SLANE 2009 Oasis - All Discussion - No ticket sales.

Gavin "shels" · 21-06-2009 4:05pm

heymayo wrote: »

Hi Guys, Does anyone know if a DVD was made of Slane Last Night??

MTV were recording it afaik, so I'm sure it will be on MTV or they'll bring it out on DVD.

Kazooie wrote: »

Anyone get sun burn? Didn't think it was hot enough but my face and neck are red this mornin.

Yup burnt to feck I am, was in Slane at 12.30 pint in hand on the grass and well I can feel it today, arms, face and neck burnt to a crisp.

As for the gig, it was quality, got there mad early enjoyed the day, no queues for pints until like 5pm. The Blizzards and Glasvegas were ok, but expected more. Kasabian were great but could have done another song or two. The Prodigy were brilliant, really got the crowd going and for those of us in the pit they got the moshing going. Then Oasis were great, but I've been to see them before and they weren't as good yesterday.

As for the transport, the walk from Slane Castle to the buses was a joke, then we got on Bus Eireann and ended up stuck for over an hour inside the place as some girl supposely got stabbed and the Guards blocked the 3 lanes. Then finally we get into town at 4.15.

evil_seed · 21-06-2009 4:09pm

why are people on about traffic and buses? they were not part of the gig. anyone giving out is doing it for the sake of giving out. 5 of us went up from Galway yesterday. left at 8AM. Arrived at 12. Few tinnies on the side of the road and then in to see the start of the show.

The Blizzards were very ood. Better than I expected. I was glad to see them cos I missed them at the Volvo Ocean Race a few weeks back.

Next up was Glasvegas. This is just my opinion but they are ****e. I paid no attention to them what so ever. I spent that time goin around nd gettin pics of me in other peoples crazy hats. Great fun.

Kasabian were very good from what I saw of them, but I did miss most of their show queueing for pints.

Next up was The Prodigy and oh my god they were amazing. I'm in bits from leppin' around like a mad yoke. Fantastic performance and had all the crowd buzzin big time.

Oasis were just fantastic. Everyone seemed to be there to see them. So hoarse.

All in all it was a fantastic day out. People moanin on here are just a pile of wanker really that can't go out and enjoy themselves nd only look for excuses to have a moan

Rizzla King · 21-06-2009 4:11pm

I thought it was a good show, in saying that I only arrived for The Prodigy when I planned to at least make Kasabian. The worst feeling was when you were waiting and you didn't know when the walk was going to end and then you reminded yourself that you're doing all of this to then stand for a few more hours and be thrown around and being crowdsurfed(Happened me a few times alright) by people who were off their head on everything under the sun.

Getting home was nonsense, terrible organisation. As much as it hurts me to say, all that didn't even spoil such a brilliant performance which I saw. It was worth it!!!

But I ain't going back!!

but1er · 21-06-2009 4:12pm

evil_seed wrote: »

Next up was Glasvegas. This is just my opinion but they are ****e. I paid no attention to them what so ever. I spent that time goin around nd gettin pics of me in other peoples crazy hats. Great fun.

think ya try take my hat with a feather it hmm

darren37 · 21-06-2009 4:16pm

double post

lordgoat · 21-06-2009 4:19pm

darren37 wrote: »

dublin bus are a comercial company, ok they were an absolute joke when it came to the transport but the cops are responsible for public saftey, they are the people who sanctioned the transport plan. i really dont know how there wasnt a death there last night.not a thing about this debacle in the media, whats the story there?.the only thing mentioned in the sunday world is that a few people got anoyed at the bar, what a load of crap.why did they close the portaloos at ten and make people have to urinate in public. why have a giant WATER sign up on an ice cream van where they charged 10 euro a bottle.as far as im concerned the blame for this nightmare has to be with the top cop in charge of the event.period

You've already made this exact same post on this page. Do not reprint it again. You have vented and made your point.

woodzyx · 21-06-2009 4:25pm

What's that Ben Stiller film where there's a basketball scene and while these two guys jump for the ball, one's large and sweaty and fairly mingin basically and (in slow motion) he rubs his whole stomach off the other guy's little face?
It may be Dodgeball.

Anyway, this kept happening to me with this one guy who, aside from traumatising me, kept starting little heckles and 'punch-ups' with everyone. This was during Oasis!

Basically I didn't let this gob****e ruin the whole experience. If that was worth it for Oasis than so was the ****ter of a walk and the fact that we were stranded at a garage for a further couple of hours...- far less traumatising.

