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MJohnston · 05-09-2016 09:14PM

Got short changed myself, by €1 from €4, at the Heineken bar in the B&S area, noticed it though and got the right change, thought nothing more of it (the girl doing the till looked about 14) but makes you wonder!

Fatfrog · 05-09-2016 09:17PM

The sound in the EA was absolutely terrible!! Ruined Wolf Alice! I know their stuff well but at times I struggled to even identify what song it was.

scruff monkey · 05-09-2016 09:18PM

Actually thought the sound in the EA was better than last year

05-09-2016 09:18PM

I'm a mid 30's vintage picnicer and honest to god that was the one of the best picnics.
Was boutique camping, managed to get to yellow car park which was brilliant, was able to use the side entrance going in and out of the arena every day so didn't have to walk through beruit. This was a huge plus.
Lowlights: very little tbh. The fairground and that bar by body and soul have to go. Awful eyesores. I say it at every year but I hate the addition of Sunday tickets. Il get bad press for this but I think it should be weekend only. You do notice the increased capacity and I feel it makes a huge difference to the vibe also.

Highlights: God, the whole wkend really. Everything just flowed so well. Not a moment dragged. Musically new order and Todd terje.
Dublin gospel choir sound better every year. They are just an amazing uplifting start to Sunday. Such a simple idea but the sing along social in body and soul was a ridiculous amount of fun.
Mother last night for four hours then was incredible. They really are the perfect way to finish the festival.
Course there was loads I didn't get to see or explore which is the nature of it I suppose. One final thing on kids at electric picnic. I have none and to be perfectly honest I'm far to selfish to bring them if I did! However I would hate to see families stop bringing their kids. Think they bring a great element to the festival. It's just so lovely to see kids enjoying themselves and experiencing something so wonderful and enriching, especially in the body and soul area.

Overall...I'm a shell of a person right now, but smiling away now thinking of moments during the weekend. Hope everyone else is the same!

Synode · 05-09-2016 09:26PM

Kaiden Old Therapy wrote: »

Mother last night for four hours then was incredible. They really are the perfect way to finish the festival.

Couldn't agree more. So much fun.

This breakingnews.ie article says early birds only available on Friday to people who attended this year

http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/electric-picnic-2017-tickets-go-on-sale-this-week-753057.html

Fatfrog · 05-09-2016 09:29PM

Synode wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. So much fun.

This breakingnews.ie article says early birds only available on Friday to people who attended this year

http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/electric-picnic-2017-tickets-go-on-sale-this-week-753057.html

Are the dates for 2017 set?

Tigger99 · 05-09-2016 09:33PM

Mm I'm raging I didn't pay more attention to the change I was given at the weekend now. I didn't buy much drink only food and spend so much.

What a weekend tho. Epic

The fear is mighty tonight :eek:

scruff monkey · 05-09-2016 09:36PM

Synode wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. So much fun.

This breakingnews.ie article says early birds only available on Friday to people who attended this year

http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/electric-picnic-2017-tickets-go-on-sale-this-week-753057.html

Hard to know what to make of that outside of being a way to cull the number of discount purchasers

Synode · 05-09-2016 09:38PM

Fatfrog wrote: »

Are the dates for 2017 set?

Don't know for sure but would be hugely surprised if it's not 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sep

Fatfrog · 05-09-2016 09:39PM

Got talking to the former Ireland manager Brian Kerr Saturday in body and soul after John Conneely, seems like a nice guy (think he was relieved I didn't ask for a selfish) loves blue grass, but was really unimpressed by the noise interference at the B&S mainstage "Changed allot since the last time he was there"

Synode · 05-09-2016 09:40PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

Hard to know what to make of that outside of being a way to cull the number of discount purchasers

Probably. It was a free for all this year. €165 for a weekend of music, arts, comedy and everything else at the Picnic is an absolute bargain.

former total · 05-09-2016 09:41PM

Synode wrote: »

Couldn't agree more. So much fun.

This breakingnews.ie article says early birds only available on Friday to people who attended this year

http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/electric-picnic-2017-tickets-go-on-sale-this-week-753057.html

That "article" is ripped off rte.ie, except the RTE article makes no mention of limiting it to this year. I think they've added two and two and ended up with a cat.

Breakingnews.ie is never to be trusted, it's not a proper news provider.

scruff monkey · 05-09-2016 09:44PM

Synode wrote: »

Probably. It was a free for all this year. €165 for a weekend of music, arts, comedy and everything else at the Picnic is an absolute bargain.

Aye, very much so

Ken Tucky · 05-09-2016 10:10PM

Fatfrog wrote: »

The sound in the EA was absolutely terrible!! Ruined Wolf Alice! I know their stuff well but at times I struggled to even identify what song it was.

Was at the back... left of the mixing desk. Sound was unreal. Very big tent though....it's massive. I guess you need to get lucky where you stand.

Dtp1979 · 05-09-2016 10:12PM

Short changed a few times myself at the bars.

