New Order to play Ireland in september

As part of the Electric Picnic festival It s a much better festival then Oxegen,with less scum and a older crowd. Its 3 days this year,and other acts expected to play are Massive Attack DJ Shadow Yeah Yeah Yeahs Belle & Sabaisten Soul Willians Basement Jaxx

Tickets are €175, and go on sale tomorrow

rumoured early listingon e-festivals

line up leaked early

Massive Attack Pet Shop Boys Basement Jaxx New Order Damien Rice Groove Armada Yeah Yeah Yeahs Devendra Banhart Belle & Sebastian Super Furry Animals Antony & the Johnsons The Frames Rufus Wainwright The Blue Nile Gary Numan Tom Vek Coldcut Alabama 3 Gang of Four Saul Williams Bloc Party David Kitt The Rapture Mad Professor Dublin Gospel Choir

Press release with line-up is due this evening - I should get an email of it when its released & i'll post the details here

BUT, its a 3-day event & they expect you to pay €175 for the whole thing (including camping). Dont know about you guys, but theres no way I would (or COULD) go to the whole thing & I dont think i'd pay €175 just for 1 hour of NO

So I hope they arent on the line-up!

Al Jarvis wrote: If they aren't playing it how come most of the Manc Order have got their flights and accomodation booked already?!

Don't really fancy this myself this year, but if I go it will probably be a quick in/out on the day.

I think there are only selling 3 day tickets , i may be wrong but i dont think there are going to be day tickets

sure they've done one day tickets in the past though.

I would only go if i could get a day pass. There are quite a few bands i'd like to see though.

I'm afraid the one day pass isn't an option - I already asked. Not a fantastic line-up IMHO so it really would be about EUR175 for NO only.

That being said, I'm going to have to do it - there would be no excuse not to given how close it is to Dublin.

a few days ago i was contemplating attending this with another NOOLer. i hope i can get some time off this coming autumn!

Just had it confirmed this minute, heres the text of the update:

Pod & Aiken Promotions present

THE ELECTRIC PICNIC The Boutique Musical Festival Stradbally Hall, Co Laois 1st, 2nd , 3rd September 2006

"The Picnic is such a breath of fresh air for concert goers. The huge success of this year's event (2005) has changed the lie of the land. A brilliant festival is not just about the bands or the location or the chip-free food stalls or the atmosphere or the Body and Soul area or the attention to detail. It's about quality of the whole event (the boutique festival) .Its about mutual respect". The Irish Times 2005

The inimitable Electric Picnic, Ireland's only boutique musical festival is back for its third year. Voted by music fans as The Love of 2005 as voted for by Hot Press readers, the Electric Picnic returns as a three day festival on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd September, with camping all three nights in the idyllic and picturesque setting of Stradbally Hall Estate, Co Laois - less than an hour from Dublin.

Last year all 25,000 tickets sold out, this year festival organisers have increased the capacity by five thousand but promise to keep the intimate nature of the festival that concert-goers have come to expect.

In keeping with the eclectic nature and music mix served at the Electric Picnic this year proves no exception with its seven stage line up of:

Basement Jaxx, Massive Attack, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Groove Armada, Anthony and the Johnsons, DJ Shadow, Damien Rice, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Frames, Devendra Banhart, Super Furry Animals, Belle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright (solo), Bloc Party, Alabama 3, The Rapture, Mad Professor, Saul Williams, Tom Vek, Gang of Four, David Kitt, The Boy Least Likely To, Jim Noir, Rachid Taha, Elbow, Graham Coxon, Deus, The Rags, The Dublin Gospel Choir, topped off with that friend of all things Electric, Gary Numan. And it doesn't end here, the legendary Blue Nile - this is their only performance in the world this year. More acts to be announced.

THE BODYTONIC STAGE returns with a line-up of cutting edge dance artists yet to be announced.

The BODY & SOUL VILLAGE will be enlarged this year, once again located off the beaten track in it's leafy natural amphitheatre. The self contained village of Indian tipis, hammocks, small domes and Moroccan style dwellings will again be housing organic cafes & juice bars and a range of therapists who offer alternative therapies & workshops from Reiki, Reflexology and Shiatsu to Indian Head Massages, Yoga & Dance Workshops and Tarot Readings.

The festival are also delighted to introduce a brand new area - THE BIG TREE- which is a new nature foundation being set up by Damien Rice and will feature a carbon neutral oasis of music, arts and organic food.

THE FOGGY NOTIONS STAGE- a new stage being added this year. Foggy Notions are programming a line-up of exciting and exotic sounds from all over the world at this year's festival. Expect the freshest dance-floor party music, the finest grade heartbreak pop, mind-bending art-rock, ethnic mysticism and the occasional pop icon.

A large theatre area will encompass LOST VAGUENESS who return again to present their very unique and flamboyant brand of burlesque theatre and cabaret. Once again we can expect The Ballroom & The Laundrettas Laundromat of Love and they will also have their Changing Rooms at the festival. In this lavishly decorated boudoir of Madame Mishka guests take part in a magical transformation of identities, from everyday to extraordinary. Lost Vagueness stylists will help you feel fabulous with a wide selection of apparel, including feathers-boas and ball-gowns, corsets and petticoats, dinner-jackets and tuxedos, trilbies and top hats. The PUSSY PARLURE, housed in a beautiful 1920's style wooden Spiegal Tent, will lure you into a positively Purrrrrfect party experience. With a full bar and entertainment, standby also for the delights (or horrors!) of a Stars in Your Eyes-style karaoke, pop quiz's, dance classes, giant floor games and groovy DJs playing Soul, Latin, Salsa, R&B, Reggae & World. More Pussy Parlure attractions to be announced. And CIRQUE IDYLLIC - a colourful plethora of artists from seasoned international performers to capricious variety artistes, slick aerialists, clever clowns and magicians. Groundbreakers, icebreakers, edge cutters, jaw droppers, side splitters and butt clenchers are all cocooned amid the sublime, feelgood Djs who keep the space alive, highly charged and harmonious. Be wowed by the stars of the cabaret renaissance.