_kier_ · 21-06-2009 4:25pm

k so slane was unreal prodigy were absoltuely unbelieveable aswell were kasabian!! we got there early enough and were made park on the northern irish side for some reason... no probs though no traffic on the way up or anythin walked to the castle got drink taken off us ut bought more at the garage dunno wat the was about....
as with any festival ull get scumbags just ignore em get along wit em and enjoy it wen we first got there there was no queue for drink but towards the end one of the lads did queue for an hour and a half for two pints and was not allowed anymer yet people were comin out wit loads more!!! no traffic on the way home was back in cork for bout 3 which was good goin we didnt leave early we didnt rush just happened perfectly
oasis i dont think were as good as marley park but the day was still unreal!!!
dont see how peeople had so much problems over 80000 in one area is bound to have problems just be glad u were one of the gowls passed out on the grass at 6!!!

PirateShampoo · 21-06-2009 4:30pm

Find it funny people moaning they couldnt get in when they arrived late, wtf where u expecting with 80 thousand + people there?

I arrived for The Blizzards, got our selves a super spot on the bank to the right of the stage, done all our drinking by the time The Prodigy came on so no more beer runs. It was fairly obvious that the ques would be massive but still people qued and then moan about it here.

Had a super time, only gripe i have is the way they handled the croweds at the end, it was a disaster waiting to happen.

suzieb · 21-06-2009 4:31pm

I'd love to know why there is nothing in the media today in relation to the major problems 90% of people seem to have experienced at slane.
Even the people who are saying in this forum that it didnt bother them as everyone knows this stuff goes on at slane, seem to recognise that there was major safety concerns at and after the concert.

Forgot to say earlier my boyfriend went to the bar at 4.45 and came out at 5.40. While he was there a barrier fell through and him along with plenty of other people fell on the ground. Lots of girls crying as they couldnt get out of there. Reminded him of footage he's seen at hillsborough and just too dangerous for it to be brushed aside imo by the media, who are reporting that only 10 arrests were made as if thats the only bad thing that happened at slane yesterday.

The toilets at the top bar were also closed completely just before oasis came on and my friend and I had to beg a young guy beside the forest to let us go in there. Most of the fellas just seemed to be pi*sing against anything that stood still.

Overall, a great concert but a disgrace as there was no concern for peoples safety. It took 2 lads drowning 14 years ago for garda and civil defence to start monitoring the boyne,is that the only way people can expect for something to be done about the dangers at slane that was experienced yesterday?

bemused@itall · 21-06-2009 4:31pm

All I can say to 'His Highness' is your lucky! & I wonder where you at the same concert as the rest of us??? Maybe if you witnessed a person getting RAMMED DOWN in front of you on that dark long road, you might not be so smug, I feel totally let down for many reasons, we where robbed by event organisers,Bus Eireann & let down by the so called gardai-'why did they not do something'? and I think I've a right to moan like many others, & as or oasis they really gave a poor show, we should'nt have to put up with this crap- it's been an experience alright one I won't be ever repeating & I just hope that person is okay that was injured- 'AN ENTITLED MOANER'

Paul Tergat · 21-06-2009 4:32pm

Stole this from the Poker forum, lol at the spelling on it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H4BA5oEczM

Loved Oasis, Kasabian were great as well and despite the fact I dont really like them I thought The Prodigy were very good too.

Had a real good day but was spoiled by the joke of a situation with the buses coming back. Was back in O'Connell st by 4:15 and most people had to then get a taxi home. Ah well

EDIT: I assume that clip is allowed? If its not, Lordgoat you can obv take it down or I will if ya PM to.

Bandit12 · 21-06-2009 4:35pm

Rubbish gig. Sound was crap and oasis are well past their sell by date. Luckily i got a free ticket otherwise i'd have been seriously pissed off.

Samurai · 21-06-2009 4:36pm

jesus that bus situation was a total disgrace, walked over 6km before sleeping on the side of the road, back at 4am, had planned on hitting the town too

Tchaikovsky · 21-06-2009 4:44pm

"Ye're in Meath now, so y'are!"

celticwe · 21-06-2009 4:46pm

PCPhoto wrote: »

says it perfectly ......

I've been to slane 4-5times...each time theres always a queue for beer and theres always a long walk to carpark (I had VIP Carpark pass so didnt have to walk far - but was kinda at the back of the car queue).... made it back into Dublin for 1.30am (ish) ..... and we left after the encore.

as the poster above says its the celtic tiger cubs - who normally have everything nice and easy who are whining..... granted it was bad organisation - but its like that every year,

I do think a number of things could be done to make thing easier (like stop the gardai on point duty - only stops the flow of traffic)
put a number of car parks in sererate areas (leaving in different directions - ensure the pathways to the car parks takes varying amounts of time (ie. if someone leaves grounds for carpark A it will take him 20mins to get to his car, if someone leaves to goto carpark B will take 20mins but in opposite direction - so if they are going same direction - one wont cause a delay for the other, if going different directions they wont interfere with each other paths - hope that makes sense)

Tiger cubs ??????I got Dublin Bus and it was terrible.

