Electric Picnic lineup: Grizzly Bear, The Cure, Elbow, Sigur Rós, Azealia Banks, The Roots, Hot Chip, The xx & more
Electric Picnic announced its initial lineup for 2012 today for Friday 31st August to Sunday 2nd September in Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois.
Update: Bat For Lashes, Tindersticks and The Killers (Sunday) were added overnight.
The Cure, Sigur Rós, Elbow, Grizzly Bear, Orbital, Christy Moore, The Roots, Hot Chip, Glen Hansard, The xx, Metronomy, The Horrors, Azealia Banks, Roots Manuva, Bell X1, Staff Benda Bilili, Milagres, Ed Sheeran, Alabama Shakes, Cranes, Little Roy, John Digweed, Land Lovers, Baxter Dury, Jonathan Wilson, Solar Bears, Fatoumata Diawara, Willis Earl Beal, Lanterns On The Lake.
Tickets for the weekend are €230 plus fees on sale tomorrow morning at 9am. Full info below.
Also lined up for this year as in other years: Body & Soul, Mindfield, Global Green, Salty Dog, Theatre Of Food, Comedy, Trenchtown, Fossets Circus and more.
Tickets
Weekend Ticket €230 / Family Camping Ticket €230 per adult (2 kids under 12 permitted per adult)
Sunday Day Tickets: EU99.50 (No camping permitted)
Campervan Tickets for access to Regular & Family Campervan Parks are €60.
Over 18’s but Kids U12 welcome
Tickets are available from ticketmaster.ie & usual outlets. Payable in installments. All ticket prices include booking fee & VAT. Phone / internet bookings are subject to 12.5% service charges. Agents fee is €2.50.
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