Electric Picnic (again) (1 Viewer)

[old]

I want to know about the Deerhoof rumours.
Someone tell me they're playing. It can be a lie. I don't care.

 

[clonan attack]

Deerhoof are playing

 

[old]

Aw amazing.
I'm definitely going now.
Thanks!

 

[Alan Latchley]

Where's Mogwai?

This is shit.

 

[Alan Remorse]

Deerhoof are playing

you just made my day

 

[Kims Deal]

Broken Social Scene and the redneck manifesto will be added after their respective Vicar Street shows.
Im speculating on this as far as the rednecks go but know it as far as BSS are concerned. I know this goes for most other aiken bands playing here between now and the picnic.
I also know morrisey, radiohead,the lips and countless others were offered lots more money by MCD to do their marlay park/nowlan park gigs this summer despite being offered by Aiken to do the picnic.
While it might not be as good a line up as last year its nice to know at least they havn't gone lazy, just they are slightly less rich than MCD.
Wait til you see the amount of bands on this years picnic at next years Oxegen, its like stealing candy from a small child.

i will accept anyone rejecting these claims but thats to the best of my knowledge.

The Nowlan park gigs are Aiken not MCD...

 

[Alan Latchley]

Slightly off topic, but I honestly don't know why MCD went to such extraordinary lengths to ensure a "cool" line-up for Oxegen this year. At least 80 per cent of the people who attend that don't give a hoot who plays, nor cares, nor knows anything about who's playing. Oxegen has become a "rite of passage" festival for Ireland's youth and the sooner MCD wake up to that the better (although treating people like livestock at Punchestown is obviously a sign that MCD are well aware of that fact). Yes it seels out, but they could announce Foster and Allen as headliners and it would still sell out. They can throw all the money in the world at bands to secure their services, and keep exclusivity rights but at the end of the day these bands are all going to be faced with a crowd of smashed twits waiting for someone to say "let me see those hands Dublin" as the drummer holds a steady beat, or do some Snoop Dogg call and response bullshit.

Last year there must have been about 300 people at New Order! As Clonan says, it's kind of a pity Aiken/POD are poorer cousins of MCD, but by golly they know how to run a big event and by being poorer at least their line ups cut out the 'rite of passage' children that have made Oxegen such an unpleasant festival experience.

 

[phil.b]

I do believe Wilco are playing this year too..

 

[ratmonkey]

better cheaper sunnier:

http://www.primaverasound.com

also cheaper: www.dourfestival.be

 

[Alan Latchley]

Wilco at Oxegen or the Picnic?

I saw them at Oxegen two years ago. I think there was about 12 people paying attenetion to them in a hungover tent.

 

[hermie]

Wilco at Oxegen or the Picnic?

I saw them at Oxegen two years ago. I think there was about 12 people paying attenetion to them in a hungover tent.

i was at that.think everyone was a bit dour coz they got soaked on the way to the tent.they were brilliant though,especially 'poor places' as an encore.great song

 

[hermie]

Deerhoof are playing

where are you gettin this shit from?it bette be true

 

[ernesto]

get your ticket bitchie!!!

where are you gettin this shit from?it bette be true

 

[ernesto]

also cheaper: www.dourfestival.be

was at this 2 years ago. saw pinback, explosions in the sky and lali puna there. its mostly techno and stuff now. only problem with it was that it was full of belgian/french equivalent of chavs. some of them reminded me of that film La Haine. not as friendly as Rock Wechter festival either. http://www.rockwerchter.be

 

[skeptopotamus]

Ohhhhh, will there be chips and jacket-plankton ?

 

[phil.b]

Wilco at Oxegen or the Picnic?

I saw them at Oxegen two years ago. I think there was about 12 people paying attenetion to them in a hungover tent.

At the picnic..

 

[RSJ]

Can anyone explain to me why there's no day tickets?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Can anyone explain to me why there's no day tickets?

Possibly they are waiting to see if it will sell out on a three day ticket basis only?

I've ordered mine just now.

 

[clonan attack]

i dont know if Deerhoof are playing i was just doing what he asked

 

[Kims Deal]

ADDITIONS TO ELECTRIC PICNIC LINE-UP

GNARLS BARKLEY, AMADOU & MARIAN PLUS THE SKATELITES are the latest acts to be added to this year's Electric Picnic bill.

Playing for the first time in Ireland, GNARLS BARKLEY is the sensational new psychedelic soul project of DJ/producer Danger Mouse and Goodie Mob rapper/singer Cee-Lo. Their current single 'Crazy' is on course to become the first release in history to make number one solely on digital sales in the UK and their forthcoming album, St Elsewhere, is already one of the the most hyped and eagerly anticipated debut release of 2006.

Their story is the stuff of legends: Both blind, they meet, fall in love, travel together, write gorgeous melodies together, perform together, raise three children together - AMADOU & MARIAN (known throughout West Africa as the Blind Couple of Mali) pen and perform the most infectious gorgeous songs ever heard. They have had a phenomenal response to their Dimache Bamako album, produced by and featuring celebrated French/Latin artist, Manu Chao. Amadou & Marians latest successes add an international dimension to the reputation that they have long since acquired in their native Mali and throughout West Africa.

With some band members over 70 years old, the SKATALITES are more than just a living legend they are a real-life embodiment of music. The Skatalites were and are an institution, an aggregation of top-notch musicians who didnt merely define the sound of Jamaica; they were the sound of Jamaica. Skatalites have pioneered and popularised ska around the world. They became a continuously touring group back in the late '80s, and have since connected younger fans with the originators of ska, reggae and everything that followed. They are certain to be an unmissable highlight of Electric Picnic.

The Electric Picnic, Irelands ******** music festival with seven stages, 3 days of camping takes place 1st ,2nd and 3rd September 2006.

MORE ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
Kim