Body & Soul 2012

leakyboots · 30-11-2011 1:40pm #1

Early bird tickets now on sale.

June 23rd & 24th - Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath.

Festival-goers are invited to enjoy some more distinctive Body & Soul hospitality on the hidden grounds of Ballinlough Castle, on the weekend of the Summer Solstice next June 23rd & 24th 2012. Expect a treasure map of suprises filled with creative whims, undiscovered musical gems and decadent fancies. The festival has sold-out in the last two years and has seen much critical success, with the 2010 festival winning both "Best New Festival" and "Socially Responsible Award" at the Irish Festival Awards earlier this year.

This Wednesday 30th November an Early Bird weekend ticket at a reduced price of E89 will go on sale. This ticket can be paid in two easy installments: an initial installment of EU44.50 payable up to Fri 13th Jan & a second installment of EU44.50 + EU6.35 s/c payable on to Mon 13th Feb. Families note that a limited allocation of Family Early Birds will also be available. Be sure to choose this ticket if you wish to access to the Family Campsite.

For campers wishing to pitch their tent on the Friday there is an additional Friday Add-On ticket available for EU25. With this ticket entry will permitted from 6pm on the Friday 22nd, there will be no music on the main stages but there will be access to the woodlands and walled gardens….where the magic and mischief begins!

Ticket prices include booking fees and are available from Ticketmaster agents nationwide. Agents fee EU2.50. Phone/internet bookings www.ticketmaster.ie and are subject to a service charge of EU6.35.

The 2012 festival line-up, details and general tickets including Sunday day tickets will be made available in early 2012

No Boundaries. Enjoy.

www.bodyandsoul.ie

Bootstraps · 15-02-2012 1:43am

Around how many go to body and soul. I was at the body and soul in electric picnic two years ago and loved it. I want to go to a festival again this year but the imminent invasion of the oxygen crowd into ep is unappealing. Just want to have a nice relaxed weekend with my mates.

Boardnashea · 20-02-2012 6:03pm

Any listings or names for B&S '12?

anthcunn · 23-02-2012 12:01am

ya, any rumours/possibilities???

anthcunn · 23-02-2012 12:09am

looking at bands playing in Europe over the summer i'm hoping Caribou, Beach House etc.

anyone know the festivals Toro Y Moi and Delorean played last year as they may have lineups published that could include potential B&S acts

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 23-02-2012 6:39am

OP, those images are trying to load from your Gmail account fyi.

any rumours on line up?

msshono · 05-03-2012 12:57am

I dont see a tent camping ticket or car park ticket. Does anyone know if you drive down are you guaranteed a parking spot...and also a tent spot...or does a weekend ticket just entitle you to both...thinking of going on Saturday overnight

ghostdancer · 20-03-2012 3:28pm

http://bodyandsoul.ie/lineup2012

M83
Villagers
St. Vincent
Little Dragon
The Herbaliser
Emika
Gold Panda
Shangaan Electro
John Talabot
LOWB
Kormacs Big Band
Tieranniesaur
I Draw Slow
Gaudi
Redinho

sissorhands · 20-03-2012 7:00pm

Feckin' deadly line up!
St. Vincent and M83!!!!!! Yes!!!!!!
Seriously going to be amazing!

I know you’re all gonna hate me for saying this but… 2 days after my Leaving Cert! In the bag! Body and Soul was my favourite part of EP last year!

Can't wait!

Fi H · 21-03-2012 2:22am

Definitely awesome line up! glad I got the early bird

stephen.87 · 21-03-2012 10:16pm

M83?

Awesome kinda wanna go now to see them

flyswatter · 25-03-2012 7:01pm

Anyone know the day M83 are playing? Wouldn't be interested going for the whole event, they're the only act I'd like to see bar maybe St Vincent.

ghostdancer · 25-04-2012 12:24pm

Spirtualized
Django Django
Hollie Cook

added.

http://www.bodytonicmusic.com/forum/70795/topic/view/

Thundercats Ho · 25-04-2012 12:52pm

ghostdancer wrote: »

Spirtualized
Django Django
Hollie Cook

added.

http://www.bodytonicmusic.com/forum/70795/topic/view/

Holy sh1t they're great additions.
WTF are EP doing that they can't book these artists. Django Django are unreal, and spiritualized's new track is class too.

