Electric Picnic 2009 - All discussion, no ticket sales.

missingtime · 30-05-2009 04:35PM #1

Line Up:

2 MANY DJS, A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, ABC, ALABAMA 3, AMADOU & MARIAM, BASEMENT JAXX, BAT FOR LASHES, BELL ORCHESTRE, BELL X1, BILLY BRAGG, BRIAN WILSON, CHIC, CHRIS CUNNINGHAM LIVE, DAMIEN DEMPSEY, DUBLIN GOSPEL CHOIR, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, EFTERKLANG, EROL ALKAN, ESG, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, FIONN REGAN, FLAMING LIPS, FLEET FOXES, FOUR TET, HALFSET, HEARTBREAK, IMELDA MAY, JAMES MURPHY & PAT MAHONEY, JAPE, JAZZANOVA (LIVE), JEFFREY LEWIS, KLAXONS, LISA HANNIGAN, LOW ANTHEM, LYKKE LI, MADNESS, MAGAZINE, MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO, MARINA & THE DIAMONDS, MGMT, MICACHU, MICHAEL NYMAN ORCHESTRA, MODERAT, MUNDY, NÔZE, OKKERVIL RIVER, ORBITAL, QUANTIC & HIS COMBO BARBARO, RICHMOND FONTAINE, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, ROOTS MANUVA,ROYKSOPP, SEASICK STEVE, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (LIVE), SKREAM & BENGA, THE FIELD, THE SUGARHILL GANG, THE WAILERS, THE WALKMEN, TUNNG, VILLAGERS, WHITEST BOY ALIVE, ZERO 7.

Cant freaking wait! Highlighted the ones i'm most looking forward to.

Any rumours?

missingtime · 30-05-2009 04:59PM

Mr.S wrote: »

Lineup is piss poor for €240 imo, compared to last year anyway.

Are you mad, man?

If The National are announced I may scream like a little girly girl watching Britney

Helix · 30-05-2009 05:01PM

Mr.S wrote: »

Lineup is piss poor for €240 imo, compared to last year anyway.

the festivals gone to ****e imo

lordgoat · 30-05-2009 05:01PM

worst EP line up there has been. Def not going to it. Will more than likely go to the one that can be named again. It wipes the floor with it

Da Bounca · 30-05-2009 05:04PM

They have an amazing lineup ya lunatics.
AND, acts are still being added.

Can't fu*king wait.

Hope to see as many of these as possible:

2 MANY DJS, ALABAMA 3, BASEMENT JAXX, BRIAN WILSON, DAMIEN DEMPSEY, DUBLIN GOSPEL CHOIR, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, EFTERKLANG, EROL ALKAN, FLAMING LIPS, FLEET FOXES, KLAXONS, MADNESS, MGMT, ORBITAL, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, ROOTS MANUVA, ROYKSOPP, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (LIVE), THE SUGARHILL GANG, THE WAILERS.

Da Bounca · 30-05-2009 05:19PM

It's too expensive, you're dead right. It costs half the price if not less in other countries for the same thing.

However, 240 yoyos for 3 days of nirvana is something I'm willing to pay.

missingtime · 30-05-2009 05:20PM

Helix wrote: »

the festivals gone to ****e imo

In what way?

Didn't go last year but have been twice before. I love the festival, and the atmosphere there is great.

I know the price is A LOT but, I think the line up is savage.

Helix · 30-05-2009 05:34PM

missingtime wrote: »

In what way?

all imo of course, but theyve turned it into the ultimate cash cow. huge ticket prices supplemented by the highest ratio of concession stands to punters ive ever seen at a gig. its almost scary how many stalls theyve managed to shoehorn into the venue

the money clearly isnt being spent on the lineup either, hence the clever change of title to "arts and music festival" last year. now thats fair enough if youre into that sort of thing, but when im going to a music festival id like to see a little more spent on the lineup and a little less spent on tryhard "random" novelties that add very little other than 5 seconds of curiousity to the event

too much a case of how little can we spend and how much can we charge for me these days

missingtime · 30-05-2009 05:45PM

Helix wrote: »

all imo of course, but theyve turned it into the ultimate cash cow. huge ticket prices supplemented by the highest ratio of concession stands to punters ive ever seen at a gig. its almost scary how many stalls theyve managed to shoehorn into the venue

the money clearly isnt being spent on the lineup either, hence the clever change of title to "arts and music festival" last year. now thats fair enough if youre into that sort of thing, but when im going to a music festival id like to see a little more spent on the lineup and a little less spent on tryhard "random" novelties that add very little other than 5 seconds of curiousity to the event

too much a case of how little can we spend and how much can we charge for me these days

Fair points I suppose.

