Slane 2010 rumours

Furious-Red

Green Day have been confirmed to headline Slane 2010
http://2fm.rte.ie/previously_played/2009-11-02/51#track_listing
Go and listen to Colum and JimJim from Monday and skip to just before 120

Mushy

Yes...another mediocre-at-best band so I can save my money and see decent bands at better prices elsewhere. So Muse, Arctic Monkeys and one more are definites for Oxegen then.

scudzilla

Furious-Red wrote: »

Green Day have been confirmed to headline Slane 2010
http://2fm.rte.ie/previously_played/2009-11-02/51#track_listing
Go and listen to Colum and JimJim from Monday and skip to just before 120

ah bollox, i seen them last week and they were awesome and was definitely gonna go to the planned outdoor gig next year.
Now i'm not so sure, not after all teh horror stories i've been reading about Slane from the past few years.
Lookin like a flight across the water for me

lgoring21

what already??but im still recovering from slane 09 :P

Driver 8

Good as they were in the O2, I really can't be arsed going to Slane, especially after the stories from this year.

Mossy Monk

A waste.

speedboatchase

Meh, their last album sold 6m in the U.S and the new one hasn't even gone Platinum. Nobody is listening to Green Day right now, this would've been a big coup a few years ago but they did took too long to follow up American Idiot and now nobody cares. Not to say the gig wouldn't be good, they have some great songs but this is a poor choice of headliner and won't sell out IMO

Mushy

speedboatchase wrote: »

Meh, their last album sold 6m in the U.S and the new one hasn't even gone Platinum. Nobody is listening to Green Day right now, this would've been a big coup a few years ago but they did took too long to follow up American Idiot and now nobody cares. Not to see the gig wouldn't be good, they have some great songs but this is a poor choice of headliner and won't sell out IMO

Don't think your alone in that. It did crss my mind that they won't sell that many tickets, so some decent support must be lined up.

whiterob81

I think it will sell out just because it's slane. If Oasis could sell it out last year I think Greenday have a pretty good chance. It might be 5 years ago since Greenday released a really great album but it was nearly 15 years for oasis when they played slane and people still flocked to it, which I found pretty mystifying. Despite the fact that 21st Century Breakdown is hardly their finest work, i still think they have more relevance now in contemporary pop culture than Oasis did when they headlined.

Plus Greenday put on a way better show and imo would be way more entertaining. Also, judging by the audience at the o2 gig, they are the type of band that the whole family could go to, as un rock and roll as that sounds, whereas oasis fanbase seems to be limited more to predominantly late 20s/early 30s males.

Personally, I won't be going because I think Slane's a complete hell hole and it wouldn't matter if they resurrected Kurt Cobain for one night only, supported by a reformed System of a Down and the original guns n roses line up, I've been 3 times and the whole thing's a horrendous pain in the hole

Mossy Monk

whiterob81 wrote: »

nearly 15 years for oasis when they played slane and people still flocked to it

I know a good few people who went to see The Prodigy.

Mental Mickey

That's a f**kin s***e headliner, imo.

whiterob81

May have been the case but Oasis were still the headliners. Did your mates even get to see the prodigy with the whole fiasco of trying to herd people in?

mspacman

Is this some kind of sick joke???????? I feel sick. I think I might puke. This is almost as bad as getting Madonna and Eminem in at Slane. Green Day?! Seriously. They are absolute tripe!

Pass the bucket.

If Lord Henry Mountcharles is trying to recreate the magic of last year, he's gone the totally opposite direction. How can we go from having the sublime lineup of Oasis, Kasabian, The Prodigy etc...to..(puke)...Green Day?!

Hmmm I feel very strongly on this topic.

Why not add to the rubbishness of it all and bring Kings of Leon on board.

mspacman

whiterob81 wrote: »

May have been the case but Oasis were still the headliners. Did your mates even get to see the prodigy with the whole fiasco of trying to herd people in?

It honestly was nothing as bad as people made it out to be. Moany Joe Duffy listeners.

whiterob81

mspacman wrote: »

Is this some kind of sick joke???????? I feel sick. I think I might puke. This is almost as bad as getting Madonna and Eminem in at Slane. Green Day?! Seriously. They are absolute tripe!

Pass the bucket.

