Slane 2012???

vader65

Does anyone know if there is going to be a Slane, I heard coldplay, then it was cancelled but cant find anything remotely concrete online...

anyone hear anything?

kensutz

Cancelled this year

vader65

for definite? Was there any reason given?

jossnjuice

Think it was to leave the field fallow for a year, and also he didnt want to clash with the olympics or some such.

O'Doodle

Nobody would give M-C-D a licence to hold an event at Slane or Punchestown so instead the eejits at the park give them a licence.

Also Heineken weren't prepared to sponsor a knacker fest at which people were getting stabbed.

^^ Pure speculation off course

and yeah Punchestown is just like Glastonbury and needs a fallow year. Bollox.

vader65

Rippin!! same reason why Oxygen isn't on this year then..... :-(

no enough Portaloos

vader65

O'Doodle wrote: »

Nobody would give M-C-D a licence to hold an event at Slane or Punchestown so instead the eejits at the park give them a licence.

Also Heineken weren't prepared to sponsor a knacker fest at which were people getting stabbed.

^^ Pure speculation off course

Yeah I heard there was a fair amount of trouble at that Stone Roses gig as well messers letting off Flairs, and fighting with security...

have to say i didnt see one incident at the stone roses gig, i did see people helping other people through the mud on the way out. obviously i cant see everything that goes on in every part of the venue but still

westendgirlie

vader65 wrote: »

Yeah I heard there was a fair amount of trouble at that Stone Roses gig as well messers letting off Flairs, and fighting with security...

Have to stop ya there. I was beside the ONE messer that lit ONE jumbo sparkler. I always thought a flare shot up into the air and this thing didn't. This thing sparkled like a jumbo sparkler.

The guy held the sparkler aloft then security came along (rightly so) and dragged him away. I watched the entire episode. Sparkler boy was then dragged away by 2 security personnel. He dug his heels in a bit but no fisticuffs. Must say the security fellas made hard work of removing him and pushed and barged their way, unnecessarily, through other innocent bystanders.

I would of thought that trained personnel would of controlled the removal better.

LilNiall

Was that flare incident in the pit-about 5 rows back?

Seen a flare their-guy lit it & was up on a guys sholders. Got passed around 3 guys before security got involved & carted of the 3rd guy left standing with it.

vader65

vader65 wrote: »

Rippin!! same reason why Oxygen isn't on this year then..... :-(

no enough Portaloos

Lol yes I heard that mentioned for glasto, but I really lol'd when I head oxygen put their spin on it ages ago, no mention of the fact that they would not have been given a license had they applied without some serious hoops to jump through, obviously costing them enough to make the move to gigs in the park this year

vader65

westendgirlie wrote: »

Have to stop ya there. I was beside the ONE messer that lit ONE jumbo sparkler. I always thought a flare shot up into the air and this thing didn't. This thing sparkled like a jumbo sparkler.

The guy held the sparkler aloft then security came along (rightly so) and dragged him away. I watched the entire episode. Sparkler boy was then dragged away by 2 security personnel. He dug his heels in a bit but no fisticuffs. Must say the security fellas made hard work of removing him and pushed and barged their way, unnecessarily, through other innocent bystanders.

I would of thought that trained personnel would of controlled the removal better.

Sorry mate was just going by what I heard, a friend of mine works at security for all those gigs and he said it was mental loads of fights and all...

RATM

There was a rumour going around a few weeks ago that it was back on and that Pearl Jam were to play it. Given that it would take at least 4 weeks to get planning permission and then at least another 12 to sell 80,000 odd tickets I took it as just that- a rumour.

AnonoBoy

It's not happening.

/thread.

vader65

RATM wrote: »

There was a rumour going around a few weeks ago that it was back on and that Pearl Jam were to play it. Given that it would take at least 4 weeks to get planning permission and then at least another 12 to sell 80,000 odd tickets I took it as just that- a rumour.

Rage Perl Jam would have been amazing at Slane!!!!

Furious-Red

Would Pearl Jam have been able to sell out 80,000? As much as i like them im not sure if they could do it

CiaranK

Furious-Red wrote: »

Would Pearl Jam have been able to sell out 80,000? As much as i like them im not sure if they could do it

Maybe as a double headliner with someone else, Soundgarden maybe?

Furious-Red

CiaranK wrote: »

Maybe as a double headliner with someone else, Soundgarden maybe?

Yea but that would mean Matt Cameron doing double duty on the night . Id say next year will either be ACDC(if they have the new album out) or Coldplay

bren2001

Furious-Red wrote: »

Yea but that would mean Matt Cameron doing double duty on the night . Id say next year will either be ACDC(if they have the new album out) or Coldplay

Wouldn't rule out Green Day, 3 new albums in the next 6 months. They didn't sell out Marlay Park last year but with 3 albums.... They were in talks to do it a few years back.

My money is on ACDC or Coldplay as well.

Furious-Red

bren2001 wrote: »

Wouldn't rule out Green Day, 3 new albums in the next 6 months. They didn't sell out Marlay Park last year but with 3 albums.... They were in talks to do it a few years back.

