Sonic Youth, JAMC, Beasties and Bjork confirmed for Electric Picnic

by Kev Kharas [Edit this content] ▾ 19 comments 17:11 April 5th, 2007

An army of alt-rock titans will converge on Co Laois, Ireland at the end of August for the Electric Picnic festival.

The first set of bands were confirmed three days ago; the list headed by the Beastie Boys, The Stooges and Bjork. The organisers haven't wasted any time in announcing the next raft - with Sonic Youth and The Jesus and Mary Chain upping the 'seminal' quota to five.

For a full set of bands, see below:

Sonic Youth
The Jesus And Mary Chain

Beastie Boys

The Stooges

Bjork

Jarvis Cocker
Primal Scream
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Magic Numbers
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
LCD Soundsystem
Modest Mouse
!!!
Aim
The Go! Team
Ratatat
Ladytron
Jamie Lidell
Damien Dempsey
The Undertones
Fujiya & Miyagi
Horace Andy
Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain
Marlena Shaw
A Trak
Josh Wink
Electrelane
Bonde do Role
Deerhoof
The Glimmers
The Polyphonic Spree
Craig Armstrong
Soul II Soul
Paul Hartnoll's The Ideal Condition
Dublin Gospel Choir

With this lot and more running across seven stages at Stradbally Hall from August 31st to September 2nd, the ticket price of £150 is arguably justified. If you get bored of listening to bloody music, then there are comedy and film tents too, as well as the presence of that Lost Vagueness thing.

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Now all we need are

some English dates for the JAMC.

domgourlay | 5 Apr '07, 17:15 | X | Reply

Bloody hell

that might just be the Uk festival line up of the year.

lemonbrickcombo | 5 Apr '07, 17:22 | X | Reply

It might be, if it was in the UK

joeymahone @lemonbrickcombo | 5 Apr '07, 17:30 | X | Reply

this was

brilliant last year, hopefully going again.

roastthemonaspit | 5 Apr '07, 17:31 | X | Reply

Can it, spade.

lemonbrickcombo @joeymahone | 5 Apr '07, 17:49 | X | Reply

That is quite a line-up...

IrishMagpie @roastthemonaspit | 5 Apr '07, 18:45 | X | Reply

Oh my god

my tummy just did a weird flip thingy. Looks like I'm going to Ireland for the first time then :)

MirriLondon @IrishMagpie | 5 Apr '07, 20:01 | X | Reply

woah

beasties, bjork, stooges, sonic youth, JAMC, deerhoof, modest mouse

stwerewolf @MirriLondon | 5 Apr '07, 21:32 | X | Reply

Its good, buuuut

225 bucks, my ass

looks like Dour or Pukkelpop again, now thats value for money

plus Laois is a kip

des-esseintes | 6 Apr '07, 15:20 | X | Reply

The Electric Picnic

is the best festival I've ever been to. It seems to be designed with the fans in mind rather than profit. This year they've made the festival area and campsite bigger while keeping the capicity at 32,500.

I don't think it can stay this good for too much longer so I recommend checking it out sooner rather than later.

cunt | 7 Apr '07, 11:13 | X | Reply

with there being 7 stages...

does that mean lots of good acts clash?

vamos @cunt | 10 Apr '07, 11:09 | X | Reply

well its not really 7

as you've got the comedy and cinema stages/tents

main stage, 3 tents & dance arena. wasn't too bad for clashes in previous years as its spread over 3 days

flynnduism @vamos | 10 Apr '07, 11:51 | X | Reply