Electric Picnic 2010 lineup = dampish squib?

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Last Post 4/7/2010 3:48 AM by Binokular

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eoghan

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3/25/2010 6:25 AM
The Electric Picnic line-up has been announced. A solid enough roster but - if you were asking me - it is lacking any major, major names. Maybe some are in the pipeline. For comparison just take Wechter Festival this year where they will have Muse, Green Day, Arcade Fire, Pearl Jam... Roxy Music LCD Soundsystem Massive Attack The National PiL Leftfield Gil Scott-Heron The Frames Imelda May Modest Mouse New Pornographers Seasick Steve 808 State Hot Chip Fever Ray Beach House Jonsi Edan Fat Freddy’s Drop The Waterboys Liquid Liquid Booka Shade The Horrors The Big Pink The Low Anthem Mr Scruff Paul Brady Monotonix Cymande Bloody Beetroots Steve Earle Bad Lieutenant Crystal Castles Afro Celt Soundsystem Mumford & Sons Here We Go Magic Field Music Caribou Dublin Gospel Choir Messiah J & The Expert Adrian Crowley Villagers Redneck Manifesto Breakastra Memory Tapes Steve Mason

Binokular

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3/29/2010 11:05 AM
Wasn't EP always supposed to be a "boutique" festival anyway? A festival without Green Day fans sounds pretty appealing to me, that EP lineup is pretty awesome if you ask me, only downside is I'm not really mad about the whole three solid days in a field festival thing.

Paryon

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4/6/2010 6:42 AM
No marquee name though, what are they doing with all the money? very very expensive to attend. Binocular you're right that it was supposed to be boutique and I went the first year for 54.50 for the day in 2004.... Now its on for 3 days and the prices are 5 times plus that price.... Economically we actually had relatively flat levels of inlfation last year...where is A) The reflection in the price & B) If the price is still excessive, where is the marquee name to justify it? Its so typical of the promoters in this country...."We'll give you fish and chips and charge you lobster prices....cos we have head massage tents and lots of colourful trendy nostalgic sh*t to waste your money on"......

Binokular

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4/7/2010 3:48 AM
Paryon, you've hit the nail on the head there, I too went the first year, but not later years. It's not so much the lack of a big name, but the whole having to spend several hundred euro and commit to an entire three days, which just isn't realistic for me. A small one day festival idea was brilliant, no stress, just buy your ticket. get there, have fun and go home, no pressure whatsover, that first year was very cool. Now its morphed more and more into just another big festival, Like Oxegen.