Electric Picnic 2015

Furious-Red

ghostdancer wrote: »

my problem is more with the fact that the stage itself existed. stick Bonnie in one of the main tents.
get rid of the Electric Ireland tent and all the other tacky bullsh1t that has popped up over the last few years that is making the place look like Oxegen.

Yea they should have put her in the at least in the Cosby Stage if not Heineken one

keithkk16

Furious-Red wrote: »

She played on the saturday. I actually went over to see her at 7???? but was told "She will be on about 8 because she is stuck in traffic on the m50 or something". Came back and all outside the marquee was jammers , Stayed for till the power went off since you could barely hear it from outside.

Its both some days its an announcement like Jon Hopkins last night , then there were 2 VIP tickets , There was even a trip to see Bonnie Tyler over in the uk aswell

Haha I was convinced that was the Friday, can't remember Friday

keithkk16

keithkk16 wrote: »

I think It was only jammed because it was the first thing on the Friday.

What's happening with the 2fm advent calendar? Are they releasing the lineup through it or is it just ticket giveaways and the like?

No Bonnie was Saturday I'm sure
I thought I read somewhere that some guy had cut a power line with a knife as he couldn't get in


Reading that back , it sounds like I may have dreamt that

lbj666

bodhrandude wrote: »

I don't know how EP came to that conclusion that 80s AOR was part of the Picnic vibe, it will just attract the glam metal pop types. .

Ha ha those pop glam metal types have really been a plague on the irish music festival scene. She was booked for a bit of craic by electric ireland, nothing wrong with a bit of cheese and sillyness. I think theres plenty room for Aphex twin aswell although i don't think you'd be putting him or squarepusher on at hungover time on a sunday afternoon insted of Bonnie.

I say Twisted Sister next year, although Journey would definitely be a step too far.

ghostdancer

Basement Jaxx headlining a festival in Portsmouth on the Sunday of EP weekend.

paulbok

ghostdancer wrote: »

Basement Jaxx headlining a festival in Portsmouth on the Sunday of EP weekend.

So what you're saying is that Basement Jaxx are playing Saturday Night at EP?:D

johnpatrick81

have many actually got tickets yet? i'd imagine they've sold very little and will offer the early bird tickets again at some stage next year similar to the last few years?

ghostdancer

most people i know have got their tickets. probably a lot will be bought as Xmas presents too.
the fact that the family camping and campervan tickets sold out when they first went on sale in September or whenever it was, says to me that plenty of general tickets will have been sold given the cheap price.

johnpatrick81

I don't think you can tie in campervan tickets with normal sales. They always sell out immediately. I don't know anyone who has bought a ticket or anybody even mentioning buying one.

Fatfrog

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

I don't think you can tie in campervan tickets with normal sales. They always sell out immediately. I don't know anyone who has bought a ticket or anybody even mentioning buying one.

Camper tickets do alright, but the family tickets sold out basically straight away which doesn't usually happen.

I have my tickets anyways I imagine they've shifted a fair few tickets at this stage! It's a no brainier, even if you have no intention of going, get an early bird, guaranteed to sell it and get the price you paid for it! This gives me real confidence in buying a year in advance, I hope the touts don't ruin this!

Oasis_Dublin

If anyone decent is announced, they will ruin it begod

iamanengine

Just been informed I'm getting an EP ticket for Xmas, looks like I'll be back for a 2nd year

Two solid announcements so far, would love to see Caribou in the line-up!

keithkk16

Two solid announcements so far, would love to see Caribou in the line-up![/QUOTE]

Would also love to see Caribou, him/there dublin gig recently was one of the best of the year for a lot of people. Would like to see more live electronic acts too, Jon Hopkins is a good start.

bodhrandude

keithkk16

Would love to see this man live at ep with the full band.

CWF

Bought 2 tickets as soon as I heard him announced, he was phenomenal at Samhain. Will he be Rave in the Woods?

ConConKing

CWF wrote: »

Bought 2 tickets as soon as I heard him announced, he was phenomenal at Samhain. Will he be Rave in the Woods?

I'd hope so. I think there'd be a better atmosphere for him in the woods rather than the main stage or anywhere in the main arena. He was in a tent at body and soul last year and I thought that took away from it a bit when it was too packed.

Ferris_Bueller

keithkk16 wrote: »

Would love to see this man live at ep with the full band.

If I could pick one act to play at it next year it would be him, would settle for him without the live band but jesus if he played with the live band it would be phenomenal. He played a couple of years ago so could be possible, fingers crossed.

Elana_29

paulbok wrote: »

So what you're saying is that Basement Jaxx are playing Saturday Night at EP?:D

Im certainly hoping they are!

Rough Sleeper

Oasis_Dublin wrote: »

If anyone decent is announced, they will ruin it begod

That boat's already sailed dude. Jon Hopkins had one of the best albums of 2013.

keithkk16

CWF wrote: »

Bought 2 tickets as soon as I heard him announced, he was phenomenal at Samhain. Will he be Rave in the Woods?

