Fergal and Mags haven't been this excited since EMF played a rave in Athenry
Okay, I'm being deliberately flippant, but come on, the line-up as whole? Most of the acts on it are long past their peak, creaky relics of bygone scenes trading on past glories. Such acts are normally part of the bigger picture at these festivals- the old crowd-pleasing nostalgia monkeys that are a good wheeze but not the main attraction. This year they've all lumbered center stage, like a bunch of embarrassing uncles and aunties popping e tablets and wearing tie-dye. A certain part of the traditional EP crowd (mid 30s cutting loose to remember the good old days) will love the line up. This is fair enough. But what of that other huge cross-section of Electric Picnic goers, people like me, mid twenties and upwards, fans of the smaller more left-field indie acts who are put off by a certain piss-soaked post leaving cert war-zone in Kildare? This crowd was always happily catered for by the Electric Picnic. And now, I'd bet most of us are online, feverishly booking tickets for Benicassim and Primavera. Or even worse, considering running the Oxegen gauntlet. 'Cos for €240 this picnic just doesn't cut it. And as for the Sex Pistols hype? Ye Fookin' wha? Stuff that sounded like a dangerously incendiary new world to kids in tiny London Clubs in the late 70s ain't gonna sound so hot on that big stage. It will look and sound like 5 wrinkly scrotums with guitars. They'll be up there earning a fat paycheck by playing repetitive 2 chord ditties that have been blunted by time and nostalgia. PiL would have been waay better. Bollocks dot com.
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Pretty Shite. I thought Portishead were playing?
Only bands I'd have any interest in seeing are Tindersticks, Silver Apples, Wilco, and Blitzen Trapper.
Anyways, I'm not shelling out E240.
here here, that line up is really shite, the only one that tickles my fancy is Grinderman, and maybe Conor Oberst,
I'm not heading along to Feile 92, no way no how
get over it already will ye?!
Haahaa aero, I'm not that bothered cos I wasn't going to be in the country at the time anyway. Dangerous-yeah there are actually some good bands tucked into the mix but enough to fork our 240 squids for?
Happy enough that I plonked down €200 a couple of months back for an early bird ticket.
For the first time I'm more interested by the headlining bands than the stuff on the undercard.
Cant wait to see Sinead O'Connor, cant wait, oh and The Pistols...RAAAAWWWK ON BROTHERS
I dont know if the bookers are unbelievably lazy or geniuses. It is an interesting mix and definitely trying make this the "mature" festival but methinks they went a bit too far.
I am VERY miffed that they had the gall to put up the price by 20% in a year which is already one o profound economic uncertainty. BUt hey we are in rip off Ireland so let them try and rape our wallet.
I am going to Bestival instead.
Conor? Conor O'Neill? I might go to bestival with ya!
Yes. It is Conor O Neill and I am going to Bestival and do come considering youre missing the Picnic we can make up for it. Have a place to crash in Southampton before and after too!
Bestival is in the Isle of Wight dudes, so how would yis crash in Southampton?!!! GEOGRAPHY!!!!!!!!!!
Because we're crazy fucks that know no geography. YEEEEOOOOWWWW
all the Bestival tickets are sold out.. expect on lastminute.com.. I'm going too Whoop whoop! Louise B
yokles....
chill the beans
they do this every year, you know that this is only the start of the lineup and theyre gonna release a lot more names closer to the festival. Its to stop the mainstream oxegen rif-raf from wettin their knickers over electric picnic as well.
well done to EP I say.
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