Electric Picnic stage times

The official stage times for Electric Picnic are now posted here. I'm too busy (can't figure it out) to copy and paste them up here, sorry!

Electric Picnic day to day breakdown and site map

The day to day breakdown has been released for the Picnic, now just nine days away!! It's alphabetised and there are (as yet) no times, but you get the idea..

Here it is:



Friday:


8 Ball
ABC
Boy 8 Bit
Buraka Som Sistema
David Kitt
Dinosaur Jr
Diplo
Duckworth Lewis Method
Efterklang
Fake Blood
Japanese Popstars DJ set
Jeffrey Lewis
Luciano presents Aether
Lykke Li
Magazine
Major Lazer Soundsystem
MGMT
Michael Nyman Orchestra
Orbital
Peter Broderick
Richmond Fontaine
Rob Carty
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Seasick Steve
Smash Hits
The Infomatics
The Rubberbandits
The Temper Trap
Tu-Ki
Wave Machines
Zero 7

Saturday:

2 Many DJs
A Flock of Seagulls
Baaba Maal
Barry Redsetta
Bat for Lashes
Billy Bragg
Brian Wilson
Cap Pas Cap
Chew Lips
Chic
Chris Cunningham live
Dave Geraghty
ESG
Explosions in the Sky
Four Tet
Imelda May
James Murphy & Pat Mahoney
Jape
Jazzanova (live)
Jon Averill
Julie Feeney
Just Jack
Kid Creole & the Coconuts
Klaxons
Lisa Hannigan
Lost Brothers
Low Anthem
LRB & Conor G
Madness
Magnolia Electric Co
Marina & the Diamonds
Moderat
Mundy
Neko Case
Noze
One Day International
Optimo DJs
Roots Manuva
Stee Downes
The Field
The Hacker
The XX
The Walkmen
Tunng
Whitest Boy Alive

Sunday:

Aeroplane
Alabama 3
Amadou & Mariam
Arveene & Misk
Basement Jaxx
Bell Orchestre
Bell X1
Blitzen Trapper
Damien Dempsey
Dublin Gospel Choir
Duke Dumont
Ebony Bones
Echo & the Bunnymen
Erol Alkan
Fionn Regan
Flaming Lips
Fleet Foxes
Florence & the Machine
Halfset
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Introducing
Laura Izibor
Micachu & the Shapes
Mick Flannery
Nightmares on Wax Soundsystem
Okkervil River
Our Fold
Quantic & his Combo Barbaro
Passion Pit
Royksopp
Simian Mobile Disco
Skream & Benga (Magnetic Man)
Switch
The Acorn
The Big Pink
The Sugarhill Gang
The Wailers
Two Door Cinema Club
Transmission DJs
Villagers
Zombie Nation

Phew! What a list... The full site map is available here.

Gotta go lie down now.

P.S Of course don't forget that Nick Carswell and the Elective Orchestra are playing in the Body and Soul Tree Stage at 7pm on Saturday... More on this to follow

Body and Soul line-up for Electric Picnic

This is getting better and better.. The line-up for the Body and Soul arena for EP '09 includes the likes of Four Tet, Dan Deacon (solo show), J Tillman (of Fleet Foxes fame), Villagers, 3epkano, Charlie Parr, Roots Union, Chequerboard, Niwel Tsumbu, Lamb - and many, many more..

On the Beat can't see anything else for it, but to set up in the Body and Soul for the weekend and completely ignore everything else that is happening.

Here is the line-up in full, lifted from Mr Jim Carroll's fine blog (thanks Jim!):

Friday
Donal Dineen and guests, Kormac’s Big Band, Blindfold, Katie Kim, Villagers, Funzo, Colin Devlin

Saturday
Tulla Ceili Band, Four Tet, Tunng, Lamb, 3epkano, Wiggle, Niwel Tsumbu, Tiny Vipers, Island Line, Ohbijou, Kill Krinkle Club, Chequerboard

Sunday
Estas Tonne featuring Ise, Beach House, Amorphous Androgenous, The Sound Carriers, Golden Animals, Dan Deacon (solo show), Charlie Parr, Roots Union, J. Tillman, First Aid Kit, Baah Band, Chequerboard (DJ set)

Additions to Electric Picnic line-up!

More news in regarding the Electric Picnic line-up, which is now becoming one of the most complete for this or any year, in our humble opinion.

The superb Passion Pit have been added (yaay!) after an excellent gig at Oxegen earlier in the summer, and releasing the superb album Manners this year. Top quality addition.

Also added are diverse electro act The XX, who release their debut album this week and have been heavily tipped in certain quarters to make a breakthrough. We loved their song Crystallised, see here.
David Kitt also gets the nod (double whoop!) after his most recent album, The Nightsaver (tip for one of the Irish albums of the year) and a jaw-dropping turn in the Body Soul last year with his younger bro' in their Spilly Walker guise. Can't wait to see Kittser do his thang again this year.

Cadenza label boss and Chilean DJ/Producer LUCIANO’s new project AETHER is another of the new additions, "an entire orchestra of live sets, an orchestra of colour, shape, form and sound… with Luciano conducting", as the blurb tells us.

