Greenday To Play Slane

danniemcq

well according to the irish mirror anyway. they say that "slane insiders" are almost certain of it and it would bake up fom eminem's no show last year.

although greenday again in ireland, don't get me wrong i love them but 3 times since witnness 2002 may be a bit OTT

whiskeyman

that'll be a no-brainer sell out.
If they get a few more good support acts, that could be a great day at Slane.

eskimo

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let this be true!

I've missed them 5 times in the past year in a half. 3 Irish gigs + I had tickets for the Toronto gig and had to fly home early (not because of exams!!). And I had tickets for the Paris gig and that got cancelled!!

It doesn't seem very likely to be true though :-/

Northside Punk

this time last year i heard it was going to be AC/DC so u can imagine how dissappointed i was when i heard who the real act was gonna be,
prob just a rumour, but u never know

Beastieboy

i'm not a big greenday fan i've seen them 2 or 3 times (i saw them at witness and didn't really care so that probably doesn't count), i'd rather someone else play slane i don't know who but greenday definitely make me want to go

jossnjuice

at least it will make up for the peroxide blonde sellout mongoloid bastard. Has to be springsteen. this will be the 21st year since he played in slane and with a new album on the way (possibly the last) what a way to finish

Ronan|Raven

Oh joy.

Goodshape

What is it with Greenday these days? They were 'alright' about ten years ago -- but not that bloody good. Why all the attention now?

You'd swear they were the founders of a ****ing sub-genre with the ammount of 'honours' and achievment awards they seem to be getting... and it simply couldn't be from their latest efforts as they're all ****e as far as I can make out.

So, basically -- ten years to late me thinks. But thanks all the same.

mickymg2003

Well if greenday play then theres a good chance that there will be some good rock support acts. Like when the chilis played you got Foo fighters And qotsa. but i'd hardly call the mirror a reliable source.

Atomic Pineapple

wouldnt be pushed about greenday, although they'll bring a big crowd and it'll be good craic, hopefully there'll be some good support acts too, i live just outside slane and its been rumoured around here for ages that there goin to play next year

gm1984

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Atomic Pineapple

Yeh but the chilli peppers sold out sland and they were even more over exposed in ireland at that time and there useless aswell

lodgepole

draffodx wrote:

Yeh but the chilli peppers sold out sland and they were even more over exposed in ireland at that time and there useless aswell

They had Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and PJ Harvey supporting them. They would probably still have sold it out, but that's a hell of a support line up. Green Day would need something similar. I don't want to see them play there. Slane needs to get back on track and give the headline to people with an impressive back catalogue and career behind them. It used to be that the headline was a legend and the support were current excellent acts.

honru

Ditch Slane and make a multi-stage rock festival for the end of August.

danniemcq

mickymg2003 wrote:

but i'd hardly call the mirror a reliable source.

ye3ah i know dodgy source but for showbiz stuff they sometimes get it right, Bruce Springsteen would be brilliant though, i'd say my ma would be up for that 2 (she keeps going on about the time she seen Queen there)

if they take notes on previous gigs i wouldn't mind a repeat of '93

1993
Neil Young - Pearl Jam - Van Morrison - Saw Doctors - James - 4 Non Blondes - The Blue Angels

mollser

Lodgepole wrote:

They had Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age and PJ Harvey supporting them. They would probably still have sold it out, but that's a hell of a support line up. Green Day would need something similar. I don't want to see them play there. Slane needs to get back on track and give the headline to people with an impressive back catalogue and career behind them. It used to be that the headline was a legend and the support were current excellent acts.

Are you for real? Green Day have been going for almost 15 years, have about 7 classic albums to boot. Just cos they haven't been big in Ireland for that long does not mean they are not legends. They are up there with the very biggest bands in the world right now, just cos fm104 and spin 103.8 play them heavily, does not automatically mean they're sh!te!

They are legends, and very very fitting for Slane.

lodgepole

They're not ****e at all. I love Greenday. Green Day have had three very successful albums. Dookie, Nimrod and then several years later American Idiot. Pre-Dookie was passable punk that wasn't in the least bit successful Insomniac didn't set the world on fire and Warning had moderate singles and albums sales. They've had a solid career and seem to be on top of the world with American Idiot.

By contast the Red Hot Chilli Peppers had Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik both become massively succesful and despite not having a worthy release for eight years (One Hot Minute being a failure both critically and commercially) they never left public consciousness. Californication was ridiculously huge. Far bigger than American Idiot has been over the last 18 months. The follow up was more of the same but was just as successful.

Green Day are a fine band. I thought that when I first saw them play in Dublin's SFX theatre and i've thought it every time i've seen them since. But even with RHCP's legendary status they needed one of the biggest rock bands in the world the Foo Fighters and another band with a monster of a n album Queens of the Stone Age to help sell out Slane. I'd welcome Green Day as a support act at Slane but they shouldn't be headlining it.

