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former total

Do the emails with discount codes give any details of price?

sadie06

bodhrandude wrote: »

I think this clip is quite comical, me shtaggering about the main arena bumbling towards New Order

Oh my God bodhrandude. I know everyone likes to stay anon on Boards, but you could have told us you are Shrek!

bodhrandude

maximoose

former total wrote: »

Do the emails with discount codes give any details of price?

3 or more festivals, price is €165

former total

maximoose wrote: »

3 or more festivals, price is €165

Sweet.

Say what you want about the commercialisation of EP, but that is serious value.

team_actimel

Anyone else still having serious withdrawal symptoms? Don't think I'll be right till the weekend. EP '16 was even better than last year! Best weekend of this year hands down.

Rfrip

Totally... I'm still a shell of a woman tbh. I keep smiling to myself thinking back of moments of the wkend. Bodhrandudes clip of Todd terje made me tear up a bit. Don't know what it was about this picnic but it was really special. One of the best

I'm going to probably spend all this weekend going " this time last weekend now I was doing such and such" !!

Pickpocket

Should I have received an email with the discount code by now?

grudgehugger

team_actimel wrote: »

Anyone else still having serious withdrawal symptoms? Don't think I'll be right till the weekend. EP '16 was even better than last year! Best weekend of this year hands down.

Definitely. And the missus as well.

Amazed we haven't sent the five year old to school with a leftover can of Bulmers Pear instead of his water bottle or something.

grudgehugger

Pickpocket wrote: »

Should I have received an email with the discount code by now?

Yes, most likely.

Possibly you didn't tick a box allowing TicketBa3tard to spam you and this is their revenge.

Other people including a mate of mine seem to be getting their codes no problem by ringing TM and talking to an agent. They look up your order history, then give you a code.

Swashbuckler

0818 903 001. Call this number and try to get through to an agent. They'll sort it for you

Pickpocket

grudgehugger wrote: »

Yes, most likely.

Possibly you didn't tick a box allowing TicketBa3tard to spam you and this is their revenge.

Other people including a mate of mine seem to be getting their codes no problem by ringing TM and talking to an agent. They look up your order history, then give you a code.

Swashbuckler wrote: »

0818 903 001. Call this number and try to get through to an agent. They'll sort it for you

Thanks!

That worked a treat. Roll on 2017!

Space Shanty

Folks does anyone know if the Gardai put up photos of lost phones on Facebook or elsewhere before the open day on Saturday?
A girl told me this in the Lost & Found queue on Monday morning but when I rang the station in Portlaoise the guy hadn't a clue.
Thanks

sadie06

Space Shanty wrote: »

Folks does anyone know if the Gardai put up photos of lost phones on Facebook or elsewhere before the open day on Saturday?
A girl told me this in the Lost & Found queue on Monday morning but when I rang the station in Portlaoise the guy hadn't a clue.
Thanks

Last year they did. I remember marvelling at it.

Space Shanty

sadie06 wrote: »

Space Shanty wrote: »

Folks does anyone know if the Gardai put up photos of lost phones on Facebook or elsewhere before the open day on Saturday?
A girl told me this in the Lost & Found queue on Monday morning but when I rang the station in Portlaoise the guy hadn't a clue.
Thanks

Last year they did. I remember marvelling at it.

Thanks Sadie.
I don't fancy a 350 mile round trip for naathin so I'll keep the eyes peeled

Arne_Saknussem

ghostdancer wrote: »

I'd love to get a 2005 map. Am I right in thinking that Body&Soul was outside the main arena? I've a definite memory of walking around there with a few cans during the day, which was well before I was wise to can-smuggling ways!

Pretty sure this is from 2005. After wristband exchange the main entrance brought you in where the Salty Dog entrance is now.

You can see all the tents surrounding B&S as all this area was in the campsite going down to where Hendrix is now. Wilde was empty.

Main stage was further up the hill and at a different angle and the Electric Arena was basically behind it. 15,000 people camping with 10,000 day tickets for each day if i remember correctly!

threein99

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

Pretty sure this is from 2005. After wristband exchange the main entrance brought you in where the Salty Dog entrance is now.

You can see all the tents surrounding B&S as all this area was in the campsite going down to where Hendrix is now. Wilde was empty.

Main stage was further up the hill and at a different angle and the Electric Arena was basically behind it. 15,000 people camping with 10,000 day tickets for each day if i remember correctly!

