Tweeted and overheard: The weekend in tasty soundbites

@niamhspectrum: Look, they’re showing the GAA at EP. WHY are we not there?

Seen and heard: Top of the Tweets
Seen and heard: Top of the Tweets

@DustinOfficial Q. How do you know a person has a ticket for Electric Picnic? A. They tell you. Again. And again. #ElectricPicnic

"I find people who like dance music generally also like animal masks."

@owenteahan82 George Ezra will be something when his voice breaks. Awful. @EPfestival #ElectricPicnic #EP2015

@GardaTraffic Garda, lost property & medical huts located at Jimi Hendrix campsite entrance. Jimi not playing this year. #ep15

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Shopkeeper in the local supermarket: “What’s this Buckfast like lads?” The lads: “Deadly. There’s loads of codeine in it.” Always read the label, lads.

@WhispersNewsLTD My Morning Jacket have angered fans after taking to the stage in evening jackets, loud boos ring out.

“I’ll be in the Soul Kids area getting hammered.”

@niamhspectrum Look, they’re showing the GAA at EP. WHY are we not there? So many men to talk to lol.

“They taste like rust.” A synesthete reviews Future Islands.

@stagestricken I am pretending to tweet a promotional hashtag, in front of the guy who asked me to, in exchange for free goods of negligible value. #EP15

“My thoughts are with Grace Jones’s artist liaison today” - Conor Wilson

@simon Lucinda Creighton is at Electric Picnic. And I am at home watching a pirate upload of Great British Bake Off.

“You’re never more than 30 feet from Uptown Funk at Electric Picnic.”

@WhispersNewsLTD #EP2015: Gardai warn of counterfeit Lourdes Water being sold to unsuspecting users. “It’s not even blessed”

“Grace Jones time. Bring your fur coat”

@DerekLandy That moment when you realise the No Limits video by 2Unlimited just re-uses the exact same footage for the chorus. #sobering

“It’s 2Unlimited John. You can get f**cked if you think I’m going in there”

@apmonaghan Lots of people are camping at #EP2015 but nobody is as camp as Grace Jones.