I understand there is a lot of the arty farty airy fairy stuff but I just like the way is organised. It seems much more professionally done that other festivals that i've been to.

Anyhoo, the minute I saw line up, I was definitely going. Hopefully a good few more acts will be announced.

Aridstarling · 30-05-2009 11:19PM

I'm not mad about this year. Two acts I'd kill to see in Bat for Lashes and Fleet Foxes but other than that there are a couple of ones I'd like to see, lots I've already seen and the rest I couldn't really care less about. I'll probably end up going anyway because most of my friends are going but I really hope they top up this line-up sometime soon.

Might wait until nearer the time, might get a ticket on the cheap, totally agree they're way too expensive. If I had the choice I'd got to the pitchfork festival in Chicago. 45 odd quid for a two day pass with a better line-up than EP or ******.

Piste · 31-05-2009 12:14AM

I really like the lineup, think it's way better than last year. Now if only some friends would get tickets...

lordgoat · 31-05-2009 12:14AM

Aridstarling wrote: »

I'm not mad about this year. Two acts I'd kill to see in Bat for Lashes and Fleet Foxes but other than that there are a couple of ones I'd like to see, lots I've already seen and the rest I couldn't really care less about. I'll probably end up going anyway because most of my friends are going but I really hope they top up this line-up sometime soon.

Might wait until nearer the time, might get a ticket on the cheap, totally agree they're way too expensive. If I had the choice I'd got to the pitchfork festival in Chicago. 45 odd quid for a two day pass with a better line-up than EP or ******.

You should check out thegreenman festival too. It's in Wales in August and has a top notch line up. The EP line up is god damn awful this year. THere are maybe 5 acts i'd like to see alot but nothing i know i won't get the chanve to see again and probably at a much fairer price. I'll ee you all at oxe, avoiding the scboes et al.

missingtime · 31-05-2009 12:54AM

lordgoat wrote: »

. I'll ee you all at oxe, avoiding the scboes et al.

Primarily the reason oxygen sucks.

Aridstarling · 31-05-2009 01:20AM

+1 on the schobes. The entire reason I'm not going this year, not after the horror that was last year.

studiorat · 31-05-2009 01:56PM

I missed the last two, was at the ones before that. I counted 8 acts I might be interested in seeing. Very poor line up this year considering the price.

I wonder is this anything to do with Aiken promotions loosing the gig to You Know Who, this year...

MCD’s parent company, Gaiety Investments, is owned by Denis Desmond and Caroline Downey - the firm is a registered limited company in Ireland. In the UK, Gaiety Investments owns 49.9% of Festival Republic (formerly the Mean Fiddler Group) - the other 50.1% is owned by Live Nation) through a holding company known as LN-Gaiety Holdings.

In Ireland, Festival Republic acquired the Aiken Promotions interest in the Electric Picnic Festival in 2009

Oh yeah I edited the wiki page too!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCD_PRODUCTIONS

I'm not really up to date on the music the kids dig right now but I would have liked to see some of the Oxygen line-up at the picnic. A bit more rock'n'roll and a bit less of the Reki healing please... That said I hope to make it down this year, just to hang out if nothing else.

Aridstarling · 31-05-2009 03:25PM

But the money/resources they have is already pumped into ****** for this year at least. Maybe next year we might see something happen as a result of it.

mayordenis · 31-05-2009 03:36PM

Brain Wilson is the only really great act there tbh.

Paulegend · 03-06-2009 04:50PM

missingtime wrote: »

Primarily the reason oxygen sucks.

I'm an IDIOT.

g5fd6ow0hseima · 03-06-2009 11:39PM

Perhaps they have brought the line-up down a notch to stop it becoming oxegen #2.

Like, im fairly impressed with the line up. The likes of Tunng, Flaming Lips, Whitest Boy Alive, Echo and the Bunnymen, Four Tet, Skream and Benga - they're all must see acts for me.

Im just wondering from reading about all your moaning who is it that you feel should be playign there this year? They have already got those cocksuckers MGMT, which I feel best belong over at oxegen.....

g5fd6ow0hseima · 03-06-2009 11:43PM

lordgoat wrote: »

worst EP line up there has been. Def not going to it. Will more than likely go to the one that can be named again. It wipes the floor with it

Medium and small festivals arent about the line-up. Go to oxegen if you want to see the biggest acts around. The fact that EP is staying away from announcing big names means they they wish to preserve the less mainstream vibe that has left oxegen in tatters.

But 240 euro - the festival is primarly attended by yuppies, so they are going to sell the tickets at that price. Oxegen is roughly the same price, but your paying for bands playing rushed half sets and wallowing amongst knackers and rotten drunk 16yr olds for the weekend or you pay 240 for a chillaxed atmosphere with a few good bands thrown in for good measure....