If Lord Henry Mountcharles is trying to recreate the magic of last year, he's gone the totally opposite direction. How can we go from having the sublime lineup of Oasis, Kasabian, The Prodigy etc...to..(puke)...Green Day?!

Hmmm I feel very strongly on this topic.

Why not add to the rubbishness of it all and bring Kings of Leon on board.

what's wrong with having madonna or eminem as headliners? you can be gauranteed that they're both gonna put on great shows. they're perfectly suited to that type of environment/venue imo. Doesn't always have to be blokey joyless "authentic" guitar bands.

Your comments bring to mind Noel Gallagher's "What's a rapper doing headlining Glastonbury?" comments. Not everyone lives on meat n 2 veg dad rock

mspacman

whiterob81 wrote: »

what's wrong with having madonna or eminem as headliners? you can be gauranteed that they're both gonna put on great shows. they're perfectly suited to that type of environment/venue imo. Doesn't always have to be blokey joyless "authentic" guitar bands.

Your comments bring to mind Noel Gallagher's "What's a rapper doing headlining Glastonbury?" comments. Not everyone lives on meat n 2 veg dad rock

Erm I'm sorry but the likes of Slane and Glastonbury have always been rock orientated. I would have to agree with Noel Gallagher on this one. That Glasto was a massive flop. Tickets didn't sell out. Proves the point.

What next, Westlife headlining Electric Picnic?

I think that those types of festivals should stick to their roots. That's what people want. That's what sells.

whiterob81

mspacman wrote: »

Erm I'm sorry but the likes of Slane and Glastonbury have always been rock orientated. I would have to agree with Noel Gallagher on this one. That Glasto was a massive flop. Tickets didn't sell out. Proves the point.

What next, Westlife headlining Electric Picnic?

I think that those types of festivals should stick to their roots. That's what people want. That's what sells.

some people seem to think the reason it didn't sell out that year was due to the hellish weather conditions of the previous 4 years and the economic downturn rather than just because Jay Z was headlining.

Also, Eminem sold out Slane in an hour so that kind of disproves your point about slane only being successful as a rock concert

anyways, we're going off point here: Greenday are a rock act, not a hip hop act, with a surprisingly impressive back catalogue and a great live show. So, Slane isn't really straying from its roots by having them headline.

Do have to agree with ya about Kings of Leon though, they suck

Furious-Red

I could see the line up being something like
Green Day
Blink 182
Fall Out Boy or Paramore or both

super_furry

Dookie was good. They haven't really been relevent since then.

cena

i won't be going. to there sound is the same as american idiot. way better bands out there.

xIsabelx

super_furry wrote: »

Dookie was good. They haven't really been relevent since then.

LAWL!!!

Care to elaborate on that statement?



I can't wait for this. saw them 4 times in 10 days there last week and had the absolute best time ever. Going to the two stadium shows in England next June as well. Love this band so much, they're absolutely everything to me. Their live shows are just unbelievable :):)

Yellowledbetter

mspacman wrote: »

It honestly was nothing as bad as people made it out to be. Moany Joe Duffy listeners.

I was there and it really was that bad,a great band but a shambles of an "Organised Event".I like Green day but doubt il chance it next year

penexpers

super_furry wrote: »

Dookie was good. They haven't really been relevent since then.

Insomniac had some good tracks and so did Nimrod. IMO it was after Nimrod that they started going downhill.

Mental Mickey

I don't think they'd fill it, but I'd love to see someone like Pearl Jam or Metallica headline Slane??

rossie1977

penexpers wrote: »

Insomniac had some good tracks and so did Nimrod. IMO it was after Nimrod that they started going downhill.

american idiot was one of the biggest selling albums worldwide this decade

mspacman wrote:

It honestly was nothing as bad as people made it out to be. Moany Joe Duffy listeners.

if it was half as bad as ac/dc in punchestown (and i heard it was worse from people who attended both), then it was terrible, i was at ac/dc and never again will i return to punchestown

mspacman wrote:

Erm I'm sorry but the likes of Slane and Glastonbury have always been rock orientated.

and what are green day?? country?? robbie f*cking williams had headlined slane and you have a problem with greenday :rolleyes:

rossie1977

Mental Mickey wrote: »

I don't think they'd fill it, but I'd love to see someone like Pearl Jam or Metallica headline Slane??