My money is on ACDC or Coldplay as well.

Still dont see Green Day doing Slane at this stage , they are not as big as they were during the American Idiot era . Id put them headlining Oxegen(if its back next year)

bren2001

Furious-Red wrote: »

Still dont see Green Day doing Slane at this stage , they are not as big as they were during the American Idiot era . Id put them headlining Oxegen(if its back next year)

I agree they are more likely to play Oxegen (or whatever they call it next year) but I still wouldn't rule it our. They want to play Slane and were close to playing it in 2010 6 years after American Idiot. I do think they would need Uno or Dos to be a commercial success and for Coldplay/ACDC to be unable to play.

karaokeman

bren2001 wrote: »

My money is on ACDC or Coldplay as well.

Do Coldplay have any plans to tour next year?

AC/DC are still a good bet.

Furious-Red

karaokeman wrote: »

Do Coldplay have any plans to tour next year?

AC/DC are still a good bet.

Maybe they could be an exclusive? Their only show of the year or something . Didnt someone say Coldplay wont play Ireland till 2013?

vader65

Snow Patrol would sell it out! I dont think they could get ACDC for Slane the last time thats why they played punchstown

CUPimus

Furious-Red wrote: »

Maybe they could be an exclusive? Their only show of the year or something . Didnt someone say Coldplay wont play Ireland till 2013?

Yeah I read somewhere that Chris Martin and the band were taking time out to work on the next album or something... but they would be good at Slane, defos sell it out!

bren2001

vader65 wrote: »

Snow Patrol would sell it out! I dont think they could get ACDC for Slane the last time thats why they played punchstown

I'd expect them at Oxegen next year, don't think they are ready for Slane yet. They could probably sell it out considering they sold the Phoenix Park but Lord Charles usually gets a band that is huge world wide, not one who is huge in Europe.

Wouldn't completely rule out the Killers if Battle Born has a hit or two on it, they would need an excellent under bill to get it close to selling out.

Prettyblack

Jesus I hope Pearl Jam don't play Slane! I hate Slane and vowed never to go again.

They are more an O2 band in fairness.

Mickolution

bren2001 wrote: »

I'd expect them at Oxegen next year, don't think they are ready for Slane yet. They could probably sell it out considering they sold the Phoenix Park but Lord Charles usually gets a band that is huge world wide, not one who is huge in Europe.

There won't be an Oxegen next year.

As for your second point, why would they look for someone popular the world over rather than just Europe to play a show in Ireland? Is that why Robbie Williams played one year? Or The Verve? Or The Stereophonics? Or Oasis? They look for someone who will sell enough tickets to make their fee worthwhile. Simple as that.

vader65

bren2001 wrote: »

I'd expect them at Oxegen next year, don't think they are ready for Slane yet. They could probably sell it out considering they sold the Phoenix Park but Lord Charles usually gets a band that is huge world wide, not one who is huge in Europe.

Wouldn't completely rule out the Killers if Battle Born has a hit or two on it, they would need an excellent under bill to get it close to selling out.

Snow Patrol are a world wide band, before they came back to Ireland they did their USA and Japan tour lol The killers wouldn't sell out Slane

bren2001

Mickolution wrote: »

There won't be an Oxegen next year.

As for your second point, why would they look for someone popular the world over rather than just Europe to play a show in Ireland? Is that why Robbie Williams played one year? Or The Verve? Or The Stereophonics? Or Oasis? They look for someone who will sell enough tickets to make their fee worthwhile. Simple as that.

I dunno why they won't be at Oxegen, they are playing V this year....

Are you seriously trying to say Oasis arn't a worldwide success. Stereophonics were a huge band in O2, headlined Glastonbury that year. The Verve had just released Bittersweet Symphony and were a worldwide success (granted for 1 maybe 2 songs). Robbie Williams was a little bit strange.

Its a case of where the exception proves the rule. Generally over the years they are massive bands, The Rolling Stones, U2, RHCP, Byran Adams, REM, GnR, Queen. The list really goes on.

karaokeman

bren2001 wrote: »

I dunno why they won't be at Oxegen, they are playing V this year....

Snow Patrol won't be playing Oxegen next year as (like Coldplay) their touring plans finish in the autumn. Would like to see the two do a co-headline as I'm not 100% either would sell it out.

bren2001 wrote: »

Robbie Williams was a little bit strange..

Oasis would be in the same boat as Robbie Williams because he has broken everywhere except for North America. People can say all they like about Rob, but if you look at his past tour you will see he played stadiums of 60,000 etc in South America and everywhere else, there were some planned for Asia too but they were cancelled, and he has also sold 70 million records worldwide.

The Killers and Green Day are all likely candidates for Oxegen (or whatever its rebranded as next year).

Mickolution

bren2001 wrote: »

I dunno why they won't be at Oxegen, they are playing V this year....

I said there won't be one, not that they won't be there. Learn to read.

bren2001 wrote: »

Are you seriously trying to say Oasis arn't a worldwide success. Stereophonics were a huge band in O2, headlined Glastonbury that year. The Verve had just released Bittersweet Symphony and were a worldwide success (granted for 1 maybe 2 songs). Robbie Williams was a little bit strange.