You get the vip parking pass

You can not talk mate

malcolmplex · 21-06-2009 4:46pm

oasis were pretty good compared to the last few times i've seen them(last night was the 7th time)however no acquiesce was a disappointment,some of the new songs dragged a bit and i am the walrus was too slow at the end.nostalgia aint what it used to be....

Chris89 · 21-06-2009 4:47pm

Walked for 9 miles (according to some local), for 5 and a half hours, until me and one of the lads found some minibus going back to dublin.

The driver said he lived on the road we were all walking up and he couldnt get home, so he thought he might aswell do a run!! He charged 15 quid a head and dropped us all to our doors. furthest he went was killiney. Sound sound man.

Dublin bus are a pissing disgrace though, i bouth a return ticket during the week, bus up no problem. even though it dropped us miles from the castle.
But there was a ticket bus after the gig, selling single tickets for a fiver. so there was more people heading back then heading up, and probably less buses.

So all the buzz killingtons who got there last and left early got the 1st buses.

P.s our driver on the way home said that the gardai were breathalising every car on the way out, which explains a huge tailback.

There was also people blocking the Dublin buses leaving because they werent letting any more people on, even though the people on the upper deck were visibly sitting across the seats so the upper deck was only half full.

I also remember a woman, ill say late 40s, who was crying because noone would let her on a bus. i saw a guy offer to get off the bus and let her on and the driver refused.

never again

juicydublin · 21-06-2009 4:51pm

I had a similarly bad experience!!! Love the venue but its just such a pity that the lack of organisation caused so many people to not enjoy it to its fullest. Here's a petition to sign about it addressed to MCD...
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/slane/

Our man in Havana · 21-06-2009 4:52pm

Slane is a woefully inadequate venue for that number of punters.

Bandit12 · 21-06-2009 5:01pm

There where serious safety concerns AFAIK last night. I witnessed several fights and the guards seemed to not want to know. The transport situation was a joke according to my friends. One of them arrived in his house in Deansgrange at 5.30am this morning.:eek: Luckily my wife's sisters house was only a 30 minute walk from the exit so i was back and had my feet up by 12pm. I think the guards need to take a good long hard look at the venue for any future gig's. 80,000+ people is just too many.

PirateShampoo · 21-06-2009 5:04pm

Chris89 wrote: »

P.s our driver on the way home said that the gardai were breathalising every car on the way out, which explains a huge tailback.

I drove myself and had 5/6 pints during the day but stopped when Kasabian came on so 5 o'clock.

Drove home to Balbriggan, i thought the ques where because gards where breath testing, but i was wrong, only seen 3 gards the whole way to the m1, the hold ups where to people delibratly walking in front of cars and refusing to move. Didnt c anybody getting breathalised.

PirateShampoo · 21-06-2009 5:07pm

juicydublin wrote: »

I had a similarly bad experience!!! Love the venue but its just such a pity that the lack of organisation caused so many people to not enjoy it to its fullest. Here's a petition to sign about it addressed to MCD...
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/slane/

So this is the i arrived late and had to que petition?

Chris89 · 21-06-2009 5:07pm

PirateShampoo wrote: »

I drove myself and had 5/6 pints during the day but stopped when Kasabian came on so 5 o'clock.

Drove home to Balbriggan, i thought the ques where because gards where breath testing, but i was wrong, only seen 3 gards the whole way to the m1, the hold ups where to people delibratly walking in front of cars and refusing to move. Didnt c anybody getting breathalised.

Yeah neither did I, just what the driver said.

i did hear one guy on the phone to the gardai and they hung up on them.

He was basically asking if they realised there was thousands of people walking up these roads in the dark with no idea where they were going and no gardai around, they were all back in the town.

I didnt have any problems in the gig except for when i ended up in the first aid tent. I brought drink in so didnt have any queues for pints.

PirateShampoo · 21-06-2009 5:11pm

Seen a few punch ups, one guy must of got a awful smack in the eye. Only thing that really pissed me off was muppets throwing stuff.

suzieb · 21-06-2009 5:16pm

Chris89 wrote: »

Yeah neither did I, just what the driver said.

i did hear one guy on the phone to the gardai and they hung up on them.

