Electric Picnic 2024 **No Ticket Sales / Requests** - Waiting in line, terrible time, over familiar

Nas, Big Sleep and Spiritual Cramp could be on the mini-list for us too. Hopefully Croi, Trenchtown, Salty Dog, Freetown and Anachronica have reinforced structures this year because they'll be doing a lot of heavy lifting. Is this the year I spend 3 nights in Berlinhaus?

Will depend on what replaces Casa Bacardi too but they way things are going it'll be an extended Today FM stage with t-shirt guns, Maud Flanders' Bane.

Are the acts for the second announcement already locked in or do they wait to see what the fall-out Is from the initial announcement to determine the route to go down or is it a bit of both?

Second announcement probably end of June or starting of July, there's definitely two or more acts to get added in the top tier and a few in the second with other amounts added to the lower tiers too. Probably another 40 acts to be added hopefully as well as smaller stages which usually don't make the actual poster.

On an utterly different level to EP these days. That's absolutely not how I used to feel about it.

Unbelievable. An excuse for everything. At some point, every act touring this Summer had a blank diary for this Summer. That's where the whole forward planning thing comes in.

I wonder what the line-up might have looked like if the festival was taking place at its traditional time of year.

Oh wait, that would mean No Calvin Harris, silly me.

they may be added in the next announcement but having played last year greatly reduces likelihood of them playing.

I think it's always possible to find excuses why acts aren’t playing after the fact. These are not the reasons why we have a shite lineup. These decisions, as you've said many times yourself, are made a long time ago. All the decent festivals are proactive, not reactive, go after the acts they want before everyone's schedule has been nailed down. You have a reason why every single desirable act is logically impossible for EP. You speak as if this drivel is all we could possibly expect. I respectfully suggest that it's not. I'm out, I've no desire to be spamming a thread full of people who are still going and trying to build up some enthusiasm for it. Your input, though at times informed and useful, has gradually become so pompous, arrogant, patronising and depressing as to render the place an almost unpleasant place to hang around. I know why I love this thread, I just wonder what you're getting out of it.

Was looking at clips of RAYE from Lowlands last year, she looks like she could be entertaining enough. I probably have about 12 acts from the poster now that I could be mildly interested in. Hopefully further announcements will increase amount of acts to investigate and enjoy.

The Coronas would like a word!!

they’ve actually only played 3 times in last decade from a quick google.

as I said before it’s an artist agent/manager who ultimately decide if an artist plays electric picnic. No promoter can will a line up into existence. They have their wishlist and they chase, put offers out and hope this aligns with the availability and priorities of the artist and their agent/manager.
an artist may simply have a preference for headline summer shows as they may be more financial beneficial and they played festivals here last summer and want to change it up this summer.
EP bookers wishlist for 2024 could very well have not aligned to either mine or your preferences or those of anyone on here.
I‘m sure tens of thousands of people will have a great weekend in stradbally in august.
there is an array of festivals in ireland to cater to people which diverging tastes to what EP is offering.

I'd have them over the 'headliners' any day.

Probably because it's three times in the last four editions rather than decade. With a fourth appearance in 2015.

ETA: That's from a very quick Google of ["the coronas" "electric picnic" site:www.setlist.fm]