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VelvetVicks

Steroo wrote: »

anyone's campervan ticket arrive yet in post??

By the looks of it Ticketmaster haven't dispatched them yet. At least that's why my order still says.

Dowdy

BaZmO* wrote: »

That does of course depend on the size of your coolbox, ahem......and how much beer you'd need for a night.

I've been told that my coolbox is around average size, although such reassurances are often accompanied by snickering.

SonOfPerdition

VelvetVicks wrote: »

By the looks of it Ticketmaster haven't dispatched them yet. At least that's why my order still says.

Same here.

BaZmO*

Dowdy wrote: »

I've been told that my coolbox is around average size, although such reassurances are often accompanied by snickering.

If it's any reassurance, I've heard that it's not the size that's important, it's what you do with it.

SonOfPerdition

pjf2013 wrote: »

Anyone know what way the wristbands work out when youre in the campervan area and have driven over the thursday night.

From what I understand from others, you dont get them till the friday morning so I'm guessing we just head out to the normal entrance and get them?

The reason i'm curious is one of the guys is coming over the thursday night but isnt staying in the campervan with us for the weekend, only the thursday night.

Yup, you stay in campervan area thursday night and then get wristbands on the friday morning. As long as everyone in the camper has a ticket then you'll be fine. You can't go anywhere but the campervan area on thursday night so don't be expecting to be able to wander the site.

EDIT: there's no difference in the wrist band for people in campervan area so your friend can come and go to the campervan area all weekend. I think it's just sunday day trippers that might have a problem getting into the camper area.

A couple of things to point out about bringing a campervan that catches out a lot of people, including myself in years past. Don't bring any bottles in the camper, and no generator. Security board every camper on the way in and search it thoroughly for glass bottles, and they will remove them. Same with any generator they find. You can pick up the generator on the way out when going home monday morning so it's not a major deal unless you are relying on it for power. A friend of mine brought one last year rather than fix his leisure battery and got caught out.

They will give you time to transfer any drink to plastic bottles if you have some spare bottles (i tipped out water to keep my rum) but it's best to have all that done before you arrive.

EDIT: Cans are fine btw.

AlanDeGenerous

Any decent can deals on at the mo? Brought Prazsky last year for €1 a can, but wouldn't mind getting something a bit nicer this year so I don't have to drink the equivalent of warm urine every morning!

byrneg28

AlanDeGenerous wrote: »

Any decent can deals on at the mo? Brought Prazsky last year for €1 a can, but wouldn't mind getting something a bit nicer this year so I don't have to drink the equivalent of warm urine every morning!

If you buy a 4 pack of pravsky, while buying other stuff.. pierce the barcode at the end of the packet and make the barcode on the can visible, the worker will become frustrated trying to scan the thing and end up scanning the bar for the individual can meaning you get 4 cans for a euro

Dowdy

BaZmO* wrote: »

If it's any reassurance, I've heard that it's not the size that's important, it's what you do with it.

I usually just sit on it while it gradually gets wetter and warmer, occasionally rummaging my hand around it until I'm satisfied.

Furious-Red

I remember Tesco having decent deals on the week leading up to EP last year

Will the blow up church be there this year?

pjf2013

SonOfPerdition wrote: »

Yup, you stay in campervan area thursday night and then get wristbands on the friday morning. As long as everyone in the camper has a ticket then you'll be fine. You can't go anywhere but the campervan area on thursday night so don't be expecting to be able to wander the site.

EDIT: there's no difference in the wrist band for people in campervan area so your friend can come and go to the campervan area all weekend. I think it's just sunday day trippers that might have a problem getting into the camper area.

A couple of things to point out about bringing a campervan that catches out a lot of people, including myself in years past. Don't bring any bottles in the camper, and no generator. Security board every camper on the way in and search it thoroughly for glass bottles, and they will remove them. Same with any generator they find. You can pick up the generator on the way out when going home monday morning so it's not a major deal unless you are relying on it for power. A friend of mine brought one last year rather than fix his leisure battery and got caught out.

They will give you time to transfer any drink to plastic bottles if you have some spare bottles (i tipped out water to keep my rum) but it's best to have all that done before you arrive.

EDIT: Cans are fine btw.

Thanks for the reply and info, I understand all the:stay in campervan zone thursday night, plastic bottles and generator stuff. I was just wondering about the wristbands as he'll have to meet other mates on the friday morning as they are staying in boutique and will be arriving then. just need to figure out if it'll be more hassle for him or not to stay the thursday night

Cheers

Duff

Too late to try get this guy over?

Finkployd

Putting together a must see list (no particular order), any glaring omissions?

London Grammar
The Districts
Portishead
Beck
Temples
King Kong Company
Wolf Alice
Sh1t Robot
Le Galaxie
St. Vincent
Perfume Genius
Asgeir

I've been made a promise that none of the above will clash

Duff

Finkployd wrote: »

Putting together a must see list (no particular order), any glaring omissions?