He was basically asking if they realised there was thousands of people walking up these roads in the dark with no idea where they were going and no gardai around, they were all back in the town.

I didnt have any problems in the gig except for when i ended up in the first aid tent. I brought drink in so didnt have any queues for pints.

We were still waiting on a taxi at 2.40 outside dolly mitchells pub and about 4 dublin buses went by with garda motorbike escort. These buses were filled with gardai who had been at the venue and surrounding area of slane.
There was still hundreds of people walking up the dark roads at this stage not knowing where they were going to end up. Surely the gardai should or could have done something at this stage or maybe they were in a hurry home and couldnt have cared less.

juice79 · 21-06-2009 5:19pm

Does anyone know Kasbian's set list for yestrday's gig?

Chris89 · 21-06-2009 5:20pm

suzieb wrote: »

We were still waiting on a taxi at 2.40 outside dolly mitchells pub and about 4 dublin buses went by with garda motorbike escort. These buses were filled with gardai who had been at the venue and surrounding area of slane.
There was still hundreds of people walking up the dark roads at this stage not knowing where they were going to end up. Surely the gardai should or could have done something at this stage or maybe they were in a hurry home and couldnt have cared less.

yeah we saw one of those buses when we were in the taxi. was really weird. there wasnt even people upstairs. surely they could have shared.

Random · 21-06-2009 5:20pm

suzieb wrote: »

We were still waiting on a taxi at 2.40 outside dolly mitchells pub and about 4 dublin buses went by with garda motorbike escort. These buses were filled with gardai who had been at the venue and surrounding area of slane.
There was still hundreds of people walking up the dark roads at this stage not knowing where they were going to end up. Surely the gardai should or could have done something at this stage or maybe they were in a hurry home and couldnt have cared less.

While I do agree the whole thing was a mess I think your comments were unfair.

From what I saw the Gardai were trying to get the buses to the "stranded" people as soon as possible. They brought the manpower with them because the crowds at various spots along the road were big enough to fill 3 or 4 buses at a time. Makes sense to put the Gardai on the buses than wasting patrol cars?

mark2007 · 21-06-2009 5:26pm

What a joke........travelled half way round the world to see Oasis for the last 15 years and i can guarantee nothing would bring me back to the sleepy town of slane, crap site, terrible sound, terrible bar set up and a complete shambles of organisation. i love concerts and festivals but to be hearded along like a bunch of animals to get into the concert was a complete joke and then queing for 90 minutes to buy a couple of pints of fizzy heineken....the bus journey home was a joke infact the local authorities need some serious training as when i asked a couple of police am i going the right way they just said we can't deal with this pressure they need to head to Anfield each Saturday in the middle of November after the footy finishes to see how to deal with crowds, anyone who goes to see oasis wants to dive around and sing anthems but also want fairly easy access to the bar to get hammered and have a laugh all the laughs where on the bands who made a whole load of money for an event with very little set up I wonder if Dublin buses will be coughing up refunds i will certainly be emailing them! I guess anyone wishing to go to slane in the future would be better of with a hot air ballon like the chap who hovered over when oasis first came on! or better still just hire a helicopter to get to the site! As to Oasis yes when they come on they are always great!
finally whats the point in having posh electronic emailed tickets if not a single one is checked surely this cries out for stupid amount of people getting in for free!

juicydublin · 21-06-2009 5:27pm

PirateShampoo wrote: »

So this is the i arrived late and had to que petition?

its more of a "felt the gig was unorganised and understaffed" petition!

21-06-2009 5:30pm

I wonder of all the people who are totally unhappy and totally shocked at what happened last night, for those comparing it to hillsborough, for those saying something has to be changed before someone dies.

Will you write to anyone? will you send a letter to the organisers outlining your outrage? will you write to Dublin Bus and complain that their exit plan was a disgrace?

If you feel so strongly about all of this, I suggest you do something about it apart from moan on an internet forum in the hope the "someone important" might read it.

suzieb · 21-06-2009 5:30pm

Random wrote: »

While I do agree the whole thing was a mess I think your comments were unfair.

From what I saw the Gardai were trying to get the buses to the "stranded" people as soon as possible. They brought the manpower with them because the crowds at various spots along the road were big enough to fill 3 or 4 buses at a time. Makes sense to put the Gardai on the buses than wasting patrol cars?

This was not the gardai bringing buses to people,it was the gardai who had finished their shift.
I said earlier in the thread that we were directed to this country road by a garda who told us it would bring us to the drogheda buses. Turns out there was no buses at all allowed to go this way. It was literally the road to drogheda.
The gardai had a tough job yesterday but for the most part there was absolutely no communication from the gardai,dublin bus or any stewards informing people what to do and any gardai i complained to were indifferent and said that they werent told any of arrangements beforehand either.

