Oxegen 2012 & Discussion

karaokeman

I know its a bit early but I got inspired by the Slane thread.

I was wondering what are everyone's hopes/expectations for next year's Oxegen festival?

I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this year and will most certainly be attending come next July. Here's some of what I'm expecting;

Possible Headliners;

The Killers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Muse (unlikely but still clinging to this possibility)
U2 (unlikely too but they should headline sometime after being at Glasto)
The Script (may be a full headliner next time)
Christy Moore for Green Spheres
Paulo Nutini (may return to full headline Vodaphone)

Possible Sub-Headliners;

Noel Gallagher
Snow Patrol
Lady GaGa (guilty pleasure and they usually have a few pop acts)
Weezer (would love to see them again)

Other Acts;

The Corona's
Jessie J (raging I couldn't see her this year)

Acts unlikely to return

The Black Eyed Peas (can't see them playing a 3rd year in a row)

the_doctor199

Black Eyed Peas are on a hiatus now so it won't be them. I'd say the bigger question is if Oxegen will return in it's current form next year.

Furious-Red

the_doctor199 wrote: »

Black Eyed Peas are on a hiatus now so it won't be them. I'd say the bigger question is if Oxegen will return in it's current form next year.

Yea i would love a change tbh. Maybe a smaller version of Sonisphere just for something new but reduce capacity and prices

ricero

if kasabian's new album is as big as west ryder they will surely headline a night. i expect noel g to play before the main act. also red hot chilli peppers i expect to perform.

heard a rumor that it could be cut back to 2 day festival due to terrible buys for camping this year

bren2001

Possible Headliners (Not just main stage)
Killers
Green Day
RHCP
Kasabian
King of Leon
Arcade Fire
Snow Patrol
Lady Gaga
Muse
Mumford and Sons (2nd stage/3rd)

I'd be surprised if the headliners did not come out of that.

nitromaster

blink'll be there.

They happen to have that weekend T in the Park/Oxegen on, entirely free, and some uk dates the week after :pac:

Them under Green Day would be amazing if it happened.

Furious-Red

bren2001 wrote: »

Possible Headliners (Not just main stage)
Killers
Green Day
RHCP
Kasabian
King of Leon
Arcade Fire
Snow Patrol
Lady Gaga
Muse
Mumford and Sons (2nd stage/3rd)


I'd be surprised if the headliners did not come out of that.

Id say any of them are prob going to be at Oxegen 2012

nitromaster wrote: »

blink'll be there.

They happen to have that weekend T in the Park/Oxegen on, entirely free, and some uk dates the week after :pac:

Them under Green Day would be amazing if it happened.

So that prob means Blink will do Oxegen/TITP/Sonisphere.

Might skip Oxegen next year and hopefully hit up Soni if its a good line up

karaokeman

nitromaster wrote: »

blink'll be there.

They happen to have that weekend T in the Park/Oxegen on, entirely free, and some uk dates the week after :pac:

Them under Green Day would be amazing if it happened.

I'm not really sure about Green Day mainly because their new album won't be finished for a while.

I'd imagine they are still being considered for Slane (and no people don't say they won't sell out Slane, with the right supports they will).

Blink I forgot about but yeah they would be good too.

Here's a few more for filler acts

The Kooks
The Coral
The Feeling
KT Tunstall
Counting Crows
The Ting Tings
Carolina Liar
Mika
Avril Lavgine
Goo Goo Dolls
Republic of Loose

Furious-Red

Im not sure if Green Day could sell out Slane because if they couldnt even sell out Marley Park last year with Paramore .

Well Green Day could do Oxegen then release an album then come back for the arena tour

karaokeman

Furious-Red wrote: »

Im not sure if Green Day could sell out Slane because if they couldnt even sell out Marley Park last year with Paramore .

Well Green Day could do Oxegen then release an album then come back for the arena tour

Considering Green Day sold 20,000 for Marlay and about 14,000 each for the Oddysey Arena and the O2 that would be 48,000 tickets in total, I say they are on that track. They just need 80,000 to even sell Slane well.

If they can bring out a few more smashes with their next album they could be nearing Slane popularity.

This is off-topic so we will get back to Oxegen. As much as I would love to see Green Day again, I think The Killers are a more-likely contender for next year.

Pigwidgeon

I can't really see blink doing oxegen seeing as they're playing the O2 in June. I don't know how likely it'd be that they'd play twice that close together.

The kooks, snow patrol and red hot chili peppers all have albums coming out this year so I could see them playing.

I'd love if muse came back to play it again.

Furious-Red

Pigwidgeon wrote: »

I can't really see blink doing oxegen seeing as they're playing the O2 in June. I don't know how likely it'd be that they'd play twice that close together.

The kooks, snow patrol and red hot chili peppers all have albums coming out this year so I could see them playing.

I'd love if muse came back to play it again.

Black Eyed Peas played the O2 not long before they did Oxegen last year. Since the Blink show will prob have sold out by the time they come announce acts for next year so they wont lose any money.

Hopefully Muse dont come back since it would be to much more repeative of headliners again.

