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Irish_rat

roll wrote: »

The Cure are playing Bestival the week after EP..... just leavin that out there....

I hope they play their own gig here instead

Ferris_Bueller

BadTurtle wrote: »

Bah. That's a shame, they're the best Irish act around. Hope MMoths and Toby Kaar will be added down the line.

Heard that Mmoths will definitely be at it, you'll be happy to know.

MJohnston

Have Sigur Ros been mentioned as a possibility?

BullBlackNova

MJohnston wrote: »

Have Sigur Ros been mentioned as a possibility?

They're playing their own show in Dublin in June, so they won't be at EP.

budgemook

BullBlackNova wrote: »

They're playing their own show in Dublin in June, so they won't be at EP.

Didn't Florence and the machine do that last year?

budgemook

budgemook wrote: »

Didn't Florence and the machine do that last year?

No it was shortly after

Mince Pie

Easy Rod wrote: »

Girl Band were fantastic in Vicar Street the other night but I read somewhere that it would be their only Irish gig for the rest of the year.

I have a pm from them that they are announcing festivals after their Vicar st gig in response to me asking if they were going to be at Glastonbury.

Hi Mince Pie,
We won't be there this year but maybe next. There'll be a few festival appearances announced after our Vicar St. show

Easy Rod

Mince Pie wrote: »

I have a pm from them that they are announcing festivals after their Vicar st gig in response to me asking if they were going to be at Glastonbury.

Hi Mince Pie,
We won't be there this year but maybe next. There'll be a few festival appearances announced after our Vicar St. show

Yeah it could very well have been taken out of context and misconstrued...let me try and find the article!

Here it is

https://twitter.com/dannymcelhinney/status/714114354908672000

Mince Pie

Easy Rod wrote: »

Yeah it could very well have been taken out of context and misconstrued...let me try and find the article!

Here it is https://twitter.com/dannymcelhinney/status/714114354908672000

Sorry impossible to read the article cos the writing is miniscule but its dated after my pm. Oh my I'm devo'd cos I seriously wanted to go to the vicar st gig. Just couldn't make it.

A Shopkeeper

Sleaford Mods announced for Vicar St. in October so that's them out. Kinda glad because I'd prefer to see them (again) in a proper venue, instead of a tent/field at a random time.

scruff monkey

A Shopkeeper wrote: »

Sleaford Mods announced for Vicar St. in October so that's them out. Kinda glad because I'd prefer to see them (again) in a proper venue, instead of a tent/field at a random time.

Not necessarily, flo-jo and her two stroke played the point in the week after EP last year.

PabloAndRoy

With a solid new album I would say Mogwai would be a good bet for a return .. how many times have Mogwai played EP at this stage .. must be 2 years since they played

scruff monkey

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

With a solid new album I would say Mogwai would be a good bet for a return .. how many times have Mogwai played EP at this stage .. must be 2 years since they played

It is two years, my ears though are still ringing.

everlast75

Would love Phoenix to play

srm23

is there a date for the next set of announcments?

OhHiMark

srm23 wrote: »

is there a date for the next set of announcments?

I heard May.

Slobberdawn

scruff monkey wrote: »

It is two years, my ears though are still ringing.

Never get tired of them. Explosions in the Sky have a new one out too. They played in 2012 (I think) but it was on the main stage when it was bright so didn't go down that well.

OhHiMark

Slobberdawn wrote: »

Never get tired of them. Explosions in the Sky have a new one out too. They played in 2012 (I think) but it was on the main stage when it was bright so didn't go down that well.

They're playing Dublin at the end of this month.

PabloAndRoy

Slobberdawn wrote: »

Never get tired of them. Explosions in the Sky have a new one out too. They played in 2012 (I think) but it was on the main stage when it was bright so didn't go down that well.

Sadly EITS have US dates on that weekend.

srm23

OhHiMark wrote: »

I heard May.

have you heard who will be announced?

OhHiMark

srm23 wrote: »

have you heard who will be announced?

I've no inside information, just heard from my sister that that's when they'll be announced. She would have got the date from social media I imagine so if there was info on who it would be I'd say it would be up here already.

scruff monkey

I think we're going to require the rumours to be a little less solid than that in order to properly speculate.

budgemook

OhHiMark wrote: »

They're playing Dublin at the end of this month.

Argh seems to be sold out

A Shopkeeper

scruff monkey wrote: »

Not necessarily, flo-jo and her two stroke played the point in the week after EP last year.

But that gig wasn't announced before the EP main release. Also gonna be hard for a band such as SM to full V.St 6 weeks after EP.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see them at both, but they're hardly announcing October gigs with a view to filling a tent in September.

Mince Pie

A Shopkeeper wrote: »

But that gig wasn't announced before the EP main release. Also gonna be hard for a band such as SM to full V.St 6 weeks after EP.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see them at both, but they're hardly announcing October gigs with a view to filling a tent in September.

I disagree, EP is sold out and earlier than expected so a lot of people missed out. Also people who see acts they like at EP will likely want to see them again in a venue like Vicar St.

scruff monkey

Don't think any one expected EP to sell out so early, likely to be other bands who will have gigs booked and are playing EP also that we don't know about.

srm23

OhHiMark wrote: »

I've no inside information, just heard from my sister that that's when they'll be announced. She would have got the date from social media I imagine so if there was info on who it would be I'd say it would be up here already.

Care to speculate?

since you have inside information

bodhrandude

srm23 wrote: »

Care to speculate?

since you have inside information

Just look over the last ten pages I've looked at festivals pre and post Picnic, take what you can from that and guess if they are a Picnic act as well as others looking at tours around the end of August starting of September. I got a feeling that Iggy Pop could definitely be there judging by his scheduled appearance at Rock en Seine festival in Paris the weekend before. There used to be a fellah who posted in the Electric Picnic Forum.ie called the Log and his predictions or rumours usually came out to be true, it looked like he may have worked for POD or FR and he would tantalise the forum with snippets. If I recall he leaked some of the 2011 line up before it was launched, the one with Pulp, Arcade Fire and Chemical Brothers.

scruff monkey

If Mr Pop makes a showing then he will be the one to see over the weekend as it looks like this could well be his last tour.

OhHiMark

budgemook wrote: »

Argh seems to be sold out

I might have a spare ticket to sell for it. I won't know until closer to the date.