DickDarlington

Hi, its my blog and its 100% quality. Well worth a listen

Have heard it a good few places now that Wilco are offically confirmed so looks like its true, its all announced at 6 this evening in Dublin

I trust no emotion

I believe in locomotion

Oxegen is about putting the Killers on a stage you cant get near or see anything because its overrun by teenage girls. But they have so much money because of the amount of tickets they sell and they're linked with T in the Park in UK, so they can pay the big bucks for bands.

Electric Picnic had Arcade Fire before they hit the big time and they wanted them again this year but they said they were outbid by Oxegen and they're offer of a festival in UK and Ireland.

Security are also crap, people were abused by them and they're generally very heavy handed and rough, They even shut down the Oxegen message board last year because there were so many complaints afterwards and various journalists were threatened with legal action if they wrote about any of this.

Its a place where if you're sitting in the camp site or even at a band you have to be careful who you're beside of coming in contact with cause theres a chance they're trouble with they're 2litre bottle of cider.

Electric picnic on the other hand is smaller capacity. If you stood furthest back from the main stage you still have an ok view, everything is close by, its has an older crowd and is far more relaxed and fun. It goes for a sort of 70's feel with acoustic stages etc and promotes Irish bands and comedy, also public interviews last year with bands like Broken Social Scene.

And like somebody said earlier, people actually listen to the bands.

In reality it would suit Wilco perfectly, maybe even a Tweedy solo gig on the fri or sat and Wilco the next day, people like Damien Rice and other smaller names played twice last year, acoustic on the Fri on a small stage for the smaller crowd who arrived friday morning and then the full band thing on bigger stage on Saturday/Sunday when the big crowd was there.

It is strange how bad a festival Oxegen is and how brilliant Electric Picnic is when thye're both in such a small country as Ireland.

Where else could Super Furry Animals have aoustic bingo last year?

I would have thought the same only it was The Irish Times, not a tabloid or crappy paper.

But yeah I agree that currently it does seem like Oxegen would make more sense.

According to The Ticket (weekly film/music pullout) from The Irish Times Wilco are to be announced as playing Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland at start of September.

http://www.ireland.com/theticket/articles/...5003465128.html

Its by far the best festival in Ireland, small and also really cool.

http://www.electricpicnic.ie/

You'l find it here

http://dickdarlington.blogspot.com/

Was the video uploaded?

Can somebody PM me a link please ?

is shot in the arm video anywhere?

Yeah man thats such a cool collection on your site, i'm in Ireland so i e-mailed the europe contact about discs but got no reply?

No Ireland?

Anybody got a spare Oink invite?

Thanks

Anybody have a spare Oink invite by any chance?

Thanks

Wilco confirmed for ATP vs the fans fest, fans voted for bands, Wilco was a top vote and they accepted the offer

ATP vs the Fans festival in England have posted on their site that they've put an offer out to Wilco and are waiting for a response

http://www.atpfestival.com/events/vs-the-f...ws.php?view=561

IRELAND !

What was the disagreement they had? did they completely fall out over it and was the 2nd album made by getting together again or from left overs from 1st album?

Always read how they had "disagreements" but just never heard the specifics