Electric Picnic Main Stage getting ready to rock!

With less than five days to go the main stage is well under construction! Nice!

Blue Blue Skies!

This day next week tents will begin to roll out along the Stradbally Estate and if the weather here at the moment is anything to go by it is going to be a scorcher!

Blue Blue Skies! Oh yes!

To camp or not to camp...feck it sure a campervan is what you want!

For those of you who dont fancy the joys of sleeping in a tent it has been announced that extra campervan tickets will be going on sale soon from ticketmaster so keep your eyes peeled!

Electric Picnic 2010 - And so the countdown begins!

The weather in Stradbally was mighty fine today with the locals getting prepared to welcome the thousands of music loving party people to the small village around this time next week! With the countdown on check out some set up photos! 360 degree views of clearness! But as day by day goes by Stradbally Estate will become a wash with the weird and wonderful all for the love of entertaining the masses! Hands up whos getting excited to end their summer with a mighty fine bang? Well check out the daily updates right here in the run up to the biggest party weekend of the year!

Electric Picnic Day by Day Breakdown 2010

With only two weeks left before we all head to Stradbally for our yearly Electric Picnic fix the day by day line up has been announced!...Check it out!

Friday:

Roxy Music, Public Image Limited, Modest Mouse, Waterboys, Jonsi, Marc Almond, Janelle Monae, Eels, Foals, Booka Shade, Laura Marling, Duke Special, Kormacs Big Band, Stars, Sebastian Leger, Black Mountain, Rubber Bandits with Crystal Swing, Sneaky Soundsystem, MNDR, Here we go Magic, Chew Lips, Hurts, Cymbals Eats Guitars, Joe Echo, Freelance Whales, James O'Connor, Delta Maid, Nova Static, Donal Dineen, Vengence & The Panther Queen, The Subs, LRB, Phil Ryan.

Saturday:

Leftfield, The Frames, LCD Soundsystem, Imelda May, Hot Chip, Paul Brady, Seasick Steve, Gil Scott Heron, Tiga, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Afrocelt Soundsystem, Steve Earle, Villagers, Bad Lieutenant, Cathy Davey, Crystal Castles, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Redneck Manifesto, Dan Le Sac V Scoobius Pip, K'Naan, The Antlers, Robyn, Brendan Perry, And so I watch from a far, Steve Mason, Heathers, Ryan Sheridan, Japanese Popstars, Stacey Pullen, Edan the MC, Monotonix, Adrian Crowley, Joker and Nomad, Mountain Man, Philip Selway, Arveene and Misk, These New Purtains, Spilly Walker, Fang Island, Daniel Wang, Brian Deady, The Mighty Stef, Crystal Fighters, Mikki Dee & Mystro, Trojan Soundsystem, Goodtime John, Channel One.

Sunday:

Massive Attack, The National, Mumford and Sons, Fever Ray, Friendly Fires, Fat Freddys Drop, Two Door Cinema Club, UNKLE, Fight Like Apes, Laurent Garnier, Wolf Parade, The Horrors, The Fall, Dennis Alcapone & The Dubcats, New Pornographers, Landlovers, Bonobo, The Big Pink, Low Anthem, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, Liquid Liquid, 808 State, Mr Scruff, Archie Bronson Outfit, Field Music, The Tallest Man on Earth, Cymande II, Beardy Man, The Alarm, Juan Atkins, Stornaway, Damfunk, Mixhell, James Vincent McMarrow, Neon Indian, Dublin Gospel Choir, O Emperor, Dandelin, Messaih J and The Expert, Jackbeats, The Riptide Movement!

Phewwwww.....

The Baritone Voice

"I did not come to Yeats Country just to fool you" - Cohen

Leonard Cohen graced Sligo with his presence when he performed two sold out shows infront of over 20,000 fans during the August Bank Holiday Weekend. The audience enjoyed every single moment of the performance which were surrounded by the beauty of "Yeats Country" and Benbulben. Cohen lapped up every moment of the audiences reaction and was overjoyed by their appreciative response to himself and his bands output throughout the over three hour performance.

