Electric Picnic 2016 // Discussion Only / NO Ticket Sales / Requests //

bodhrandude · 14-03-2016 11:14AM

scruff monkey wrote: »

Can we give the ticket price thing a rest and get back to idle speculation on bands and laughing at people on book face?

There's 6 months yet to go and it's probably best revisited in 5 months time.

Yeah couldn't agree more scruff, just wondering the pattern of the next announcements, first Longitude with the second wave of announcements, Life, Body & Soul and Forbidden Fruit and then the May announcement normally for the Picnic.

Blackie_IRL · 14-03-2016 12:22PM

The next longitude line-up announcement will be telling, there are a number of bands I want to see added to EP (Miike Snow, Bob Moses, M83, Grimes) that are all playing Latitude (same weekend as Longitude). If none of the above appear on next Longitude announcement I'd be confident that some, if not all, are playing EP.

BananaR · 14-03-2016 12:48PM

Apologies if anyones, asked this already - So, in the wake of that very surprising sell out announcement on Fri - any additional line-up rumours fuelling these early ticket sales this year? Finding the whole situation very strange on the basis of a very solid but not mind blowing line-up so far....

bodhrandude · 14-03-2016 12:57PM

BananaR wrote: »

Apologies if anyones, asked this already - So, in the wake of that very surprising sell out announcement on Fri - any additional line-up rumours fuelling these early ticket sales this year? Finding the whole situation very strange on the basis of a very solid but not mind blowing line-up so far....

I reckon its because everyone had such a gas time last year at EP and the weather been fairly perfect apart from the coldish nights, word of mouth from the people who were at the last one. Its the biggest music camping festival in Ireland now and it has the reputation to not disappoint. The same can be said for Body & Soul festival too, in fact EP is like four smaller festivals along with the main stages and marquees going on at the one time, if you have been there before you will know what I mean.

Mike Guide 69 · 14-03-2016 01:13PM

BananaR wrote: »

Apologies if anyones, asked this already - So, in the wake of that very surprising sell out announcement on Fri - any additional line-up rumours fuelling these early ticket sales this year? Finding the whole situation very strange on the basis of a very solid but not mind blowing line-up so far....

Personally speaking, i think its a rather clever PR stunt from the organisers, announce a "sell out", row back on all tickets that were on sale, then down the line announce more acts, release a trickle of tickets to get the juices flowing, those tickets are snapped up and then announce a major headliner (as with those main healiners that are announced, I could see another main/major headliner been added to the bill) and guess what??, more tickets are released around the same time as that major headliner is added, its all down to supply and demand folks................

scruff monkey · 14-03-2016 01:17PM

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

Personally speaking, i think its a rather clever PR stunt from the organisers, announce a "sell out", row back on all tickets that were on sale, then down the line announce more acts, release a trickle of tickets to get the juices flowing, those tickets are snapped up and then announce a major headliner (as with those main healiners that are announced, I could see another main/major headliner been added to the bill) and guess what??, more tickets are released around the same time as that major headliner is added, its all down to supply and demand folks................

If the sales were as good as it seems in the initial release, they've no need to faff around like that, it's counter productive as once people get wise to it then all you achieve is to piss off your punters, never a smart move that.

Mike Guide 69 · 14-03-2016 01:23PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

If the sales were as good as it seems in the initial release, they've no need to faff around like that, it's counter productive as once people get wise to it then all you achieve is to piss off your punters, never a smart move that.

I agree, but its happened before, i'd guarantee there'll be a load of tickets released during the impending summer months...........

Arne_Saknussem · 14-03-2016 01:42PM

BananaR wrote: »

Apologies if anyones, asked this already - So, in the wake of that very surprising sell out announcement on Fri - any additional line-up rumours fuelling these early ticket sales this year? Finding the whole situation very strange on the basis of a very solid but not mind blowing line-up so far....

A lot of it due to the simple fact that it's been fairly broadly covered on television for the last couple of years too.

It's moved from niche to very definitely mainstream for good or for bad!

ghostdancer · 14-03-2016 02:20PM

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

Personally speaking, i think its a rather clever PR stunt from the organisers, announce a "sell out", row back on all tickets that were on sale, then down the line announce more acts, release a trickle of tickets to get the juices flowing, those tickets are snapped up and then announce a major headliner (as with those main healiners that are announced, I could see another main/major headliner been added to the bill) and guess what??, more tickets are released around the same time as that major headliner is added, its all down to supply and demand folks................

or don't bother with any of that nonsense and just leave the tickets to sel out naturally, as has almost certainly happened.

Mike Guide 69 · 14-03-2016 02:28PM

ghostdancer wrote: »

or don't bother with any of that nonsense and just leave the tickets to sel out naturally, as has almost certainly happened.

True, it is down to the demand, but those scenarios have also happened...

brannid3 · 14-03-2016 03:27PM

Anyone here still holding out for Radiohead?

I see they have announced a few shows in London, Paris, Amsterdam etc in addition to the festival dates announced. No Irish gig mentioned or any other UK festivals.

ghostdancer · 14-03-2016 03:32PM

the solo gigs they announced will be the only ones they do this year, so there won't be any Irish one later in the year or anything.

for the festivals part it says "(announced so far)", so they'll presumably be announcing others, as they're heavily rumoured to be playing Outside Lands, Lollapalooza and ACL.

Mike Guide 69 · 14-03-2016 03:58PM

brannid3 wrote: »

Anyone here still holding out for Radiohead?

I see they have announced a few shows in London, Paris, Amsterdam etc in addition to the festival dates announced. No Irish gig mentioned or any other UK festivals.

Would love to see it happening, but i doubt it, they would easily do a stand alone show, be Marlay Park or RDS but would be very doubful at this stage now.....

brannid3 · 14-03-2016 04:23PM

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

Would love to see it happening, but i doubt it, they would easily do a stand alone show, be Marlay Park or RDS but would be very doubful at this stage now.....