Random · 21-06-2009 5:32pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I wonder of all the people who are totally unhappy and totally shocked at what happened last night, for those comparing it to hillsborough, for those saying something has to be changed before someone dies.

Will you write to anyone? will you send a letter to the organisers outlining your outrage? will you write to Dublin Bus and complain that their exit plan was a disgrace?

If you feel so strongly about all of this, I suggest you do something about it apart from moan on an internet forum in the hope the "someone important" might read it.

Yes, I will be. Not now though as I'm still a bit p!ssed off by some of it. I'll do it later in the week when I'm doing it with a clear head.

Tchaikovsky · 21-06-2009 5:37pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I wonder of all the people who are totally unhappy and totally shocked at what happened last night, for those comparing it to hillsborough, for those saying something has to be changed before someone dies.

Will you write to anyone? will you send a letter to the organisers outlining your outrage? will you write to Dublin Bus and complain that their exit plan was a disgrace?

If you feel so strongly about all of this, I suggest you do something about it apart from moan on an internet forum in the hope the "someone important" might read it.

Will they threaten legal action if you speak out of turn?

suzieb · 21-06-2009 5:38pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I wonder of all the people who are totally unhappy and totally shocked at what happened last night, for those comparing it to hillsborough, for those saying something has to be changed before someone dies.

Will you write to anyone? will you send a letter to the organisers outlining your outrage? will you write to Dublin Bus and complain that their exit plan was a disgrace?

If you feel so strongly about all of this, I suggest you do something about it apart from moan on an internet forum in the hope the "someone important" might read it.

Well just as you are wasting your time throughout today, thanking anyone that says something along the lines of " Dont go to slane if you arent up for this kind of festival" other people are entitled to speak about the situation at slane yesterday which was reminiscent of the hillsborough disaster and it is a disaster waiting to happen.

So yes I will be doing something other than "moaning" and writing letters to mcd, slane castle and whoever their representative is and also the Gardai and Dublin Bus.

This thread was set up for discussions on Slane and I will not stop posting my own experience just because you feel your experience was different.

Justin Conboy · 21-06-2009 5:38pm

Do NOT ever go to Slane EVER.

It's the worst venue in the world. Oasis were pretty good, Prodigy were Class. 5Km walk to Slane from the Bus stop. 7km walk back to the Dublin Busses.

Concert Finished at 10:35pm so we started walking Back to Bus, we got there at 12:10am. We moved 400meters by 2:20am, that's over 2 hours for a few hundred meters. Got back to Dublin at 3:35am, into Burger King, then home to Rathfarnham at 5am.
What a DISASTER.

I couldn't see because it was dark but I think some of the busses were taken off the motor way and sent the down on the old Ashburn Road. I think we joined up with the motor way after the Ashburn Lodge and I noticed about 20 busses on the adjacent motorway.

6.5 Million Euro in ticket sales and just a disgrace of a set up to show for it. The Bar was a complete joke too. 1 and a half hour Queue for just 2 drinks. I blame Dublin Bus, The guys running the car parks, the Gardai (mainly), MCD.

I don't know if there was a crash up ahead or what the delay was!!! I hope the organisers will get back to the punters and let us know what happened. Their was people passing out on our bus due to dehydration because they were on the bus so long.

Anyway, I'm NEVER going to Slane again.....

If Elvis Presley was playing there next year, I still wouldn't go.

Chong · 21-06-2009 5:39pm

Map of Distance

So then, I have read through so many posts of whinge I thought it was time I should reply. You see that map, thats how much at the very most you walked yesterday, 4.7km or 2.9 miles, not 9 miles, not 10kms not even 6kms. Its hardly a bloody marathon .

Buildup:

Firstly I arrived in Dublin at 11am, parked up met up with some mates for lunch and went to the Jervis St shopping Centre to pick up some bus tickets at the ticketmaster desk, couldnt been easier. Had lunch , checked in to hotel and headed to Parnell st at 2pm.

Lots of people milling around Parnell St, no problem getting a bus, everyone was in good spirits. Bus made good time and was out at Slane for about 3.45 having left at 2.30ish. I wasnt drinking nor were my bro or mate, but so many ppl seemed completed locked at 4pm in the day and off their tits, but hey thats their perrogative not mine. The area was quite messy and I certainly saw no bins whatsoever , so what can you expect.

