Alan Maguire shoots Day Two (Saturday) of this year’s Electric Picnic, featuring Chic, Portishead, Metronomy, Cathy Davey, Phox, London Grammar, Paolo Nutini, We Cut Corners, Bombay Bicycle Club, Omar Souleyman, James Vincent McMorrow and Wild Beasts.
With a sickeningly diverse lineup of local and international acts, both old and new, spanning more or less every genre under the glistening sun, Electric Picnic 2014 is the hottest ticket of the Irish summer, and upon exploration of the festival site (it would be unjust to ignore Electric Picnic’s attention to detail) there’s the essential Body & Soul zone, functioning as the hippie commune area of the site – the music and arts festival is, after all, the bedrock of the hippie dream – and the Trailer Park, which offers corn dogs, some cover bands and an assortment of…
With the now-sold-out largest music & arts festival in Ireland very much looming before us, it’s a relatively quiet week ahead in terms of gigs, but there are a few of doozies in the coming days scattered across the island. First and foremost: Electric Picnic – Stradbally Estate, Co. Laois; August 29-31 Unfortunately for most, it’s now too late to snap up tickets for Electric Picnic, but for those who wish to see out the Irish summer in style, there’s always one of the most eclectic bills on the circuit. For those who are heading, the Picnic contains some acts of…
Trip-hop pioneers Portishead and U.S hip-hop duo Outkast are amongst the first wave of acts announced for this year’s Electric Picnic. With tickets for the festival going on sale at 7pm tonight, the following acts were revealed to play the festival, taking place at Stradbally Estate, Co. Laois from Friday 29 to Sunday, August 31: Portishead Outkast Beck Foals Pet Shop Boys Paulo Nutini Chic featuring Nile Rodgers Lily Allen St. Vincent Simple Minds London Grammar Metronomy Slowdive Laura Mvula Annie Mac Flume The Stranglers Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks The Blades The Wailers Omar Souleyman White Denim Temples Sohn Jungle…