Nice ploy. Would I be right in thinking this "discount" was just a few thousand token tickets so soften the blow for such a big price hike.

Has anybody heard what the line up for Benicassim in Spain is going to be? Its normally along the same lines as Oxegen but guaranteed sun, fun and three days of a beach party!! SOunds like a better option to the "15yr old scumbag types stealing your tent" crowd that Oxegen normally brings. And the price is nice too!! Thanks!

http://fiberfib.com/en/line-up/line-up-2007/

there's a spanish take on reading and leeds this year too....appealing to a fairly broad range of people by the looks of the announced artists thus far http://www.summercase.com/indexen.html

for me though it's all about primavera this year

the day after the line up announcement those tickets were still available in town

http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-irish_news/first-acts-for-electric-picnic/spId/943650F4-CA04-7494-C22E33D09E09A93D.html


Bjork, Beastie Boys, LCD Soundsystem, The Chemical Brothers, Primal Scream, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, !!! and Sonic Youth

from the electric picnic forum........Wilco included...no chickens being counted presently, but that would be magnificant! PQ

From Jim Carroll in todays Irish Times...

Expect Björk, LCD Soundsystem, The Stooges, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Beastie Boys, Chemical Brothers, Jarvis Cocker, The Good, The Bad and The Queen, Wilco, Primal Scream, Peter, Björn and John, The Go! Team and MIA to be revealed as Picnic-goers on Monday evening.

I remember reading an article (I presume from The Ticket, about 2yrs ago) saying that (it appears to be happening) Oxegen would get more leftfield & EP would get more commercial leaving us with 2 similar festivals as opposed to 2 festivals catering to different audiences ...

I'm hearing The Smashing Pumpkins from some reliable sources

Pixies too & eh, Damo Dempsey.

el facto.....

"The Beastie Boys doing their first Irish show in over a decade; the recently reformed Iggy And The Stooges, incidentally this will be their only UK/Ireland performance this year; a rare live outing by the wonderful Bjork; ex-Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker; a hark back to 1980s punk-pop with The Jesus And Mary Chain; cutting edge dance-rock from LCD Soundsystem (who have just released one of the albums of the year); the newly resurgent Primal Scream; the first ever Irish show by the Damon Albarn-led The Good, The Bad and The Queen; Modest Mouse, the dramatic Polyphonic Spree and the eminently adaptable Craig Armstrong; Soul II Soul - who are arriving over with a 12 piece band and string section in tow! Plus Paul Hartnoll’s The Ideal Condition and the return of the Dublin Gospel Choir who will be there to redeem your souls on Sunday morning"

PQ

Sonic Youth and Wilco would top that off imo. Fuck the Pumpkins

I know there were rumours but Wilco dont seem to be playin EP anymore... Does anyone know what the crack is?

It's all about Primavera for me too - flights, accommodation and tickets all in the bag. Would love to go to the ATP festival in England but I think it's sold out

Sonic Youth are playing..

nah mully... that was me that wrote that... if jim carroll wrote it, he nicked it off me (i'm so unoriginal usually that i tend to remember when i come up with something)... wouldn't be the first time he's got his column from irish music message boards...

that said, i quite like the look of the ep lineup... maybe the fact that they kept getting outbid by oxegen will help them (especially if they have canny bookers - the key)...

beastie boys
bjork
sonic youth
deerhoof
electrelane
keiron hebdon and steve reid
modest mouse
fujiya an miyagi

already looks better than last year...

I doff my hat in your direct, ma'am.

Manics confirmed for EP now too

Brian Wilson for Oxegen. I presume it will be the 'Smile' show.