BaZmO* · 05-09-2016 10:23PM

The bass was off for a few bands I heard in the Electric Arena. The bass was ridiculously overpowering in quite a few songs. Can't remember which band but the bass player was motioning to the sound desk to turn it down. They were either unable or incapable to do it though as it didn't really change.

Paddy2012 · 05-09-2016 10:28PM

TherapyBoy wrote: »

Beanstalk wrote: »

Who was DJing in the salty Dog until 4 on Saturday night? The tunes were class. Born Slippy at the end!

Le Galaxie I think. Any night that ends with Underworld is a good one in my book!

He was excellent, does anyone know the second or third last track he played? Not sabotage, it was sort of a synthy instrumental.

Ken Tucky · 05-09-2016 10:41PM

Sweet Jesus..1975. Just watching RTE coverage. Did this actually happen. I need to go to bed. I'm awake but having nightmares

Todd Terje · 05-09-2016 10:48PM

Paddy2012 wrote: »

He was excellent, does anyone know the second or third last track he played? Not sabotage, it was sort of a synthy instrumental.

I think it could have been Opus by Eric Prydz? Or a remix of it.

Paddy2012 · 05-09-2016 10:54PM

Todd Terje wrote: »

Paddy2012 wrote: »

He was excellent, does anyone know the second or third last track he played? Not sabotage, it was sort of a synthy instrumental.

I think it could have been Opus by Eric Prydz? Or a remix of it.

Thanks man, that's it.

fourmations · 05-09-2016 11:08PM

my story

i had a great time this year, better than last year for whatever reason
maybe i was more up for it

my music experience was a bit messed up as i was hanging out
with a group who for the main part wanted pop or dance
arrived friday 4ish, into green and off we went, did the pink moon queue and got settled
saw... these charming men (fun for smith fans) nas (great) chems (so so)

saturday, awoke to beating rain and the heat, cant get over how hot and stuffy the tents get and so quickly, it wasnt even warm out! once it gets bright it turns into an oven.
saw....glass animals (loved them, well impressed) joey badass (excellent even though i dont know him from adam, im an old hop hop head)
noel (decent but nothing amazing) sack (old dublin band) small bit of DBFC, went to LCD... but well pissed off that i was dragged off from that after a couple of songs, too slow for my group, not a major fan but know a good bit of the material, feel i missed out there, arsed around a bit and ended up at Le Galaxies salty dog dj set which was fun

sunday.....trainers retired its hiking boots time!
saw....wild beasts (im a fan anyway,love them but my missus didnt!), animal collective (pissed off i didnt get there earlier there were excellent, love some of there stuff but have heard lots of sketchy live performances but they were actually excellent, played some classics as well that were well unexpected based on current sets) New Order (flawless set but fairly lifeless i though, going through the motions) Lana...(thought she was very good, i do love her though, yeah i know shes fake and they lyrics are grim but she could sing the phonebook IMO, crowd seemed to go for her too, i thought i would be up the front will 100 teenage girls crying but she got a good draw despite the driving rain, we arsed around a bit in B&S then but all soaked to the skin and not getting any happier we headed back to pink moon for a change and hung out in their area for hours having our own booze (which was all very nice) couldnt face heading back in after getting dry, retired at 3am

I didnt find it so packed this year compared to last for some reason
maybe there was more of a spread, i remember coming away from florence last year on the sunday and it was absolutely packed, i deffo feel the difference from over the last few years from 2012 on,
i thought there was a nice vibe this year but maybe its me,
i didnt queue for anything for long all weekend, got beers and food handy enough, longest thing was a couple of mojitos in casa barcardi
(are the staff all on yokes btw?)

regarding those folk that party too hard and annoy people and generally over indulgence...
didnt really notice too many mashed people, obviously a few but i wonder if its where you stay on site and where you frequent... we used the pink moon entrance when we could, when it was closed we went salty dog, thats where there were more "revellers".... is it safe to say that the mad bstd contingency are in wilde & hendrix, anyway, ive no issues with people doing or drinking what they want, just a shame when they cant pace themselves and enjoy it! , i think "dont be a dick" comes into play here and my weekend was dickhead free gladly, got trod on and bodychecked once or twice by dicks charging through crowds but hey ive learned to take this in my stride and not get aggy about it

thought the standard of food was good this year but devastated
that i couldnt get a kebab, i only have one the odd time and always goes down well at EP, where were they, used to be back to back on the food run iirc!!! wok & roll red curry was good, proper feed! brekkie rolls at paintball entrance hut were huge!

beers in the arena were the usual, over priced and average
got a few pints of cute hoor from that "craft beer" stall
which broke up the monotony but when its in a plastic glass and youre walking around with it it all turns to sht pretty quickly anyway!

regarding kids....(i have a 13yr and an 8yr old)
i would personally not bring them, dont think it suitable
for all the same reasons everyone else does,
people out of it all over the place, men pssing everywhere
also, dare i say it...i dont want them there, its three days a year
where we can let go and switch off from the trials of life, i dont want to be minding my kids at EP! i do it 362 days a year!!

god, i better stop now, you get the gist! i had fun and wasnt bothered by much at all this year gladly, went with the flow and had a good one

cheers

Charlie · 05-09-2016 11:13PM

I seem to be one of the few who thought the crowd seemed an improvement on last year. I certainly remember last year around Main Stage on the Friday & Saturday nights, you could barely move an inch, and moving when an act finished resembled a doomsday movie. This year seemed to have that bit more room to manoeuvre, but that's just perceptions I guess.