Anyways made it over to the bridge, and to the main gate, all fairly swift, must been about 4.30 at this stage, tickets checked as well as bags. Forest was a bit hectic, but having been to Slane before I knew it could take some time to get through, anyways, kept moving and pushing forward, took about 30 mins or so to reach the end of the forest. Tickets CHECKED , and into the concert.

The venue was pretty damn busy at 5pm, we just missed Glasvegas but I am not a fan so wasnt bothered I was there to see Kasabian , Prodigy and Oasis. We got some food and soft drinks, ate and drank , then headed down through the crowd, for the bottom left hand corner. Even though most the venue was packed, we got right down beside the barrier of the pit, hardly no one seemed to make their way down there.

Gig Wise:

->I loved Kasabian , great set !
->Prodigy were bloody mental, missed them at Oxegen last year , so glad I saw them yesterday, they were brilliant, was wrecked from jumping about after their set.
->Oasis for me were excellent, I have been a fan all my life and to see them finally live in concert was brilliant for me, sang along the whole way through with me bro, ( who was skeptical b4 the gig as its not necessarily his sort of music but he loved the concert)

Aftermath:

So just before Oasis kicked in to "I am the Walrus" we decided to make the trek from the very bottom to the top of the hill.

We made it to the top just before Oasis closed up, so 5 mins through a couple of thousand ppl.

We made are way back to the bus, so that took about 40 mins or so.

It was quite busy so we asked one of the "MANY" dublin bus stewards ( in big yellow jackets with dublin bus on their back) around where to go, they said keep moving along up the road to find a bus with some seats on the right hand side, so we did no problem. Eventually the bus we were on got going and took about 35 mins to get out of the Slane area, because it was so busy , messy, ppl everywhere . Left at 11pm and reached O'Connell st for 12.20 ish , which for us was great timing.

Conclusion

Concerts like this involve huge amounts of ppl, normal ppl, drunk, drugged, scumbags etc, thats life. I dont understand going to these gigs drugged or drunk but as I said before its got nothing to do with me, for me I enjoyed a great event with my bro and mate. The amount of moaning and whinging here is insufferable , what do you want seriously, its huge event, and bussing possibly 60-70k of people is a massive and difficult operation in a small area. When you have people everywhere and buses trying to get out, what do you want them to do, knock people down? For me it was one of the best concerts in my life.

I will go again to concerts like this, cause for me nothing is better than being able to appreciate such great bands in your own country.

Chong

celticwe · 21-06-2009 5:41pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I wonder of all the people who are totally unhappy and totally shocked at what happened last night, for those comparing it to hillsborough, for those saying something has to be changed before someone dies.

Will you write to anyone? will you send a letter to the organisers outlining your outrage? will you write to Dublin Bus and complain that their exit plan was a disgrace?

If you feel so strongly about all of this, I suggest you do something about it apart from moan on an internet forum in the hope the "someone important" might read it.

I will

You obviously like to be treated like ****,each to their own

mcwhirter · 21-06-2009 5:42pm

Hey everyone, this is ireland, its a shambles of a country anyway, if the government can't organise themselves then how do you expect this gig to be organised. Its in the irish blood to be un-organised.

NickNolte · 21-06-2009 5:42pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Will you write to anyone? will you send a letter to the organisers outlining your outrage? will you write to Dublin Bus and complain that their exit plan was a disgrace?

If you feel so strongly about all of this, I suggest you do something about it apart from moan on an internet forum in the hope the "someone important" might read it.

Why write a letter to an indifferent profiteer? Personally I think the most important thing to do is to write forum posts and make the public aware of what they can expect when they go to this venue. Had I known what was in store for me yesterday, I'd never have even considered going. It was an absolutely disaster.

Random · 21-06-2009 5:43pm

Map of Distance

So then, I have read through so many posts of whinge I thought it was time I should reply. You see that map, thats how much at the very most you walked yesterday, 4.7km or 2.9 miles, not 9 miles, not 10kms not even 6kms. Its hardly a bloody marathon .

I was at Keenans takeaway. The road sign there said 5KM to Slane. That was my basis for my 5KM comments.

When I got on the bus (finally) we drove a further few mins up the road and there was still crowds. We repeated this twice.

I would take from this that some people did walk between 5-10KM.

Tchaikovsky · 21-06-2009 5:46pm

Never mind having to queue for beer, how about having to queue nearly an hour for ****ing WATER! And by that point they were charging not for bottles, but for paper cups of water!

21-06-2009 5:46pm

suzieb wrote: »

Well just as you are wasting your time throughout today, thanking anyone that says something along the lines of " Dont go to slane if you arent up for this kind of festival" other people are entitled to speak about the situation at slane yesterday which was reminiscent of the hillsborough disaster and it is a disaster waiting to happen.