Westlife/Leonard Cohen Set Up Photos

Josh Ritter and Villagers review for Goldenplec.com

Check out the review of Josh Ritter and Villagers from The Iveagh Gardens in Dublin

Click here to read the review which Josh recommended

Electric Picnic 2010 Poster Competition Winner

DJ Shadow Competition

For your chance to see DJ Shadow perform live this Monday in Tripod, email: thebaritonevoice@gmail.com and tell me the name of one of his albums...nice!

Bacardi B-Live this Sunday! Competition!!!

For your chance to win tickets for this bank holiday weekend Bacardi B-Live on Sunday in the POD Complex email: thebaritonevoice@gmail.com and tell me one of the acts who will be playing on the night! Easy fuckin peasy! ;)

U2 360 Released this week on DVD

U2.com > News > So Beautiful

Tegan & Sara set to play Tower Records Dublin

TOWER LIVE IS VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON
JUNE 15th AT 2PM THEY WILL BE JOINED BY THE AMAZING Tegan & Sara

THE GIRLS ARE IN AHEAD OF THEIR ALMOST SOLD OUT OLYMPIA SHOW LATER THAT NIGHT.

THIS IS A RARE CHANCE TO CATCH THE GIRLS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL SO ARRIVE EARLY!!!

ALSO IN JUNE WE HAVE THE VIBES IN TO PROMOTE THEIR CHARITY SINGLE IN AID OF AWARE

JUNE WILL ALSO SEE PERFORMANCES FROM,

OUR LITTLE SECRET, ENEMIES, THE RAGS AND MANY MORE

JUNE FULL LINE UP


THURSDAY 3rd - THE VIBES @6pm
FRIDAY 4th - OUR LITTLE SECRETS @ 1pm
FRIDAY 4th - SEVEN DAYS @ 6pm
THURSDAY 10th - THE RAGS @ 6pm
FRIDAY 11th - ENEMIES @ 1pm
TUESDAY 15th - TEGAN AND SARA 2PM.
THURSDAY 17th - SIMON FAGAN @ 6pm
FRIDAY 18th - BELLAJANE @ 1pm

AS ALWAYS ALL IN-STORE ARE FREE AND FOR ALL AGES

FOR MORE INFO PLEASE CONTACT jamese@towerrecords.ie

Gorillaz replace U2 at Glastonbury

Gorillaz will make their only Uk festival appearence on June 25th due to U2 pulling out of the festival as Bono underwent back surgery last Friday.

"This is going to be Gorillaz' only U.K. festival appearance, and it will be a massive audio-visual spectacle which will really ignite the Pyramid on the Friday night, with Muse and then Stevie Wonder to follow," said festival organizer Michael Eavis.

"I'm very excited about Gorillaz' show coming here because they're so open to guests and collaborations. The alchemy of Friday's show is going to be astonishing: a perfect, contemporary way to kick off the 40th anniversary celebrations. I am so grateful for the enthusiasm of the media and the whole of the music industry for their willingness and eagerness to support us in what could have been a crisis."

New Young Pony Club - Competition

For your chance to win tickets to see New Young Pony Club this Saturday email: thebaritonevoice@gmail.com and tell me the name of their second album which they are promoting now! Best of luck...

NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB 29 May 2010 The Button Factory ...re-scheduled date Support: The Looks & Le Galaxie Doors: 7:30pm Tickets €22.50

The London new wavers are back touring their much anticipated second album "The Optimist". The follow up to 2007's "Fantastic Playroom" came out March 1st.

http://www.newyoungponyclub.com/

www.myspace.com/newyoungponyclub

U2 forced to postpone 360 Tour due to Bono back surgery!

Following Bono's unexpected back surgery earlier today, Live Nation confirmed that the U2 U2360° tour launch previously scheduled for June 3rd in Salt Lake City has been postponed.U2 fans with tickets to the June 3rd event are encouraged to retain tickets until updated show information can be provided. Additional tour information will be forthcoming. Even the photo there looks like Bono had a bit if back trouble! Hope hes back on form soon!

Boy George - Dublin

Just home from Boy George who performed in Dublin tonight...what a waste of space and someone who is in denial of being a has-been! Dismal crowd...which wasnt to his satisfaction...so instead of embracing it...slagged off his fans and really made a show of himself. For the 50 people if even who turned up to the over 1000 capcity venue, he really should have been appreciative...instead dismissing them ( even if it was meant to be funny or not) it really wasnt. No respect for him at all! Honestly...what a wanker!

