Electric Picnic 2017 Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales

scruff monkey · 22-03-2017 12:32PM

Do we have an inkling of the release time for the accused and to be slated?

Poorside · 22-03-2017 12:33PM

PabloAndRoy wrote: »

Very much looking forward to the line up announcement ... especially for the moaning on the FB page ... all the "who the fvck are Soulwax?". "Nick Cave and Grandaddy? Is this for old people?" . I love it!

Loads of people moaning about it last year when it was actually a bloody good lineup, the headliners weren't my thing but there was a lot of quality around all weekend.
I'll probably have a moan when Ed Sheeren is announced though, can't stand him.

everlast75 · 22-03-2017 12:36PM

Poorside wrote: »

Hope Frank & Walters are there, again.

And I hope the Sultans are there again!!!

Slobberdawn · 22-03-2017 12:41PM

Poorside wrote: »

Loads of people moaning about it last year when it was actually a bloody good lineup, the headliners weren't my thing but there was a lot of quality around all weekend.
I'll probably have a moan when Ed Sheeren is announced though, can't stand him.

Wasn't.

scruff monkey · 22-03-2017 12:42PM

Poorside wrote: »

Loads of people moaning about it last year when it was actually a bloody good lineup, the headliners weren't my thing but there was a lot of quality around all weekend.
I'll probably have a moan when Ed Sheeren is announced though, can't stand him.

the headliners can be hit or miss, didn't give a toss about Chemical Bros but some were really surprising. Nobody saw the Lovely Lana coming (fnarr fnarr) and lots complained but she was bloody great.

BadTurtle · 22-03-2017 01:02PM

Slobberdawn wrote: »

Wasn't.

It was actually, if you had eclectic taste or an open mind.

Wing126 · 22-03-2017 01:32PM

Got my tent in Halfords, Aventura 4 man tent with 4 sleeping bags, 4 camping mats and a storage bag for €84 euro.

They had the same tent, only with Halfords branding instead of Aventura, without bags/mats for 140. Asked about the price difference and they said it was this year's version of the tent.

My Halfords (Drogheda) only had 6 or so left so if anyone is looking a good deal pop in to a Halfords before they sell out!

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

Would love to see NIN there, but agree it's unlikely.

I would pull an absolute freaker if they announced, but yeah.

First time going to EP, (Haven't been to a festival since Oxegen 2011), after years of my friends and I saying we'd go, this year we all finally agreed to go, don't have a clue what to expect from the line up!

showpony1 · 22-03-2017 01:36PM

It'll definately be Eminem.

scruff monkey · 22-03-2017 01:37PM

showpony1 wrote: »

It'll definately be Eminem.

bodhrandude · 22-03-2017 01:43PM

showpony1 wrote: »

It'll definately be Eminem.

He is way too mainstream for the Picnic I think, he can sell out to fairly large crowds, I also think Major Lazer is way too mainstream. If EP had any sense they would book Justice, they are dancey but also indie and have that rock appeal too. I don't know about a memorable retro act with a back catalogue of hits through the 1990s onwards, but EP have taken chances before with new dance acts such as Disclosure in 2013, so I hope for Justice as have never seen them and liked some of what I've heard.

Wing126 · 22-03-2017 01:52PM

Would Eminem not draw a bad enough crowd?

scruff monkey · 22-03-2017 01:52PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

He is way too mainstream for the Picnic I think, he can sell out to fairly large crowds, I also think Major Lazer is way too mainstream.

Mainstream has always been there at EP (Noel Gallagher is not exactly breaking new ground in avant gard music composed in conjunction with the LGBT Tibetan Monks for Trump of America), it's just mixed in with the rest of the fun, I would think him unlikely but not impossible.

scruff monkey · 22-03-2017 01:53PM

Wing126 wrote: »

Would Eminem not draw a bad enough crowd?

Tickets are mostly sold, the crowd that's there is the crowd that's already bought tickets. Might get some of the more scoobier elements concentrated for a set of his but that's about it, fans of his are not likely to splash out on a weekends festival and travelling expenses just for him (well some might but not a lot).

Arne_Saknussem · 22-03-2017 01:55PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

He is way too mainstream for the Picnic I think, he can sell out to fairly large crowds, I also think Major Lazer is way too mainstream. If EP had any sense they would book Justice, they are dancey but also indie and have that rock appeal too. I don't know about a memorable retro act with a back catalogue of hits through the 1990s onwards, but EP have taken chances before with new dance acts such as Disclosure in 2013, so I hope for Justice as have never seen them and liked some of what I've heard.