So yes I will be doing something other than "moaning" and writing letters to mcd, slane castle and whoever their representative is and also the Gardai and Dublin Bus.

This thread was set up for discussions on Slane and I will not stop posting my own experience just because you feel your experience was different.

Suzie B I never once said that you weren't entitled to your opinion. I did have a long walk back to my bus but I did not experience any other problems. I think it is a disgrace that people were left stranded but it was not something I personally saw. The reason I am making the point about people complaining in writing is that all too often you see people on boards complaining about this and that but never ever doing anything about it. If people experienced things like barriers falling over at the bar, and closing of toilets, being left behind after paying for a return bus ticket then I think it is their duty to take it further. Irish people like to moan, but they do not like to complain and make a real difference.

I was one of the lucky ones I guess, I saw no trouble, got there early so got to have a few cans in the field before getting in on time to see kasabian, my ticket was scanned but my bag was not searched. I got a nice spot in front of the sound stage, and yeh, it was a bloody long walk back to my bus which I then sat on for 2 hours before moving. But all in all I had a fantastic day.

jumbone · 21-06-2009 5:57pm

Kazooie wrote: »

I wouldn't say swarming. prodigy will always bring in the pill heads but They were out numbered by (all be it very drunk) normal people like me.

Aye, but were they outgunned?

NickNolte · 21-06-2009 5:57pm

Chong wrote: »

The amount of moaning and whinging here is insufferable

Well it's perfectly justified so you're just going to have to suffer it.

Chong wrote: »

what do you want seriously, its huge event

I want to be left a reasonable distance from the venue - not to have to walk for nearly an hour to get there. I want the venue to be upgraded to cater for the expected crowds rather than having to queue for an hour and a half in a mud track to get into the venue. I want there to be sufficient catering facilities - I don't mind queuing for a pint, but an hour and a half? I want the greedy promoters/organisers to cut the capacity of the venue from 80,000 to something more managable, comfortable and safe for the attendees. I want to be treated like a human being basically. After spending €100 for travel and a few hours entertainment, I think I'm entitled to.

suzieb · 21-06-2009 5:58pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Suzie B I never once said that you weren't entitled to your opinion. I did have a long walk back to my bus but I did not experience any other problems. I think it is a disgrace that people were left stranded but it was not something I personally saw. The reason I am making the point about people complaining in writing is that all too often you see people on boards complaining about this and that but never ever doing anything about it. If people experienced things like barriers falling over at the bar, and closing of toilets, being left behind after paying for a return bus ticket then I think it is their duty to take it further. Irish people like to moan, but they do not like to complain and make a real difference.

I was one of the lucky ones I guess, I saw no trouble, got there early so got to have a few cans in the field before getting in on time to see kasabian, my ticket was scanned but my bag was not searched. I got a nice spot in front of the sound stage, and yeh, it was a bloody long walk back to my bus which I then sat on for 2 hours before moving. But all in all I had a fantastic day.

Well I am one of the great complainers in that if I have a problem with something I will not just moan to people about it I always act on it,very often it gets you nowhere but I feel at least I havnt ignored a situation.
By everyone posting their accounts on this forum it will let people make their own mind up,they can see the positives and negatives to a gig in slane.

I could let things slip like the queues for food and drink,that stuff happens but when I see my boyfriend that is 6 ft 2 falling on ground while queueing for a drink it would make me concerned for people smaller than that and especially girls. Like I said earlier we were given bad advice by a garda who told us to go to the wrong place to get our bus which led us up small dark country road with cars on it and it just seemed so dangerous. Couldnt believe that when we got to dolly mitchells pub the 5 miles to drogheda were up a really dark road with cars going fast and it led you right to the m1 motorway. I wouldnt fancy that walk in the daytime never mind in the dark with so many drunk people.

Looking back on my photos today we all had a great day out but with the chaos after the gig I wont be back unless its more organised.

bemused@itall · 21-06-2009 6:01pm

bigpoppa wrote: »

Tool moi? Mais Non!

I was actually at the gig and didn't have to queue for 90 mins for a beer? Do I detect some classic boards exaggeration perhaps ? I had several pints of Heineken and some nice food to boot It did take a while to get home but I was happy out after the gig. I think it took a good while cos there was like 80,000 people all trying to get home at the same time from what is essentially a remote country castle

A guy did spill some beer on my arm though at one point so I am going to burn my ACDC tickets now and hide in my house until Joe Duffy is on tomorrow and then I am going to call him. Twice. And let me tell you why, there were people at this gig. Lots of them. And some were drinking. I also saw someone with a pink cowboy hat and it made me cry.

