Electric Picnic 2024 **No Ticket Sales / Requests** - Waiting in line, terrible time, over familiar

Melvatron was really put out by the price increase of AC generators post Covid, I love the green spin on things😎

Fat Dog at the Róísín, a short set and the venue half full but the crowd went mad for them. They’ll be storming festivals all Summer long. Nice lads, chatting to all and sundry on the roof afterwards. Forgot to ask ‘em if they were playing EP/ATN, etc but they’ll be somewhere or other and later playing much bigger venues in the Autumn and Winter.

March 1st apparently for the Green Man announcement, I see EP now falls on the same dates and although there hasn't been much crossover before with GM will be intrigued to see if there is a bit of crossover this year.

That rules her out of being the main Saturday dance headliner like was suggested, as I said I don't think she's big enough to really fill that slot, pretty sure Skrillex is ruled out the Saturday too. I'd probably guess the Prodigy then going by other FR gigs. Unless they changed things this year, more likely to close out EA which makes way more sense for either of the two DJs mentioned. Pretty sure the past 2 years a big DJ closed out EA with Disclosure and Jamie XX.

The Friday hasn't finished as late as the Sat tho mate. I've been at all the ones you mention. All done by midnight.

Chance would be a fine thing, BD.

New Kings of Leon music being announced on Thursday. This has Melvin written all over it.

Hug your children.

One suggestion that worried me re: Saturday Dance act that was mentioned previously on the thread was Calvin Harris, without a doubt one of the worst DJs I seen at Primavera last year. Pretty sure it was a pre recorded set and was just all smoke and lights with him bouncing around with his hands in the air playing a lot of mediocre music.

My fear is that someone at FR will think "remember him from the Oxygen days" not realising it's as if it's literally a completely different person now, as is his setup. I actually had completely forgotten he had a live band, vocals went off in it but at least it feels real and was unique, I actually think it's a decent performance and a million times better than what I seen last year, it's a pity he went away from that setup but I guess it's probably less work/more money. Some of his early music I actually though was decent but none of that was played from half hour or so of the set I heard recently. It's hard to believe it's the same person now as the sort of nerdy/fun person in the video above who produced his first breakthrough album on his own in his house on an Amiga.

Harris went the same way Guetta did circa post 2006. Both had decent production and remixes to their name with Guetta arguably the better DJ and Harris the better performer. But then along came EDM and the elusive US scene with all the money and before long you knew it, "DJ's" were getting paid half a million per set in Las Vegas. Both have residencies in Ushuaia, Ibiza this summer where tickets are €100 and pints start at €17. Theoretically, either could play EP but then so could Swedish House Mafia who are also confirmed residents at the same club...

The new Paranoid London album is great for those interested in contemporary acid house/electro btw.

Slim to no chance of them appearing at EP of course.

Not at all.

The problem is that this poxconglomerate will be crowed about by Melvetor in the Sunday briefings and when he's on next with Moncrieff.

"The punters loved Gerry and the Leons. Huge crowds, big success, booked them for next year already. Thinking of not only moving the festival Sean, but renaming it in their honour also. Gerry's Picnic. etc the punters love it."

Depends on the GAA top. I'd like to see the size of the boy that's going to take mine off me.