I dunno, the festival lineup has taken a sharp swerve towards the middle of the road in the last few years, not saying Eminem is particularly middle of the road but names that wouldn't have been in the frame for the festival in the past would be considered now.

Every year it seems to get a step closer to your classic Oxegen lineup.

HolyMackerel · 22-03-2017 02:31PM

Arne_Saknussem wrote: »

I dunno, the festival lineup has taken a sharp swerve towards the middle of the road in the last few years, not saying Eminem is particularly middle of the road but names that wouldn't have been in the frame for the festival in the past would be considered now.

Every year it seems to get a step closer to your classic Oxegen lineup.

That's the truth. I hope they don't go too overboard this year.

PhuckHugh · 22-03-2017 02:34PM

Everyone is entitled to go to a festival, whether you think they are a scobe or not.

22-03-2017 02:48PM

davywalsh7 wrote: »

stead wrote: »

Don't see Eminem headlining but I can't help but entertain the thought. Glasgow Summer Sessions sold 35k tickets. What's EP's capacity, 50k+? I don't think size is what would rule him about, perhaps the style of the festival.

Size wouldn't but suitability plus fee would

Would he be so different from Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Wu Tang? A higher fee for sure, but less than previously and EP can afford it. I'd be happy to see him there.

davywalsh7 · 22-03-2017 02:51PM

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Would he be so different from Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Wu Tang? A higher fee for sure, but less than previously and EP can afford it. I'd be happy to see him there.

Eminem is way more popular than the acts u mentioned there. There's no chance he's gonna be announced tomorrow.

Former Former · 22-03-2017 02:55PM

Oxegen had many faults, but the actual lineup was always infinitely better than EP.

Edit: just looking at the 2013 Oxegen lineup, that was rubbish, but in previous years it was phenomenal.

sally cinnamon89 · 22-03-2017 02:56PM

I think you've a pole up your arse if you think Eminem is going to play

BadTurtle · 22-03-2017 03:01PM

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Would he be so different from Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Wu Tang? A higher fee for sure, but less than previously and EP can afford it. I'd be happy to see him there.

That's a pretty stupid comment tbf. Are you saying all hip hop is the same/ attracts the exact same crowd?
Very few Tribe/Mos Def etc. fans would be enthused about Eminem playing.

PabloAndRoy · 22-03-2017 03:11PM

This is the worst pre-announcement discussion EVER!

Am definitely selling my ticket now.

bodhrandude · 22-03-2017 03:14PM

Former Former wrote: »

Oxegen had many faults, but the actual lineup was always infinitely better than EP.

Edit: just looking at the 2013 Oxegen lineup, that was rubbish, but in previous years it was phenomenal.

I thought it was brilliant myself Bjork, Robert Plant, The Knife, David Byrne & St Vincent and loads more.

showpony1 · 22-03-2017 03:20PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

I thought it was brilliant myself, Bjork, Robert Plant, The Knife, David Byrne & St Vincent and loads more.

too hipster, needs more mainstream

Former Former · 22-03-2017 03:21PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

I thought it was brilliant myself, Bjork, Robert Plant, The Knife, David Byrne & St Vincent and loads more.

That was Electric Picnic 2013

bodhrandude · 22-03-2017 03:25PM

Former Former wrote: »

That was Electric Picnic 2013

Ggggggggggthunnnnnnnnnnk! Silly me

everlast75 · 22-03-2017 03:28PM

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Would he be so different from Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Wu Tang? A higher fee for sure, but less than previously and EP can afford it. I'd be happy to see him there.

Can't believe you forgot about Dre....

sally cinnamon89 · 22-03-2017 03:32PM

showpony1 wrote: »

too hipster, needs more mainstream

Too hipster?? C'mon

22-03-2017 03:33PM

BadTurtle wrote: »

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Would he be so different from Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Wu Tang? A higher fee for sure, but less than previously and EP can afford it. I'd be happy to see him there.

That's a pretty stupid comment tbf. Are you saying all hip hop is the same/ attracts the exact same crowd?
Very few Tribe/Mos Def etc. fans would be enthused about Eminem playing.

Yes, I'm disagreeing with you and saying I believe that most fans of Tribe & Mos would be keen on Eminem.

bodhrandude · 22-03-2017 03:34PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

Do we have an inkling of the release time for the accused and to be slated?

Noon I think, apparently some pre-launch photo opportunity happening at 11.30 am.

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