Remember, its not just a music festival. There's a lot more to it than that

honru · 04-06-2009 01:00AM

The lineup is pretty tame this year... a mix of festival stalwarts, bland indie, and Bell X1. Cue an announcement for a host of daytime reggae acts for the main stage.

Where are the rockin' acts? Last two EPs had the Stooges and Sex Pistols. I'd like to see Billy Bragg, Echo and the Bunnymen, Magazine and a bunch of others, but just not worth the ticket price.

Such a biatch that EP don't do day tickets. I like to do the full-on thing at festivals overseas and do the pick-and-choosing while I'm at home.

lordgoat · 04-06-2009 03:16AM

Oaklynn Gifted Receiver wrote: »

Medium and small festivals arent about the line-up. Go to oxegen if you want to see the biggest acts around. The fact that EP is staying away from announcing big names means they they wish to preserve the less mainstream vibe that has left oxegen in tatters.

But 240 euro - the festival is primarly attended by yuppies, so they are going to sell the tickets at that price. Oxegen is roughly the same price, but your paying for bands playing rushed half sets and wallowing amongst knackers and rotten drunk 16yr olds for the weekend or you pay 240 for a chillaxed atmosphere with a few good bands thrown in for good measure....

Remember, its not just a music festival. There's a lot more to it than that

Sorry but i don't agree with any of this. I'm going to see none of the big acts at oxe, the biggest i'll be seeing is Nick Cave and i'd hardly call him one of the main draws of ox. The line up for EP this year is poor, i choose what music festival i go to based on music. I am well aware of how many children and scobes will be at oxe, fortunately i live close enough to be able to drive to and from it.

EP staying away from big acts? mainly attended by yuppies?, oxegen in tatters? These three statements have so much wrong with them, if you weren't a reg poster i'll call you on trolling!;)

Aridstarling · 04-06-2009 10:02AM

Oaklynn Gifted Receiver wrote: »

Medium and small festivals arent about the line-up. Go to oxegen if you want to see the biggest acts around. The fact that EP is staying away from announcing big names means they they wish to preserve the less mainstream vibe that has left oxegen in tatters.

But 240 euro - the festival is primarly attended by yuppies, so they are going to sell the tickets at that price. Oxegen is roughly the same price, but your paying for bands playing rushed half sets and wallowing amongst knackers and rotten drunk 16yr olds for the weekend or you pay 240 for a chillaxed atmosphere with a few good bands thrown in for good measure....

Remember, its not just a music festival. There's a lot more to it than that

240 is a lot for a chillaxed atmosphere. And as for the yuppie comment, well that makes no sense. I would say it is primarily attended by music lovers, ones with a real interest in new and classic bands that don't have the massive pulling power of headliners at Oxe. Hence the likes of The Flaming Lips, Madness and Fleet Foxes this year. Along with Wilco, Sigur Ros, My Bloody Valentine, etc last year.

Yes they stay away from obviously mainstream bands but that doesn't mean they can't have a load of great semi-obscure bands. I'm really waiting for the likes of Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, Villagers, Passion Pit, Dan Deacon, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Patrick Wolfe, and others to be confirmed before I go, yeah, damn good line-up, worth the ticket price.

Toast · 04-06-2009 11:16AM

Ah the annual boards.ie EP lineup bitchfest. To think it almost didn't happen at all. :pac: I'm all for people having their say that they personally won't be going because it doesn't make financial sense to them but I always get a feeling they are really saying NO ONE should be going or that the festival needs to change to suit them.

Personally I think it is one of the more refreshing lineup in a year of festivals being extremely safe and one of the better EP lineups on paper in recent years. I've always had a soft spot for the festival because I've come away time and time again with enough acts seen to keep me happy and usually quite a lot else besides.

I guess I've also always paid the early bird prices so I am judging it as a 200 euro festival. As it was it was looking very likely it wasn't going to happen this year at all so if there is any perceived lack of value for money it may be as a result of simply not having it when it came to securing some names. My major concern for this year is that there are no corners cut elsewhere as a result of the alleged financial issues behind the festival (I'd imagine the Festival Republic connection would solve those issues).

Dave Total · 04-06-2009 12:08PM

Mr.S wrote: »

Lineup is piss poor for €240 imo, compared to last year anyway.

Never mind that, the Sugarhill Gang!! Worth a million a ticket!

g5fd6ow0hseima · 04-06-2009 01:54PM

lordgoat wrote: »

EP staying away from big acts? mainly attended by yuppies?, oxegen in tatters? These three statements have so much wrong with them, if you weren't a reg poster i'll call you on trolling!;)

After naming 'Duffy', 'Franz Ferdinand' and The Sex Pistols last year, they realised that they had to take a step back this year, those bands are best reserved for oxegen. Anyone I spoke to at the festival last year was baffled about they're inclusion, and held much the same opinion as me. Perhaps the organisers felt that the festival was on a road towards being more mainstream, thus losing its 'boutique' image. The hip image in other words, that image which attracts that afformentioned sector of society.