The Electric Picnic also promises the return of its hugely popular INTERNATIONAL COMEDY CLUB STAGE hosted once again by Des Bishop. Line-up yet to be announced.

THE HOT PRESS CHAT ROOM is back again - a unique opportunity to catch Face-to-Face interviews with the stars of the show, conducted by the Hot Press team, including assistant editor Stuart Clark, Peter Murphy and John Walshe.

The Silent Disco, Cinema and the boutique on-site accommodation of Beach Huts, Podpads & Tipis will also be there.

And the Electric Picnic's quirky healthy organic food policy continues together with a wider selection of bars providing a wider variety of drinks plus cocktail bars, including the Bacardi B-Bar and the Southern Comfort Crawdaddy Stage.

Female urinals are just one of the many new facilities that will be provided at the festival this year, P-Mates will be provided for female concert goers which will enable them to pee while standing upright! No queues, no waiting around for your turn, no fuss!

Ireland's only boutique festival, which has grown quickly from an alternative day-out to a 3 day festival is now a major fixture and must for those of eclectic taste.

The Electric Picnic music festival with seven stages, 3 days of camping takes place 1st 2nd and 3rd September 2006.

A limited number of pre-sale tickets were made available to people before Christmas but the main tickets for the three day festival go on sale tomorrow at 9am. They are priced €175, including camping. Phone & internet bookings subject to €5.95 service charge. Agents €2 per ticket handling charge. Avail from www.ticketmaster.ie / 0818 719300.

JJ Kavanagh's will provide a nationwide bus service again. Bus info Ph. 01- 6791549/ Tickets for The Electric Picnic go on sale at Ticketmaster from 9am Friday and all major ticket outlets throughout the country.

www.electricpicnic.ie / Subject to Licence

ELECTRIC PICNIC Stradbally, Co Laois, Ireland | Ph: 00353-1-4780166 | Email: info@electricpicnic.ie | Web: www.electricpicnic.ie "

Tickets from 9am tomorrow! Hope to see you all there

sod it, i'm going.

Id've been going to this anyway. Great news.

Also: Shouldnt this really go on the front page?

I'm not spending two extra days of my life on the rest of that lineup

Time for an email to Aiken promotions, methinks.....

MYOB wrote: I'm not spending two extra days of my life on the rest of that lineup

Time for an email to Aiken promotions, methinks.....

See what you can come up with Cian -

I hate the idea of wasting €175 (i suppose its wasting €100 really - i'd probably pay €75 to see NO any day). Actually, its not the money that buggs me, its being told that i have no choice - the 'give us your money or fuck off' attitude

Tried to win tickets for this on Radio 1 tonight, but had no luck. Would love to go to this but I can't really afford the EU170 at the minute :(

good line up

except for gary numan

Can you get non camping tickets?

Uncle Liam wrote: Can you get non camping tickets?

Doesn't look like it - just the 175 Euros camping option...

Link here to tickets, btw...

I think I'll wait a while and see what other options turn up (e.g. Athens - I fancy some long weekends in hot countries! ) - surely they'll do more dates and/or festivals other than just Ireland and Greece?

Johnny "Two Sheds" Jackson wrote: good line up

except for gary numan

Nothing wrong with our Gary.

His mate's electric don't you know.

:bag:

CuanaD wrote:

MYOB wrote: I'm not spending two extra days of my life on the rest of that lineup

Time for an email to Aiken promotions, methinks.....

See what you can come up with Cian -

I hate the idea of wasting €175 (i suppose its wasting €100 really - i'd probably pay €75 to see NO any day). Actually, its not the money that buggs me, its being told that i have no choice - the 'give us your money or fuck off' attitude

Probably be nothing but hey, enough mails and they might reconsider.

They could sell day passes at around 75 notes apeice, not have to provide camping spaces for people and make quite a nice amount over the normal ticket price. Which is what MCD do for Oxegen. But noooo....

Do you think the organisers will put the England v Andora game on a big screen on 2nd Sept ??

would love to see the Order and Gang of Four but if there's only three day passes going, then I'll pass. I'll wait (hope) for something better :\ohwell:

I've never seen Gang of Four. What a fucking great name for a band. Inspirational, like the Maoist kids in Nepal. Go Gang Mao!

According to Nick's Ticketmaster link, it says Kraftwerk are playing as well. More viable with this. Just need 1 day tickets now.

Andrew Sayer wrote: According to Nick's Ticketmaster link, it says Kraftwerk are playing as well. More viable with this. Just need 1 day tickets now.

Unfortunately not, they played last year... :(

Generic wrote: hmmm....

why am I being tempted???

Maybe because the festival is a way you can spend you Labor Day Weekend?

Nick King wrote:

Andrew Sayer wrote: According to Nick's Ticketmaster link, it says Kraftwerk are playing as well. More viable with this. Just need 1 day tickets now.

Unfortunately not, they played last year... :(

I stand corrected Nick! I must learn to read & understand the difference betwenn 05 & 06

All they'd conceed to by email is that you're allowed come and go as you please, meaning that it doesn't require three days there

However... it still requires nearly 200 euros of ticket