PJ who i love wouldn't sell out slane, maybe in 1995 no chance these days, metallica have played here every year for the last 6, maybe pearl jam and metallica together

Bugg

Saw them in the O2 and it was a fantastic show but don't know if I'd pay almost twice the amount I paid last time to see the (presuming) same show again. Although if theres some really good support bands I'd probably go.

penexpers

rossie1977 wrote: »

american idiot was one of the biggest selling albums worldwide this decade

Yes, that must mean it was a great album. What was I thinking?

rossie1977

penexpers wrote: »

Yes, that must mean it was a great album. What was I thinking?

it gained worldwide acclaim yes, won a grammy for best rock album in 2005, won album of the decade on kerrang, won 7 of 8 awards on mtv video music awards

sissorhands

whiterob81 wrote: »

I think it will sell out just because it's slane. If Oasis could sell it out last year I think Greenday have a pretty good chance. It might be 5 years ago since Greenday released a really great album but it was nearly 15 years for oasis when they played slane and people still flocked to it, which I found pretty mystifying. Despite the fact that 21st Century Breakdown is hardly their finest work, i still think they have more relevance now in contemporary pop culture than Oasis did when they headlined.

Plus Greenday put on a way better show and imo would be way more entertaining. Also, judging by the audience at the o2 gig, they are the type of band that the whole family could go to, as un rock and roll as that sounds, whereas oasis fanbase seems to be limited more to predominantly late 20s/early 30s males.

Personally, I won't be going because I think Slane's a complete hell hole and it wouldn't matter if they resurrected Kurt Cobain for one night only, supported by a reformed System of a Down and the original guns n roses line up, I've been 3 times and the whole thing's a horrendous pain in the hole

You are actually a ****in pussy! "wouldn go to slane" My god you are a little sap.

sissorhands

scudzilla wrote: »

ah bollox, i seen them last week and they were awesome and was definitely gonna go to the planned outdoor gig next year.
Now i'm not so sure, not after all teh horror stories i've been reading about Slane from the past few years.
Lookin like a flight across the water for me

Youre a lil pussy! All those 'horror' stories were compiled by grumpy old women who never been to a real a concert in their life and when they went to one all hell broke loose. Its not slane castles fault that dublin bus made a muck up of the job, and of course they are gonna fix that. Bloody wimps!

whiterob81

sissorhands wrote: »

You are actually a ****in pussy! "wouldn go to slane" My god you are a little sap.

so how long are you working for MCD? Is this a clever new marketing tactic?

I've been to slane 3 times already and every time it's been a pain in the arse everytime. so when I say it's a nightmarish hellhole, I know what I'm talking about. I've sworn off going to outdoor events in ireland because I'm sick of promoters treatin me like crap and chargin me big bucks for it.

It's not me being a pussy, it's you being a brainwashed idiot being told what to enjoy and not questioning it no matter how badly you're treated. Chances are you'll be one of those idiots that pays a tout 4 times face value for a ticket to stand in a big p**** rainy field that'll take 4 hours each way to get to and from, queue up 4 hours to get in, another 2 hours for a watered down 8 euro pint, before trying to watch the show half a mile from the stage but it doesn't matter because all you can hear are the shower of muck savages chanting "olé olé olé" the whole fecking way through it and you'll tell everyone you had the best day of your life

Yeah, dude, you win at life!

sissorhands

whiterob81 wrote: »

so how long are you working for MCD? Is this a clever new marketing tactic?

I've been to slane 3 times already and every time it's been a pain in the arse everytime. so when I say it's a nightmarish hellhole, I know what I'm talking about. I've sworn off going to outdoor events in ireland because I'm sick of promoters treatin me like crap and chargin me big bucks for it.

It's not me being a pussy, it's you being a brainwashed idiot being told what to enjoy and not questioning it no matter how badly you're treated. Chances are you'll be one of those idiots that pays a tout 4 times face value for a ticket to stand in a big p**** rainy field that'll take 4 hours each way to get to and from, queue up 4 hours to get in, another 2 hours for a watered down 8 euro pint, before trying to watch the show half a mile from the stage but it doesn't matter because all you can hear are the shower of muck savages chanting "olé olé olé" the whole fecking way through it and you'll tell everyone you had the best day of your life

Yeah, dude, you win at life!

