything even close to last year.

Rough Sleeper

I'm not really bothered about the rest of the headliners, or if they even get any more for that matter. To be honest, if I were convicted for theft in Saudi Arabia I could still count on my fingers the amount of really great shows I've seen at the mainstage at festivals, and I could probably list off a fair few more that I've walked way from apathetically.

I'd rather see a rake of less-expensive acts like ghostdancer listed off there. By all accounts, Flylo's AV show the other night was meant to have been completely off the chain, certainly wouldn't mind catching that while it's still doing the rounds.

dmm82

MadYaker wrote: »

Has there ever been a boards meetup at EP? Id go to one if I'm not off my face on drugs.

there was one organised last year but only 3 or 4 of us showed up

sadie06

MadYaker wrote: »

Has there ever been a boards meetup at EP? Id go to one if I'm not off my face on drugs.

I chickened out of a meet up last year I think.

I'm shy….and an aul one….I probably snogged one of your parents at Féile 91!

Actually if anyones dad's name is Matt, and he was from Lucan and attended said festival, tell him I still think of him from time to time!

Evil Sausage

Blur confirmed by OTR apparently....

ned_strange

Evil Sausage wrote: »

Blur confirmed by OTR apparently....

Woo-Hoo:)

scruff monkey

Whooooooo hoooooooooo

Dubhthamlacht

Does anyone know if it's likely that more family camping tickets will be released?

davywalsh7

Delighted with blur. Perfect headliner for EP imo.

everlast75

ned_strange wrote: »

Woo-Hoo:)

When I feel heavy metal

scruff monkey wrote: »

Whooooooo hoooooooooo

And I'm pins and I'm needles


:pac:

threein99

Great news if Blur are confirmed

Mince Pie

Over the fecking moon ecstatic if they get nailed on. Tickets will sell out in not time! So glad we've got ours.

threein99

Mince Pie wrote: »

Over the fecking moon ecstatic if they get nailed on. Tickets will sell out in not time! So glad we've got ours.

From my point of view the lineup will still need a lot more additions for me to not end up selling my ticket.

Blur is a great starting point though

Mince Pie

threein99 wrote: »

From my point of view the lineup will still need a lot more additions for me to not end up selling my ticket.

Blur is a great starting point though

Ah shure when there's acts on I don't like I go into the woods and play the spoons! Lol
There's always something else to do.

BadTurtle

Delighted with that. Blur, Battles, Hot Chip, My Morning jacket, Underworld, Manics, Tame Impala. That's enough for me.

Furious-Red

Happy with Blur also now they just need to put someone like Royal Blood on before them or have Royal Blood clash with FATM ha. Really hoping they do added since they have no irish dates during the summer

Saruwatari

Blur would be good craic. Shame we won't get Damon doing his new solo stuff over here though!

So Blur, Low, Underworld, Tame Impala, The War On Drugs, Jurassic 5, Ride and Jon Hopkins... think it's time to get the oul wallet out!