I should also add that I didn't think the RHCP were that suited to headlining Slane either...

And I have no idea what FM104 and Spin 103.8 play, I don't listen to Irish radio.

Blisterman

I'd love to see AC/DC or Aerosmith play.

lodgepole

I'd like to see Bowie get a second crack at it. He'd have a wonderful set of support acts, he always does. And his recent tours have proved that he's well able to put on a show that embraces both his new and old material.

mollser

Blisterman wrote:

I'd love to see AC/DC or Aerosmith play.

Me too, but both bands can be placed firmly in the Dad rock category, along with Rolling Stones et al, who will be performing solid greatest hits tours, and have had no recent releases of note at all. Both bands are, sadly, long past the peaks of their careers. In this regard, a slot in the RDS or something is perfectly fine, IMO.

I see nothing wrong with having solid international bands who are now at the top of their game headlining one of the greatest rock venues. I think GreenDay, Chilli's and U2 are perfectly suited to play Slane.

I personally think that Green Day could fill slane with little support, but I have no doubt they will pull out a top class line up, to befit the venue.

Blisterman

Well there have been plenty of older bands headlining in the past. Neil Young, the Stones (Even 20 years ago).

mickymg2003

A festival would be possible at slane because there are plenty of big fields around it but planning permission would most likely be a problem!!!Plus it would be cool because i live beside it!!!I just want to see some good rock acts again. Not like eminem or madonna.

senordingdong

Not a huge fan but I'd be glad to see them do it...definatly a step back in the right direction.

HashSlinging

mollser wrote:

Are you for real? Green Day have been going for almost 15 years, have about 7 classic albums to boot. Just cos they haven't been big in Ireland for that long does not mean they are not legends. They are up there with the very biggest bands in the world right now, just cos fm104 and spin 103.8 play them heavily, does not automatically mean they're sh!te!

They are legends, and very very fitting for Slane.

Yup, true legends... every album a classic, how many did guns n roses have before they played slane, two ?

****e talk.

mollser

HashSlinging wrote:

Yup, true legends... every album a classic, how many did guns n roses have before they played slane, two ?

****e talk.

who ever mentioned Guns N Roses??

Anyway, they were the biggest band of the day then, so that was fair enough. Shame it finished while it was still bright though

Now if you want to sling sh!te, you could easily talk Bryan Adams, The Verve, Eminem and Madonna. I would like to think Green Day are more worthy on their own than all of them, even on the one bill.....

lodgepole

HashSlinging wrote:

Yup, true legends... every album a classic, how many did guns n roses have before they played slane, two ?

****e talk.

Guns & Roses were arguably the biggest band in the world in 1992. Appetite For Destruction and the two Use Your Illusion albums were infinitely bigger than any of Green Day's past albums. Is Kerplunk a classic? Will Warning or Insomniac be remembered by anyone but their big fans in twenty years time?

Mentioning somebody like Bryan Adams would have been a far better idea than mentioning Guns n' Roses.

memphis

Since U2 played slane the whole thing has gone down hill. Last Slane concert I was at was when Modonna was main act, and that was a real waste of money. As for Eminem, I wouldn't go next door to see him perform.

They need to get back on track again with the usual rock acts like, Robbie Williams, Bryan Adams, Chilli Peppers, Moby, U2, Foo Fighters, and all those great acts that they've had in the late 90's etc.

hoody

it'll be Greenday, and they will sell it out. they sold 130,000 tickets for milton keynes this year, one week after glastonbury (which was actually smaller in terms of overall crowd size). they are strong enough to sell it out, and they do have good enough songs for an impressive set. eminem would have been a disaster, next year will definitely be a safer option - ergo green day. anyone with that much guitar, and those easy-to-shout-along-to lyrics will easily sell slane out.

having said that, The Boss would be a savage choice!

Bottle_of_Smoke

hoody wrote:

they sold 130,000 tickets for milton keynes this year, one week after glastonbury (which was actually smaller in terms of overall crowd size)

Although I do think it will sell out I can't believe you mentioned the milton keynes gig as a comparison, have you any idea of the difference in population between England & Ireland>?

moshmonkey666

i dont think Green Day are big enough to headline Slane, they would be ideal 2nd headliners! altho Slane isnt about rock anymore, just a load of ****e! also, Green Days setlist nowadays is diabolical! after 1998 Green Day were terrible! but at least the setlist consisted of mainly old songs! now its all new non sense!

crazy angel

hmmmm i heard peal jam were gonna be doin slane,

Goodshape

crazy angel wrote:

hmmmm i heard peal jam were gonna be doin slane,

Now that I would go see.