StaticAge11

Blink said in their cancellation announcement that they will return to headline every European festival next year they were due to play this year

That_Guy

Brand New. Get on it MCD.

StaticAge11

We all know the headliner is going to be Amanda Brunker anyway

karaokeman

StaticAge11 wrote: »

We all know the headliner is going to be Amanda Brunker anyway

No way, U2 for headliner.

Anyone who has seen their Glastonbury performance knows that the Irish legends are what Oxegen needs more than anything else to tackle plumetting ticket sales.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lxLCQebnI

StaticAge11

karaokeman wrote: »

No way, U2 for headliner.

Anyone who has seen their Glastonbury performance knows that the Irish legends are what Oxegen needs more than anything else to tackle plumetting ticket sales.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lxLCQebnI

It was a joke mate, I was referencing her humiliating appearance at this years festival where only a handful of people turned up

Furious-Red

karaokeman wrote: »

No way, U2 for headliner.

Anyone who has seen their Glastonbury performance knows that the Irish legends are what Oxegen needs more than anything else to tackle plumetting ticket sales.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lxLCQebnI

Sadly U2 will never do Oxegen , they will only do their own gigs

StaticAge11 wrote: »

It was a joke mate, I was referencing her humiliating appearance at this years festival where only a handful of people turned up

And i say most of them were people from the media

melekalikimaka

be surprised if it goes ahead next year tbh

StaticAge11

melekalikimaka wrote: »

be surprised if it goes ahead next year tbh

I agree I believe Oxegen is on the way out. They nearly did not get the licence this year, and the undercard acts were pretty poor. Couple that for the crowds well deserved bad reputation, I just get the feeling that Oxegen has lost its spark

Lumbo

karaokeman wrote: »

No way, U2 for headliner.

Anyone who has seen their Glastonbury performance knows that the Irish legends are what Oxegen needs more than anything else to tackle plumetting ticket sales.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8lxLCQebnI

Anyone who was at that their Glasto gig, I was, will know that they got one of the smallest crowds at the mainstage all weekend.

In fairness, the weather was poxy.

karaokeman

StaticAge11 wrote: »

They nearly did not get the licence this year

Where did you hear about that?

StaticAge11

karaokeman wrote: »

Where did you hear about that?

People mentioned it early in the Oxegen thread for 2011. It's probably one of those "A friend of a friend told me" situations

karaokeman

StaticAge11 wrote: »

People mentioned it early in the Oxegen thread for 2011. It's probably one of those "A friend of a friend told me" situations

Ah now I don't believe those little kiddy rumours.

People should only believe Oxegen was just about licensed if there was an actual press release from the organisers stating that.

These "he said, she said" claims are overhyped and should not be taken seriously.

Asphyxia

Will it be going ahead next year?

Dicksboro_man

melekalikimaka wrote: »

be surprised if it goes ahead next year tbh

Mumford and Sons said they'll play Oxegen 2012 at their last gig in Olympia earlier this year :cool:

Furious-Red

Mr.S wrote: »

nothing to support this statement apart from low ticket sales. Low ticket sales does not mean they bin the whole thing.

Oxegen will be back.

Sure didnt people say that there would not be a Oxegen this year

Mickolution

karaokeman wrote: »

People should only believe Oxegen was just about licensed if there was an actual press release from the organisers stating that.

I'm sure MCD would jump to release that information.

karaokeman

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Mumford and Sons said they'll play Oxegen 2012 at their last gig in Olympia earlier this year :cool:

Awesome I missed them last year.

Would be great to see M&S headline the main stage.

Furious-Red

karaokeman wrote: »

Awesome I missed them last year.

Would be great to see M&S headline the main stage.

They are not at that stage maybe 2nd stage

bren2001

Dicksboro_man wrote: »

Mumford and Sons said they'll play Oxegen 2012 at their last gig in Olympia earlier this year :cool:

I was at the gig. They never said they would play Oxegen 2012. They just said they would not play Oxegen 2011 and said they were sure to play it again at some point in the future.

I'd be shocked if they did not play it. 2nd stage, not headliners tho.

carefulnow100

If oxegen doesn't return next year it will just be re-branded with a new shiny name but talk of it being binned all together are rubbish.


Didn't attend this year as a lot of my friends but this was not because of oxegen it was simply because money is still pretty tight!


Anyway I heard that Deadmou5 and Calvin Harris were brilliant this year, so I was told anyway, so them to return for me next year would be nice.

The kooks would also be good.

Sofa King

I for one hope Amanda Brunker makes a return... Maybe she'll have her first album released by then too! - JOKE!

carefulnow100

Sofa King wrote: »

I for one hope Amanda Brunker makes a return... Maybe she'll have her first album released by then too! - JOKE!

:mad: That $hit is not funny :mad::mad:

Don't joke!!!:mad:

karaokeman

Sofa King wrote: »

I for one hope Amanda Brunker makes a return... Maybe she'll have her first album released by then too! - JOKE!

I wouldn't mind maybe Miley Cyrus but certainly not Amanda Brunker.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

karaokeman wrote: »

I wouldn't mind maybe Miley Cyrus but certainly not Amanda Brunker.

