I love this time of year, when sun returns to this damp little island for 5min and the whole population strips off to welcome it. When kids get paid huge sums of cash to make their confirmation and the Electric Picnic begins to tease us with its line up.
There is the story so far. I [...]
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The Picnic line up so far.
Nitin @ the picnic?
Bit of puzzle here. Nitin Sawhney (that electronic/moody/chill/hip-hop/all round ledge) says in his site that he is playin’ the Picnic on the 31st @ 21:45.proof.
But the good people of the Picnic don’t have it up on their site. Is he playing and they forgot to tell us or has he been dropped from the line [...]
Picnic is safe!
Rejoice brothers and sisters. The Picnic is safe from court wranglings and overdue payments. POD and IMRO who were fighting over cash from past gigs, going as far as talk so stoppin all future concerts by POD which would include this years Electric Picnic. Salvation came this week when both partys saw the light and [...]
Picnic could be cancelled
Our beloved Picnic is in danger! It may be cancelled as a result of an on going dispute between Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and POD concerts. The fight revolves around royalties going back 4 years for a number of concerts including the Electric Picnic. We are not talking a few quid here either, it’s [...]
More Picnic Acts
The Picnic line just got bigger and so much better. Roll on Gomez who will play the whole of Bring It On in honour of its 10th birthday…….Christ is it ten years?!
Picnic Time!
Sex Pistols, Sigur Ros, Grinderman, Franz Ferdinand, George Clinton & The P-Funk Allstars, My Bloody Valentine, Goldfrapp, Christy Moore, Wilco, The Gossip, Duffy, Underworld, Tinariwen, CSS,
Tindersticks, New Young Pony Club, Josh Ritter, Lisa Hannigan, Cathy Davey, That Petrol Emotion, The Breeders, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Sinead O’Connor, Henry Rollings, The Waterboys, The Roots, Kila, Micah [...]