Electric Picnic 2022 - Here we go again! - **No Ticket Sales / Requests **

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118224568#Comment_118224568

Sounds great and congrats on landing those two gigs. Altered Hours album is very impressive but they cancelled their Galway gig after one or more caught Covid whilst supporting the Fontaines on the UK tour. Good luck tonight and hope to see you at EP if not westward beforehand.

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118225508#Comment_118225508

No less than I'd expect from him, a guy who slagged off The National, Radiohead and others while at Hot Press. Not a fan. Having said that the doc so far is for Beatles fans only. Tedium for others. Catnip for me. Some observations, and I know this is off-topic but I'm including it as Ringo is heavily rumoured for the Oxjam Stage in September.

• Macca is running it, but trying to include everyone. George is cranky, Lennon still in his heroin phase and not engaging much. Ringo just looks bored staring down from the drumkit all day.
• The director's pushing of the Libya gig is pretty hilarious.
• Macca enjoyed his cigars.
• The creativity on show is astounding. Only the first part but rehearsals already have several tracks from both Let It Be and Abbey Road as well as solo stuff such as Gimme Some Truth, All Things Must Pass, Another Day. The development of Get Back was stunning.
• They're decent guys who interact well with all those about them.
• Linda is cute.
• Yoko has infinite patience sitting there all day long listening to blokes jamming and bantering. Maybe she has John's stash and he needs her close.
• The footage is extraordinary. Astonishing that it exists.

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118225591#Comment_118225591

Yeah I'd agree with all of that. The quality of the footage is amazing. Loving the underlying tension that's constantly there too, would be great to have extended footage like this of them doing Sgt Pepper's. But if anything this has reminded me to get more Beatles vinyl and possibly hope we see the Bootleg Beatles in Stradbally on the salty dog sometime soon.

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118225622#Comment_118225622

I've always wanted to see The Bootleg Beatles (they must be getting on, been around for over 40 years) and they'd go down a storm headlining one of the tents. They could even finish in the Electric Arena - this is a band that regularly sells out the Albert Hall.

The only festival I've ever been at where there was a chance of seeing them was Glasto 2013 but the organisers cheekily had them clashing with the Stones. I was still tempted......

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118226186#Comment_118226186

I remember seeing them in the Westport festival in 2013, the were great fun.

bodhrandude

I saw the Bootleg Beatles at some open air gig with my sister and family at Clonakilty in Co Cork about six years ago, thought they were pretty amazing, would go down a treat at EP.

everlast75

Hey folks, i have a standing ticket to James/Happy Mondays for sale, gig is tomorrow.

Can't go because I caught the 'rona :(

Ben Done

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118248001#Comment_118248001

If no one took it, I think you can get a refund on TM if you're Covid positive (hope it's not too bad a dose)..

If you click in to your order and 'need help with your order' there's a dropdown for Covid positive - hope that helps / works..

Mucker46

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118248521#Comment_118248521

I have used this a few times recently and never an issue getting a refund.

Ben Done

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118248001#Comment_118248001

Hope you're doing well everlast..

Was at the gig last night - Happy Mondays were awful, Sean a shadow of himself really and Bez just phoning it in.

James were very good, with expanded line up, but I far rather seeing them in a smaller venue - lost the connection you get when you can see the whites of their eyes - good setlist, but no Tomorrow or Sometimes..

Hopefully you can catch them at EP22

Furious-Red

Reading and Leeds announcement next Wednesday. Could see some overlapping with EP

davywalsh7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118262492#Comment_118262492

id say strong chance of arctic monkeys, their tour dates seem to lineup

scruff monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118248001#Comment_118248001

Snap!, didn't have a ticket but also just finishing up my bout of the 'rona, I got off really easily on the thing, bit of a groggy headache for a week and a never ending runny nose. Hope yours was as easy.

(my sense of smell & taste are also awol but for I suspect my taste may have departed many decades ago)

Stillill42

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118263456#Comment_118263456

Just your taste in music, Scruff.

scruff monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118263624#Comment_118263624

oh it's chronic, i freely admit that, i've only recently kicked the habit of downloading 80s flac compilations, for the next bout of winter distraction, i have the complete set of now that's what i call sh1te vols 1 - 108 in flac to tag / slap in artwork and then convert to apple lossless for storage and then into aac for listening to on the ipods... i think i may need professional help

Mucker46

The Cure announced for 3 Arena December next year. If haven't seen already presagle available on 3plus tickets on Wednesday general sale Friday. This could be their last tour.

Furious-Red

Tame Impala announced some extra European shows at the end of August and early September with space for EP 🤞🤞

Mucker46

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118284474#Comment_118284474

Yes please

endainoz

The mad cool festival lineup is pretty impressive in terms of the amount of "big acts" they have got for next year.

The Floyd p

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118284750#Comment_118284750

That Thursday line-up has some serious acts. St. Vincent, Tove Lo, Tom Misch, Cherry Glazerr, Four Tet, Peggy Gou, Floating Points all on the one day?

Fatfrog

Coldplay (sorry for mentioning the C-word) finish their USA, LATM, &EU tour in Glasgow on the 24th of August without and Irish date!, although I would have said they're stadium only at this stage?

Furious-Red

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118286276#Comment_118286276

Yea I'd say they will be doing their own headline shows and I'd say they cost a pretty penny to book. I'd be delighted if they were on the line up tho.

Seathrun66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118284750#Comment_118284750

Big Acts yeah, but for me almost uniformly awful. Pixies the only act I'd bother with, or Muse if they stuck to their first four albums.

Apologies Eanna, but the undercard is little better and that'd be a very poor weekend for me.

Furious-Red

Bring me the horizon(obviously not turning up at EP) and Arctic Monkeys are 2/6 of reading/Leeds headliners. Oli from BMTH leaked it during an nme interview

davywalsh7

crl84

Don't usually get many from R&L, but you'd assume RATM and Run The Jewels will be back at least.

Maybe Wolf Alice, Glass Animals too.

Fontaines DC to be announced after their Iveagh Gardens gig in the summer maybe. Given that they've already played ATN in 2019, they're probably due an EP appearance.

gandalfio

Struggling to find a ticket. Any idea if more are due to go on sale before Christmas?

Furious-Red

I can see them maybe having AM play Tennets T Vital instead of Ep with a few similar acts supporting them. Then RATM/Tame Impala as 2/3 of headliners then maybe snow patrol and picture this back in the fold?

Even though I'm not a massive AM live fan but if they got the 3 of them as headliners that's an impressive start.

bodhrandude

It looks like Efestivals is down was trying to find out when EOTR was going to announce lineup, perhaps due to R&L activity after their announcement.

Fatfrog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118288985#Comment_118288985

I'd imagine quite a few refunds have been issued between both this year and last, so there could be 10-20k tickets available when they go back on sale (that's a complete guess)

Date on sale is the next question, normally late March but they could hold off to see some improvement on the covid situation.