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Electric Picnic 2023 **No Ticket Sales / Requests ** - It'll be grand

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  • #782
    Penfailed
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119992428#Comment_119992428

    I've seen Overhead, The Albatross once and enjoyed them. I've seen ASIWYFA over 20 times...and I'll be seeing them again in Belfast on Friday. They're a power house live.

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Pixies, Ride, Therapy?, Public Service Broadcasting, IDLES, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '25 - Spiritualized, Supergrass, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Queens of the Stone Age, Electric Picnic, Vantastival, Sprints, Getdown Services, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Scratch

    Gigs '26 - Deftones, Sleaford Mods, Stereolab, KNEECAP, Sugar, Clutch, Big Thief, Jon Spencer, The Cure, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, IDLES, Electric Picnic, Public Service Broadcasting, Suede/Manic Street Preachers, Korn, Fat Dog



  • #783
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,330 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    I see Siouxsie Sioux has returned to performing after a decade of inactivity, she's headlining Latitude festival. More than likely that ATN might make a bid for her as her music would fit into the festivals demographic. I've a feeling that Jamie XX will be a Something Kind Of Wonderful headliner rather than main stage and possibly Caribou too.

    https://www.clashmusic.com/live/siouxsie-sioux-to-headline-latitude-her-first-live-performance-in-10-years/?fbclid=IwAR0DXDnl0WzlaLMqTSG9F86CHLl59nglAJ8DxAtBC9l4MxiIAGLQk1tq1mo


    Post edited by bodhrandude on

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



  • #784
    scruff monkey
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    Siouxsie Sioux would be absolutely incredible



  • #785
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119999377#Comment_119999377

    Came here to post exactly this. Surely the Melvin Benn connection is stronger than any ATN attempt to book her?



  • #786
    rubick
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    Electric Arena will be a Happy House this year all being well.



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  • #787
    bodhrandude
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120002304#Comment_120002304

    Yeah I think if there ever was a band to be commended for their covers it has to be Siouxsie and the Banshees for their cover of Dear Prudence, which is absolutely fantastic.

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



  • #788
    Thundercats Ho
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    Wasn't it Robert Smith, during his secondment to the banshees, who insisted they do that cover.



  • #789
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    Guardian single of the year is Steve Lacy, quite liking him and this could be a great booking.

    Went to Damien Dempsey last night, again excellent, overdue an EP return?


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-FGf_ZZiI




  • #790
    rubick
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    Got us tickets for that Orbital in the Mandela Hall, which will be our first ravey outing in that venue in well over a decade when Shine was in there.



  • #791
    Penfailed
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120003207#Comment_120003207

    I'm going to see ASIWYFA in there tonight. I think the last time I was in there was for Spiritualized.

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Pixies, Ride, Therapy?, Public Service Broadcasting, IDLES, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '25 - Spiritualized, Supergrass, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Queens of the Stone Age, Electric Picnic, Vantastival, Sprints, Getdown Services, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Scratch

    Gigs '26 - Deftones, Sleaford Mods, Stereolab, KNEECAP, Sugar, Clutch, Big Thief, Jon Spencer, The Cure, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, IDLES, Electric Picnic, Public Service Broadcasting, Suede/Manic Street Preachers, Korn, Fat Dog



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  • #792
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    A rumour on The Chills’ FB pages suggests they’re playing Whelan’s next year. Anyone hear anything about this? Eight years since the last visit and time to hear this again.


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pjW3MT8D9RY




  • #793
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    Terry Hall, that's a tough one. Far too young and much still to give. At least we got him to the Picnic once but alas never with the specials. Journey on dude, you'll be missed.


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0S1BC0XVB6s




  • #794
    bodhrandude
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120016623#Comment_120016623

    Fcuk that's a shocker, tried to catch that gig but couldn't find the venue at EP, was that with the Dub Pistols Seath? RIP Terry Hall, a true genius in all his guises and forms.

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



  • #795
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120016687#Comment_120016687

    That's the exact one, and it was a pretty small tent which was only ever there in 2007 (Trends Lab) so easy to miss. They clashed with most of The Stooges' set so I dashed over and go the last 20 mins which included all of Terry Hall's part. He only did three tracks, Our Lips Are Sealed, Gangsters and I've forgotten the third. The place went mental. Nouvelle Vague were also brilliant in there that year.



