electric picnic 2008
The lineup for Electric Picnic 2008 was announced today. Some pretty good stuff here with more to be added over the coming weeks I guess. With a circus onsite, comedy stage, top class food and so much more this is a top weekend away and I will be there for the first time so any tips you can offer would be superb.
My top picks are in bold.
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
Rollins, The Waterboys,The Roots, Kila, Micah P Hinson, Conor Oberst
(Bright Eyes), Hayseed Dixie, Candi Staton, Juana Molina, Turin Brakes,
Faust, Midnight Juggernauts, Tartit, Hadouken!, Silver Apples, Mark
Geary, Teitur, Blitzen Trapper, Absentee, Balanescu Quartet, Lou
Rhodes, Adrian Crowley, One Day International, The Yard Dogs, Tobias
Froberg, Boss Volenti, Dawn Landes, Constantines, Yacht, Lionheart
Brothers, Large Mound, Emmy the Great, Foals, Kormac & the BSQ
Band, Jape, Noisettes, Dublin Gospel Choir
Cheers
added Michael Franti & Spearhead...nice one.
Also The Waterboys-they were the first concert that I went to without my folks back in the youth center! Great show.
Rachel Allen? does she sing while cooking? ;)
Posted by: cubikmusik | March 28, 2008 at 03:48 PM
My tip is to eat lots of pies. There were great pies there last year.
Got my ticket, looking forward to My Bloody Valentine. Hopefully they'll add some more quality to the lineup too.
Posted by: jusk | March 28, 2008 at 10:38 AM
you got to pencil in
- Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Rachel Allen http://www.rachelallen.co.uk/
Posted by: neil c | March 27, 2008 at 01:16 AM