Electric Picnic 2016 // **Discussion Only / NO Ticket Sales / Requests** //

drunkmonkey

Aren't all these bands been thrown out here not very electric, think we need to remind ourselves what the electric picnic was and hopefully will be again, it's all going a bit lighters in the air here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xteibW54Foo

scruff monkey

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Aren't all these bands been thrown out here not very electric, think we need to remind ourselves what the electric picnic was and hopefully will be again, it's all going a bit lighters in the air here.

It's all about bums on seats and selling enough tickets to keep an event viable

that's it. Good acts are still there though.


kthxbai

Arne_Saknussem

Musical snobbery :pac:

lbj666

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Aren't all these bands been thrown out here not very electric, think we need to remind ourselves what the electric picnic was and hopefully will be again, it's all going a bit lighters in the air here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xteibW54Foo

Mr Monkey, it wouldn't be a shock to see any of those bands show up in the future, they'd still fit right in. Although if damien dempsey and fatboy slim were booked again i'd sell my ticket.

The issue is that that was when the festival landscape was just oxegen and nothing else , that was the picnics first year as weekend festival.

Now you have forbidden fruit, longitude, body and soul castlepalooza all competing more or less battling over the same style acts with life poaching and lot of good electronic acts that would have made the other bills.
Its meant that the picnic has become a more mainstream variance of its former self and if it ever wanted to go back it would probably mean a good few of the other festivals dieing a death.

The other things is by default picnic style bands have become more mainstream what with the resurgence of dance music, all those dance/rock hipster bands.

sheroman01

Furious-Red wrote: »

Strokes announced their first date of 2016 over in America in June. Would love to see them finally play a gig over since, pretty sure the last time was Oxegen 2011?

Was thinking the same thing. A ticket will certainly be bought if they're announced

sadie06

The EP rumour mill/wish list will never be the same again! :-(

maximoose

Furious-Red wrote: »

Strokes announced their first date of 2016 over in America in June. Would love to see them finally play a gig over since, pretty sure the last time was Oxegen 2011?

I think so, in lashing rain on one of the smaller stages I think?

Saw them in Hyde Park last year and they've still got it, would love to see them at picnic.

Furious-Red

maximoose wrote: »

I think so, in lashing rain on one of the smaller stages I think?

Saw them in Hyde Park last year and they've still got it, would love to see them at picnic.

Yea they played before Swedish House Mafia:rolleyes::rolleyes: on the 2nd stage.

I went home after The Strokes

freddiemoore

sadie06 wrote: »

The EP rumour mill/wish list will never be the same again! :-(

Came to this thread for the first time in months to see if anyone had mentioned it. Perfectly put.

Ferris_Bueller

Have day tickets gone on sale yet or have they already sold out does anyone know? Can't see them on ticketmaster. A friend of mine can't go for the full weekend and was wondering if they've sold out or what the story is, I remember they sold out very early last year..

scruff monkey

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Have day tickets gone on sale yet or have they already sold out does anyone know? Can't see them on ticketmaster. A friend of mine can't go for the full weekend and was wondering if they've sold out or what the story is, I remember they sold out very early last year..

According to the website, Spring 2016 is when the day tickets go on sale, i'd imagine around the same time as the initial announcements.

BOHtox

It was last December when the acts were announced for 2015. Can we read anything in to the lack of announcements?

scruff monkey

BOHtox wrote: »

It was last December when the acts were announced for 2015. Can we read anything in to the lack of announcements?

Well, we could surmise from it that we don't know who will be headlining?

heebusjeebus

They could be doing a big bang announcement like Coachella does. There is a nice bit of maturity and confidence doing it that way I feel.
Gives confidence the bookers are doing their job rather than booking adhoc for 9 months of the year.

BullBlackNova

BOHtox wrote: »

It was last December when the acts were announced for 2015. Can we read anything in to the lack of announcements?

It was only about 4 or 5 acts announced in December 2014 for last year - War on Drugs, George Ezra, Roisin Murphy and Belle & Sebastian iir.

EP said they wouldn't be announcing anything until "spring" on their Facebook when asked by some fans so I'd expect March or April would be more likely.

Announcing as early as December was the exception rather than the norm for Picnic.

Easy Rod

Mr.S wrote: »

All systems go in camp EP, so wouldn't worry about the lack of announcements. Media launch is (apparently) happening late March.

Not believing a word from you after last year's extra announcement debacle. The scars are deep. :pac:

everlast75

I think its a load of b*llox - a lot of people have their tickets since Sept and it would be nice to have a few acts to talk about, to get into the spirit of it.. as it were.

If they have them booked, spill the beans ya mongrels!

scruff monkey

Easy Rod wrote: »

Not believing a word from you after last year's extra announcement debacle. The scars are deep. :pac:

Which one was that?

team_actimel

everlast75 wrote: »

I think its a load of b*llox - a lot of people have their tickets since Sept and it would be nice to have a few acts to talk about, to get into the spirit of it.. as it were.

If they have them booked, spill the beans ya mongrels!

Yeah, wasn't it reported back in October that half the tickets had already sold out. They know us regular EP goers will book tickets despite not knowing who will be performing.

scruff monkey

team_actimel wrote: »

Yeah, wasn't it reported back in October that half the tickets had already sold out. They know us regular EP goers will book tickets despite not knowing who will be performing.

Really? Missed that one i did, quite impressive if that's the case

-=al=-

Pretty annoying they didn't give us even a hint so far. I hate booking my ticket so early but they should give us a little something something for doing so!

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

sadie06 wrote: »

The EP rumour mill/wish list will never be the same again! :-(

sorry... i'm out of the loop here! what do you mean by that? and why did it get so many thanks?!

UsedToWait

georgiecasey wrote: »

sorry... i'm out of the loop here! what do you mean by that? and why did it get so many thanks?!

Daft punk died.










(rip Bowie)

UsedToWait

More importantly, where is bodhrandude?

Mince Pie

UsedToWait wrote:

More importantly, where is bodhrandude?

Stalking aphex twin

bodhrandude

Right here dudes, just back from two weeks in Andalusia in the South of Spain. I'm just waiting it out till March, but I'm still looking at music news and tours starting up over the next few months.

sally cinnamon89

EP Twitter account:

#EP2016 early bird ticket offer ends this Sunday at midnight. Tickets will then go on sale for €229.50. First names announced mid-February.

Synode

I thought they ended 31st October

Mince Pie

Synode wrote: »

I thought they ended 31st October

That was the loyalty scheme. They are really stuffing it to us this year with the tickets. Week before payday to up the price. Like who has the money the week before in January.

Synode

Thinking about it, the loyalty price of €165 is an absolute bargain for what you get