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

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  • #4952
    patch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭patch


    Paraphrasing?



  • #4953
    scruff monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,939 ✭✭✭scruff monkey
    Snarky Snark Snark


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122278234#Comment_122278234

    no, that’s literally the name of it. There’s nothing there to paraphrase.



  • #4954
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    They’re not playing and will be badly missed if they keep releasing stuff like this. Out yesterday, bits of the House of Love, a lot of The Cure’s Push and smatterings of every Scottish jangly guitar band you ever loved. Even @Mucker46 might enjoy this.


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0a_vpigwDb4


  • #4955
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 44,184 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    soundtrack to the summer ………



  • #4956
    Mucker46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Mucker46


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122278533#Comment_122278533

    Enjoy the music and Grians voice not as grating as usual



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  • #4957
    crl84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭crl84


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122278901#Comment_122278901

    Probably allowing too much of his real voice to come through, and not his put-on fake Dub accent…..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=862Cx5sDlQY


  • #4958
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,065 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280122#Comment_122280122

    fake Dublin accent? He’s from Dublin.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #4959
    crl84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭crl84


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280347#Comment_122280347

    There are several types of Dublin accents. The one he uses now in interviews and singing is a hammed-up exaggeration of a working-class/inner city Dublin accent, and quite different from the relatively middle-class Skerries accent he used to have right up until mid-2018 at least.

    I doubt living in London makes you sound more like Ronnie Drew.



  • #4960
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,065 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280373#Comment_122280373

    He doesn’t sound like a working class Dub to me. I’m from Tallaght, not even a good part of Tallaght. He sounds like a generic Dub to me.

    I also lived in Balbriggan and the old accent has been almost completely replaced with the generic Dublin accent now.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #4961
    Wooderson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭Wooderson


    His accent is fgcking bizarre.



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  • #4962
    crl84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭crl84


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280430#Comment_122280430

    OK, well however you want to describe it now, it used to be a lot more "middle class"/"well spoken" in conversations I had with him, and mutual friends say that it was a conscious effort to change his accent.



  • #4963
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,065 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280518#Comment_122280518

    I like his music, he’s a good song writer, so it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. He’s the latest in a long long line of anti singers I enjoy. Mark E Smith being my absolute favourite

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #4964
    crl84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭crl84


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280538#Comment_122280538

    Cool, doesn't bother me either, just pointing out that maybe he's toned down his hammed-up, non-natural accent in this new song....



  • #4965
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,065 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280547#Comment_122280547

    I find it weird to point that out. I never hear anyone commenting when an Irish person sings in that generic mid Atlantic rock singer accent we normally hear. 99% of people affect an accent when they sing, I know I do. He just happens to sing in a Dublin one.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #4966
    Mucker46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Mucker46


    I have no issue with his accent, any of them, just find that for me his voice doesn't work with the music and puts me off them even though a lot of their music is good



  • #4967
    crl84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭crl84


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280557#Comment_122280557

    It's not just his singing accent.



  • #4968
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280373#Comment_122280373

    Why would it be fake? It’s his natural voice and I’d much prefer to hear that in their material than some transatlantic twang.



  • #4969
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 23,065 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280672#Comment_122280672

    I don’t understand why that matters.

    I like his music.

    they/them/theirs


    The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.

    Noam Chomsky



  • #4970
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280901#Comment_122280901

    Spot on. It seems like a kinda pointless thing to focus on.



  • #4971
    Fatfrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭Fatfrog


    It’s surprising you’d pick FDC as ‘putting it on’?
    Embrace the difference!

    Every act is the effin same now, find a vocal that works, that’s acceptable, then roll that out on mass, even within Ireland there are so many acts that copy or align vocal styles that are absolutely ”put on” Dermo Kennedy, Kodaline, walking on cars to name but a few!!
    I was at a charity gig the other night, a young 17 year old dawned the stage, to him this “special voice” was the recipe, the secret, sing like ur slightly constipated, it was pure 2nd had embarrassment! Equivalent hurt to seeing a child go hungry!!

    Post edited by Fatfrog on


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  • #4972
    endainoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭endainoz


    Ep just posted this on their socials, new area for campervans.

    Screenshot_2024-06-21-12-20-09-22_a23b203fd3aafc6dcb84e438dda678b6.jpg


  • #4973
    scruff monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,939 ✭✭✭scruff monkey
    Snarky Snark Snark


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122287025#Comment_122287025

    do they have a new area to store their shame for that shitshow of a line up too?



  • #4974
    Himselfe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭Himselfe


    Email from TM just now letting campervan ticket holders know:

    • Campervan and Caravan site being moved to a new location located off the N80.
    • Site will open from Wednesday 14th at 12:00.
    • Passes being posted from 8th to 26th July

    Are they taking over the Green Carpark I wonder? And is the Wednesday thing new? Thought it was Thursday normally



  • #4975
    glen25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭glen25


    This is my first year bring a campervan and I bought an early entry pass (for Thursday) to avoid the traffic jams.. Seems like I didn't need to if they are open from Wednesday now anyway? Am I correct?



  • #4976
    endainoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭endainoz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122287070#Comment_122287070

    Early entry is included in the campervan pass anyway.



  • #4977
    endainoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,875 ✭✭✭endainoz


    Yeah all that info is in the post above. Pretty sure the Wednesday thing is new alright. N80 does sound like the green car park, it could be possible they see it as a potential traffic issue, maybe they're just trying to sell more early entry passes, which wouldn't be surprising at all hence opening it a day early. All just my own speculation of course.



  • #4978
    Fatfrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭Fatfrog


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122287049#Comment_122287049

    Wow Wednesday! Turning into a glasto! 😂

    Allowing the campers come in early would mean a huge cross over in works and build, you’d have ppl trying to get in and setup their camper with teleporter/truck/trailer traffic and the like driving around.

    I’m guessing they’re taking the camper vans off the traditional site and across the road possibly the back end of the green car park accessible from the N80. Punters likely coming in the paintball entrance? Probably less of a distance, but will need to enter and exit the festival to get to their camper?



  • #4979
    glen25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭glen25


    Thanks all… looks like I've an early entry pass for sale so!



  • #4980
    Fatfrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,718 ✭✭✭Fatfrog


    Planning docs here.


    Says early entry is now 25k, was 20k last year. I must say I’m sceptical about the 20k 😂 it feels much much more than that on Thursday, inc traffic, queues in and tent coverage!! They didn’t even scan my Thur ticket last year, just visually looked that I had them on the app.

    https://laois.ie/electric-picnic-2024
    IMG_7208.jpeg


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  • #4981
    Penfailed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,891 ✭✭✭Penfailed


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122287070#Comment_122287070

    You didn't need to buy an early entry if you had a campervan pass.

    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

    Gigs '26 - Deftones, Sleaford Mods, Franz Ferdinand, Stereolab, Big Thief, The Cure, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic



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