@Eoin – The Rye – what a great band. Sadly the only ones from that list I see making it to Stradbally!

I’m banking on:

Jonsi
Belle and Sebastian
Roxy Music
LCD Soundsystem
Hot Chip
Passion Pit
The Frames
The National
Yeasayer
Possibly Chemical Brothers
Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
M.I.A.

The radio ad is playing Roxy Music, PIL, Leftfield, Mumford & Sons and Hot Chip so i guess that means they’re all playing.

Saw PIL last December and they were super

Apparently Leftfield, Massive Attack and Roxy Music. Prob LCD Soundsystem, Fever Ray and The National too. Hot Chip have already confirmed together with GSH.

According to some mod on boards, Mumford has said they’re playing it: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64965354&postcount=77

Chemical Brothers?

Roll on the ‘not as good as 07′ posts, the bitching about the line up and so on.

I think EP needs to do something a bit special for the ‘regulars’ – there was universal agreement with people I spoke to that while they had fun at EP it wasn’t the craic it used to be, and that 250 notes is a bit much.

The only exception to that consensus was my girlfriend who absolutely loved it without complaint regardless of the weather and lineup – but it was her first EP

Are you trying to track down Heisenberg in an attempt to put an end to this madness in the ABQ?

Give me “Soundgarden” for the love of jaysus!

I’ll take “Metric” & “Rilo Kiley” to boot while I’m at it!

Bestival lineup, minus loads, with added non-music nonsense, costing a whole lot more?

hopefully there’s a few surprises and not just the ones in the radio ads, and ones that have announced on their MySpaces…

Wish list – Daft Punk/MIA/Groove Armada/Strokes/Chic again for main stage

A boy can dream

come on jamiroquai

Guesswork:

Pavement
Roxy Music
The Frames
Gil (confirmed)
The Slits
Panda Bear
Marlena Shaw
Redneck Manifesto
ASIWYFA
Adrian Crowley
Efterklang
Dinosaur Jr
Aphex Twin
Ulrich Schnauss
Massive Attack
Hot Chip
LCD

Playing Bestival a week after and London on the following wednesday but probably too expensive: Fever Ray

Electric Picnic’s light is fading fast. Can we please get over this infatuation with Imelda May? Please?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0324/breaking39.html

Agree with Padjo. This rockabillie fad seems to be crystal swing with press credibility.

Overall a bit disappointed. Think EP is going more and more for the 30+ crowd with a divergence of acts people in their 20s would want to see split between it and Oxegen. Who can afford both though?

Excellent announcement.

@26 This is the year EP may have just turned back to what made it brilliant in the first place. Take all the emphasis off of the “huge” headliners and have a very strong overall line-up.

Although it is worth it if they are legends it is a pain having all 40,000 capacity trying to see the headliner on the main stage at the end of the night. this should even things out across all the stages

I think that is a pretty strong line-up – definitely better than last years. Stradbally, here we come!

Im very happy with this line up.I havent gone the last 2 years in a row,but i think i will be making the trip..

Roxy Music
Gil Scott Heron(barring death or arrest)
LCD Soundsystem
Massive Attack (always a spectacular show)
Cymande

In one weekend?

Not a dissapointing line up by any stretch,I dont know who people would be actually impressed with?

jim this just isn’t good enough, we all knew already, time to get the old priorities in order.
its a sad day when i find out the line up from some bloke called twitter

Decent line up but are we going to get the scaled back EP again this year?

The line up is just half of what made EP great. That and the sunshine.

@petee, hilarious! sure the poor man was SXSW keeping on top of the trends. Would love to see Edan again, brilliant live.

@30

I’m not looking for “huge headliners”, I know what made EP great. But resurrecting bands that may be a quirky and nostalgic for a few hasn’t worked in my opinion. Human League, Pet Shop Boys et al? I’ve no interest anyhow. They weren’t that good then and they aren’t that good now. Ditto Roxy Music. The Rockabilly love in is a bit of a turn off for me and I cannot understand what people see in Hot Chip. I watched them there a few years ago and it reminded me of Timmy Mallet, only more annoying.

Anyhow, each to their own, that’s what makes it good I suppose. On second glance, it ain’t that bad. I might just go. As long as the delorentos don’t turn up I’ll be happy enough.

What kind of arsehole complains that Jim doesn’t have the full line-up before the first tweeter?! Jesus wept.

Anyway I’mn very pleased with this – much better than last year’s early announcement. Big yays for the following:

Roxy Music
LCD Soundsystem
PiL
Fever Ray
Beach House
Edan
Liquid Liquid
The Horrors
Crystal Castles
Field Music
Redneck Manifesto

Plenty more I’m eager to see but those are the main ones.

I’d love to see the likes of BATS, Adebisi Shank, ASWIYFA, The Cast of Cheers, LaFaro playing as well. Who knows.

PiL (YES!)
Really? Lydon is one awful money-grabbing chancer.

Good lineup. Roxy Music, Liquid Liquid, Memory Tapes and Jonsi are major draws.

