All Together Now 2024

You chosen one song, the guy has multiple albums and they're not all from the same genre....

Yeah that's fair enough, it won't be for everyone I'll agree. He'll also be playing a live set apparently, so not exactly "plug in pc...lets go" either.

ATN has had a huge variety over the past few years, punk, post punk, industrial, folk, drone, techno, pop, psychedelic metal (i dunno, whatever king gizz is), electronica, disco, whatever nick cave is... if it hasnt earned a bit of trust from you in terms of the quality of line up, maybe its just not your festival and go check something else out? Everyone's got their thing, its fine if ATN isnt yours

Floating Points wouldn't be where I'd go first when trying to make a "plug in pc...lets go" point...

Most successful recent release was with a jazz legend, and regularly plays with more of a live band that most people.

I remember seeing him play with close to 10 people at Body and Soul several years back

Disclaimer: I may have been seeing double at the time - perhaps I shouldn't admit to that though - doesn't exactly strrengthen my own argument :)

That is tidy enough 🙂 Kolsch and Kiasmos a nice surprise. Doesn't have the dreaded words "dj set" after Geroge Fitzgearld either.

One big snooze. My regular festival buddy who would be more open to the lighter side of things feels the same.

Lackluster as always

not moved by it i have to say

Future islands

Mary Wallopers

Sprints

Newdad

Really good time

Slowdive

KKC

Soda Blonde

The Wailers

And that's before I go researching, happy enough with that.

Shockingly unimaginative.

How many times have The National, Roisin Murphy, Maribou State, Floating Points, Kiasmos, Kolsch and George Fitzgerald played Ireland in the last 5 years?

I have seen all those acts at least 3 times and in the case of Floating Points close to 10 times in the last decade or so.

Happy how with my decision to give Beyond the Pale a chance as my Irish festival this summer.

Felt like ATN was just taking our money last year and this has just confirmed it.

Very weak, extremely generic. The electronic music is largely inoffensive tripe for people who aren't really into it but are partial to a yoke at a festival a couple times a year. Bands not much better. Only things I'd be excited for there is Sprints, Slowdive and Oxn. Some genuinely awful stuff on there and then a lot of the same acts that get recycled so often that it's impossible to be excited by them. I'll more then likely be there either way but I'd say my time will spent mostly at smaller stages seeing local acts. Whoever gets paid to book acts for this festival is stealing a living. I wouldn't be surprised to hear they just asked ChatGPT to generate an Irish festival line up

yep..

Id agree.

And for the first time since this festival started - Im Out.

For those into it - Have fun 👌

BTP have done very well with their lineup, but with all the single day outdoor shows sweeping up all the big names, this doesn't look too bad. I have a few must sees on the list, and shur most of the craic os the smaller bands on the smaller stages anyway!

No, also kaleidoscope fest

As a few have said, decent but a lot of those acts I would so see I've seen before.

Missing a standout act e.g Nick Cave, Iggy, Fleet Foxes, Patti Smith etc