Electric Picnic 2016 // **Discussion Only / NO Ticket Sales / Requests** //

scruff monkey

Not really, Frontier Psychiatrist is what they're known for to a lot of people, most of whom wouldn't have bought the album.

I have the album, i paid money for it, it's a great album but outside people who actually paid money for it 15 years ago, it's a fair call on the basis of their main hit single. Not having a pop at them critically, just on how they would be seen to the average punter (and lets not forget that by now, a good chunk of EP attendees would have been just over getting to grips with the potty training when The Avalanches were a thing)

Morrison J

scruff monkey wrote: »

Not really, Frontier Psychiatrist is what they're known for to a lot of people, most of whom wouldn't have bought the album.

I have the album, i paid money for it, it's a great album but outside people who actually paid money for it 15 years ago, it's a fair call on the basis of their main hit single. Not having a pop at them critically, just on how they would be seen to the average punter (and lets not forget that by now, a good chunk of EP attendees would have been just over getting to grips with the potty training when The Avalanches were a thing)

Its not even their best selling single though? The title track was.

scruff monkey

Yep it was a bigger seller (just about, none of their stuff charted well at all), but FP had the much more known video (and that was in a time before youtube)

former total

scruff monkey wrote: »

given that most people who've even heard of them would class them as a novelty single act from 15 years ago, the amount of sales would be ****&all.

Think he was just having a bit of a laugh at the increasingly elaborate theories put forward by people who refused to accept Radiohead weren't playing.

scruff monkey

d'oh!

that's what i get for spending the weekend outside working, sense of sarcasm detector seriously on blitz

Seathrun66

georgiecasey wrote: »

question to all the people who can't wait for the LCD set at EP

did you see them before they broke up?

i'm not being snobby, just missing out on all these feelz :-(

it's the SAME set as 2010 EP or 2010 tripod! give or take

Caught part of the set in 2005, the full headlining set in 2007 and the Electric Arena slot in 2010. All great, and I think they got better as they went along. After 6 years away I think the return will be even better. There's a lot of people who've never had the opportunity to see them who'll be properly feeling the buzz in September. However good any of the other acts are LCD will own the weekend.

Seathrun66

Effects wrote: »

Saw avalanches at Primavera. They were terrible.

Caught them at Field Day. Easily the worst set I've seen all year.

Seathrun66

ghostdancer wrote: »

former total wrote: »

I would just question why such a coup for EP would be announced so late, or why Avalanches wouldn't have announced it when announcing their other dates.

I'd love to see them but I just think it's very unlikely.

much like Radiohead, they're waiting until the week of their album release to announce this one specific festival appearance in Ireland, due to the amount of album sales it will generate.

...apparently.....

I'd suggested an announcement of several shows, not just one. Which didn't happen. So far, so wrong.

BadTurtle

Morrison J wrote: »

former total wrote: »

I would just question why such a coup for EP would be announced so late, or why Avalanches wouldn't have announced it when announcing their other dates.

I'd love to see them but I just think it's very unlikely.

Think you're overrating how much of a coup for EP they'd be tbh. Would doubt the average person attending the festival these days would have even heard of them.

Kodaline and Two Door Cinema Club were both announced in late July a few years back and would comfortably be a bigger booking for EP I'd imagine.

Oy vey.

bodhrandude

What I heard about the Avalanches set at Primavera was that they had issues at the airport transporting some of their equipment and were forced to do a DJ set, doesn't sound like Field Day was any better.

Effects

It was a bad DJ set then.

cruhoortwunk

Eco camping registration open:
http://www.electricpicnic.ie/be-your-environment-eco-campsite

deeceemee

http://www.electricpicnic.ie/news/be-your-environment-eco-campsite-registrations

Registration for the BYE Campsite is open now, be quick there is only 1500 places!

RustyP

deeceemee wrote: »

http://www.electricpicnic.ie/news/be-your-environment-eco-campsite-registrations

Registration for the BYE Campsite is open now, be quick there is only 1500 places!

Anyone else get a 404 error when they registered?

NotInventedHere

RustyP wrote: »

Anyone else get a 404 error when they registered?

yes


But when I tried to re register it said my email was already registered

deeceemee

RustyP wrote: »

Anyone else get a 404 error when they registered?

Yep, I did but when I entered my info a second time it told me I was already registered. Try enter info again and see will you get the same message

ghostdancer

full already.

NotInventedHere

deeceemee wrote: »

http://www.electricpicnic.ie/news/be-your-environment-eco-campsite-registrations

Registration for the BYE Campsite is open now, be quick there is only 1500 places!

And....gone

mrk75

deeceemee wrote: »

RustyP wrote: »

Anyone else get a 404 error when they registered?

Yep, I did but when I entered my info a second time it told me I was already registered. Try enter info again and see will you get the same message

Happened me too but haven't got a confirmation e-mail of any sort yet to say I am registered.

I'll assume that I am and that they'll be in touch. Not much I can about it now anyway...

ghostdancer

yeah I think if you got the 404 Page Not Found message after entering the details, you should be alright.
if you entered the details and it just went straight to the info page, then I think it was already full by the time you hit submit.

Arne_Saknussem

I pre-registered last week and haven't gotten a confirmation mail yet either so i'd say anyone who got the 404 will be grand.

GhostMutt30

wonder will it be in the same area with 1500 spaces this year? id say they could've had twice that if not more

deeceemee

Ep have said on the Facebook page that if you got a 404 message to PM them with details and they will confirm if registration when through

Arne_Saknussem

GhostMutt30 wrote: »

wonder will it be in the same area with 1500 spaces this year? id say they could've had twice that if not more

Possibly not, it's been in a different spot for the 2 years that BYE have been running it.

Fatfrog

Aha balls, ECO camp full!! Where exactly was it last year?
There's a narrow strip where the path cuts through Oscar Wilde, it was there in previous years but it looked like a complete and utter mess last year.

ghostdancer

it was outside Oscar Wilde last year, in a field on its own on the opposite side of the trees to the toilets in Wilde.

Fatfrog

ghostdancer wrote: »

it was outside Oscar Wilde last year, in a field on its own on the opposite side of the trees to the toilets in Wilde.

Was there checks going in? Remember walking past it Sat on the way to the car, it just looked like anyone could walk in and set up?

Also as you walk through the wristband exchange on the way in there's a camp site on the right hand side, Charlie Chaplin, anyone camp there last year? I have it in my head that It's an overflow camp that only opens when the other sites are full? Anyone any insight? It looked really clean and spacious.

My mate (the selfish prick) is getting married on the EP Friday, I can't miss the wedding unfortunately, arrgghh. It's either not drink and leave the reception early or bail down Saturday. I've always been there early Friday, so not sure what to expect? (Gulp)

MadYaker

Everyone knows the Jimi Hendrix campsite is the best.

deeceemee

Fatfrog wrote: »

Was there checks going in? Remember walking past it Sat on the way to the car, it just looked like anyone could walk in and set up?

We stayed there last year. It was heaven. You had to give you name and your email address to confirm attendance. A seperate wrist band was given that had ECO stamped on it. Volunteers that stayed in the campsite were checking on the gate to get in over the weekend. Email BYE on Facebook and ask them to let you know when the waiting list registration is opening up ,Stephen should get back to give a date. He had a post up today about opening a waiting list for the campsite.

Queen-Mise

MadYaker wrote:

Everyone knows the Jimi Hendrix campsite is the best.

I think in this discussion 'best' is relative.