Great stuff altogether, Liquid Liquid, Gil Scott, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Fever Ray, Villagers, Memory Tapes
Booking the babysitters today.

rapture – I have earned my breakfast!

chris – in fairness, there is a sarcastic tone there (I think)

oen – I’d say they’ll be a big attraction too

Oh and because it’s the Music & ARTS festival, there will also be stuff like MIndfielld, Body & Soul, comedy, Silent Disco, Green crafts, family attractions and all that slightly non-music jazz.

Jim – Hmm, hope you’re right!

Fat Freddy’s Drop – whoooooo!!!! loving the line up…

@46

Considering he has no record company backing, and he basically paid for the UK dates before Christmas himself from the money he made from that butter commercial, I don’t see how that’s money grabbing.

He’s a working artist like any other and if he doesn’t work, he doesn’t get paid. There’s a demand to see PIL so why wouldn’t he do it to earn a few quid ?

There is real passion in this PIL reunion and you can tell it’s what Lydon really want’s to be doing rather than the punk pantomime act that was the Pistols reunion.

They will be one of the highlights of EP2010 I assure you

Wow, that is a really bad line-up

I know their budget is not as big as oxegen but come on, loosen the purse strings!!
Where is the big big name, the nostalgia and the anticipation?
I want to go purely because it’s EP but with that line-up i just can’t bring myself to do it.
This is looking to be a poor year for Irish festivals, although rapzegen is looking better and better now.
Roxy music are interesting though and will this be the first gig by the frames in years??

I see Massive Attack are also named on the official email announcement.

Jesus Jim dont mind them

Go and get some sleep!

Best EP line up for quite a while imo. There’s more than enough there already to keep me happy for a weekend and I’m sure there’ll be some decent additions coming down the line. If there wasn’t such a crossover with the Sonar line up I’d be even happier but that’s to be expected.

Can’t wait to see Fever Ray again and the likes of Gil Scott-Heron, Liquid Liquid, Cymande, PIL and 808 State are the kind of heritage acts I want to see.

@ Padjo

Roxy Music “weren’t that good then and they aren’t that good now”? Of all the head-up-hole heresy it has been my ongoing displeasure to read on forums far and wide, that takes the fuggin’ Fig Roll.

If you can dip into any of the first four Roxy albums and find stuff that isn’t “that good”, then it’s time the taste police sent a man to fix Padjo’s jukebox.

This is not a matter of taste. Roxy Music are not merely “quirky” or “nostalgic”. How can you disdain the most influential electronic music of the last 30 years (save Kraftwerk)?

Anyhow, kudos to the Picnic crew. I can see what they are trying to do here with the Roxy-Leftfield-Massive-LCD continuum. This will bring the crowds, with bells on. The early bird tickets @ 199 each are good value.

“Me me over here over here!!” – I haven’t seen Imelda May yet.

Really liking this initial announcement… Also Limerick’s, eh, favourite / only (?) rap duo The Rubber Bandits shall be playing apparently. In two minds as to whether this adds to the line-up or not. Probably does.

Am I the only one excited about the New Pornographers?

Also, would it be too much to ask that another Gospel Choir get a look in at the Picnic later this year – namely of the Retribution kind??

Not a patch on primavera though!

That’s really good I think. Much better than previous years

would fly home for this lineup…..hope my numbers come up in lotto…

Leftfield live was an experience back in the day.
Might get a day ticket.

240 is way too much, we have our pick of european festivals
for half the price and better craic.

Why do people keep referring to Primavera and foreign festivals as better value for money? Nearly every country in the world is better value for money than Ireland so why not move there?

I dont see everyone giving out about the price of milk, teabags, alcohol etc half as much.

All these things are half the price on the continent so technically foreign festivals should be half the price of Electric Picnic which they are not.

If you do not like the line-up then do not go but comparing to prices of other countries is ridiculous

Finn@72, no you’re not! I can’t wait to see the New Pornographers, the couple of new songs i’ve heard sound great, hope Neko Case is with them, but i doubt it. Really excited Fever Ray is coming, i’ve managed to miss her before, love the album, and Beach House were wonderful in Whelans and theirs is probably my fav album of the year so far.

@ Finn

I am too!

Everything is more suitable than the Dance Shed in Oxegen. Even for dancing. Or keeping your old bike & lawnmower in.

Comparing the difference in the price of milk here & on the continent isn’t the same as comparing the difference between festivals – with festivals the difference is a matter of a few hundred euro…if you’re gonna get the same lineup abroad, with better weather and a holiday to boot then of course you’re gonna be delighted with your lot.
But as has been said before on here, the reason we’re paying more is because whoever books the bands knows they can get that price here! I’m happy enough to pay for an EP ticket – the overall experience justifies the price for me, of course i’d love it to be cheaper – who wouldn’t, but if others aren’t happy with the price then voting with their feet is the only way to do it….but this is Ireland….that’s never going to happen!

One normal gig is 20 or 30 euro. You get all those bands plus the atmosphere and the other non-music things for Euro 240.

It’s an ok price in my book – a weekend away in a hotel would cost you as much and you have to create your own entertainment there!

On first view I wasn’t enthused but it looks like there’s enough going on there to head down to it. The problem is my wife thinks the line up is pony. As a result she won’t be going so inevitably I’ll be found going loopy in the woods after doing a load of ‘foke’ I got from the closing down sale in the D.3 Head Shop.