You're wrong there mate, because I live in slane, and I've been to every concert there since I was 5. Its the exact same every other year and its always retarded people a the joe duffy complainin about it. As for the quein to get in and pints and the journey up and down, its like that for every concert. You dont actually buy the pints in there, be recession wise and have your booze on before you go in at a bloody ditch!

whiterob81

sissorhands wrote: »

You're wrong there mate, because I live in slane, and I've been to every concert there since I was 5. Its the exact same every other year and its always retarded people a the joe duffy complainin about it. As for the quein to get in and pints and the journey up and down, its like that for every concert. You dont actually buy the pints in there, be recession wise and have your booze on before you go in at a bloody ditch!

feck sake, if I'm paying 100 euro between a concert ticket and a bus ticket, I'm hardly gonna sit in a ditch drinking all day. Sure, I can do that at home for free.

And do regularly

Mental Mickey

rossie1977 wrote: »

PJ who i love wouldn't sell out slane, maybe in 1995 no chance these days, metallica have played here every year for the last 6, maybe pearl jam and metallica together

Exactly what I meant.

ardinn

mspacman wrote: »

Is this some kind of sick joke???????? I feel sick. I think I might puke. This is almost as bad as getting Madonna and Eminem in at Slane. Green Day?! Seriously. They are absolute tripe!

Pass the bucket.

If Lord Henry Mountcharles is trying to recreate the magic of last year, he's gone the totally opposite direction. How can we go from having the sublime lineup of Oasis, Kasabian, The Prodigy etc...to..(puke)...Green Day?!

Hmmm I feel very strongly on this topic.

Why not add to the rubbishness of it all and bring Kings of Leon on board.

You obviously hav'nt seen Green Day Live. This will be a fantastic show - Just look at the bullet in a bible tour. Green day are'nt the same band they were ten years ago. I cant wait for this and I think all you nay sayers should do a little research on recent green day shows. Obviously they wont suit everyone but they will suprise alot of people who would not regularly listen to green day!!

scudzilla

sissorhands wrote: »

You're wrong there mate, because I live in slane, and I've been to every concert there since I was 5. Its the exact same every other year and its always retarded people a the joe duffy complainin about it. As for the quein to get in and pints and the journey up and down, its like that for every concert. You dont actually buy the pints in there, be recession wise and have your booze on before you go in at a bloody ditch!

So you live in Slane, maybe that's why you didn't have to go through all the bollox of getting to and from Dublin then, well done, you have succeeded in life

niallon

Any chance this thread could get somewhat back to a relevant topic? So far it's just been bitching sessions about previous years at Slane, it's called Slane 2010 for a reason!

Personally, I've been dying for an act to come to Slane that held some appeal to me. I missed out on tickets for Green Day this year and have been dying to see them live having seen them once before so coupling this with the fact that my only trip to Slane still ranks as one of my favourite gigs I'll definitely be looking for tickets to this.

Karl Hungus

Sissorhands has beend banned for hours, stop reporting the posts.

Mushy

ardinn wrote: »

You obviously hav'nt seen Green Day Live. This will be a fantastic show - Just look at the bullet in a bible tour. Green day are'nt the same band they were ten years ago. I cant wait for this and I think all you nay sayers should do a little research on recent green day shows. Obviously they wont suit everyone but they will suprise alot of people who would not regularly listen to green day!!

Yes its a good show, they do it well live, but its been the same rigmarole for years now. I know I was only at them in 05, but know others who were there before that tour, that year, and this year.....same thing, over and over. Wheres the fun in that? Think that could be main gripe for many people. Still think some decent support will be needed to sell it out though.

Mushy

Thats something I thought when I re-looked at the link. So its back to 'wouldn't surprise me, but not definite yet'.

Bringthethunder

sissorhands wrote: »

You're wrong there mate, because I live in slane, and I've been to every concert there since I was 5. Its the exact same every other year and its always retarded people a the joe duffy complainin about it. As for the quein to get in and pints and the journey up and down, its like that for every concert. You dont actually buy the pints in there, be recession wise and have your booze on before you go in at a bloody ditch!