I thought the Sunday tickets introduced a couple of years ago were the first day tickets you could get for EP since it started.

Arne_Saknussem

threein99 wrote: »

I thought the Sunday tickets introduced a couple of years ago were the first day tickets you could get for EP since it started.

No there were 10,000 day tickets for Sat & Sun in 2005 but they changed it in 2006 to 25,000 camping and a 3 day festival.

They then brought back the day tickets a few years back for Sunday.

Pickpocket

Here's the 2005 itinerary map. Body & Soul is the base of the 'mushroom'.

BaZmO*

I think you also had a choice of weekend tickets with or without camping. It's a bit blurry now, but I got a weekend ticket without camping and just slept in the back of a mate's van on the Saturday. It was really warm and sunny on the Sunday morning and felt like I was in an oven when I woke up!

Arne_Saknussem

Yeah the weather was great on the Saturday and Sunday, was overcast and a bit drizzly on the Friday.

The main arena wasn't open on Friday night but i seem to remember at least 1 band and a pop-up hip hop show from the back of a horse box or something in the car parks with generators etc. Think Scary Eire might have performed.

Pickpocket

Anymore remember this from 2008?

The itinerary came with a little package of glossy mags detailing all of the acts performing over the weekend.

I guess the app does the same thing these days but this felt quite special.

Edit: Crap, can't post the image. I'll try again.

Pickpocket

Pickpocket wrote: »

Anymore remember this from 2008?

The itinerary came with a little package of glossy mags detailing all of the acts performing over the weekend.

I guess the app does the same thing these days but this felt quite special.

Edit: Crap, can't post the image. I'll try again.

Here we go.

Pickpocket

I've a little box full of itineraries from various festivals over the past 15 years. I'm gonna have to put it away because the line-ups are upsetting me.

2005, Electric Arena, Saturday.

Hot Chip, Mixmaster Mike (Beastie Boys), Goldfrap, Arcade Fire, Royksopp, Kraftwerk.

2006, Bodytonic Tent, Sunday.

Charles Webster, Splitloop, Pendulum, Metro Area, Ian Pooley, Carl Craig, Coldcut, Layo & Bushwacka, Tiefschwarz, Francois K, Laurent Garnier.

Back in the day, indeed...

Don't even get me started on the Oxegen ones.... Rage Against The Machine... No, I'm not doing it to myself.

threein99

Pickpocket wrote: »

I've a little box full of itineraries from various festivals over the past 15 years. I'm gonna have to put it away because the line-ups are upsetting me.

2005, Electric Arena, Saturday.

Hot Chip, Mixmaster Mike (Beastie Boys), Goldfrap, Arcade Fire, Royksopp, Kraftwerk.

2006, Bodytonic Tent, Sunday.

Charles Webster, Splitloop, Pendulum, Metro Area, Ian Pooley, Carl Craig, Coldcut, Layo & Bushwacka, Tiefschwarz, Francois K, Laurent Garnier.

Back in the day, indeed...

Don't even get me started on the Oxegen ones.... Rage Against The Machine... No, I'm not doing it to myself.

Check out Oxegen 05

BaZmO*

threein99 wrote: »

Check out Oxegen 05

Incredible lineup when you think of it. The Sunday was the hottest day of the year too. I got burnt to a crisp.

Pickpocket

threein99 wrote: »

Check out Oxegen 05

Yep, ridiculously good.

Although, sadly, the addition of Snoop Dog meant plenty of more 'heads' than usual. That was the beginning of the end for me.

maximoose

God I'd love for the Oxegen of 04-07 to come back

Pickpocket

Looking back over some of the Oxegen line-ups is often like reading a who's who of bands I never got to see. I saw my fair share of big names but other than that my time was mostly spent in the dance tent. Although I've no regrets. DJ Sneak and Richie Hawtin (the original version, i.e. bald head and glasses) was a splendid way to spend a Saturday night.

threein99

BaZmO* wrote: »

Incredible lineup when you think of it. The Sunday was the hottest day of the year too. I got burnt to a crisp.

One of my mates spent that day going around with no shirt or sun screen on and was essentially basting himself with water from the taps. By 9pm he was a quivering mess on the ground with sun stroke, missed 3 days of work and couldnt put a tshirt on for those 3 days either.