Also seemed to encounter less rough 'uns this year, but I think that was down largely to staying in Pink Moon. For me, it can't be stressed enough how much that improves your festival experience. It's not just the pre-made tents, the little luxuries, or the crowd within the site itself, but the fact that you enter the arena without going near Hendrix/Wilde/Main Arena entrance, really seems to make a difference to your perception of the place.

With early bird tickets, and booking PM early, we paid €250pp all in. That's absolutely cracking value for the overall experience, and for those who feel that EP is drifting towards Oxygen, I'd really recommend doing PM before giving up on the festival.

Agree with others on noise bleed. It's an absolute pox, and seems so unnecessary. Nobody is choosing burger van A over burger van B, because one is playing a song the other isn't. Festival Republic should really ban all traders from pumping out music, it won't make a jot to anyone's bottom line.

Discodog · 06-09-2016 08:00AM

Does anyone use the official EP forum ? In the early years they really listened to comments & would interact with the forum. A lot of improvements were made because of forum requests & comments.

maximoose · 06-09-2016 08:05AM

Great weekend, weather a bit of a downer on Sunday night.

Highlights: LCD, Whitney, Chemical Bros, Pantha du Prince

Animal Collective are possibly the weirdest musical act I've ever seen. I only knew Florida going in but my friend wanted to go, after the opening song I was wondering what the actual fûck I was witnessing but after that it was magnificent. Prob fave act of the weekend.

Crowd was pretty decent I thought this year, can't recall one incident of acting the maggot or even any messing in the mud. Loads of 16/17 year old groups about the place.

Will be getting an early bird ticket for 2017 but I think it'll take a strong lineup to stop me selling and going abroad next year.

06-09-2016 08:07AM

Discodog wrote: »

Does anyone use the official EP forum ? In the early years they really listened to comments & would interact with the forum. A lot of improvements were made because of forum requests & comments.

I haven't for 2/3 years. I may be wrong but it doesn't seem to get much use these days. And would those improvements have been in the Reynolds/Pod days? FR may listen a lot less.

However I agree, it may be the route to sorting out some some of the problems. That, or emailing them directly.

Morrison J · 06-09-2016 08:07AM

New Order were the act of the weekend for me. Absolutely perfect. Temptation was something else.

06-09-2016 08:08AM

maximoose wrote: »

Animal Collective are possibly the weirdest musical act I've ever seen. I only knew Florida going in but my friend wanted to go, after the opening song I was wondering what the actual f ck I was witnessing but after that it was magnificent. Prob fave act of the weekend.

Yeah, I enjoyed them, but couldn't figure out where they were heading. And only one track from Merriweather. Mad, but impressive.

byrneg28 · 06-09-2016 08:24AM

I stayed in Pink Moon and the security were perfect. I understand that security would be more serious on the Jimi Hendrix campsite entrance but my god, I went through once after being at trenchtown at around 2am and I got my bag checked by one security guard, then I got frisked by another and my bag checked by him, my wallet opened, my hat checked??

What the hell were they looking for, if I can bring drink into the main arena at that time? Obviously I'm not so stupid , but I've never seen security care that much about finding drugs or whatever? - are they on commission? are they looking for weapons?

What the hell is going on, really ruined the enjoyment for me on Sunday, put a downer on it.

Thundercats Ho · 06-09-2016 08:26AM

Feeling semi human again.
As usual, I had a cracking weekend. Pink moon was the business.

Took it reasonably easy on the Friday, and had a great time as a result. I was thinking to myself 'maybe I've finally grown up'
Then on Saturday, I found the €3 whiskeys in my lovely ranch, and it all went pear shaped.

Sunday I got mashed and proposed to my missus, she told me to cop the F on...

Saw bands I never heard of, and missed plenty I wanted to see. Par for the course I guess.

Roll on next year.

MeatTwoVeg · 06-09-2016 08:40AM

Bless me father for I have sinned. It's been 11 years since my last EP.

So after a long absence I went back to EP this year with, shock horror! 2kids. A 7 and 9 year old.
Got there Friday afternoon, got the tent set up and headed in.
It's certainly bigger than it used to be. Great weather on the Friday and didn't notice any anti social behavior.
Rain on Saturday morning was a bit of a downer but it cleared up nice in the afternoon. We live close enough so headed home on the Sat night just before the rain hit and then returned on Sunday, again leaving before it started raining again.

Overall I was well impressed. Never had to queue for a pint or food. Everyone seemed very chilled out and we got the best of the weather and missed the worst.

In terms of bringing kids, they loved it. We weren't there late at night so didn't see any drunken antics. It's a typical Irish response to suggest that because there's drunk people about kids shouldn't be brought. EP needs more kids and less yobs, not the opposite.

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