Mahna Mahna · 25-04-2012 3:36pm

I would nearly go just for M83, their only other Irish date is in Mandela Hall and thats a bit too far away for me.

Billy Mays · 07-05-2012 10:04pm

Anyone know what day Spritualized are playing?

sissorhands · 07-05-2012 10:42pm

Are M83 really gonna play?

Their tour states everything that they're going to play right up to October but no mention of Body and Soul.

It's also suspicious that on the 22nd and 24th of June they are playing 2 festivals in Germany. They're hardly gonna come to Ireland on the 23rd?....

lordgoat · 07-05-2012 11:00pm

sissorhands wrote: »

Are M83 really gonna play?

Their tour states everything that they're going to play right up to October but no mention of Body and Soul.

It's also suspicious that on the 22nd and 24th of June they are playing 2 festivals in Germany. They're hardly gonna come to Ireland on the 23rd?....

According to B&S they are.

pcbscott · 07-05-2012 11:07pm

sissorhands wrote: »

Are M83 really gonna play?

Their tour states everything that they're going to play right up to October but no mention of Body and Soul.

It's also suspicious that on the 22nd and 24th of June they are playing 2 festivals in Germany. They're hardly gonna come to Ireland on the 23rd?....

Its not unusual for bands on tour to do this! Plus they are electronic outfit so not that much heavy gear to lug about with them.

handsomecake · 07-05-2012 11:14pm

m83 are one of my favourite bands but what are they doing playing this two bob festival in the arse hole of no where (no offence to anyone involved).

what day are they playing at this festival?

lordgoat · 07-05-2012 11:56pm

handsomecake wrote: »

m83 are one of my favourite bands but what are they doing playing this two bob festival in the arse hole of no where (no offence to anyone involved).

what day are they playing at this festival?

what a ridiculous post.

B&S is one of the best irish festivals out there. I'm guessing you've not been to it?

MeetReality · 08-05-2012 10:17am

handsomecake wrote: »

m83 are one of my favourite bands but what are they doing playing this two bob festival in the arse hole of no where (no offence to anyone involved).

what day are they playing at this festival?

Body & Soul is a great festival and M83 will work amazingly in this setting. Annoyed I'm not living in Ireland this summer to go again. Nicolas Jaar last year was the perfect finish to the festival, outstanding set!

ghostdancer · 08-05-2012 10:38am

pcbscott wrote: »

Its not unusual for bands on tour to do this! Plus they are electronic outfit so not that much heavy gear to lug about with them.

i disagree, it's odd for anyone other than maybe DJs to do that. bands will generally plan tours in some sort of pattern across Europe, or at least not jump half way across Europe for a single gig then return to the same country.
and i watched M83's gig at Coachella, and they have just as much gear onstage as a 'regular' band, so presumably all this has to be transported and flown over from Germany to B&S, then back to Germany the next day....

flyswatter · 08-05-2012 10:42am

pcbscott wrote: »

Its not unusual for bands on tour to do this! Plus they are electronic outfit so not that much heavy gear to lug about with them.

Don't think so. They probably have just as much gear to bring. Guitars, bass's, keyboard, synths, electric and acoustic drums, laptops etc.

sissorhands · 08-05-2012 5:32pm

Back to the issue...

What is the story with them playing? When you look at lineup, it seems like there are too many headlining acts for two days... i.e. Vilagers, Spiritualized and M83...

indiewindy · 08-05-2012 6:57pm

B & S is a highly regarded festival, those doubting m83 actually turning up might be advised to do their research more thoroughly as they will find that M83 are actually playing two shows in Ireland that week, b and s and another one that can be found on ticketmaster

AdMMM · 08-05-2012 7:17pm

sissorhands wrote: »

Back to the issue...

What is the story with them playing? When you look at lineup, it seems like there are too many headlining acts for two days... i.e. Vilagers, Spiritualized and M83...

