Electric Picnic 2021 - Cancelled :( **No Ticket Sales / Requests **

Seeing that Body&Soul was supposed to start today I done a blog report looking back on the years. https://niallmcquaid.wordpress.com/2020/06/18/a-fallow-year-for-festivals-bodysoul-a-virtual-tour-through-the-years/

bodhrandude wrote: »

Seeing that Body&Soul was supposed to start today I done a blog report looking back on the years. https://niallmcquaid.wordpress.com/2020/06/18/a-fallow-year-for-festivals-bodysoul-a-virtual-tour-through-the-years/

Great post- some serious memories there!
Thanks for that as it’s cheered me some bit in light of not being there tonight

Juelz Chubby Lapel wrote: »

Finding it really heartbreaking watching Glastonbury. I’ve never been and watch it every year from the comfort of my couch but just really sunk in that we won’t all be dancing in a field in stradbally in a few months

Trying to avoid watching as I was supposed to be there this weekend. It's disappointing not to see Macca tonight, but I'm actually going to miss the Picnic a hell of a lot more.

We had our little gathering recently, it worked out fairly well, some close friends together under a bit tarp with to keep us out of the rain. The keg of Guinness was gone in five hours but most people enjoyed themselves. Had a few tunes played aswell and a bit of singsong after.

Overall would call it a success, but plenty of things to improve on. I think the hardest part was just getting something to happen in the first place, now I know it can be done.

Getting loads of ideas to plan the next one already!

I'm hoping EP might procure Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets next year seeing that I had to file for my refund on Ticketmaster today.

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Have got a bit bored of Elbow over the past few years but that 2011 set from Glastonbury was stupendous. Garvey, and his namedropping, can be a tad annoying on BBC6 but as a frontman he knows how to deal with audiences.
Love doing Forever Changes in 2003 also pretty top notch.

Was at both but missed Bowie in 2000, setlist excellent but on re-watching it didn't seem as good as I'd remembered. Never got to see Bowie after that and a big error not to go to Glasto in 2000. Missing the Beastie Boys at EP another big mistake.

What about you guys and acts you've regretted missing?

Agree elbow have become a little boring, I scoffed a bit heading to their EP set 2017 but reminded why I loved them originally shortly afterwards! Garvey did a session with other voices, the interview part was very very deep he spoke about losing his Dad, but the performance was absolutely top class!!


Watched Bowies glasto set last week, as good as it was from a performance and sound side, it was a little painful viewing. The live coverage has advanced so much from then until now. Everything from camera quality, stage, lighting, no screens. It was a "grainy" Bowie standing under what seemed like x2 static colour lights, dark everywhere else, struggle to see the crowd in the footage

There is some serious depth and quantity of stuff on the iPlayer. Gonna be a busy 25 days I think.

Currently watching The Cure from 2019.

I live near Stradbally and it reminds me of 2012, when I went to collect a takeout from the village and through the air could hear them play inside. Taunting me as had no ticket that year (second son 15 days old at time), and had never seen them live.

Maybe 2021, Robert Smith still the real deal, it's some set from Glasto.

The set: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CLYcrpgC6VvMGmBvZaOI9?si=0u6O78YGT_qWGW9fIqETrg

Fair play to ya. I'm not jealous at all.....

Fatfrog wrote: »

Not really a fan of Kasabian, but sad to see.

https://www.joe.ie/music/kasabian-frontman-tom-meighan-leaves-band-due-personal-issues-699828

Albums were never up to much, but some of the single were belters imho.

They've been around longer than most bands and had substantial success.

Not sure why there was a bit of music snobbery about them.

Best of luck to him.

Seathrun66 wrote: »

And sentenced:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53319170

'You're in love with a psycho' indeed

Any new announcements for the Picnic :D

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Yeah i've caught a few.
Fontaines were great, and Anna Mieke last night was really good.
I saw the first one (Loah i think), which was very good.

I missed the murder capital though, and can't find it available to re-watch which is a shame.

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0629/1150272-other-voices-courage-watch-lankum-in-concert/

Stillill42 wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0629/1150272-other-voices-courage-watch-lankum-in-concert/

Superb stuff, thanks man. They've really come on, as you've previously said, and less of the onstage dramatics. For me a superior outfit to the Fontaines (who I also love) but maybe the post-punk sound is more my thing. As tight a band as I've seen over the past decade and hopefully their evolution will continue.

Brilliantly filmed (OVs continue to do us proud) and the location is great, makes Dublin look cool as fu*k.

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Superb stuff, thanks man. They've really come on, as you've previously said, and less of the onstage dramatics. For me a superior outfit to the Fontaines (who I also love) but maybe the post-punk sound is more my thing. As tight a band as I've seen over the past decade and hopefully their evolution will continue.

Brilliantly filmed (OVs continue to do us proud) and the location is great, makes Dublin look cool as fu*k.

Yeah, they're done a great job on the latest set of OV recordings. Fontaines in Kilmainham spectacular too. I'm really excited to see where the Murder Capital boys can go. My last 2 gigs before the shutters came down were their gig in Vicar Street and the Rock against Homelessness gig in the Olympia and they were genuinely electric at both. God I miss gigs.

How was Oxegen, did anyone go this year. :D:D