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

PabloAndRoy

scruff monkey wrote: »

I don't **** around. The tickets went on sale on Sept 9th at 9AM. This is the mail header from last september


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Scruff is a bot!

heebusjeebus

scruff monkey wrote: »

I don't **** around. The tickets went on sale on Sept 9th at 9AM. This is the mail header from last september


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You beat me! I was 9.45am on the 9th.

scruff monkey

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Scruff is a bot!

A sexy bot

everlast75

scruff monkey wrote: »

I don't **** around. The tickets went on sale on Sept 9th at 9AM. This is the mail header from last september


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9th of the 9th for me.

A johnny come lately motherf*cker clearly

briandebum

Heres some scary foreshadowing from Jim Carroll on twitter to get you hyped:
'And if you think people are fuming right now about @EPfestival, wait till they see the line-up. Chuckle'

https://twitter.com/byjimcarroll/status/844858039983210497

everlast75

briandebum wrote: »

Heres some scary foreshadowing from Jim Carroll on twitter to get you hyped:
'And if you think people are fuming right now about @EPfestival, wait till they see the line-up. Chuckle'

https://twitter.com/byjimcarroll/status/844858039983210497

scruff monkey

Duran Duran FTW!






(i'd actually quite like to see them (i am a shame))

Former Former

Ah, Jim Carroll was banging the same drum last year. Line-up not good enough, early sell-out is no incentive to add big acts, Live Nation is the Great Satan of our times, etc, etc. It is what it is Jim.

D.Q

briandebum wrote: »

Heres some scary foreshadowing from Jim Carroll on twitter to get you hyped:
'And if you think people are fuming right now about @EPfestival, wait till they see the line-up. Chuckle'

https://twitter.com/byjimcarroll/status/844858039983210497

I would take that to mean he reckons the line-up is good.

As in... People are annoyed it's sold out, wait til they see the incredible line up they're missing

peteeeed

I've seen a line up not 100 % that it's legit , the xx , a tribe called quest , Duran Duran , Interpol , Phoenix , madness , run the jewels, father john misty , London grammar , band of horses

BadTurtle

briandebum wrote: »

Heres some scary foreshadowing from Jim Carroll on twitter to get you hyped:
'And if you think people are fuming right now about @EPfestival, wait till they see the line-up. Chuckle'

https://twitter.com/byjimcarroll/status/844858039983210497

BananaRama
Bucks Fizz
Celine Dion

Euphoria Breakdown CD as Saturday night dance act.

Synode

peteeeed wrote: »

I've seen a line up not 100 % that it's legit , the xx , a tribe called quest , Duran Duran , Interpol , Phoenix , madness , run the jewels, father john misty , London grammar , band of horses

An apparently leaked poster was posted a couple of pages back

ghostdancer

Former Former wrote: »

Ah, Jim Carroll was banging the same drum last year. Line-up not good enough, early sell-out is no incentive to add big acts, Live Nation is the Great Satan of our times, etc, etc. It is what it is Jim.

yep, he's said that about a few festivals over the last few years, definitely said it about EP last year. he's getting more and more irrelevant and off-the-mark with his predictions/opinions lately.

Korvanica

team_actimel wrote: »

Strange that all the main news sites have said EP is completely sold out.

That's Sunday tickets i believe. Looking at the EPFestival twitter they've only confirmed the Sunday tickets are gone.

Here's the response you get for weekend tickets.

"Sorry, no tickets from venue currently...
Many fans are shopping and some may have let their tickets go. You can try again or change quantity or ticket type."

Ive also heard from someone in the know.

scruff monkey

BadTurtle wrote: »

BananaRama

Played last year

BadTurtle wrote: »

Celine Dion

ooooh, shexy widow alert and i've a two man tent... just sayin

BadTurtle wrote: »

Euphoria Breakdown CD

i've an orrible feeling I actually have a 2xCD ministry of sound compilation called that (it was cheap and had 1 track i like, i have no shame)

Paddy2012

Former Former wrote: »

Ah, Jim Carroll was banging the same drum last year. Line-up not good enough, early sell-out is no incentive to add big acts, Live Nation is the Great Satan of our times, etc, etc. It is what it is Jim.

I'm with him on Live Nation to be honest

Paleblood

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Interesting replies!

It's a pity you couldn't restrain yourselves a little, you've enabled to organizers to not have to add any acts to sell remaining tickets down the line.

Enjoy!

I hear that line trotted out occasionally and it makes no sense.

The Electric Picnic 'brand' is 14 years old and it has never been bigger or more popular. It has sold out for the past few years due to massive hype and media attention. The second allocation of tickets were snapped up last year within 1 week, despite what many people (not me) considered a lacklustre first announcement.

