Electric Picnic 2023 **No Ticket Sales / Requests ** - It'll be grand

Seconded. A deathly dull live act.

Gizzard have Fri and Sat free. Would be epic to see them at Stradbally.

Well, Young Fathers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Idles, Amyl and the Sniffers, Wet Leg, Steve Lacy....there's the makings of something there alright.

Will be making a return to Stradbally this year having missed out on 2022, but fully expecting it to be my farewell to Electric Picnic. The thread is usually such a source of excitement when the lineup comes out and in the buildup to the festival so I hope there is a bit more activity here the next while. Initial announcement didn't do a whole lot for me and I am feeling.. not optimistic.. shall we say about the main announcement in the coming weeks. Having said that, some acts that are touring other festivals that I'd like to see announced:

Bicep - playing in Belfast and Reading/Leeds the weekend before EP. No Irish festivals announced yet which is unusual for them. Think they are nailed on.

Confidence Man - playing a few UK festivals in August including All Points East the Monday before EP.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - playing End of the Road the same weekend and have an extensive European tour in August with no Irish date. Great at ATN 2022.

Girl in Red - playing Rock en Seine and All Points East late August.

Desire - would love to see these guys. Playing a few European dates and festivals during the summer including Field Day & Parades des Coura two weeks before EP. Does not seem like an act that will appear at the modern version of EP unfortunately.

Fever Ray - another with a decent amount of European dates over the summer and no Irish date. Still in Europe late August.

Foals - not a huge fan but would go and see them which is all I'm looking for at this stage! Another with lots of festival dates in Europe in August but no Irish date.

2manyDJs - seem to be gigging around Europe at the time, always fun to see.

The Chemical Brothers - playing Cork in June so probably unlikely but that is a rescheduled gig AFAIK so maybe.. Playing in France & Wales the weekends either side of Picnic.

Slowdive - playing Green Man two weeks before, not much else going on. Definitely unlikely for the modern day EP.

Christine & the Queens - one or two festival gigs nearby in early August, has played before but have missed her in the past.

The Blaze - brilliant electronic music, have seen them a few times before including EP 2018 (?). Very active around Europe at the time but look pretty busy that weekend.

And finally M83 - by far and away the one I would love to see the most. If it is to be my final EP I cannot think of anything more fitting than him soundtracking one of the evenings. Playing at Lowlands, Pukkelpop & Sziget in August but definitely not getting my hopes up here.

The acts are out there and available on the weekend, many of the above have played at the festival before. The question is which direction the bookers decide to go in. Based on the lineup to date I'm not confident but you never know. I would love nothing more than for them to pull the cat out of the bag and get even a couple of the above (or similar) acts - that's all it takes to give you the spine of a brilliant weekend. Maybe I've grown too cautious and negative in the past 3 or 4 years since I last attended but as this thread has shown time and time again it is the hope that keeps you hanging on in there. One more time can't hurt!

99% sure this will be our last EP, heading to ATN for the first time and if its good I think that will take over.

I’m expecting an announcement the week after Paddy’s Day - let the Bicep 3Arena gig pass, then announce them and others.

That's a generous view of last year, Seath. Certainly far less depth to the line up than usual. My 2022 highlights reel was a pretty meagre affair. Did you see anything ladt year that would make it into your top 10 EP gigs? Sleaford Mods maybe? 7 or 8 others that i enjoyed but very little of the magic. I yield to nobody in my affection for EP but as I say, there's a reason I didn't buy my ticket straight away for the first time in 9 picnics. I'll be delighted if they pull it out of the bag with this announcement but I'm not holding out too much hope.

2nd announcement was March 10th last year, a thursday.

2020 was March 11th Wednesday,

2019 was March 13th Wednesday,

2018 was March 15th Thursday.

It's coming soon, even could be as early as this Friday 10th.

extra tickets released yesterday. normal and written in contracts that festival appearances cannot be announced for acts until their headline shows are done.

To keep up the momentum of festivals near the EP dates, Lowlands has just added 30 new acts.

I'd happily take that lineup for EP

Here’s hoping we’re over the worst but I fear not. Some more junk to come and a fair bit of decent stuff. In terms of a great headliner or sub-headliner I fear not.

I read during the week that Everything But The Girl will be releasing a new album after a long hiatus. Wouldn't mind seeing them play live at EP.

That's a shame.

I never knew they were married until recently. I know, been living under a cabbage.