Real Estate *Competition*

Oh yeah more competitions! For your chance to win tickets to see Real Estate in Crawdaddy this coming Monday May 10th...email thebaritonevoice@gmail.com and tell me where the band are from in the U.S.

Good Luck!

Check out there Myspace

Cathy Davey to perform in HMV Grafton Street

Cathy Davey will do a live performance on Friday May 7th in HMV on Grafton Street to coincide with the realease of her new album, The Nameless. Fans will get a chance to see her perform some of her tracks from the album and I am sure a few from her album, Tales of Silversleeve. Oh and as it is the day of release she will also be signing copies for those of you who wish to buy the album. Ill be there with bells on! Check out her tunes here

Simon & Garfunkel postpone North American Tour

So so close!

The Simon & Garfunkel tour originally scheduled for April - May is being postponed due to a vocal strain recently sustained by Art Garfunkel. In an effort to provide the highest quality performance for their audience, Paul & Art decided it would be best to move the scheduled concert dates. The dates have been rescheduled to allow for an adequate period of rest and rehabilitation, after which Art is expected to make a complete recovery.

Both Paul and Art regret any inconvenience this has caused their fans and are looking forward to seeing them at the rescheduled shows.

Click here to see the rescheduled dates!

The Hundred in The Hands - COMPETITION

Brooklyn disco-punk duo THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS are set to play CRAWDADDY on a run of European dates ahead of the imminent release of their first EP for Warp Records. Guitarist Jason Friedman - formerly of The Boggs - and vocalist Eleanore Everdell will see their brilliant debut single "Dressed in Dresden" re-releasesd on Warp in early April, to be followed a month later by a mini-album entitled "This Desert", out on May 14th

The Baritone Voice has tickets to give away for The Hundred in The Hands who play Dublins Crawdaddy this coming May Bank Holiday with support from Channel One and Baby Beef. The Brooklyn natives play on Sunday the 2nd with doors at 11.30pm! Its ok its ok...Monday is a bank holiday! To win...email: thebaritonevoice@gmail.com and tell me where these folk are from!

Check them out on their Myspace

Band of Horses on Jools Holland

Band of Horses performed during the week on Later with Jools Holand. The band, whos new album, Infinite Arms is set for release this May performed tracks from their album. Their Dublin date which was due to take place in The Academy on June 4th, will now take place in Tripod on the same night! The following day they will support Snow Patrol in Ward Park in Northern Ireland. Looking forward to hearing the new album. Got to see these folks in Carnegie Hall last June and what a great night it was! Check them out on Jools here

Simon & Garfunkel to perform today at the New Orleans Jazz Festival

The legendary Simon & Garfunkel are set to perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival today at 5pm for a tour hour set of their all time classics! With a great line up throughout the festival including Van the Man, Lionel Richie, Aretha Franklin and Pearl Jam, Simon & Garfunkel are sure to please! If money wasnt an option I would have been there with bells on but ya just cant have everything! Paul is a regular at the festival and he said at the announcement of them playing that he was looking forward to performing with Art. This is the start of a mini tour which they are undertaking together and start on April 29th in Vancouver. No European dates announced yet...but fingers crossed that they will get over this side of the pond after their brilliant performance in the RDS back in July 2004. Good times!

LCD Soundsystem Cancelled! Electric Picnic will be your next chance to see them!

We regret to announce that it has not been possible to schedule replacement dates for the two LCD Soundsystem shows due to have taken place at Tripod this week. This is due to a massively busy international schedule LCD Soundsystem have in the coming months being made even tighter by the events of the past week.

It had been hoped that they could have been fitted in between their shows at Glastonbury on 26th June and Roskilde festival in Denmark the following weekend, but this has not proved feasible due to the sheer volume of equipment LCD Soundsystem on bringing on their current tour.

LCD Soundsystem are extremely disappointed not to be able to make this work, frontman James Murphy commenting “we’re really bummed as Dublin has always been a special place and everyone was totally looking forward to playing there”. LCD Soundsystem’s next trip to Ireland will now be for the Electric Picnic festival in September.

Refunds for both Tripod shows are available at point of purchase.

Simon & Garfunkel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOPAPS2rnwg

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