Electric Picnic 2019 **Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales / Requests **

Seathrun66

endainoz wrote: »

Well at least that's the announcement of the announcement out of the way!

When’s the announcement for the second announcement?

drunkmonkey

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

You will most likely pick up a cv ticket in the last week, unlikely beforehand. People don't usually have "spares" but lots buy without any concrete plans for a vehicle and try to get some mates to pitch in for a hire cv which either turns out to be too expensive or its too late to get a hire. Happened to me a couple of years back and I picked one up on toutless about 10 days before the festival.

If you saw my campervan you'd have doubts as well. I need to cut the roof off another one so I'm not looking at the stars for the weekend.

PabloAndRoy

drunkmonkey wrote: »

If you saw my campervan you'd have doubts as well. I need to cut the roof off another one so I'm not looking at the stars for the weekend.

Not sure if serious, or crazy :eek:

drunkmonkey

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Not sure if serious, or crazy :eek:

Seriously crazy, she'll be right by September:D

MichaelM93l

Reading some comments saying Body&Soul are pulling out of EP and after last year when EP announced the line up initially without Body&Soul it would seem there’s something going on between the two parties? Couldn’t blame Body&Soul if they want to pull out might be a sign of things to come with EP, will be missed if they aren’t there.

Seathrun66

MichaelM93l wrote: »

Reading some comments saying Body&Soul are pulling out of EP and after last year when EP announced the line up initially without Body&Soul it would seem there’s something going on between the two parties? Couldn’t blame Body&Soul if they want to pull out might be a sign of things to come with EP, will be missed if they aren’t there.

Reading where? Reliable journalistic source?

bodhrandude

MichaelM93l wrote: »

Reading some comments saying Body&Soul are pulling out of EP and after last year when EP announced the line up initially without Body&Soul it would seem there’s something going on between the two parties? Couldn’t blame Body&Soul if they want to pull out might be a sign of things to come with EP, will be missed if they aren’t there.

Can't see that happening EP is an incredibly successful venture and B&S was struggling with selling tickets for their own event last year, personally I think it would be financial suicide to pull out of EP at the moment.

bodhrandude

Boardmasters Soundwave Festival announcing their lineup in 12 hours, a key August festival that has shared some of the same headliners as EP in the past, I remember when Leftfield announced four summer festival shows in 2010, one was for Boardmasters and one for Electric Picnic.

Seathrun66

bodhrandude wrote: »

Can't see that happening EP is an incredibly successful venture and B&S was struggling with selling tickets for their own event last year, personally I think it would be financial suicide to pull out of EP at the moment.

A cousin is a close pal of one of the B&S organisers. He assures me that he's heard nothing and this rumour is seemingly baseless.

Why do people regurgitate nonsensical rumours with no factual basis? Leave that to Trump & the Brexiteers.

Rfrip

There’s more chance of daft punk and Radiohead headlining than body and soul pulling out

Stillill42

Loss of Body and Soul rumours quashed for another year. We push on with the latest loss of Soul rumours. Take it away, folks.

everlast75

Rfrip wrote: »

There’s more chance of daft punk and Radiohead headlining than body and soul pulling out

So you're saying there's a chance.....

Fatfrog

MichaelM93l wrote: »

Reading some comments saying Body&Soul are pulling out of EP and after last year when EP announced the line up initially without Body&Soul it would seem there’s something going on between the two parties? Couldn’t blame Body&Soul if they want to pull out might be a sign of things to come with EP, will be missed if they aren’t there.

Read the same on the Facebook, the suggestion is its a valuable area and commercially EP want it for other uses, but thinking about it further... if B&S wasn't there what could you do with the space!... its a unique landscape, you couldn't really deviate from what's there. So not buying it. Roll on announcement.

jeditokingyoda

Florence + The Machine would be a great headliner! Otherwise, kind of underwhelming imo

Wooderson

jeditokingyoda wrote: »

Florence + The Machine would be a great headliner!

Ye reckon? Pretty uninspiring to a lot of people i'd wager. Prefer something a bit mad like the 1975.

scruff monkey

Wooderson wrote: »

Ye reckon? Pretty uninspiring to a lot of people i'd wager. Prefer something a bit mad like the 1975.

I am not a massive fan of Flo Jo and her two stroke, but she's got talent and was very well received last time she played.


1975 are just ****e, total and utter ****e. There's no contest here.

jeditokingyoda

Wooderson wrote: »

Ye reckon? Pretty uninspiring to a lot of people i'd wager. Prefer something a bit mad like the 1975.

I think I'd prefer Florence to the 1975. But that might just be me I guess. I can't stand the 1975. Although, there are other bands that I would much rather see headlining than Florence.

Ricosruffneck

jeditokingyoda wrote: »

I think I'd prefer Florence to the 1975. But that might just be me I guess. I can't stand the 1975. Although, there are other bands that I would much rather see headlining than Florence.

She's really overrated. Caught her past year. Big Nope.

She's a floaty dopey hippy dippy screechy seagull person.

I'm not a fan of the 1975 either but have heard their live show was interesting.

Ferris_Bueller

I could see us getting both. They would be two big names that most of the crowd would know and have played EP before several times. I wouldn't mind either of them as long as there was a headliner there that I really wanted to see (Tame Impala, Bon Iver, Robyn..).

I'd perfer the 1975 over the likes of Picture This for sure!

everlast75

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

I'd perfer the 1975 over the likes of Picture This for sure!

I would rather castration without anaesthetic over Picture This, but that doesn't mean I would like that option...

Rfrip

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

I could see us getting both. They would be two big names that most of the crowd would know and have played EP before several times. I wouldn't mind either of them as long as there was a headliner there that I really wanted to see (Tame Impala, Bon Iver, Robyn..).

I'd perfer the 1975 over the likes of Picture This for sure!

Amen

maximoose

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

I'd perfer the 1975 over the likes of Picture This for sure!

I can see both happening tbh

Ferris_Bueller

maximoose wrote: »

I can see both happening tbh

God it would be incredibly disappointing to get them a second year in a row. Even if we don't get them there are others who could fill the gap like Gavin James or Kodaline. We are guaranteed some kind of act like that I suppose.

The Davestator

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

God it would be incredibly disappointing to get them a second year in a row. Even if we don't get them there are others who could fill the gap like Gavin James or Kodaline. We are guaranteed some kind of act like that I suppose.

Yep, probably guaranteed some commercially successful & extremely popular artists. Who'd have thought eh?:rolleyes:

Not my cup of tea but dont people who get riled up by people they dont like.

Stillill42

He he. We're a predictable bunch.

Stillill42

I see Billy Bragg is down for 3 nights in Whelan's end of July. He's surely due a return?

Ricosruffneck

Finland

Ricosruffneck

Big news maybe.

So Milano rocks fest Italy announced

Florence and the machine + 1975 August 30th

Twenty one pilots 31st

May rule these acts out. (Or make them more possible as they may be travelling back from sziget)

I reckon Florence will announce a stand alone gig in Belfast around her Edinburgh date though.

showpony1

Ricosruffneck wrote: »

Big news maybe.

So Milano rocks fest Italy announced

Florence and the machine + 1975 August 30th

Twenty one pilots 31st

May rule these acts out.

I would have thought it makes it more likely to then be 1975 on the sat and Florence on the sunday for EP now if anything with them playing those dates.

Seathrun66

showpony1 wrote: »

I would have thought it makes it more likely to then be 1975 on the sat and Florence on the sunday for EP now if anything with them playing those dates.

Ah man, this 1975/Florence chatter is really killing my buzz.

Are we really looking at only one potential decent headliner?