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Electric Picnic 2019 **Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales / Requests **

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  • #5792
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,219 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    rubick wrote: »
    Ah, the Year of the Bjork.
    Ben Klock in the woods that year on the Friday.

    Thanks for reminding me, always nice to wheel this clip out again. :)

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #5793
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    rubick wrote: »
    Trying to pin down a Main Stage electronic act:

    Underworld - playing Fall In Love festival in Bucharest, 31st August which is the Saturday. Not sure if a trip from Stradbally to Romania is feasible in 24 hours. Probably rules them out for the Sunday too.
    https://underworldlive.com/events/fall-in-love-romania/

    Chemical Brothers - nothing listed past Creamfields, England on 24th August. Chances.
    https://www.thechemicalbrothers.com/live

    Groove Armada - probably ruled out by recent Irish gig in Dublin but nothing on the calendar between appearances in Spain 25th August and 6th September.
    https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/groovearmada/dates

    It's going to be Fatboy Slim, isn't it? Clear schedule after a show in Ibiza, 24th August.
    https://www.fatboyslim.net/live/

    Please no. He was appalling in 2005. Little better in 2013 for the 30 mns I caught after the Valentines. Though I'd welcome him back if Kevin Shields tagged along.


  • #5794
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,502 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    showpony1 wrote: »
    A Few? you should change your name to cheekymonkey

    He who dares Rodney, he who dares. Just need a car full.


  • #5795
    BullBlackNova
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭BullBlackNova


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    He who dares Rodney, he who dares. Just need a car full.

    A car full of tickets?

    Or tickets for a car full of people?

    Either way, I like your ambition.


  • #5796
    Fatfrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭Fatfrog


    EP posted this pic on Twitter "Build begins"

    This could well be Freetown. It looks like the path that goes right through Wilde, Salty dog left of the pic?


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  • #5797
    rubick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭rubick


    First I've seen a decent sized version of that, cheers for posting.
    Agreed, definitely looks like the late Oscar Wilde.


  • #5798
    Fatfrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭Fatfrog


    rubick wrote: »
    First I've seen a decent sized version of that, cheers for posting.
    Agreed, definitely looks like the late Oscar Wilde.

    The positioning would make sense as sound will be pointing away from salty dog and othervoices/NewThree.

    The freeflow question remains!!


  • #5799
    rubick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭rubick


    OPERATION FREEFLOW
    We tunnel in from the woods and emerge behind a rake of bins.
    Need everyone at peak fitness for this.


  • #5800
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,583 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    rubick wrote: »
    OPERATION FREEFLOW
    We tunnel in from the woods and emerge behind a rake of bins.
    Need everyone at peak fitness for this.

    Stradbally Redemption

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • #5801
    Poorside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭Poorside


    rubick wrote: »
    OPERATION FREEFLOW
    We tunnel in from the woods and emerge behind a rake of bins.
    Need everyone at peak fitness for this.

    In the gym right now


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  • #5802
    Felipe Eager Metronome
    Posts: 5,926 ✭✭✭ Felipe Eager Metronome


    I cant see how it wouldnt be freeflow tbh


  • #5803
    Fatfrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭Fatfrog


    Raphael Prehistoric Junkyard wrote: »
    I cant see how it wouldnt be freeflow tbh

    Yes the more I think about it... it would be impossible to extend the arena boundary.


  • #5804
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,566 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Poorside wrote: »
    In the gym right now

    Practise being chased by security guards while slugging a can makes perfect


  • #5805
    rubick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭rubick


    Happy Mondays playing Waterford 24th August.
    Touring their Greatest Hits at the moment (although when are they not?).
    Have they ever played EP?
    Can't remember them being on the line-up since I started going (2011).


  • #5806
    Poorside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,098 ✭✭✭Poorside


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    Practise being chased by security guards while slugging a can makes perfect

    On a treadmill with a bag of cans in each hand.


