On The Record has learned that Kraftwerk are to play at Luggala Estate in Co Wicklow on Saturday September 13 as part of a festival called A Day In the Life.
UPDATE Per press release, 4,999 tickets go on sale on Friday July 18 at 9am. Tickets are €89.50 and include transport from either Dublin city-centre or a park-and-ride facility at Leopardstown Racecourse, as there will be no car parking on site.
Jim - Check Another Festival Bites The Dust topic from last week, comment 24 on July 7th. It is proof that Simon Sauce, my sauce, knows his onions.
You asked yeaterday who is he, Sauce that is. He is my man on the inside, an insider so to speak. He keeps up with things and lets Titmus know the latest news, Sauce is the man. Simon Sauce that is.
Comment by Fred TitmusThis would make up for a crap EP line up if it’s true!
Comment by DaniOH MY GOD (Part 2) - excellent news! Show at Olympia Theatre in 2004 was worth the lifetime wait and their show at El Picnic later in the year was just as good (except they didn’t do “Neon Lights”).
Okay, so I’m going to be in a field in Wicklow for a day in September…..
Comment by Colette C.http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/180040EEA3D618F0?artistid=880898&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=201
Tickets 89.50 on sale wednesday.A bit steep but they are fantastic.
http://www.myspace.com/lucentdossier - looks like the Lucent Dosseir boys are hanging around after EP!
Comment by spongeramazing news, their gig at EP was fantastic, although i can’t help thinking they may have been checking theiir emails and buying stuff on ebay during the gig
Comment by peteeWas hoping they’d be at EP
Comment by B'dumi just love the way people think theyre so clever saying “they’re checking their emails” etc as if theyre the first person to say it.It just shows how clueless the average person is about how electronic music is composed, produced and performed. I guarantee you they put more effort and thought into their performance than the latest flavor of the month indie hipsters. Rant over
Comment by other peteFred @ 2 - dude, your information was mostly wrong - you got the artist right but the wrong date and wrong support bill. Sorry but Simon Sauce needs to stick to the cooking and leave live gig news to the experts 
Good news, True innovators are these, and they put on a cracking show, sadly the ticket price is again a rip off!
Comment by francoislighten up pete. i know exactly what goes into it
Comment by peteeAh, Pete v Petee - a case of one E too many
Comment by Jim CarrollIt just shows how clueless the average person is about how electronic music is … performed
Winamp isn’t all that hard to launch dude.
Hey, you’re alright
Comment by IanJim - Saucey knows stuff, he told me not to broadcast it too early as his gaffer would cut his hands off, so i just threw in a September date just to get the kids excited, it didn’t work. I may change my tactics next time, when Saucey says stuff, I listen.
He’s a shit cook, don’t think he eats actually, Mrs Titmus has cooked him many a dish, and the its been passed on to the dog.
Comment by Fred TitmusEr, right…….
Comment by Jim CarrollYes! I thought I was going to have to travel tp Krakow to see them! Missed them at EP even though I was there! 
what are you on, Fred?
Anyway, should be a good gig. Although finding 5,000 Kraftwerk to pay €90 for a show the week after the Picnic will probably be tough.
Comment by unarocksSuperb.
Comment by NiallBrilliant, brilliant stuff. Can’t wait. Their EP 05 gig is one of my favourite gigs of all time. Peculiar time for a gig though, so soon after EP. Pity they’re not playing AT EP.
Is it outdoor or in a tent, Jim?
Comment by QuintJim, the A day in the Life website shows a photo of a beautiful valley in wicklow and states the performers, the promoters, i.e. POD concerts…and the wrong date (13.08.08). Could they not give more info (and get the details right) before everyone forks out. I love electronic music but I can’t afford €90 (I am spending €100 on seeing lots of good artists over 3 days at Mantua).
Comment by Andythe tickets are not on sale yet… or am i missing something?
Comment by neilomy mate rang tickemaster and the automated voice said Friday???
Comment by FiI didnt know this was the Ticketmaster blog
Comment by StanRang ticketmaster and yeah, recording says Friday - Tickets are not available on the ticketmaster website. I have someone checking an outlet in about an hour. I’ve emailed POD also. Think someone f*cked something up here.
Comment by FordrickHi Jim,
Is the date definitely September 13th?
A day in the life website has it down as 13.08.08 - typo on their behalf?
On sale Friday - Confirmed - No presale today or anything.
Comment by FordrickPer Ticketmaster site, as Fordrick says, tickets now go on sale Friday
Date is September 13 so the POD site is wrong (which is par for the course going on the mis-spellings, wrong names and typos in the list of bands we got from them for the Body & Soul arena at the Picnic).
Comment by Jim CarrollJim,
I hear Soulwax are support? Who else do you know?
RALF HUTTER IS NOT KRAFTWERK
No Florian, no Kraftwerk
It seems that Florian really has retired from performing live. Terrible news.
Comment by GuntherThis will be an absolutely unbelieveable gig, Especially when one sees where it is. If you google image “Lough Tay”, you will be able to see where the gig will be. By any standards, this is one not to be missed. It brings into focus what Kraftwerk say in their song “Planet of Visions:..Man, Nature, Technology”. Be there or be square.
Comment by DeetromMusic looks good What type of crowd will be there? Older elec picnic crowd into the music or a mad young pilled up 17 year old bunch… what do you reckon?
Comment by MounatineerThe type of crowd will be generally Electric Picnic type. Mostly very into music rather than just going to any festival for an excuse for a piss-up. There will be an extremely hard-core Kraftwerk fanbase there. When I say extreme hard-core, I mean it. They are generally non-rave types who are there to feast on the wonders of a Kraftwerk concert. An event, by the way, which is quite unlike any concert you have ever been to.
Comment by DeetromOne of my mates is trying to get me to go to see Kraftwerk at Lough Tay and has bought me a ticket, but me being a social retard and not much interested in German techno music am trying to make all sorts of excuses not to go. I might crash the car into a bus stop full of people on the day or something…
Comment by KieranInterresting comment. Fortunately Kraftwerk are not German Techno. Some of their music, you will have heard sampled in many pop artists, ie Coldplay, Madonna, U2, Daft Punk etc. So I reckon you will recognise a lot of their music. I reckon even if you don’t like Kraftwerk, you should go for the setting and the craic. Enjoy it!!1
Comment by DeetromNew venue for this show
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OH MY GOD. I think I just had a mini coronary. I could watch them every night for the rest of my life - honest. Their 2004 Olympia gig is one of my favourite gigs of all time.
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