Electric Picnic 2018 Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales [Part 1]

Stillill42 · 28-08-2018 06:54PM

I'll have no more of this quarrelling. Now is the time for telling each other that we're lovely, how to get a litre of vodka in in your underpants, that we've all got unrivalled taste in music, pretending that we're defo meeting up in our Smiths t-shirts at These Charming Men. Peace and love to everyone out of their box with excitement for Friday, 18 year old scrotes 100% included.

johnnyskeleton · 28-08-2018 07:01PM

Hogzy wrote: »

Anyway im going to bow out of arguing with you. I know what I see with my eyes and i dont like what EP has become. I hope you continue to enjoy the festival because I certainly dont anymore!

If the festival has changed, I don't think that is down to a younger age profile per se. Personally (with the usual your mileage may vary caveats), I think I was much more fun at festivals when I was in my early 20s than I am now in my ahem, mid 30s. When I went to my first festival everything about it was wonderful and happy and chilled out. Now I'm cranky, impatient and you can't talk to me until I've had 3 cups of coffee each morning.

It's not about the age of the people, it's about the people themselves. Will this year's lineup attract a bad crowd? It's impossible to say but I suspect it won't. At best, the type of young people who are going this year are into their music, like the festival vibe and are ready for a fun weekend. At worst, they are pedestrian in their music tastes, uncomfortable sleeping in a tent and will be miserable if it rains or maybe even go home early. Other than the professional theives and troublemakers that you will get at every festival, I just don't see EP attracting a bad crowd.

johnnyskeleton · 28-08-2018 07:06PM

The songs I'm most looking forward to hearing (in no particular order and in the hopes of no St. Vincent/Prodigy clashes):

johnnyskeleton · 28-08-2018 07:07PM

Stillill42 wrote: »

how to get a litre of vodka in in your underpants,

That happens if you try to drink it all in one go!

Seathrun66 · 28-08-2018 07:13PM

Stillill42 wrote: »

I'll have no more of this quarrelling. Now is the time for telling each other that we're lovely, how to get a litre of vodka in in your underpants, that we've all got unrivalled taste in music, pretending that we're defo meeting up in our Smiths t-shirts at These Charming Men. Peace and love to everyone out of their box with excitement for Friday, 18 year old scrotes 100% included.

Sorry man, I just have a low tolerance level for people unjustified reactionary bitching about EP without thinking through what they're saying. The festival has faults, but it also has many thousands of people making an effort to put on the best and most imaginative weekend of the year.

BadTurtle · 28-08-2018 07:14PM

Stillill42 wrote: »

I'll have no more of this quarrelling. Now is the time for telling each other that we're lovely, how to get a litre of vodka in in your underpants, that we've all got unrivalled taste in music, pretending that we're defo meeting up in our Smiths t-shirts at These Charming Men. Peace and love to everyone out of their box with excitement for Friday, 18 year old scrotes 100% included.

You are my favourite poster.

Dixon Bainbridge · 28-08-2018 07:16PM

Have peggy gou and mall grab been allocated times yet?

Davysulls86 · 28-08-2018 07:17PM

Hogzy wrote: »

If you really believe that then you have wool over your eyes.

The numbers of teenagers/young twenty somethings attending the event has increased DRAMATICALLY! Anyway I dont want to be taking away from the festival so not much point in discussing

I was at Electric Picnic as an 18, 19, 20....year old, I'm now 31. What's your point? Children grow up to be young adults and start doing adult things. It's not like the teenagers who went to oxegen are still teenagers I used to go to oxegen too. I also used to take enough pills to level a horse, Im more reserved than I used to be... time changes all

charlietully · 28-08-2018 07:18PM

ED E wrote: »

There's two halves to a camping festival: The acts/activities and the attendees.

EP post Oxegen has maintained its theming but has gained a totally different crowd. You can't dismiss that when you're cohabitating with them for the guts of four days.

Once the lads in the gaa tops show up you know its time to slide on. EP = Oxegen now

BadTurtle · 28-08-2018 07:19PM

Dixon Bainbridge wrote: »

Have peggy gou and mall grab been allocated times yet?

Not yet, I'd say little big tent for both, late on most likely

BadTurtle · 28-08-2018 07:20PM

charlietully wrote: »

Once the lads in the gaa tops show up you know its time to slide on. EP = Oxegen now

So what you're saying is you need to leave Ireland.

ED E · 28-08-2018 07:20PM

charlietully wrote: »

Once the lads in the gaa tops show up you know its time to slide on. EP = Oxegen now

We should build a fake supermacs at the motorway exit and hide a pit in front of it. Leave them down there till Monday.

Davysulls86 · 28-08-2018 07:21PM

Hogzy wrote: »

At the time, the Gardai hardly had future statistics now didnt they.

