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Electric Picnic 2022 - Here we go again! - **No Ticket Sales / Requests **

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


    Listen lads we have to Respect the Marketing hahaha sorry I can't even say it without laughing.



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Aren't we the crew that regularly refer to the whingeing on EP's Facebook page? Hopefully they're not glancing over here this week. 😁



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭glennponder


    Maybe (probably) the 2nd announcement is really sh×t and they figured its better to have people giving out about the non announcements for a longer period of time than it is having people giving about the announced said sh×t acts for a shorter period of time....u get me?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭GhostMutt30


    I'm just going to stay blindly optimistic. that is all



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,060 ✭✭✭scruff monkey
    Snarky Snark Snark




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


    The old Righteous Indignation market, very smart 😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,216 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    maybe everyone should ask for their money back, all at once of course, it would be interesting to see how they would react.

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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭Thundercats Ho


    Good few tickets on toutless already. The place will be flooded with them in 2 weeks, as is always the case, and more so this year with the added capacity.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Mucker46


    I was just about to say I don't know if it's the increased capacity or what but I don't think I have ever seen so many tickets floating around this close to the picnic



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭Thundercats Ho


    I'd say it's the savvy ones getting shot of theirs before the usual glut of tickets drives the price down in a few weeks.

    People bought tickets 3 years ago for this so their circumstances / tastes may well have changed.

    The increased capacity will have an affect too.

    I doubt that FR not giving 2 sh1ts about their paying customers would have such an effect on someone that they'd say fvck this, i'm selling. Especially this close to the festival, unless the next main announcement is rubbish of course.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 983 ✭✭✭dav09


    Definitely never seen so many tickets floating around on twitter, ticketmaster, toutless, etc at this time of year. I would say it's a mixture of cancellation of some A-list headliners, the lineup being overall poor and no 2nd or 3rd announcement less than 4 weeks to the event. Realistically there's 2 maybe 3 headliners that would headline any festival elsewhere in Europe, adding one or two more won't do much unless they've someone really spectacular on it or if they add a few more really decent tier 2 or 3 announcements like they few there are. Here's hoping they'll get it right but it's crazy they've waited this long given how meh the original announcement was and given the 3 year wait, not a good sign for the future imo but increased capacity may be a part of it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,054 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    Watch them announce Radiohead and shut everyone up.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,054 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    Do you remember when we said we didn't care if it was Gavin James, we'd just be so happy to be back?

    Well some of us did.

    OK, it was me.

    I don't want it to be Gavin James.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭Thundercats Ho


    You've made your bed..



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,544 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    *goes to google some names of Gavin James songs so as to make a pun*

    "eh.. hang on. I don't want that appearing on my search history!"

    *abandons idea*

    Elect a clown... Expect a circus



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Mucker46




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Mucker46


    Anyone know what the big news was on Today FM?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭glennponder




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Mucker46




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭Navan Man01


    Looks like Layne & his goddamn bird were on to something! 🤔

    That birdie whistling any more tunes Layne?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,216 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    So how come we don't know the names of the second announcement yet.

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



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭evani1976


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    not sure if this was up before but on the Pixies official site...



  • Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 44,927 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    That's just a load of names from the 2020 line up that never happened.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,877 ✭✭✭LowOdour


    This was raised last week i think, but seems to be the 2020 line up



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭endainoz


    A random question on behalf of someone else folks: to anyone who has brought a baby to pink moon before, does the baby need a wristband? Friend is going with her baby and two others. Staying in a 4 man in pink moon. 3 adults and one baby, but another mate who's not staying in pink moon was wondering if he could use their 4th wristband to hang around with all of us during the day.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,532 ✭✭✭patch


    Are those not on the prohibited items list?

    They should be. I'd have to question the logic of bringing a baby to a festival. For many obvious reasons.

    (sorry I'm no help with the actual question)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,054 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    Lads, I enjoy giving Festival Republic a kicking as much as the next man but let's not be under any illusions. I'm going to have a brilliant weekend. They know it and I know it. I'm their dream punter. Would I pay 170 yoyos to sit outside a tent for 3 zero responsibility days with the 2 brothers playing music and dipping periodically into the cooler for a delicious Summery tipple? Absolutely. Then you start to layer on the knowable. I mean who's really waiting for the announcements for the Salty Dog and Trailer Park? We KNOW what those areas will be like don't we? They'll be brilliant all weekend. So there's a festival right there. Throw Pixies, Bright Eyes, Fontaines and Arctic Monkeys into the mix, there's not a shadow of a doubt in my mind, it'll be an amazing few days for me. We could probably all do with taking a step back and simplifying everything a bit. Good company, a few scoops and a few decent acts on top and we're having a good time. Everything won't be right and FR should be held to a high standard but it's OK to think about the nice stuff.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Mucker46


    Fully agree Stillill it has always been great. My gripe is that with less time to research I may not discover acts new to me and that has always been one of my highlights of the picnic and what I think sets it apart from other festivals as the sheer number of acts means there is always acts I haven't come across before. But the 2022 version will still be a brilliant weekend.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,054 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    AHA! The announcement of the announcement! At least we know.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭Navan Man01


    Halle-f**ckin-lujah!!

    Here’s hoping it’s worth the wait!



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