Electric Picnic 2024 **No Ticket Sales / Requests** - Waiting in line, terrible time, over familiar

Jaffa3000

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122090625#Comment_122090625

You were insisting Fontaines were playing EP not too long ago even though it was obvious they were going to do their own headline gigs later in the year 😂

jams100

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121845107#Comment_121845107

Can confirm Corella are definitely out 🫤

Great show tonight in the grand social, personally would've liked to see at EP. Another act that is playing Reeding/Leeds but not EP

GentleHumour

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/25/shocking-truth-money-bands-make-on-tour-taylor-swift

Grim reading. From my count 15 of 22 top listed at EP are solo. (Not arsed to go further down the line up).

The decline of the band?

Fanirish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122093552#Comment_122093552

yeah and the ever expansion of electronic music as dominant sound/palate of popular music.
The popularity and omni presence of bands from the 1960’s on was due to the funding by major labels.
major labels ain’t giving massive advances to anyone anymore. They are working on licensing arrangements when artists themselves have funded and obtained a certain level of success

bodhrandude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122089295#Comment_122089295

I still haven't made it to this Berlinhaus, if I bump into you over the weekend you must take me to there, I do like a bit of Berlin Techno.

rubick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122093836#Comment_122093836

We haven't been in it either yet! At least I know where it is now. I'm not sure if they even play techno in there or not.

scruff monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122093980#Comment_122093980

I am convinced this is what it looks like in there

rubick

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122094071#Comment_122094071

Not the way I do it love.

Musicrules

Any more announcements coming up? Any sign of the funfair acts being announced? I'm hoping they have spiderbaby this year. It has the body of a spider but it's an actual baby.

Northernsoul

Latitude was the Worst festival i have ever attended. Was there as first festival to return after Covid. The sense of entitlement was outrageous, car park full of porches and range-rovers. Pissed up yummy mummies pushing sound asleep kids in prams up to the middle of the Chemical Bros set on the main stage. Horrible experience, never again.

bodhrandude

That Syd Barrett doc I missed is getting repeated at 12 AM on Sky Arts, Woot!!!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7182482/

scruff monkey

Postman had been today, blessed evenin all

CoffeeImpala

I suppose I should put up my reaction to the first announcement. For all of the other festivals I'm going to this year I've been underwhelmed by the initial announcement so I shouldn't be surprised that EP is no different.

That being said I'm disappointed that there's no act in the top two tiers that I'd be likely to pay to see. I wouldn't even say any of them pass the lower bar of act I'd like to see live but wouldn't be willing to pay their current ticket price .

But with no research I've over 10 acts I'd be happy to see and I'm probably not far off value. That looks like

€40 - Kylie: High standalone ticket price but relatively low interest so 120*(1/3).

€50 - Faithless, Kasabian, Nas: Not entirely convinced how much I want to see these.

€50 - Ethel Cain, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Waterboys: I've tickets for one of these already and I'll catch a different one at another festival.

€40 - Amble, Kneecap/Kojaque, Newdad, The Scratch.

€10 - Big Sleep, Spider: I've paid more than this to see them in the last year.

Given that I'm at €190 already another €100 should have me well clear of the ticket price. I reckon that's two good tent sub-headliners and a handful of early evening acts. This assumes Trailer Park, Salty Dog, and Jerry Fish give enough to occupy the afternoon and other timetable holes.

I've spent enough time at ATN watching food & drinks demos so I'd be happy to kill a few hours of EP in a similar place. Obviously if it became a frequent occurrence I'd be inclined to drop EP like I did ATN.

flasher0030

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122095997#Comment_122095997

I don't know if youve ever seen The Scratch live. But they are actually really good. Even if you are not familiar with their music.

Fatfrog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122096489#Comment_122096489

Yes they’re a sound bunch of hard working lads, met them boarding a plane in Schiphol end of last year, they’d just finished a run of shows, looked to have partied hard the night before. Surprisingly (Or maybe not) they don’t check their instruments in the hold, instead buying an extra seat beside them.

Wooderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122095962#Comment_122095962

Tomorrow night gonna be fabliss

Fatfrog

FYI Eco

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Lavdogg

Further announcement maybe? The Weeknd?

scruff monkey

never mind me. They could be about to make the line up exponentially worse.

endainoz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100438#Comment_122100438

That in itself would be an achievement.

scruff monkey

or else they’re just comparing their weekend with a long weekend, 50/50 chances.

Rfrip

Madonna in Rio looks amazing!!!
Edit: can’t seem to post links anymore!

https://x.com/ben72781694/status/1787047749478965385?s=46

scruff monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100974#Comment_122100974

1.6 million, jaysus.

Dany Hitch

How good were Orbital last night in Vicar Street?! Amazing night out: great set, sound crowd and my calves are giving out from all the dancing. Worth every minute.

jellybeano

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102899#Comment_122102899

Ah it was off the charts. Loved seeing them in a small venue instead of a main stage at a festival. That 20 min version of Impact was insane and the crowd for Halcyon was a thing of beauty 🫶

bodhrandude

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102899#Comment_122102899

Yeah looking forward them at Beyond the Pale. Hopefully like some posters on this thread noted before the line up announcement that the first lot tends to be the most bland acts, that's top tiers now as there is some acts in the lower tiers that are decent. The second announcement will hopefully be a bit more interesting than blandsville, I'm hoping not too see the bloody Coronas, Picture This and Gavin James, The Script et all and some acts we can get our teeth into.

Dany Hitch

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122103144#Comment_122103144

Agreed with the venue choice: really intimate and loud. Liked the D&B "Satan, Satan" and "Impact" went on and on and we didn't want it to end. Best I've seen them in quite a while and it augurs well for those attending BTP.

Stillill42

As the old An Post ad used to go Melvin, saw this and thought of you.....

Doc07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102899#Comment_122102899

They were amazing although in fairness so were the crowd. Class seeing 50 and even 60 year old ravers having a great time , great atmosphere. 25 years since I first saw them live in Ireland and just as good if not better . My knees are in bits from jumping up and down like a mad man

scruff monkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122104712#Comment_122104712

they have a fine line up this year incl. Ms Nadine Shah who’s in whelans tomorrow night. Quite looking forward to her.