Yes but I still have hope!

Apparently all their stand alone gigs have been announced on their W.A.S.T.E site and they hint at only festival slots left.

grudgehugger · 14-03-2016 04:26PM

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

..., they would easily do a stand alone show, be Marlay Park or RDS but would be very doubful at this stage now.....

Per Ghostdancer's comments above, they've stated there will be NO standalone shows this year other than those announced today. So none in Ireland.

They have also basically said that there are further festival appearances to be announced.

For those of us hoping to see them in Ireland in 2016, it's now basically EP or bust as far as I can see.

Ferris_Bueller · 14-03-2016 06:13PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

It's decent, plenty of people around tents during the day/evening and it's got its own bar in the site which is pretty busy and had its own music at night so that you don't get numpties banging out "here's wonderwall" at 2 in the morning

There's a car park really close to it at the paintball entrance, best to use that one. Yes you can bring your drink to the other sites & back again.

Not too bad at all, much better than the main entrances, can get busy at peak times though but quick enough

Cheers for the reply! Put down a deposit today, looking forward to it!

Rigor Mortis · 14-03-2016 07:21PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I'm the guy that saved €650,000.....look it's just wrong to tell people not to pay a few quid over the odds now because tickets will get cheaper, that's a wild guess and could be a stupidly wrong presumption.

To be fair its not really a guess. The experience of irish festivals, going back over a decade is that even when they sell out, the tickets become available close to face value close to the event. That's even more likely this year given the fact that about 20 - 30K tickets were sold to avail of an early bird discount with no sight of the line up.

Even if a guy wants to make a buck, he can sell his early bird at the full face value and still feel ok(ish) about himself.

The fact that the capacity has gone up this year makes it even more likely that tickets will be available at face value in the weeks ahead of the event.

Logic would suggest you might be right, experience suggests even more strongly that you aren't.

Wrongway1985 · 14-03-2016 08:52PM

brannid3 wrote: »

Anyone here still holding out for Radiohead?

I see they have announced a few shows in London, Paris, Amsterdam etc in addition to the festival dates announced. No Irish gig mentioned or any other UK festivals.

All headline dates announced they specifically say are the ONLY headline shows they will play.

Saw Opeth in the Roundhouse some time ago class somewhat intimate venue

cson · 15-03-2016 10:02AM

EP is morphing into Oxegen Mk2 it would seem in terms of numbers/ticket sales.

Fyi there were tickets on sale on TM in the days immediately preceding the weekend last year.

I don't know if its clashing again this year but the All Ireland Hurling Final was on the Sunday and that made me forego the weekend (thank you Galway

) so I'd imagine a few hundred tickets would be up for grabs if something similar happens this year.

MJohnston · 15-03-2016 10:50AM

cson wrote: »

I don't know if its clashing again this year but the All Ireland Hurling Final was on the Sunday and that made me forego the weekend (thank you Galway ) so I'd imagine a few hundred tickets would be up for grabs if something similar happens this year.

The aforementioned vaping 'stage' had a big screen showing the final (and I think a RWC warm up game). It'll definitely overlap again this year, and probably every year.

bodhrandude · 15-03-2016 02:04PM

Could we see Toots and the Maytals take the Sunday reggae spot for EP this year, they have been announced for The Big Feastival in Cotswolds in England happening between August 26 - 28th.

Thundercats Ho · 15-03-2016 02:05PM

Hopefully Toots is able to sing this time!

leakyboots · 15-03-2016 04:21PM

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Hopefully Toots is able to sing this time!

The bollix left the stage after about three songs last time!

MadYaker · 15-03-2016 07:21PM

Mr.S wrote: »

I wonder if that stage ever had the rights to show the game in public - it was just a RTE player stream lol.

**** like that ruins EP, showing matches at a festival :rolleyes:

How exactly does it ruin the festival???

Danger Fourpence · 15-03-2016 07:57PM

Mr.S wrote: »

I wonder if that stage ever had the rights to show the game in public - it was just a RTE player stream lol.

**** like that ruins EP, showing matches at a festival :rolleyes:

Pretty sure there isn't a problem broadcasting RTE to a wide audience like that.

How exactly does it ruin the Picnic though?

Should music be played at half time in a match or is it a case of never the twain shall meet? If that ruins your Picnic, your Picnic is easily ruined.

sassyj · 15-03-2016 10:21PM

Danger Fourpence wrote: »

Pretty sure there isn't a problem broadcasting RTE to a wide audience like that.

How exactly does it ruin the Picnic though?

Should music be played at half time in a match or is it a case of never the twain shall meet? If that ruins your Picnic, your Picnic is easily ruined.

GAA jerseys and straw hats, that's how

PabloAndRoy · 15-03-2016 10:26PM

sassyj wrote: »

GAA jerseys and straw hats, that's how

I walked past there last year during a match and while I didn't want to go in, all I saw were people enjoying themselves watching sports. I really fail to see why this is an issue for people. You don't have to go, if others want to, why not?

I didn't see any straw hats, not sure about the GAA jerseys.

MJohnston · 15-03-2016 10:30PM

Personally I hate it because its a reminder that the real world still exists. Stick that stage and screen off in some commercialised area and I wouldn't care at all though. The position of it last year was dumb as **** though.

scruff monkey · 15-03-2016 10:39PM

Danger Fourpence wrote: »

Pretty sure there isn't a problem broadcasting RTE to a wide audience like that.

Yeah, it actually is if it was from the website. RTÉs streaming rights would not cover the public display of the game.

ghostdancer · 15-03-2016 10:46PM

bring back the cinema tent which showed games in 2005/2006, that was great fun.

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