Can't see him playing in the woods, he's too "big" for that now. I think the Red Bull Music academy are in charge of the woods rave line-up, it was pretty much the last thing to be announced along with other voices maybe last summer

ghostdancer

i don't think any acts play live on the RBMA stage either, all DJ sets from what i can remember?

bodhrandude

I reckon Hopkins will play the Cosby or Electric Arena tent, the Midnight Circus tent at Body & Soul festival was bigger than the Little Big tent, so it would have to be one of the bigger marquees, I think he might headline the Body & Soul main stage myself with the same size of crowd that was amassed for tUNeyards.

lbj666

keithkk16 wrote: »

Would love to see this man live at ep with the full band.

Thats phenominal, i didn't even know he did live band shows, or was that just a once off in norway?


I could see Body and Soul festival nabbing him for themselves, he'd be a big selling point for their regulars. He's perfect for either EP or Body and Soul but when Inspector Norse is dropped anywhere over the B&S weekend the place goes bananas.

hugeglobe

keithkk16 wrote: »

Would love to see this man live at ep with the full band.

Caught him playing last May in the button factory. Pretty sure it was his first live show of his tour and it was unreal. The lad has some serious skill on the keyboard. Would love to see him again, Inspector Norse never gets old.

sally cinnamon89

I would love to see the Libertines

bodhrandude

sally cinnamon89 wrote: »

I would love to see the Libertines

Too commercial and mainstream for EP, plus junky Pete will have lots of messy fans that wanna be like him, would be a disaster for EP I think, but then would just go to another stage I suppose.

keithkk16

bodhrandude wrote: »

Too commercial and mainstream for EP, plus junky Pete will have lots of messy fans that wanna be like him, would be a disaster for EP I think, but then would just go to another stage I suppose.

Lily Allen played this year, I wouldn't say rule The Libertines out completely.

iamanengine

keithkk16 wrote: »

Lily Allen played this year, I wouldn't say rule The Libertines out completely.

I think the Libertines asking price for gigs is meant to be sky high now though so that would probably rule them out.

hugeglobe

Caribou just announced for two festivals in Europe in the second and third weeks of August. Chances of him popping over to Stradbally for the fourth week perhaps?

ghostdancer

possible, although he/they played Dimensions in Croatia 2 days before EP this year and didn't come over...

hugeglobe

ghostdancer wrote: »

possible, although he/they played Dimensions in Croatia 2 days before EP this year and didn't come over...

This is true, but he had already played Body and Soul in June.

Easy Rod

Future islands playing a festival in Norway in mid August.

Mince Pie

Easy Rod wrote: »

Future islands playing a festival in Norway in mid August.

lets hope they stay there doing their dad dancing.

ghostdancer

i see Florence and the Machine are headlining that festival. could see them being EP headliners too.

Caribou,Foxygen, Flying Lotus and Run The Jewels playing it too.

the other festival Caribou are at has Intrpol and Django Django at it.

keithkk16

ghostdancer wrote: »

i see Florence and the Machine are headlining that festival. could see them being EP headliners too.

Caribou,Foxygen, Flying Lotus and Run The Jewels playing it too.

the other festival Caribou are at has Intrpol and Django Django at it.

Jesus Interpol and Django would be class! Really wanna see Django Django again, they were unreal at the first Longtitude really know how to get a crowd going. Half of them are Irish too so fingers crossed.

iamanengine

Run the Jewels, Caribou and Flying Lotus would be an absolute dream, and adding Jon Hopkins to that I would need little else to justify a ticket.

Easy Rod

Mince Pie wrote: »

lets hope they stay there doing their dad dancing.

keithkk16

iamanengine wrote: »

Run the Jewels, Caribou and Flying Lotus would be an absolute dream, and adding Jon Hopkins to that I would need little else to justify a ticket.

Flying Lotus and Thundercat would be ace.

Furious-Red

Roisin Murphy added

Fatfrog

Furious-Red wrote: »

Roisin Murphy added

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lbj666

Furious-Red wrote: »

Roisin Murphy added

Liking the additions so far ,nice to see they are going out to keep the picnic of the old days demographic happy. Be much happier now if they brought back a full friday insted of forking out silly money for a big headliner, like that €0.5m they gave the killers a few years ago.

ghostdancer

deadly!

Furious-Red

Electric Picnic

George Ezra is the latest act to join the Electric Picnic 2015 line-up.

Great addition

david75

im delighted with that...Ezra has the songs and a promising future ahead hopefully

Furious-Red

david75 wrote: »

im delighted with that...Ezra has the songs and a promising future ahead hopefully

Yea missed getting tickets for his Academy gig . Im really enjoying this way of announcing the line up

Furious-Red

Furious-Red wrote: »

Yea missed getting tickets for his Academy gig . Im really enjoying this way of announcing the line up

Yeah me too. It's refreshing considering the last few years where we don't know anything for ages.
So happy with Roisin Murphy, and I really like George Ezra.
I've a great feeling that line up wise, it's going to be the best yet

Saruwatari

Why do people want acts that played here last year?

Also George Ezra's poxy as ****e

Furious-Red

Saruwatari wrote: »

Why do people want acts that played here last year?

Also George Ezra's poxy as ****e

Why is it a bad thing? There are always gonna be acts that have played here recently that will pop up. Sure Foals played here a few months before they did EP and a good few other acts too

Rough Sleeper

Will definitely hit up George Ezra if I'm having trouble getting to sleep at any stage.