Are people seriously complaining about there being too many headliners now?! I think I've heard it all!!!

ghostdancer · 08-05-2012 7:24pm

indiewindy wrote: »

B & S is a highly regarded festival, those doubting m83 actually turning up might be advised to do their research more thoroughly as they will find that M83 are actually playing two shows in Ireland that week, b and s and another one that can be found on ticketmaster

what is that going to prove?

at best it means that they've got the wrong dates on their site for Germany, and for whatever reason have left B&S off the list, and so are actually playing in Germany on the Friday and Saturday, then coming over here on the Sunday, then up to Belfast for the Tuesday.

sissorhands · 08-05-2012 7:29pm

indiewindy wrote: »

B & S is a highly regarded festival, those doubting m83 actually turning up might be advised to do their research more thoroughly as they will find that M83 are actually playing two shows in Ireland that week, b and s and another one that can be found on ticketmaster

Mate you want to do your research too. They're playing Germany on that Friday, and Sunday of Body and Soul.

AdMMM wrote: »

Are people seriously complaining about there being too many headliners now?! I think I've heard it all!!!

I'm not complaining, but it seems like it's for a 3 day fest, when it's 2. With M83 playing the germany dates, it may seem easy to jump one of the headliner acts...

indiewindy · 08-05-2012 7:49pm

sissorhands wrote: »

Mate you want to do your research too. They're playing Germany on that Friday, and Sunday of Body and Soul.

I'm not complaining, but it seems like it's for a 3 day fest, when it's 2. With M83 playing the germany dates, it may seem easy to jump one of the headliner acts...

According to m83's own website they are playing Germany on Sunday June 24, so you expect them to play two gigs the same day. I wouldnt be surprised to see changes in their tour schedule as it doesnt make sense as its currently arranged.
If they were to offload a headliner, they would be facing refund claims from m83 fans
hopefully they play Dublin on the Monday!!

lordgoat · 08-05-2012 8:06pm

Two things

1.
VOLUNTEERS Get your application in ASAP if you want to join the Body&Soul crew. Places are filling up quickly! http://bit.ly/HAMEnn RT Pls

2. Pitchfork put up M83's tour dates and i noticed B&S wasn't on the list, they just lifted it from the website, so i tweeted them saying they were missing B&S. The B&S twitter account retweeted my message to them. Not resounding proof but it would have been easy to ignore my message.

bodhrandude · 08-05-2012 10:37pm

sissorhands wrote: »

Back to the issue...

What is the story with them playing? When you look at lineup, it seems like there are too many headlining acts for two days... i.e. Vilagers, Spiritualized and M83...

I think your getting it mixed up, as far as I can see B & S is actually 3 days, 22nd - 24th June, maybe your mixing this up with the Westport festival thats on the same weekend on the 23rd and
24th June.

lordgoat · 08-05-2012 11:57pm

bodhrandude wrote: »

I think your getting it mixed up, as far as I can see B & S is actually 3 days, 22nd - 24th June, maybe your mixing this up with the Westport festival thats on the same weekend on the 23rd and
24th June.

B&S is only on the Sat and Sun night, there are no acts on the main stage on the Fri night.

Have a read of their website. It explains all.

lordgoat · 09-05-2012 12:10pm

On twitter.

Body & Soul @BodyandSoulIrl
@lordgoat Hi. Yes, they [M83] are definitely coming to Body&Soul

bodhrandude · 09-05-2012 12:39pm

lordgoat wrote: »

B&S is only on the Sat and Sun night, there are no acts on the main stage on the Fri night.

Have a read of their website. It explains all.

It says nothing about the actual days so how do you explain the 22nd, whats on, on Friday? http://bodyandsoul.ie/index.php?noShow=1

lordgoat · 09-05-2012 12:55pm

bodhrandude wrote: »

It says nothing about the actual days so how do you explain the 22nd, whats on, on Friday? http://bodyandsoul.ie/index.php?noShow=1

Seek and you shall find.

Q. What is the earliest I can arrive to the festival?
The campsites opens Friday 22nd at 6pm. You will need a Friday Add On Ticket to access campsites on Friday. There will no music on Main Stages but there will be access to the campsites and woodlands)
For Regular Weekend Ticket Holders Campsites are open at 9am Saturday 23rd.

Doinker · 09-05-2012 1:33pm

M83 are also on the line up for Primaveria Porto but they (M83) don't have it listed on their website. I'd imagine that their show listings on their website just isn't up to date.

ghostdancer · 09-05-2012 2:59pm

Doinker wrote: »

M83 are also on the line up for Primaveria Porto but they (M83) don't have it listed on their website. I'd imagine that their slow listings on their website just isn't up to date.

agreed, and they've just got the wrong date up for Southside festival in Germany, which they're playing on the Saturday, and not the Sunday as stated on their website, then flying over here on Sunday to play B&S that night, then Belfast 2 days later.

optimistic_ · 11-05-2012 10:50am

My God, I'm a big M83 fan but i didn't realise as a species we come across so utterly horribly as human beings.