Basically I am an Irish crybaby who lives in the lap of luxury and I expect gigs to be snuggly and safe like my bed at home. And as for Oxegen I am going down to it but they better have everything laid on perfect for me cos I am in effect a little prince who needs looking after.

This whole attitude about Ireland not being able to run gigs properly is wrong, it seems many people are just moaners

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Hey 'Prince crybaby'(bigpoppa) either you were at a differant gig, or maybe you were at the V.I.P section?, you also must have got a helicopter from the kip, if you did -then did you SEE all the mayhem??...... people's attitudes are spot on- yours is'nt- collective action it's called not moaning 'bigpoppa'

Stargal · 21-06-2009 6:01pm

I reject this idea that people are complaining solely because they expected some kind of perfect experience which never materialised. Screw that. My favourite gigs are when it’s dirty and messy and there’s a real all-in-this-together atmosphere about them (think Oxegen in 2004 when it lashed rain and turned into a giant mudfest). Last night was a shambles.

Yeah, we all know that there’s some stuff you just expect from Slane - long walks, for instance. But there comes a point where it stops being fun and all part of the experience and instead becomes frustrating, badly-organised and even, at some stages, dangerous. This was one of the most badly-organised events I’ve ever been to in my life.

I don’t really care about the scumbag contingent. They’re at all major gigs and you couldn’t really be surprised at the huge numbers of them considering Oasis and Prodigy were on the bill. But I do care about the total lack of security on the walk towards the gates, where there were serious fights, people throwing stuff at other people, hassling girls and pissing everywhere. And again on the way home, when buses and huge streams of people were fighting for space on a tiny road. V dangerous, and noticeably worse than any other major gig I’ve been to (and I’ve been to a lot).

No-one checked my ticket at any stage. The walk in to the forest was grand at first, but after an hour, when the crowd was still shuffling forward and barely moving, it got to be way too much. People started pulling down the railings, climbing over them so they could walk through the forest, and getting aggressive (I took a vid on my phone of one guy pulling down a fence and going mental at a steward, will try and post it later). The walk itself takes about 30 minutes if there’s no-one else on it – this was like being in a cattle herd for over an hour and a half.

Didn’t bother going to the bar – seriously, why bother? – but a queue of an hour for a drink when huge numbers of people were probably only at the gig for about six hours altogether ( 4.30pm- 10.30pm) is a joke.

Gig itself was savage.

Walk back was the basic horror story that most people seem to have had with Dublin Bus. Left the venue at 10.40pm, shuffled along for a few minutes but was able to walk at a normal pace after that. Still took us an hour and a half to get on a bus. We walked by loads of buses with people on them which couldn’t move at all because of all the traffic. Seriously, letting people on from the back? What a disaster. It was after midnight when we finally got a bus, another half an hour before it could move and an hour after that before we were back in Dublin.

Slane mightn't be a perfect venue, but I've been there before when there were absolutely no problems with the buses or crowd management. Hell, Oxegen manage to pull it off most years (well, the buses at least!). This was an aberration, but it was a serious one.

The people who are saying that it was all fantastic and people shouldn’t complain are doing that Irish thing of rationalising being treated like shít. The gig was savage, we can all agree on that - but we can still talk about the problems with how it was organised without detracting from the good time that was had by all.

DenzelWishbone · 21-06-2009 6:02pm

Chong wrote: »

Map of Distance

So then, I have read through so many posts of whinge I thought it was time I should reply. You see that map, thats how much at the very most you walked yesterday, 4.7km or 2.9 miles, not 9 miles, not 10kms not even 6kms. Its hardly a bloody marathon .

The gig was fantastic last night but the organisation was an absolute disgrace…we arrived early…1 hour queues for beer not fun but I didn’t mind that so much...we had bus tickets but we had to walk for over 4 hours and around 7-9 miles in the dark with no idea how we were going to get a lift!!!...we were unsure if we were ever going to get home – we had to beg a taxi driver and pay way over the odds to get a lift (btw the taxi driver told us we were 13km from Slane)…

On the dark dangerous road we passed THOUSANDS of stranded people along the way, many lying in ditches, many crying, many looking scared and lost and with no idea of where to go or how to get home…it was a surreal, frightening and horrible experience…many of the buses were over-packed, going nowhere with people inevitably fighting on them…there must have been loads of people who never even made it home…I love music and I love big live concerts; Slane inside is an amazing venue but I will never ever go back…someone must be held account for this – Dublin Bus, the Guards and the event organisers have a lot to answer for…

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