Oasis weren't popular outside of UK/Ireland (at least not 80k popular) when they played Slane. Nowhere near. I have no idea what you're trying to say about the Stereophonics, but again, nobody cared about them outside of the British Isles. As for The Verve, one song being popular makes them World famous?

bren2001 wrote: »

Its a case of where the exception proves the rule. Generally over the years they are massive bands, The Rolling Stones, U2, RHCP, Byran Adams, REM, GnR, Queen. The list really goes on.

Please learn what "the exception that proves the rule" means, because you don't know.

Yes, huge bands have played Slane, but it's not because they are/were well known in Asia or Australia that they played, it's because they were capable of selling enough tickets in Ireland to turn a profit.

T.C.O.B

westendgirlie wrote: »

I would of thought that trained personnel would of controlled the removal better.

Maybe that would have happened if the personel were actually trained!

bren2001

karaokeman wrote: »

Snow Patrol won't be playing Oxegen next year as (like Coldplay) their touring plans finish in the autumn. Would like to see the two do a co-headline as I'm not 100% either would sell it out.



Oasis would be in the same boat as Robbie Williams because he has broken everywhere except for North America. People can say all they like about Rob, but if you look at his past tour you will see he played stadiums of 60,000 etc in South America and everywhere else, there were some planned for Asia too but they were cancelled, and he has also sold 70 million records worldwide.

The Killers and Green Day are all likely candidates for Oxegen (or whatever its rebranded as next year).

I quite like Robbie, I was at Take That in Croker. Didn't know he sold that much worldwide, still think he was a little bit strange for Slane, same way Madonna was even tho she was huge.

Can't see Green Day at Oxegen, would really like it. Killers 3rd time at Oxegen, wouldn't shock me at all, in fact its a hell of a lot more likely than Slane.

Mickolution wrote: »

I said there won't be one, not that they won't be there. Learn to read.



Oasis weren't popular outside of UK/Ireland (at least not 80k popular) when they played Slane. Nowhere near. I have no idea what you're trying to say about the Stereophonics, but again, nobody cared about them outside of the British Isles. As for The Verve, one song being popular makes them World famous?



Please learn what "the exception that proves the rule" means, because you don't know.

Yes, huge bands have played Slane, but it's not because they are/were well known in Asia or Australia that they played, it's because they were capable of selling enough tickets in Ireland to turn a profit.

Thanks for your insight into wether there will be an Oxegen next year, I personally think it will be back.

I've enrolled in a reading course so I don't misread your posts in future, I'm trying my best. English is only my first language.

No need for the personal attacks, I understand exactly what the exception proves the rule means and only misread your post. Your completely entitled to your view on music. I dont think Snow Patrol are big enough to do Slane, never said they wouldn't sell it out. And yes, one song being popular does make them World famous, its the idea of a worldwide hit which Bittersweet Symphony was. But hey, thats just my opinion.

ghostdancer

Mickolution wrote: »

Oasis weren't popular outside of UK/Ireland (at least not 80k popular) when they played Slane. Nowhere near.

er, what?
they had sold out stadiums throughout the world multiple times over for 15 years when they played Slane.

I can only assume you must be talking about when they were a support band for REM, which is a pretty stupid point to be making as people are clearly talking about headliners here.

vader65

ghostdancer wrote: »

er, what?
they had sold out stadiums throughout the world multiple times over for 15 years when they played Slane.

Oasis sold out slane before but it dosnt matter because they don't exists anymore there Noel's High Flying Birds lol

CUPimus

T.C.O.B wrote: »

Maybe that would have happened if the personel were actually trained!

ehhh relevance???

karaokeman

bren2001 wrote: »

I quite like Robbie, I was at Take That in Croker. Didn't know he sold that much worldwide, still think he was a little bit strange for Slane, same way Madonna was even tho she was huge.

No I know that because I remember you from the Take That thread, my comment was there because most people who get onto the topic of Robbie playing Slane will go on about how that was when they gave up on Slane. I'd probably agree he's not what Henry would usually book, but Robbie was massive at the time and (unlike Westlife/Boyzone) has a large male following.

bren2001 wrote: »

Can't see Green Day at Oxegen, would really like it. Killers 3rd time at Oxegen, wouldn't shock me at all, in fact its a hell of a lot more likely than Slane.

I could see Green Day play Oxegen again, it will probably be themselves, The Killers and one headliner who has never headed Oxegen before.

If they are doing an outdoor leg of Europe next summer, Phoenix Park is out of the way, seen as how the events of the SHM concert will make it harder for them to get a license and book more gigs there, unless they play Marlay Park again, there's no other Dublin venues they could play as they would all be too big (Aviva, Croker, RDS etc.).

ghostdancer

karaokeman wrote: »

I'd probably agree he's not what Henry would usually book, .

i don't think he actually books anyone. my understanding is he rents the land to MCD. they do everything else, including picking the artists.