London Grammar
The Districts
Portishead
Beck
Temples
King Kong Company
Wolf Alice
Sh1t Robot
Le Galaxie
St. Vincent
Perfume Genius
Asgeir

I've been made a promise that none of the above will clash

Flume, Rustie, Glass Animals, SBTRKT :eek:

rockey4215

That Jenny Lewis post seems to have been edited to omit the Picnic date. Do ya reckon they did that to wait til the festival announces it? I got so excited earlier, it can't not happen now.

Mince Pie

Please be gentle with me cos I am an aul wan but who is Jenny Lewis???

bodhrandude

Mince Pie wrote: »

Please be gentle with me cos I am an aul wan but who is Jenny Lewis???

Have you heard of Rilo Kiley she is the singer from that group, they played EP in 2007 as well as being a successful solo artist. She is also an actress and been in films such as Pleasantville and They Get Even among others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis

scruff monkey

bodhrandude wrote: »

Have you heard of Rilo Kiley she is the singer from that group, they played EP in 2007 as well as being a successful solo artist. She is also an actress and been in films such as Pleasantville and They Get Even among others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis

She also had a cracker of an album with the Watson twins called Rabbit fur coat

ghostdancer

rockey4215 wrote: »

That Jenny Lewis post seems to have been edited to omit the Picnic date. Do ya reckon they did that to wait til the festival announces it? I got so excited earlier, it can't not happen now.

either that, or she was due to play and it was cancelled for whatever reason, but someone forgot to take it off a list/tell whoever runs the fb page before it was posted.

would seem more like the first as that's happened before, but 2 weeks out is pretty late for main arena announcements....

SonOfPerdition

pjf2013 wrote: »

Thanks for the reply and info, I understand all the:stay in campervan zone thursday night, plastic bottles and generator stuff. I was just wondering about the wristbands as he'll have to meet other mates on the friday morning as they are staying in boutique and will be arriving then. just need to figure out if it'll be more hassle for him or not to stay the thursday night

Cheers

zero extra hassle imo, he just has to take a short walk to the entrance get his wristband and enter whenever he feels like it.

Whipping Boy

Can anyone recommend a decent camping spot that's all as close to the arena as possible but without being overlyyyy mental?

Last year we got down a bit later and were stuck with a serious trek in each time which was a bit of a buzz kill. Still up for the craic but maybe not right beside the amusements :pac:

Mince Pie

scruff monkey wrote: »

She also had a cracker of an album with the Watson twins called Rabbit fur coat

bodhrandude wrote: »

Have you heard of Rilo Kiley she is the singer from that group, they played EP in 2007 as well as being a successful solo artist. She is also an actress and been in films such as Pleasantville and They Get Even among others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis

Nope, still none the wiser, will see if she confirms then look her up cos got loads of other bands on backlog on spotify and youtube.

BaZmO*

I'd say the only reason why she/they took it down was because it was the only one that was sold out. There are still tickets available for all the other gigs mentioned.

bodhrandude

Mince Pie wrote: »

Nope, still none the wiser, will see if she confirms then look her up cos got loads of other bands on backlog on spotify and youtube.

Well you'll know yourself, you have the technology at yer finger tips, if you were that intrigued you can look up Rilo Kiley on Youtube

, after a few vids and ya go naw, still not familiar, check out Jenny Lewis her self

or the movie Pleasantville

, she is the red haired lass.

Mince Pie

Cheers BD, having a few shoos with my internet connection today so cant load vids or spotify. Just thought maybe I might have missed a track and not recognised her.
See how t'internet thing is tomorrow.

BaZmO*

Also, probably their biggest song,

I love their Under the Blacklight album, so many good songs.

Jello

I remember one year (2011 I think) I was driving to EP from Dublin and was getting pretty close when a Garda randomly stopped the traffic and directed myself and a few other cars off to the left while the rest of the traffic continued straight. We didn't really know where we were going for a while or why we were directed away from the main flow of traffic. After a while we reached an unfamiliar car park, much smaller than the usual one, (I'm pretty sure it was just beside Stradbally village), walked through the ticket checks and all that and ended up pretty much right in the Jimi Hendrix campsite where we had intended to camp. Anyone know if it'll be possible to get to that car park again this year and the route you might take to do so? Plan on camping there again and it made the walk from the car a fraction of the distance!

scruff monkey

Mince Pie wrote: »

Nope, still none the wiser, will see if she confirms then look her up cos got loads of other bands on backlog on spotify and youtube.

Seriously, check her stuff out anyway, you would be denying yerself a pleasure and that's never a good thing to do.

scruff monkey

bodhrandude wrote: »

or the movie Pleasantville

, she is the red haired lass.

Off topic but I forgot she was in that. A seriously underrated and for most people unheard of movie.

Mince Pie

Cheers dudes, managed to listen to about a minute before the wheel of death on my phone. Me likey! Hope she confirms now!