......for those who are interested. So far confirmed are My Bloody Valentine (whoohoo), the Sex Pistols (would have been great 30 years ago) and Franz Ferdinand (meh!), many other names expected to be announced @ Electric Picnic - a leak around the ether thats got a lot of weight to it includes the following

My Bloody Valentine, Sex Pistols, Sigur Ros, Moby, Wilco, Tindersticks, Massive Attack, Underworld, Super Furry Animals, Fatboy Slim, The Breeders, Elbow, CSS, George Clinton, Chic featuring Nile Rogers, Gary Numan, Franz Ferdinand, The Human League, 808 State, The Roots, The Orb, Mogwai, Faust, Neon Neon, Jamie Lidell, Foals, Lee Scratch Perry, Baaba Mal, The Wedding Present, Sebastien Tellier, Henry Rollins, Billy Bragg, Marty Mulligan, Saul Williams, Booka Shade, Transglobal Underground, King Creosote, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, Damien Rice, The Duke Spirit, Crystal Castles, Tinariwen, Red Snapper, F*ck Buttons, Micah P Hinson, Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Fish Go Deep, Grand National, Lisa Hannigan, Super Extra Bonus Party, Cinephile, Kings of Convenience, David Kitt, Donal Dineen, Gemma Hayes, The Gossip, Plaid, Kevin Rowland, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Two Gallants, Trentemoller, Richie Hawtin, Paul Weller, James, Bloc Party, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Cornelius, Buzzcocks, DJ Krush, Supergrass, The Coral, Bonnie Prince Billy, Notwist, Goldfrapp, Calexico, Jimmy Cliff, Robyn, Hayseed Dixie, Low, Dirty Three

You sure thats not the line up from 2 years ago? Im sure iv seen a load of them at the pic already

Great looking line up though, is lisa hannigan after finishing with the hobbit? She was always the talent.

Now then, whos going?

not sure yet... but with wilco on the bill i might just......

here is the lineup from the website:

I prefer spongers one

current lineup is a bit underwhelming

Were the tickets more expensive last year, or am i already starting to think that everything was cheaper in my day?

Not as enthusiastic about going compared to previous years. Think i'd prefer to keep annual leave days for another trip to morocco in autumn. Then again it is good craic. Im all over the shop. Someone tell me what to do.............

Agreed, any of the bands I wanted to see on spongers arent on the real line up, except for Henry Rollins and thats only spoken word not as if Black Flag are back together !

Buy a ticket just in case, you will have no problem getting rid of it if you choose not to go, that is what i am doing anyway. I really want to see My Bloody Valentine and That Petrol Emotion but dunno is it worth all the annual leave so im keeping the options open!!

Think tickets were €20 cheaper last year!!!

He played in Vicar St earlier this year but not with a band or anything... His shows these days are ah... a bit different... Its stand-up comedy...seriously!
If only Black Flag were playing!

he has been doing spoken word tours for like the last 6 years at least... i even remember seeing adds for them when he was still doing rollins band...his album 'get in the van' also won a grammy i think.... that is some funny sh***!

Haha, I heard his solo stuff was rubbish! I suppose when I think of it, thats coming from people who probably expected it was going to be hardcore punk.

i find rolins band stuff fun.... was some ofthe first punk-ish stuff i ever seriously liked when i was 14..... though it was that spoken word albulm above that got me through a really bad business trip.... listening to him describe how much people did not want anything to do with black flag was kind of comforting when i was in some seriously hostile situations.

Biscan - Bodytonic havent announced yet, nor have Foggy Notions, or the BT tent, and I have it on good authority that Fish Go Deep have a nite in a tent (if you like that sort of thing). Im still buying my ticket (they are €20 more then last year, wish Id bought the early birds which were €200).

Saw Rollins do spoken word in Oz 2 years ago - excellent energy, and very funny!

I think theres alot better yet to be announced (including a good few of my original post)