At every concert since you were 5? Sure you were...:rolleyes:

rossie1977

Mushy wrote: »

Yes its a good show, they do it well live, but its been the same rigmarole for years now. I know I was only at them in 05, but know others who were there before that tour, that year, and this year.....same thing, over and over. Wheres the fun in that?

kind of confused, what do you except to see when you watch green day but green day stuff

Mushy

rossie1977 wrote: »

kind of confused, what do you except to see when you watch green day but green day stuff

Ìts the crowd interaction stuff. No uniqueness about it, even if its the bullcrap of 'X rules'. Just don;t have it scripted.

df1985

i actually cant believe the one or two people that have said slane this year wasnt as bad as it was made out to be.it was worse! you know something went very wrong when MCD offered us free tickets to marlay park as an apology.MCD dont do anything for free!

i swore ill never set foot near slane again after last year.if its green day couldnt give two ****s.

xIsabelx

Mushy wrote: »

Ìts the crowd interaction stuff. No uniqueness about it, even if its the bullcrap of 'X rules'. Just don;t have it scripted.

It's nothing like it was on the American Idiot tour. Granted, that was pretty much word for word.

Furious-Red

df1985 wrote: »

i actually cant believe the one or two people that have said slane this year wasnt as bad as it was made out to be.it was worse! you know something went very wrong when MCD offered us free tickets to marlay park as an apology.MCD dont do anything for free!

i swore ill never set foot near slane again after last year.if its green day couldnt give two ****s.

Or the fact that Fat Boy Slim wasnt selling well at all or it was probably both

mspacman

Furious-Red wrote: »

I could see the line up being something like
Green Day
Blink 182
Fall Out Boy or Paramore or both

Good God please noooo!!! Have the teenage "emo's" flooding in their thousands to Slane!

mspacman

Yellowledbetter wrote: »

I was there and it really was that bad,a great band but a shambles of an "Organised Event".I like Green day but doubt il chance it next year

I don't want to start up this whole debate again, but we can in through the Dublin entrance at about 5 o clock and seriously the walkway into the arena was quite crowded, but there was no pushing/shoving or anything of the sort. People just kept moving. The only problem I saw on the day was the bar up beside the Dublin entrance. It was majorly overcrowded and there was a bit of a stampede starting up there, but nothing out of control. Sercurity were on it!

I would estimate the crowd was definitely WELL over 80,000!! Compared to the last time I was at Slane 4 years previous or something, it was a much bigger crowd!

mspacman

sissorhands wrote: »

You're wrong there mate, because I live in slane, and I've been to every concert there since I was 5. Its the exact same every other year and its always retarded people a the joe duffy complainin about it. As for the quein to get in and pints and the journey up and down, its like that for every concert. You dont actually buy the pints in there, be recession wise and have your booze on before you go in at a bloody ditch!

I totally agree with you mate!! It's the Joe Duffy moan groan people who were moaning about Slane. They just love an excuse to moan!!! Like anyone going to Slane knows (or should friggin know!!!) that you have to be prepared to walk a couple miles to get into the arena.

There's heavy traffic at EVERY concert!!!! Not just Slane. The traffic wasn't particularly bad - it would be the same at any gig!

As for the people moaning about the queues for the bars, what the hell do they expect?! You can just expect there to be no queues!!!!

You know, the whole Slane debate from the year reminded me of the Barbara Streisand event there 2/3 years ago, or whenever it was. Poshies moaning cos they had to walk from Hewlett Packard to Castletown House. It's a small walk in comparison to what you'd walk for most events! If you don't want to walk, hire a helicopter for Slane 2010! I'm sure Lord Mount Charles would allow you land to save your precious feet.

And another matter. What about the O2??! You pretty much have to walk from O Connell's street down to go to the O2, even though there's buses, it's faster to walk with traffic!

nxbyveromdwjpg

Slanes not a suitable venue for a gig, its brutal, ive been to the last two and never again.

Mspacman i assure you slane wasnt full of 'poshies', and the walk is a lot longer than to the o2. Queuing for over an hour to get a pint isnt normal at any gigs, Im sorry.
I'm trying hard not to insult you for the ridiculasness of both statements but I dont want to get banned, so lets just say youre wrong, and leave it at that.