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

Arne_Saknussem

Poorside wrote: »

Loads more will be announced, and won't all be Johnny and his guitar.

Johnny Marr would be excellent.

windowcleaner

Looks like Jim Carroll was right after all

OhHiMark

Phantogram are good. I'd like to see them. I'm not going though so I won't.

Although their new album isn't as good as the first two actually.

team_actimel

Is that true that the xx are to fill the Friday night slot? I'd like to see them but am disappointed there's no dance act for the main stage.

Eod100

Mr.S wrote: »

Looking at a handful of mainland European festivals you can see most of the lineup + better for cheaper.

I think that was always the case with most festivals compared to Ireland's tho.

MS291988

the one Fxxking year i buy a early ticket RAGIN!

of the 4/5 ive gone to in the last number of years surely the worst line up

dont know how they can pull it out of the bag

threein99

MS291988 wrote: »

the one Fxxking year i buy a early ticket RAGIN!

of the 4/5 ive gone to in the last number of years surely the worst line up

dont know how they can pull it out of the bag

Its sold out, so they don't need too

strawberryb0y

Ill happily take a ticket from anyone who doesn't want to go.
Great lineup imo

Former Former

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

Johnny Marr would be excellent.

He was clearly talking about Johnny Greenwood. I mean, Radiohead MUST be playing, right?

everlast75

This is the 1st wave of acts. There are always those that freak out at this stage. Let the rest of the acts be announced before calling it the worst line up ever.

Or alternatively, offload your tickets now. You won't lose money.

sydthebeat

none of the headliners attract me at all.
A tribe called quest are sonically good craic, but probably one of the worst headliners ever.

Glad about Band of horses (didnt get to see them last month) and divine comedy..

will probably catch pretenders, madness (who always put a good show on played EP before iirc), michael kiwanuka, young fathers.

enough for the pill heads in there with pete tong and RTJ

very disappointed overhead the albatross and RSAG arent in there.

all in all a pi$$poor line up, im really expecting bigger names to be announced

MattD

The cynic in me says that Phoenix were booked, but once the festival was selling out, EP started cancelling some bigger undercards to get some money back...

Mike Guide 69

Eod100 wrote: »

I think that was always the case with most festivals compared to Ireland's tho.

Rock Werchter looks soooo tempting now!!!!

Synode

Are A Tribe Called Quest going to play the late night Saturday slot on the main stage. Can't see that working at all. Which means there's a really big hole there to be filled

BullBlackNova

A Tribe Called Quest is a great booking IMO. The xx are solid too.

Undercard is brilliant though i must say.

Father John Misty, Car Seat Headrest, Young Fathers, Interpol, Run the Jewels, London Grammar, Band of Horses, Perfume Genius, Real Estate...

That's a solid weekend right there.

Ah well - I didn't buy a ticket so i don't know why I'm even interested!!

kg703

Well, it's not a bad line up, I guess people will give out (check out all the young ones on facebook going mental its brilliant) but I wouldnt be holding my breath for another big announcement - last year everyone held on for that last announcement and in the end I think the biggest name on it was Bellx1

No jamiroquai though

Really thought that would happen

Anyway, I will certainly enjoy it, half the fun of the place is finding random acts to watch

Former Former

The headliners are weak, but below them it's a great lineup

Just for context, here's the second wave of acts that were announced in June last year:
http://www.electricpicnic.ie/news/more-acts-announced-electric-picnic-2016

If we got another announcement of a similar calibre this year, I'd be very happy.

sally cinnamon89

Interpol need to **** off

Nugget89

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

Rock Werchter looks soooo tempting now!!!!

Weekend tickets sold out a few days back

heebusjeebus

MattD wrote: »

The cynic in me says that Phoenix were booked, but once the festival was selling out, EP started cancelling some bigger undercards to get some money back...

I agree. Very disappointed. It's the band I was most looking forward to from the leak.

BullBlackNova

MattD wrote: »

The cynic in me says that Phoenix were booked, but once the festival was selling out, EP started cancelling some bigger undercards to get some money back...

Far more likely is that they rejigged it so that they can have some relatively decent names to headline future announcements.

It's not uncommon at any festival - acts are all booked well in advance, a lot of fees are paid up and tour schedules organised around it so they'd still have to shell out a good bit in cancellation fees.

Plus, anyone that thinks Festival Republic started ringing around cancelling acts this morning after tickets started to sell is a f*cking moron

But they probably decided to re-work the initial tranche of acts so that announcements #2 and #3 can have a decent name or two on the top line.

siblers

everlast75 wrote: »

This is the 1st wave of acts. There are always those that freak out at this stage. Let the rest of the acts be announced before calling it the worst line up ever.

Or alternatively, offload your tickets now. You won't lose money.

People say that all the time but from my own experience/taste, the initial announcement is usually the best, last 3 E.Ps..bands that were added later to the line up were nothing to get excited about

SteelyDanJalapeno

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!

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Nation 98

Awful

briandebum

Happy enough with that lineup, undercard already pretty strong, especially looking forward to vince staples, john misty and run the jewels.

However when you compare the line up to say Rock Werchter, which is 4 day festival for the same price. Which (in my eyes) has a very strong lineup of headliners. You just wonder where the money goes?

ghostdancer

davywalsh7 wrote: »

Very poor headliners in fairness. Undercard solid already though

yep, I'd have expected bigger headliners, but xx/Tribe are great, and underneath is good too.

The xx
A Tribe Called Quest
Pete Tong's thing
Interpol
Run the Jewels
Father John Misty
London Grammar
Band of Horses
Soulwax
Floating Points
Kiasmos
Vince Staples
Mano Le Tough
Young Fathers
Car Seat Headrest
Japandroids
Real Estate

loads to keep me entertained, before the other announcements.

SteelyDanJalapeno

everlast75 wrote: »

This is the 1st wave of acts. There are always those that freak out at this stage. Let the rest of the acts be announced before calling it the worst line up ever.

Or alternatively, offload your tickets now. You won't lose money.

Poster clearly says complete line up

stead

TiltedBrain wrote: »

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

It's going to be a sell out regardless of if the tickets are bought in January or August. They know this.

bodhrandude

sydthebeat wrote: »

none of the headliners attract me at all.
A tribe called quest are sonically good craic, but probably one of the worst headliners ever.

Glad about Band of horses (didnt get to see them last month) and divine comedy..

will probably catch pretenders, madness (who always put a good show on played EP before iirc), michael kiwanuka, young fathers.

enough for the pill heads in there with pete tong and RTJ

very disappointed overhead the albatross and RSAG arent in there.

all in all a pi$$poor line up, im really expecting bigger names to be announced

They will be most certainly be there, always playing the smaller festival stages.

SteelyDanJalapeno

stead wrote: »

It's going to be a sell out regardless of if the tickets are bought in January or August. They know this.

Yeah, we're shooting ourselves in the foot.