  • #796
    scruff monkey
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120016706#Comment_120016706

    He recorded a crackin version of Our Lips Are Sealed with Nouvelle Vague too.



  • #797
    bodhrandude
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120016706#Comment_120016706

    Aaah that's it, it was Sunday night, I remember fruitlessly traipsing about the various stages on my way to the main stage to catch the Stooges set and gave up in the end and headed, still, to a hell of a gig with Iggy which was still tremendous. Its a real pity that the Picnic didn't take the chance to book the Specials when they were touring Northern Ireland in Late August 2019.

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



  • #798
    endainoz
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    The trade area of Forrest fest is looking fantastic.



  • #799
    scruff monkey
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    Goatse?



  • #800
    bodhrandude
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    The keyboard player from Primal Scream, Martin Duffy passed away today too, sad news. He was only 55.

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/martin-duffy-primal-scream-and-felt-keyboardist-dies-aged-55


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



  • #801
    Penfailed
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120017618#Comment_120017618

    Trade area? Good stalls, yeah? 😁

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Pixies, Ride, Therapy?, Public Service Broadcasting, IDLES, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '25 - Spiritualized, Supergrass, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Queens of the Stone Age, Electric Picnic, Vantastival, Sprints, Getdown Services, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Scratch

    Gigs '26 - Deftones, Sleaford Mods, Stereolab, KNEECAP, Sugar, Clutch, Big Thief, Jon Spencer, The Cure, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, IDLES, Electric Picnic, Public Service Broadcasting, Suede/Manic Street Preachers, Korn, Fat Dog



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  • #802
    rubick
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120017746#Comment_120017746

    Reckon he'll be on at the opening.



  • #803
    endainoz
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120017907#Comment_120017907

    Stupid predictive text. I'm sure the trade stalls will be great too, but I'm more interested in the trad area.



  • #804
    Dreamweapon
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120017774#Comment_120017774

    FFS!!! This and Terry Hall. Not a good 24 hours.

    I know PS will always be Gillespie and Innes but will they continue? Probably, i guess.

    The Specials must surely be finished. Saw them twice in the Olympia (2009 & 2013) and they were very good, although i didn't feel the need to catch them again after that. It's terrible an Irish festival never booked them.

    …^……<…./?::;;:::@"! ((((((*))))))#=)))))~



  • #805
    bodhrandude
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120018613#Comment_120018613

    I think the Specials did play Oxegen in 2009 on same weekend as T in the Park.

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



  • #806
    rubick
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    They definitely played Belsonic in 2010/11.



  • #807
    Dreamweapon
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    Forgot all about Oxegen. EP really should've nabbed them then. Belsonic never even occurred to me. I guess i don't really look upon it as a festival, more a series of one-off events.

    …^……<…./?::;;:::@"! ((((((*))))))#=)))))~



  • #808
    sydthebeat
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    Saw both the specials with Terry hall, and the Neville staples band, but for the life of me I can't recall where. That drone intro to ghost town is magnificent



  • #809
    Penfailed
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120017981#Comment_120017981

    Yeah. Figured that 😊

    There's a FF thread on the go.

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Pixies, Ride, Therapy?, Public Service Broadcasting, IDLES, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '25 - Spiritualized, Supergrass, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Queens of the Stone Age, Electric Picnic, Vantastival, Sprints, Getdown Services, And So I Watch You From Afar, The Scratch

    Gigs '26 - Deftones, Sleaford Mods, Stereolab, KNEECAP, Sugar, Clutch, Big Thief, Jon Spencer, The Cure, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, IDLES, Electric Picnic, Public Service Broadcasting, Suede/Manic Street Preachers, Korn, Fat Dog



  • #810
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120017618#Comment_120017618

    The top few acts there are suberb, but I'm not familiar with the bottom half. Hard not to feel that EP missed a trick by not having an area like this.



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  • #811
    rubick
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120019835#Comment_120019835

    I thought that the The Spike Island stage in Freetown was supposed to be like this?



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