You cannot be serious?

carefulnow100 wrote: »

Anyway I heard that Deadmou5 and Calvin Harris were brilliant this year, so I was told anyway, so them to return for me next year would be nice.

Heard Deadmau5 was shít, Calvin Harris was all kinds of epic, though.

Furious-Red

baz2009 wrote: »

You cannot be serious?



Heard Deadmau5 was shít, Calvin Harris was all kinds of epic, though.

Dont no how anyone could choose him over these guys is beyond me :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LS8BKWJRSE

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Furious-Red wrote: »

Dont no how anyone could choose him over these guys is beyond me :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LS8BKWJRSE

That's what I said! The Foos were the best two hours of my life.

Furious-Red

baz2009 wrote: »

That's what I said! The Foos were the best two hours of my life.

Yup , They have def gotten to the stage of being one of the best big live acts going imo

Just Like Heaven

baz2009 wrote: »

Heard Deadmau5 was shít, Calvin Harris was all kinds of epic, though.

Deadmau5 really was ****. Seriously underwhelmed. Calvin Harris was awesome, jammed though.

karaokeman

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Deadmau5 really was ****. Seriously underwhelmed. Calvin Harris was awesome, jammed though.

Didn't hear great reviews about Calvin Harris but Deadmau5 ain't my cup of tea.

Maybe Kings of Leon would be another good headliner. Now there's another band I must see them before I die.

Furious-Red

karaokeman wrote: »

Didn't hear great reviews about Calvin Harris but Deadmau5 ain't my cup of tea.

Maybe Kings of Leon would be another good headliner. Now there's another band I must see them before I die.

Dont worry you will have that chance since they play Ireland every year. If the line up is KOL/Killers/RHCP then it will def me me going to sonisphere

gaga_lfc

Right to start off, deadmau5 was unbelievable and calvin harris was unbelievable cant believe people on this said they wernt the best weird people.. but swedish house mafia stole oxegen, they were simply unreal cant get over how brilliant they were. coldplay and beyonce were amazing aswel, all of the above have to be there next year to make it good... and keep it a 4 day!!!

karaokeman

Furious-Red wrote: »

Sadly U2 will never do Oxegen , they will only do their own gigs

U2 will ultimately have to play Oxegen. Adam Clayton did reveal in an interview that U2 are sick of always playing stadiums and they would like to do something different for the next 10 years. Its either that or they play the O2 because they've done all the other great Irish venues, Croke Park (10 times), Landsdowne, Slane, Phoenix Park.

melekalikimaka wrote: »

be surprised if it goes ahead next year tbh

Seriously whats with all the Oxegen hate?

This year's lineup was reasonable by all means and its still better than Electric Picnic.

bren2001

karaokeman wrote: »

Seriously whats with all the Oxegen hate?

This year's lineup was reasonable by all means and its still better than Electric Picnic.

People are not hating Oxegen itself. The line up was alright. Catered for most people. The number of people going to Oxegen has gone down shockingly in the past few years. Most people dont think Oxegen has the numbers to be sustainable from a business perspective. I think a year or two gap would do it some good although with Glastonbury not being on next year they could easily wait till 2014.

karaokeman

bren2001 wrote: »

People are hating Oxegen itself. The line up was alright. Catered for most people. The number of people going to Oxegen has gone down shockingly in the past few years. Most people dont think Oxegen has the numbers to be sustainable from a business perspective. I think a year or two gap would do it some good although with Glastonbury not being on next year they could easily wait till 2014.

The reason few people came to Oxegen was because of the recession.

I'd say its more likely it will revert back to being a two-day festival next year than being replaced and rebranded with a new festival of a more modern name, just so long as the prices drop low enough.

bren2001

karaokeman wrote: »

The reason few people came to Oxegen was because of the recession.

I'd say its more likely it will revert back to being a two-day festival next year than being replaced and rebranded with a new festival of a more modern name, just so long as the prices drop low enough.

There was a typo in my comment, meant to read are not.

I dont think its just down to the recession. The numbers have been dwindling since 2007. I dont know how hard the recession has hit most young people. Most of my friends could find the money to go. Most of them didnt go because they just were not bothered.

Furious-Red

bren2001 wrote: »

There was a typo in my comment, meant to read are not.

I dont think its just down to the recession. The numbers have been dwindling since 2007. I dont know how hard the recession has hit most young people. Most of my friends could find the money to go. Most of them didnt go because they just were not bothered.

Im pretty sure either 07 or 08 sold out or just about sold out. I do agree though this year there was a serious downfall in attendance this year

ghostdancer

karaokeman wrote: »

Seriously whats with all the Oxegen hate?

This year's lineup was reasonable by all means and its still better than Electric Picnic.

it really, really isn't.

MrStuffins

karaokeman wrote: »

Seriously whats with all the Oxegen hate?

This year's lineup was reasonable by all means and its still better than Electric Picnic.

Er.......... no! The line up for EP this year is crazy! Infinitely superior to Oxygen!

Joeys94

Something small I quickly threw together..
Line up is based on what I've read, whats wanted new, and personal preference..Hope you all like!!