David Geraghty will also appear (listening to his new album as we speak) as will 8 Ball.

The line-up for the dance orientated Little Big Tent has also been released, consisting of THE HACKER, OPTIMO DJs, SWITCH, ZOMBIE NATION, DUKE DUMONT, AEROPLANE DJs, EBONY BONES, ARVEENE & MISK and JAPANESE POPSTARS to an already stuffed programme.

Woop! For a full A-Z listing of the line-up see here.

Tickets are still on sale for 240 big ones and available here. Stay tuned for more news and a large colour feature that is presently being prepared for next week's paper (hopefully!)

Additional acts announced for Electric Picnic '90 line-up

News just in, Mr Brian Wilson will after all be making an appearance at this year's Stradbally Electric Picnic festival along with (woo-hoo!) ROYSKOPP, plus:

AMADOU AND MARIAM, THE WAILERS, FIONN REGAN, MUNDY, JAMES MURPHY & PAT MAHONEY (from LCD Soundsystem - DJ Set), A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, BELL ORCHESTRE, THE FIELD, JEFFREY LEWIS, MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS.

From the blurb:

The legendary BRIAN WILSON will be bringing a taste of Californian sunshine to Electric Picnic, Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois when he performs some of the best known anthems in the history of pop - Wouldn’t it Be Nice, Surfing USA, California Girls, I Get Around, Barbara Ann, Good Vibrations – the list is endless. Wilson will be accompanied with his renowned backing band, who Sir Paul McCartney called “the best touring band in the world” and his set will cover all the hits of his 40 year career.

Dubbed the “Mozart of Rock” Brian Wilson co-wrote, arranged, produced and performed over two dozen Top 40 hits with The Beach Boys. He is one of popular music’s most deeply revered figures, the main creative force behind some of the most cherished recordings in music history and certain to be a highlight of Electric Picnic ’09.

Norwegian summer bliss providers, ROYSKOPP play their first Irish show in four years to perform tracks from brand new studio album, Junior. This album is being hailed by critics as a return to form following their landmark 2001 debut album Melody AM. Svein Berge and Torbjorn Brundtland are renowned for putting on an impressive live show and whipping up a party atmosphere with their infectious enthusiasm. Expect pure electro-pop pleasure.

More additions to the Electric Picnic lineup including Global Green, Comedy Stage, Body and Soul, Spoken Word, Art Trail coming soon…

TICKET INFO:
Weekend Tickets are €240

For more on the full line-up see here.

Electric Picnic line-up 2009

This just arrived, breathlessly trying to post as quick as I can.. Initial line-up for Electric Picnic, which will take place on September 4,5,6.

LINE UP 2009 so far:

ORBITAL
FLAMING LIPS
BASEMENT JAXX
MADNESS
MGMT
FLEET FOXES
KLAXONS
BELL X1
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA
CHIC
SEASICK STEVE
2 MANY DJs
LISA HANNIGAN
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
ABC
DAMIEN DEMPSEY
ALABAMA 3
BAT FOR LASHES
ZERO 7
EROL ALKAN
ROOTS MANUVA
THE SUGARHILL GANG
BILLY BRAGG
LYKKE LI
IMELDA MAY
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
MAGAZINE
E.S.G
MODERAT
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO
SKREAM & BENGA’s MAGNETIC MAN
NOZE
HEARTBREAK
HALFSET
CHRIS CUNNINGHAM
OKKERVIL RIVER,
MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
LOW ANTHEM
VILLAGERS
TUNNG
JAPE
WHITEST BOY ALIVE
MICACHU & THE SHAPES
THE WALKMEN
EFTER KLANG
MICHAEL NYMAN
DUBLIN GOSPEL CHOIR
QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA
JAZZANOVA

Plus more acts to be announced

Body and Soul, Spoken Word, THISISPOPBABY etc all to return. Tickets this Friday. Details:

TICKET INFO:
Weekend Tickets are €240 / Family Camping Ticket is €480 for 2 adults & up to 4 kids under 12 with access to designated Family Campsite. There are no single day tickets.
Campervan Tickets for access to Campervan Park are €60, available also from the same outlets. Above ticket prices include booking fee & VAT and go on sale 9am Friday 17th April from all usual outlets, https://owa.jpress.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ticketmaster.ie/ / Credit Card Hotline: Ph 0818 719300 Republic of Ireland / 0870 2434455 UK/Northern Ireland. Phone / internet bookings are subject to 12.5% service charges. Agents fee is €2.50.


Initial impressions? Fleet Foxes, The Watchmen, Flaming Lips, Lisa Hannigan, Halfset, Orbital, 2 Many DJs, Bat for Lashes, Zero 7, Lykke Li, Bell X1 - I'm excited in that exact order.


A very good line-up, well impressed and thankfully not a sniff of Green Day, whoop!! Different kettle of fish to Oxegen etc, I like that EP has remained slightly left of centre in its choices, even if Madness are on the list..