Anyway im going to bow out of arguing with you. I know what I see with my eyes and i dont like what EP has become. I hope you continue to enjoy the festival because I certainly dont anymore!

If you don't enjoy it, why fork out a sizable chunk of change to attend it?

ED E · 28-08-2018 07:21PM

Do we know when the IT are drip feeding us the Electric Arena times?

Ethereal Cereal · 28-08-2018 07:29PM

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

The songs I'm most looking forward to hearing (in no particular order and in the hopes of no St. Vincent/Prodigy clashes):

What a TotP post, more excited now...

Fatfrog · 28-08-2018 07:34PM

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

The Walking on Cars / Gavin James etc type bands could actually work out quite well for clash purposes:

Saturday during Gavin James and Dua Lipa we have These Charming Men, Mount Kimbie, The Frank and Walters, the Modern Stranglers and King Krule. All sold bands to see, but they are the type I would normally miss if they clashed with a good headliner.

Sunday during George Ezra and Picture This we have sing along social, the Blaze, Cotter Wall, Death Grips, Bitch Falcon and Fontaines D.C. Again, solid bands that I might not otherwise get to see.

And this is without the Electric Arena announcements for those days. The Friday doesn't seem to have much alternative to Walking on Cars, although they are bookended by King Kong Company and Bad Bones, but hopefully Cigarettes After Sex or Wolf Alice will come up then.

Anyone familiar with the internals of how festival scheduling works?
I assume they know exactly what stage an act is playing before they're booked? They don't just book a load of random acts then decide the stage later? Like they must have a rough time table and book to fill slots I.e. "We've just booked Chvrches for Friday, they'll be a second or third sub act" ?
Do the bookers take a stage each, then timetable accordingly? Is there any consideration given to clashes or is it a free for all?

Tuttlinghorn · 28-08-2018 07:40PM

Mr.S wrote: »

What's going on in the last photo?!

There’s a clue in the last photo. Why people can’t just save up and buy a ticket I don’t know. The youth have gone mad altogether

ED E · 28-08-2018 07:43PM

Fatfrog wrote: »

Anyone familiar with the internals of how festival scheduling works?
I assume they know exactly what stage an act is playing before they're booked? They don't just book a load of random acts then decide the stage later? Like they must have a rough time table and book to fill slots I.e. "We've just booked Chvrches for Friday, they'll be a second or third sub act" ?
Do the bookers take a stage each, then timetable accordingly? Is there any consideration given to clashes or is it a free for all?

MCD like to split crowds when they can for big events. Dont think thats FRs style.

Most of it comes down to availability. EP is paired with Glasto as Oxegen was paired with TITP. Acts will do a gig in England Friday, EP Sunday or something like that. Big acts probably won't back to back it unless its a Belfast/Dub thing.

EG Prodigy have just done Portsmouth this weekend. Friday they're in Italy (Transit day) Sunday they're EP. Next two gigs are back to back as both are UK so its less travelling.

Davysulls86 · 28-08-2018 07:50PM

Closed the boot of the car today, not to be opened again until Friday morning.. ready to go now, bar a good ball washing and clean underpants. Work is just getting in the way now

erica74 · 28-08-2018 07:53PM

Work is just getting in the way now.

ewj1978 · 28-08-2018 07:53PM

Done with work:D Pre-drinks start tomorrow. Packing Thursday, cya all at salty dog for roadhouse doors

scruff monkey · 28-08-2018 07:56PM

Pics from Bodhrandude

New Jerry Fish tent

Comedy Tent

Main Stage

Entrance to B&S with added thumb.

Little Big Tent?

Site of Electric Arena

Part of mind field

New Heineken stage

Rankin Woods(?)

Mount Vesuvius · 28-08-2018 08:09PM

Can't see them

Fatfrog · 28-08-2018 08:13PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

Pics from Bodhrandude

New Jerry Fish tent

Comedy Tent

Main Stage

Entrance to B&S with added thumb.

Little Big Tent?

Site of Electric Arena

Part of mind field

New Heineken stage

Rankin Woods(?)

Deadly thanks BD/Scruff! Jerry fish tent is a good size!!

Edit... crazy to think the EA isn't even there yet..

Poorside · 28-08-2018 08:16PM

Did he say what the footpaths are areas around Salty dog are like ?

declanleo · 28-08-2018 08:18PM

Jerry fish after getting a bigger tent?

Dermwex · 28-08-2018 08:21PM

Hi lads and ladies, I’m getting dropped up by a friend and was wondering where is the drop off point and is it far from the main entrance? Eco campsite is near the main entrance too isnt it? Thank you

Poorside · 28-08-2018 08:24PM

I wonder will the roof on the Heineken stage help with the noise bleed?

fourmations · 28-08-2018 09:09PM

Is Jerry Fish in the same place as usual?

tonto123 · 28-08-2018 09:09PM

Hopefully

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Electric Picnic 2018 Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales [Part 1]