  • #5807
    optogirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,095 ✭✭✭optogirl


    got an upgrade to Pink Moon as a pressie - would a double mattress fit in the Pink Moon tents or better off with 2 singles?


  • #5808
    Mucker46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,287 ✭✭✭Mucker46


    Up to now i have been ok but starting to feel a bit like last year now in terms of getting pissed off. No Jerry or last main arena announcements new 3 area to announce acts on 22nd (ffs it starts on the 30th and bands in that area likely to be less well known so research needed). What is the problem with announcing things in plenty of time? Grrrrrrrr. Old man grumpiness setting in.


  • #5809
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,502 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    optogirl wrote: »
    got an upgrade to Pink Moon as a pressie - would a double mattress fit in the Pink Moon tents or better off with 2 singles?

    You can hire a mattress there, there not the inflatable ones.


  • #5810
    Fatfrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,729 ✭✭✭Fatfrog


    With Wilde pushed out + Freetown... ECO is an 'effen' perfect location!!


  • #5811
    rubick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭rubick


    Fatfrog wrote: »
    With Wilde pushed out + Freetown... ECO is an 'effen' perfect location!!

    Wonder where the Eco entry will be this year? Suspect it'll be further along the path that runs through the back of Anachronica than last time. Does the Eco site run the full distance of that path that ends out where Warhol/Joplin sites meet?


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  • #5812
    Felipe Eager Metronome
    Posts: 5,926 ✭✭✭ Felipe Eager Metronome


    Mucker46 wrote: »
    Up to now i have been ok but starting to feel a bit like last year now in terms of getting pissed off. No Jerry or last main arena announcements new 3 area to announce acts on 22nd (ffs it starts on the 30th and bands in that area likely to be less well known so research needed). What is the problem with announcing things in plenty of time? Grrrrrrrr. Old man grumpiness setting in.

    im feeling the exact same tbh. I was feeling all positive right up until this week
    Im getting cranky now.
    Just announce the rest ffs


  • #5813
    Stationmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭Stationmaster


    showpony1 wrote: »
    There will be a few in this thread with something to say about this.

    Why!!??


  • #5814
    sprucemoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭sprucemoose


    Stationmaster wrote: »
    Why!!??

    because bringing kids to a festival, even if EP is 'family friendly', is a terrible idea


  • #5815
    maximoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭maximoose


    Don't ruin another thread with that shít....


  • #5816
    Stationmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭Stationmaster


    sprucemoose wrote: »
    because bringing kids to a festival, even if EP is 'family friendly', is a terrible idea

    Sure I'll let you know on the Monday so either way.


  • #5817
    Otsuka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭Otsuka


    Stationmaster wrote: »
    Sure I'll let you know on the Monday so either way.
    Stationmaster pm me if you want info on family set up


  • #5818
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,583 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    I too am entering into the Grump Ba$tard phase of the EP cycle. We were supposed to get an announcement today.

    I look on the researching of bands in advance as homework and I hate rushing my ****ing homework!

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • #5819
    PabloAndRoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭PabloAndRoy


    Stationmaster wrote: »
    Why!!??

    Amazingly, there are a number of boardsies who are convinced that children should be banned from festivals. For some it even detracts from their own enjoyment. The rest of us are just fine with it.


  • #5820
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,583 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    PabloAndRoy wrote: »
    Amazingly, there are a number of boardsies who are convinced that children should be banned from festivals. For some it even detracts from their own enjoyment. The rest of us are just fine with it.

    I heard an advert on Today FM this morning for the E.P. It's advertised as a family festival. Any people who have a problem with folks taking their kids should really take it up with the E.P. organisers.

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



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  • #5821
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Stationmaster wrote: »
    Why!!??

    Because there were a few trolls on the ATN thread slagging off parents bringing kids. Infantile stuff. And not at all what the huge majority on this thread (and on site) actually think.

    Personally I believe that EP without kids would be a much less friendlier, mellow and enjoyable fest.

    Stationmaster, here's hoping you and your family have an excellent weekend.


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