Body & Soul 2022

For those of us who purchased tickets back in 2019, and have held onto them, not revealing their lineup is a bit of a snide move tbh (that wouldn’t have been the understanding when purchasing them then). Even more so when you consider the price of their tickets, which are definitely at the high end for a boutique festival.

That’s fair, I’d be miffed too. The tickets are nearly the same price as EP.

I agree with some of the other posters, would like to see Max Cooper and Air, would also like to see Kraftwerk if that was in B&S's budget seeing that they are touring a lot and playing festivals this year and of course some of the familiar acts that have played through the years, wouldn't mind Daniel Avery as well.

I wouldn't go that far, they obviously have acts lined up to play. They probably won't be the caliber of acts they normally get with the attendance halved. I hadn't heard anything about refusal of refunds, surely something can be arranged to sort that out?

They are announcing acts before the festival. Says on the website

Hard to know what to make of their decision not to announce a lineup this year, I think of all festivals in the country they are probably the one who could pull it off the best. They don't usually rely on massive headliners (in recent years anyway) and were always more about the atmosphere, art, etc. If you were someone who was likely to go to B&S in 2020 then I think there is a good chance you will enjoy this years festival as much as you would have that one.

But on the other hand, it does feel a bit like a gimmick to cover up their lack of star power in their lineup. €250 is a lot of money to hand over without knowing any acts too. Personally I love the excitement around a lineup announcement, listening to playlists, going through the clashfinders..

I'll be going to ATN this summer and probably a day of Forbidden Fruit, I definitely have room for at least one more festival but not sure what. I don't think I'll be buying a B&S ticket in advance, but if the weather is good the week of then I'd consider it. Will be interesting to see if their strategy pays off or not!

If the lineup is of the calibre they say from the website blurbs, why NOT announce it? Surely with all of the other stuff planned too that would make the festival a no brainer and generate huge interest.

This strategy makes no sense.

Ill be there anyway though and I'm sure will have a great weekend, it just feels shady on the organisers part.

Have been to all but one but I think the festival has been on the slide for a few years now. It had gotten tired and stale and was in serious need of a break and rethink (i told them as much elsewhere online). The last great year was 2015 (2016 maybe?) when Leftfield, Goat, Savages, Super Furry Animals, Songhoy Blues and Dan Deacon played. Since then though it's been ever decreasing circles of quality imo.

All this talk of 'the vibe' and 'trust us' is all well and good but it's hardly Glastonbury. We need to hear some decent music too, but it's just all so bland. The last act to really get stuck into was The Bug, otherwise it's, overall, a steady diet of dull House/Disco and Electronica with the odd act to be found. How many times do you see people actually having a proper dance rather than gently swaying like they're at a Boiler Room session? 😉

They can't have sold many tickets for the last one as those tickets have been carried over and even at 5,500 capacity for this year they still haven't sold out. That's telling in how the public feels i think.

I'll wait and see for now but i'm not holding my breath that they'll deliver.

I see another query brought up on Overheard at Body & Soul, apparently the festival closes at 4 PM on the Sunday, so that must mean its a full Friday and Saturday schedule, but that doesn't seem right. I liked to be leaving Ballinough with a hangover on the Monday morning, it would seem strange to have it all end the day before at 4 PM.

https://www.facebook.com/events/837693404298155?active_tab=about

Edit: But then again it could simply just be a typo and was meant to say 20th 4 AM.

Is that on the Sunday I presume. Is that the 2020 ticket your referring to or the reissued ticket. Folk are saying that Friday and Saturday will be two full days finishing in the early hours of Sunday and that we all have to head off by 4 PM on Sunday afternoon. That basically means that its two days entertainment instead of 3 days at the price of 250 euros which is pretty hefty and more expensive now than the Electric Picnic.

Dunno Keith just some folk that noticed the end date of the festival changed on the Facebook B&S event page, I wouldn't worry its probably just a typo or another Facebook poster mentioned it could be a glitch from Facebook itself that could be causing the confusion.

Just assumed Life wasn't happening as no thread started here in Gigs and Events and I usually get reminders on Facebook if Life announces as I used to work it up to 2015.

Just checked their website and your right there's a line up there, but they don't seem to be doing the usual Facebook advertising hence why I thought it was off, the line up seems a lot smaller than past years. Maybe you should start the new Life Festival thread Dreamweapon. 😄😄

Lineup announced for all the moan heads here ;

https://bodyandsoul.ie/experiences/music/

I happy with that too Roisin Murphy and Mogwai should be good, I'm hearing good reports on EP thread about Yard Act and will make some new discoveries no doubt as well.

€250 for that line up is very steep

I'm just glad its happening as I work it in the advance anyway, have been checking out the line up. It looks like Sampa the Great will be this years Alo Wala, hip hop act from Australia, watched some of their Youtube videos and they seem interesting enough. Yves Tumor looks like they could be fun. So that's at least 5 or 6 acts that's got me. There is 'Many More...' to come so some nice electronica I'll imagine added through the coming month or two, still wouldn't mind Thievery Corporation if they can snap them up, how about Max Cooper and Daniel Avery too would be nice.

Just checked her out there she’s got a great sound. Estacion Esperanza is a banger. Any other acts like that on the bill?

Just listened to a bit of Godford, nice stuff, interesting electronica, was it you who suggested checking out Magdalena Bay as well in the Overheard thread, dreamy pop with a bit of crunch to it, totally Body&Soul. :)