You're effectively suggesting that the promoters might be strong-armed into making more significant bookings if the final allocation of tickets, amounting to maybe 20-25% of the total attendance, weren't greedily swallowed up in March, for a festival taking place in September.

Do you honestly think the promoter is that short-sighted, or has such little faith in a demonstrably attractive 'product'?

You're talking out of your hat.

dmm82

All gone now, confirmed on their Twitter page

scruff monkey

Right, it's 12 O'Clock Mother.****.ers, where's the list



oh ****, I'm in stuttgart, it's only 12 here...

Arne_Saknussem

Are they streaming the announcement like Body and Soul did or is it on some radio station or something?

BullBlackNova

Former Former wrote: »

Ah, Jim Carroll was banging the same drum last year. Line-up not good enough, early sell-out is no incentive to add big acts, Live Nation is the Great Satan of our times, etc, etc. It is what it is Jim.

That's Jim Carroll's thing though.

"EP is awful". Next year, he'll extend it to Body & Soul and go from there...

He also claimed last year to have seen a different line-up to the one that was published, fuelling the Radiohead rumours that led to nothing. He may have seen the line-up for this year (and regardless of who is on it, it will be followed by outrage from someone so he's technically right...) but there's good reason to doubt how concrete his sources are on the back of that alone.

He was also adamant that Frank Ocean was headlining Longitude and that didn't happen either so...

Mike Guide 69

Mr.S wrote: »

Also worth mentioning that tickets (weekend / Sunday) are always released further down the line, even if EP are saying it's sold out.

Don't cave to touts and buy tickets for 350+, you will always, always, ALWAYS get a ticket for EP for cost.

Yep, i second that, a few mates of mine in the last 2 years, got weekend and sunday tickets, running up to the festival, so it is worth checking back on ticketmaster, a few tickets do manage to make their way back onto the site..

Paleblood

scruff monkey wrote: »

i've an orrible feeling I actually have a 2xCD ministry of sound compilation called that (it was cheap and had 1 track i like, i have no shame)

I have no shame about all of the Euphoria, Lisa Lashes and Tidy Tracks CDs I bought (and still have in my attic)!

They were my first introduction to DJs, in particular different DJs having a different 'sound', the concepts of editing and remixing, the role of a record label, 'white labels', acetates, etc.

I'm sure there's a generation out there that were introduced to dance music via their older brother's carefully curated selection of Kompakt and M_nus vinyls. But for guys like me, who grew up with long-haired brothers listening to Megadeth and Iron Maiden, those tacky, day-glo double-CD mixes opened up a whole new world.

Fago123

Guys let's not go overboard with the whole "the lineup is almost irrelevant, its the atmosphere and craic that makes it etc".  I thought last years lineup was very poor across the board, worst by a mile in years.  Does that mean I had a rubbish time and couldn't wait to leave? Absolutely not!  But would I have preferred if I was spoilt for choice about who to go see throughout the weekend? Absolutely!

threein99

Mr.S wrote: »

Tickets already €400 on Seatwave, Jesus.

I'm not going this year but that seriously pisses me off :mad::mad:

Wooderson

Jimmy C is a dry bastard lads.

I wouldve thought his anti-U2 schtick wouldve been right up this forum's strasse. Yet he's getting lorra heat on 'ere for knockin EP line ups and ticket prices. Cmon.

Former Former

Mr.S wrote: »

Tickets already €400 on Seatwave, Jesus.

This only becomes a problem if people are stupid enough to pay it.

scruff monkey

official on the site now

http://www.electricpicnic.ie/news/electric-picnic-2017-now-sold-out

Korvanica

Fago123 wrote: »

Guys let's not go overboard with the whole "the lineup is almost irrelevant, its the atmosphere and craic that makes it etc".  I thought last years lineup was very poor across the board, worst by a mile in years.  Does that mean I had a rubbish time and couldn't wait to leave? Absolutely not!  But would I have preferred if I was spoilt for choice about who to go see throughout the weekend? Absolutely!

I do love festivals where i know feck all acts though. Something about wandering around, checking stuff out not needing to be anywhere at any particular time is so so good.

Few years there was loads I wanted to see and it was fairly hectic.

Saying that, when the lineup is announced ill be checking every bans out and making a few notes on who i wanna see.

everlast75

Fago123 wrote: »

Guys let's not go overboard with the whole "the lineup is almost irrelevant, its the atmosphere and craic that makes it etc".  I thought last years lineup was very poor across the board, worst by a mile in years.  Does that mean I had a rubbish time and couldn't wait to leave? Absolutely not!  But would I have preferred if I was spoilt for choice about who to go see throughout the weekend? Absolutely!

honestly - I was spoiled for choice. Was down seeing bands from 1pm on Sat and around 3 on Sunday