Electric Picnic 2017 **Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales**

Fatfrog

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https://www.joe.ie/news/man-died-body-soul-festival-westmeath-592943

Mrs Shuttleworth

Fatfrog wrote: »

Come on!! Just go into the EP forum from 16-15-14 etc etc and its the same bitching and moaning around this time of year... only to be followed by "best weekend ever" some weeks later

Bar a few exceptions (i.e. Blur) ep does not have "premium" headlines.

Theres allot of talk about Duran Duran not being headliner material, which I feel is wrong, they have appeal with a huge back catalogue songs. The same can't be said for a tribe called quest, what were they thinking!! Completely unknown in Ireland, if theres any sort of clash the main stage will be empty!!

Maybe Rita Ora will show up and then everyone will be happy.

Fatfrog

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Maybe Rita Ora will show up and then everyone will be happy.

Who??

showpony1

watching Glasto here Barry Gibb would have been class

Rfrip

showpony1 wrote: »

watching Glasto here Barry Gibb would have been class

Same here! Think he's putting on a great show.

showpony1

Rfrip wrote: »

Same here! Think he's putting on a great show.

prob only plays very select shows?

Fatfrog

Shaggy on now!!

Gal44

Barry was brilliant, Would love to see him at EP!

dirkmeister

I caught Phoenix last night on BBC.

They put on some show,very impressive!

Mcbee88

Really enjoyed Barry and Shaggy!! Actually really enjoying the Killers on the john peel stage now too, they're putting on a great show

Mike Guide 69

The Killers putting on an impressive performance on the special guests slot at Glastonbury, and their schedule is empty during September!!!!!

Synode

Chic great as always

showpony1

dirkmeister wrote: »

I caught Phoenix last night on BBC.

They put on some show,very impressive!

didn't know that was them who sang Liztomania, defo up for seeing them. would they get main stage or a tent?

Seathrun66

showpony1 wrote: »

dirkmeister wrote: »

I caught Phoenix last night on BBC.

They put on some show,very impressive!

didn't know that was them who sang Liztomania, defo up for seeing them. would they get main stage or a tent?

Main stage sub-headliner or Electric Arena headliner I reckon. They've headlined Coachella & other fests in the past. Not as big now but still a fair draw.

Poorside

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Main stage sub-headliner or Electric Arena headliner I reckon. They've headlined Coachella & other fests in the past. Not as big now but still a fair draw.

If they play EA and clash with ATCQ, the main stage will probably have one of its smallest crowds ever for a headliner.

showpony1

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Main stage sub-headliner or Electric Arena headliner I reckon. They've headlined Coachella & other fests in the past. Not as big now but still a fair draw.

As right too bad, not a big main stage fan; hopefully EA would be ideal.
My list has improved from the initial look at the line-up..

Phoenix
A Tribe Called Quest
Krept & Konan
Rejjie Snow
Mura Masa
Pete Tong
Hannah Wants
Annie Mac
Madness

(then my usual extras)
Attention Bebe
bit of Casa Bacardi & Heineken tent
Smash Hits
Mother DJs


i think this festival is going to turn out alright in the end any other suggestions based on above acts to check out?

Peter File

showpony1 wrote: »

As right too bad, not a big main stage fan; hopefully EA would be ideal.
My list has improved from the initial look at the line-up..

Phoenix
A Tribe Called Quest
Krept & Konan
Rejjie Snow
Mura Masa
Pete Tong
Hannah Wants
Annie Mac
Madness

(then my usual extras)
Attention Bebe
bit of Casa Bacardi & Heineken tent
Smash Hits
Mother DJs


i think this festival is going to turn out alright in the end any other suggestions based on above acts to check out?

Vince Staples

Poorside

Listened to some Jagwar Ma earlier, will go with the yellow highlighter for them on my clashfinder printout, pink = must see, yellow = will go if not clashing with a pink.
By Sunday I'll be colour blind anyway.

Synode

Wish Mother DJs played the Friday or Saturday night. Am always in a hoop by the time they play the Sunday

Rfrip

Synode wrote: »

Wish Mother DJs played the Friday or Saturday night. Am always in a hoop by the time they play the Sunday

Aw no I love them closing out Sunday night. Makes me less sad that the wkend is over with them closing them out

Poorside

Sheeran is having a bit of a shocker, never liked him anyway but he's hitting bum notes and making a mess of classic songs, really can't see how he's up there.

Rfrip

Poorside wrote: »

Listened to some Jagwar Ma earlier, will go with the yellow highlighter for them on my clashfinder printout, pink = must see, yellow = will go if not clashing with a pink.
By Sunday I'll be colour blind anyway.

Every year it's the same, clashfinder printed out, laminated and highlighted ruthlessly....by Saturday I've it lost and never paid any heed to it Friday anyway!

showpony1

Rfrip wrote: »

Aw no I love them closing out Sunday night. Makes me less sad that the wkend is over with them closing them out

i thought they played a few different sets over the weekend, or maybe its listed differently as just one of the members playing under their own name?

UsedToWait

Poorside wrote: »

Sheeran is having a bit of a shocker, never liked him anyway but he's hitting bum notes and making a mess of classic songs, really can't see how he's up there.

Guitar tuning is terrible anyway.

I'm only watching as a soporific - Justice and Metronomy sets will be watched when I haven't to get up early

Synode

Poorside wrote: »

Sheeran is having a bit of a shocker, never liked him anyway but he's hitting bum notes and making a mess of classic songs, really can't see how he's up there.

What! I'm no Sheeran fan but he's putting on a great show. No live singer ever gets it perfect. In fact I'd say that Sheeran is doing better than most live singers could ever dream of

showpony1

Poorside wrote: »

Sheeran is having a bit of a shocker, never liked him anyway but he's hitting bum notes and making a mess of classic songs, really can't see how he's up there.

not his fault he's so popular

endainoz

Have to hand it too him tho, to be able command a stage like that with just an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal is impressive.

Also great to see beoga a spot on the main stage, playing Irish trad like! A great band guaranteed to have a brilliant show at the picnic. There's a lot more to them than just that friggen Galway Girl song!

Poorside

Rfrip wrote: »

Every year it's the same, clashfinder printed out, laminated and highlighted ruthlessly....by Saturday I've it lost and never paid any heed to it Friday anyway!

Don't laminate it, so it's normally goosed because it's been in my back pocket when I sat on a wet bench/patch,

Rfrip

showpony1 wrote: »

i thought they played a few different sets over the weekend, or maybe its listed differently as just one of the members playing under their own name?

Your right, various different mother djs play in Bacardi bar, sound atlas and I think that just eat place. Always try and catch Ruth and ghostboy and Kelly Anne Byrne in the afternoons. Just brilliant

Synode

Think it's ghostboy that closes on the Sunday. It's always excellent