Jim Carroll
As predicted by On The Record months ago, Brian Wilson is set to play the Electric Picnic.
Other new addtions include Marina & The Diamonds, The Wailers, Fionn Regan, James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, Mundy, Royksopp, Amadou & Mariam, A Flock Of Seagulls, Bell Orchestre, The Field, Jeffrey Lewis and Richmond Fontaine.
Sounding better now-good weather and i think this should be a good festival-either electric picnic or sziget at that stage of the summer!
Comment by daveBell Orchestre? Shit. Seriously increases my temptation to go to this now.
Comment by Ianhttp://wilcoworld.net/discs/thealbum/
New Wilco album is being streamed on their website.
Comment by overfriendly conciergenice one!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Gary MYou can add the prodigiously talented Peter Broderick to that list also, according to his MySpace. Saw him in Whelans last week and he was excellent…probably would have been gig of the year had he played longer than 45 bloody minutes or whatever it was!
Bit of an imorovement to the line-up especially with The Field and Richmond Fontaine now added….that €250 price-tag though……..
Comment by Quinthad the pleasure of catching peter broderick in cork and in dublin. the cork show was alot better but the two shows were great. he played a bit longer in cork too with the crowd really getting into it….
Comment by Gary MThe new Wilco album sounds great..a real return to form after a few missteps on the last one..I’d imagine they’ll sound even better at Vicar St in August
Comment by Chalkiei hate begrudger’s,
ooo it’s too expensive ooooo the line up,,,,
i think it’s shaping up very well,
ive been to burning man/bestival/glasto/t in the park / camp bestival and by far the picnic is on top and i will always go what ever the line up,am proud of it….
Hitting the Picnic for the first time this year, so I’m looking forward to it after all the positive reports over the years.
Sounds like a great vibe and I think the line-up’s pretty good.
Comment by MichaelI may not be going but I highly recommend Richmond Fontaine all the same. The lead singer Willy Vlautin’s two books are pretty good too. Anyone read them? Northline had a specially composed album to go along with it. Really touchng books.
Comment by Major AlfonsoA Flock of Seagulls !!! – Surely this will be the highlight, just to see yer man’s hair !! Although it’s probably just two spiky bits and a big bald patch running down the middle these days 
If I had a photgraph of you la la laa la laaa la etc
Comment by KeithComments on this article are now closed.
2:19 pm
ive been fortunate enough to see Brian quite a few times, the most memorable was in London when he played Pet Sounds from beginning to end (in order) followed by Smile….magical
Still this addition to the lineup doesnt justify the cost of a ticket…i’ll hold on for a little while longer
Comment by caroline