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declanleo

Reggie noble wrote: »

Ah Lord Jaysus , give the radiohead pony a break

Totally agree

Fatfrog

Nightmare stuff at Rock AM in Germany!!

scruff monkey

Fatfrog wrote: »

Nightmare stuff at Rock AM in Germany!!

Weather/riots/rampaging Visigoths?

Fatfrog

scruff monkey wrote: »

Weather/riots/rampaging Visigoths?

Torrential storms and rain! 70 ppl struck by lightning!! Festival cancelled

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dozens-hospitalised-after-lightning-strikes-at-germanys-rock-am-ring-festival-for-second-year-in-a-a7065191.html

scruff monkey

Good jaysus that's horrific

MJohnston

Still, at least they didn't have to hear Red Hot Chili Peppers

Seathrun66

Governor's Ball met the same fate. Two-day fests a theme for the Summer?http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/93984

scruff monkey

I bloody hope not!

frantic190

Irish artist Rocstrong has self confirmed (unless I missed him on the lineup)

http://officialrocstrong.com/live-dates/

scruff monkey

Not heard of him but he looks like he's just taken a mighty kick to the family jewels on his home page

everlast75

scruff monkey wrote: »

Not heard of him but he looks like he's just taken a mighty kick to the family jewels on his home page

one of his songs was used in a Guinness advert iirc

Seathrun66

Anyone else been listening to these guys? A very decent debut album that came out on Friday, and I reckon a great Summery addition to EP, a bit Byrds-lite and some great tunes. Any other recommendations for stuff lower down the bill that I wouldn't know?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op4HT0-W428

frantic190

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Anyone else been listening to these guys? A very decent debut album that came out on Friday, and I reckon a great Summery addition to EP, a bit Byrds-lite and some great tunes. Any other recommendations for stuff lower down the bill that I wouldn't know?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op4HT0-W428

Completely forgot their album came out on Friday! Have them on my list of bands to check out at EP.

declanleo

Fatfrog wrote: »

Torrential storms and rain! 70 ppl struck by lightning!! Festival cancelled

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dozens-hospitalised-after-lightning-strikes-at-germanys-rock-am-ring-festival-for-second-year-in-a-a7065191.html

Any figures on how many goths where struck?

BadTurtle

Radiohead are not playing. Should be more than obvious. This is more of that "Prodigy/QOTSA" nonsense from a few years ago, it was blind hope and nothing else.

MattD

There will be a Body and Soul announcement where you might get a Kaytranada, maybe a Grimes, and then another main arena announcement of primarily irish acts: Rocstrong, king Kong company, overhead the albatross, saint sister, etc. Maybe a two door cinema club, maybe God Is An Astronaut. That'll be it.

Seathrun66

BadTurtle wrote: »

Radiohead are not playing. Should be more than obvious. This is more of that "Prodigy/QOTSA" nonsense from a few years ago, it was blind hope and nothing else.

No amount of discussion here is going to resolve this. We're just going round in circles. Instead, let's wait and see what happens next week.

bodhrandude

MattD wrote: »

There will be a Body and Soul announcement where you might get a Kaytranada, maybe a Grimes, and then another main arena announcement of primarily irish acts: Rocstrong, king Kong company, overhead the albatross, saint sister, etc. Maybe a two door cinema club, maybe God Is An Astronaut. That'll be it.

There will still be a few sizeable names yet, I'm not suggesting Radiohead but maybe a few classic eighties acts, one or two more afternoon jobbies. There still has to be a considerable amount of electronic artists to be announced, so acts for Little Big, Rankins Woods, Electric Arena, all these stages had electronic acts headlining at one point during the weekend, Julio Bashmore was a later announcement last year, he headlined the Little Big on Sunday night. So there is at least 3 to 4 more announcements to come.

Edit: got that wrong Bashmore was announced May 21st, but I'm pretty sure there was some biggish names in the third announcement.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

MattD wrote: »

There will be a Body and Soul announcement where you might get a Kaytranada, maybe a Grimes,

Grimes on the Body and Soul main stage?! Not a hope, she'd be certainly main stage, you could barely get inside the Electric Arena 2012 and she's bigger now. I would love her as an addition though.

Seathrun66 wrote: »

No amount of discussion here is going to resolve this. We're just going round in circles. Instead, let's wait and see what happens next week.

what odds would you give me that Radiohead won't be added? and odds that they will? we'll create a little betting market lol

GhostMutt30

I didn't go into it last year or the year before but I'm curious to see what the Electric Ireland tent will do this year

MJohnston

GhostMutt30 wrote: »

I didn't go into it last year or the year before but I'm curious to see what the Electric Ireland tent will do this year

Some options: http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/90s-favourites-aqua-and-5ive-are-coming-to-dublin-723540.html

****ing hate that tent.

bodhrandude

I hope we might still get Cyndi Lauper for one of the classic eighties acts, she is playing Glastonbury and touring up to July 11th in France there is a break and then she is touring the US from the 10th Sept onwards, so perhaps more dates will be added in Europe.

http://cyndilauper.com/events

GhostMutt30

MJohnston wrote: »

Some options: http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/90s-favourites-aqua-and-5ive-are-coming-to-dublin-723540.html

****ing hate that tent.

oh dear god

Reggie noble

bodhrandude wrote: »

I hope we might still get Cyndi Lauper for one of the classic eighties acts, she is playing Glastonbury and touring up to July 11th in France there is a break and then she is touring the US from the 10th Sept onwards, so perhaps more dates will be added in Europe.

http://cyndilauper.com/events

That'd be great , I will never get sick off the goonies r good enough

scruff monkey

MJohnston wrote: »

Some options: http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/90s-favourites-aqua-and-5ive-are-coming-to-dublin-723540.html

Aqua would at least would have a fine dollop of cheeze charm going for them.

Five are just sh1te.

ghostdancer

GhostMutt30 wrote: »

I didn't go into it last year or the year before but I'm curious to see what the Electric Ireland tent will do this year

burn down hopefully.

scruff monkey

GhostMutt30 wrote: »

I didn't go into it last year or the year before but I'm curious to see what the Electric Ireland tent will do this year

I vainly attempted to get in to see way2limited for ... reasons.

absolutely jammed it was

team_actimel

No no, no no no no....there's no limits! I went to see Maniac in Electric Ireland tent last year and it was squashed outside the tent and wasn't the most enjoyable experience. I wouldn't even bother to see anyone play there again, sure you can't even get into the bleedin' tent & it's usually a cringefest!

MJohnston

Cluster the Electric Ireland tent along with the e-Lites 'arena', that Cocktail Bar travesty, Heineken's cattle pen, and the Just Eat section. Stick it near the fairground. Now you have a mini-Oxegen right in the festival that you can avoid at all costs.

I don't mind sponsorship or branding at all, but these bits are always so crass and lowest-common denominator ****e. Get in the ****ing sea.

leakyboots

Probably helps pay for acts though. It's a part of the Picnic landscape I don't venture down to so not too bothered, though I passed through there to get to Despacio alright... 'twas grim!