As for the crowd at EP? Well, I can only hear the word ammmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzing enough times over the weekend. The fake tan and kate nash look was out in abundance to say the least.... I go to fesitvals for the music, not to be looked at.

Oxegen in tatters? Yeah, it is. Its got to be the worst festival in europe. Ive mates who have went to Pukkelpop, Rock Werchter and Sziget, all of which are of the same size, and they have said that oxegen is by far the roughest. The campsite in the place is an absolute disgrace, one hears 'woop woop wooo' roughly one hundred times per day. As for gthe music at oxegen, there are a number of good bands on it alright, NIN, Jane's Addiction and Tiga would be among the few id be eager to see, but how can anyone enjoy a weekend meddling with bunches of wasted knackers in boiler suits? Oh thats that band that has that song off that ad isnt it.....

Twee. · 04-06-2009 02:06PM

Oaklynn Gifted Receiver wrote: »

Oxegen in tatters? Yeah, it is. Its got to be the worst festival in europe. Ive mates who have went to Pukkelpop, Rock Werchter and Sziget, all of which are of the same size, and they have said that oxegen is by far the roughest. The campsite in the place is an absolute disgrace, one hears 'woop woop wooo' roughly one hundred times per day. As for gthe music at oxegen, there are a number of good bands on it alright, NIN, Jane's Addiction and Tiga would be among the few id be eager to see, but how can anyone enjoy a weekend meddling with bunches of wasted knackers in boiler suits? Oh thats that band that has that song off that ad isnt it.....

It really is the worst festival in Europe. I've been a camper and I've worked there, after both experiences I'll never go again. Staff were treated like ****. I went to Benicassim the day after Oxegen last year and had the best week of my life! Yes the beach and weather had something to do with it, but the camping conditions, staff, arena, other campers were so nice.

Back on topic! I'm looking forward to EP. There are a load of bands I want to see, and I'm sure the line-up additions will be great. As much as it's about the music, it's about the fun you're gonna have there when the music isn't on. Yes it's expensive, but I'm pretty much guaranteed a good time! Smaller, nicer crowd. Get a chance to actually see the band. At Oxe when a lesser know band is on the main stage, the crowd is usually half fans, half people waiting to see Razor****e.

lordgoat · 04-06-2009 02:45PM

For me oxegen has: 7 acts on fri, 6 on sat and 5 on sunday that i'd like to see or haven't seen in the last year/18months.
EP has a hell of a lot less. As i said i don't camp there so i can handle the crappy crowd for a few hour ssafe in the knowledge that i am not staying there.
You also have a problem with the yuppie crowd at EP having an amaaaazing time. So out of 30,000+ people at two festivals they are all annoying ****-heads? hmmmmm

Duffy, Franz (who were deadly) and the sex pistols last year are three acts out of how many? This year you have ****ing mundy, damien dempsey, madness, bell x1 and MGMT how you don't consider them mainstream is very odd.

All that said i would rather go to EP if the line up suited me better, i find the crowd more grown up and it generally suits me better, but this year the music at oxe tips it for me.

honru · 04-06-2009 04:37PM

Yeah, I guess I'm more favourable on the Oxegen front as I've never camped there, always bussed from Dublin and back. The last time I went, the crowd really didn't bother me at all tbh. On the campsite I may have had a tainted view, but as far as I saw the crowd enjoying themselves. Plus I thought the general organisation had improved.

Lineup is pretty solid this year. As usual the Main Stage lineup is a load of ****e, save for one or two acts, but all the other stages are looking good.

homerun_homer · 04-06-2009 04:59PM

I only went to the Friday of last year's Oxegen and the organisation of it has improved an awful since I last spent a full weekend there (non camping that time - I've sworn off camping with those shower of Sh1tes).

So many bands I want to see there this year compared to EP which makes it very annoying. I haven't scanned the EP line up in a long while and when I first glimpsed it on holidays I was sorely disappointed. Only repeat headliners and not many small bands that either I haven't seen before or they just don't excite me.
Either way I can't wait for that weekend because it's fun regardless of how many bands I see. I aw the least amount of bands lat year and still had a brilliant time. I'd much rather hang round the campfire eating pie and mash than seeing kn@ckers kicking the head off some poor lad in the muck at Oxegen.

Patricide · 04-06-2009 05:06PM

Very dissapointed with the EP lineup this year, was considering going but with that price tag and the lineup that IMO isnt great i think il have a few extra squids for meself.

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