Please just go to the Belfast show, no one will want to hear whingers over the weekend complaining about a two bob festival. Being the highlight each year of EP and selling out each year since it's incarnation as it's own stand alone festival and the fact that it is so highly regarded by acts such as Spiritualized and M83 speaks volumes for the quality.

Have yet to hear a single negative report about this festival.

Beans_On · 11-05-2012 10:52am

can anyone tell me did this sell out last prev years?

bazwin · 11-05-2012 9:23pm

yep sold out fairly quickly - thinking of going myself this year and hoping the tickets don't sell out just yet

Raymysterio · 12-05-2012 9:33pm

Hi anyone else get accepted for volunteering??

Doinker · 14-05-2012 9:24am

Beans_On wrote: »

can anyone tell me did this sell out last prev years?

Don't think so. I bought my ticket on the Saturday of the event last year.

Haven't left it so late this year. Great line up, small capacity and no Oxegen could see it selling out.

handsomecake · 14-05-2012 12:41pm

think ill pay the ton,drive down from dublin on the sunday catch m83 then get the **** out of dodge.they are too good a band to miss. cant do mandela hall. ill be at the chili peppers.

martineatworld · 14-05-2012 1:22pm

handsomecake wrote: »

think ill pay the ton,drive down from dublin on the sunday catch m83 then get the **** out of dodge.they are too good a band to miss. cant do mandela hall. ill be at the chili peppers.

:rolleyes:

handsomecake · 14-05-2012 4:09pm

martineatworld wrote: »

handsomecake wrote: »

think ill pay the ton,drive down from dublin on the sunday catch m83 then get the **** out of dodge.they are too good a band to miss. cant do mandela hall. ill be at the chili peppers.

:rolleyes:

Speak up son

martineatworld · 14-05-2012 4:22pm

handsomecake wrote: »

Speak up son

You've a very vocal opinion on the festival already, and I don't like feeding the troll but...

Have you ever been to the festival, first and foremost? Your attitude stinks of someone who has never been, I'd be surprised if you were ever in the surrounding area tbh...
Sure Delvin isn't the most heavily populated place (referencing your other post about it being in the middle of nowhere), but why does that matter? It's in the middle of the country, perfect for anyone whose driving and an alternative to Dublin-centric gigs/festivals.
The grounds themselves add hugely to the atmosphere and it's a great setting for such a boutique festival. Why are M83 playing? Maybe it's because of the quality line-up, maybe it's because they were paid a fair bit, who knows?

How can you call it a two bob festival when basically every poster here has talked about how it's one of Ireland's best run festivals?

Do you dismiss it because you haven't heard of all the bands on the lineup?
Are you devestated Oxegen isn't on this year?

grudgehugger · 14-05-2012 7:02pm

While I agree with much of the sentiment of the last post, we are spending too much time and effort (i.e. more than zero) feeding this particular troll.

Let's focus on something more rewarding, like idle speculation on what other acts will get added to the bill or something...

In that spirit, I'll ask my own question.

Am trying to decide whether to head down on the Friday night which would mean buying the add-on ticket - do people think there's going to be anything in terms of music that night (like a DJ set or something?) or is this really just permission to pitch your tent in advance of things kicking off Saturday afternoon?

lordgoat · 14-05-2012 7:20pm

The next person that calls another poster a troll is getting a long long ban.

If you think someone is a troll, report the post. Responding to it is the same as trolling imo.

As ever, if anyone wants to discuss this, send me a PM. DO NOT reply on thread.

Mickolution · 14-05-2012 8:08pm

Anyone know when the day split is announced?

grudgehugger · 14-05-2012 9:13pm

In reference to my earlier question re the Friday night, the website states that there will be "no music on the main stages on this night" - I guess what I'm wondering is will there be music on something that is not a "main stage"

I'm pretty certain none of the advertised acts will be on but am wondering will there someone playing a dj set in the woods or something...

I haven't been to the festival before so have no idea of the layout or what type of set-up there is.

Body & Soul 2012

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