Next Slane headliner

its_steve116

Who should it be? I think AC/DC would be nice.

pgj2015

Oasis.

LambshankRedemption

Will.I.Am.

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706572#Comment_120706572

You think a reunion is on the cards?

does the act reach Dublin - will it reach the dublin crowd

NIMAN

Probably one of those depressing 'break up song' artists.

zetecescort

Saw Doctors

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706591#Comment_120706591

Yes.

kneemos

Depeche Mode.

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706783#Comment_120706783

Would they sell 80,000?

gmisk

I am struggling to think of too many bands that would likely sell 80k tickets...Coldplay...the rolling stones...the killers maybe...

Pauliedragon

Are the Rednex still doing the rounds? Cotton eye Joe would be fantastic in front of 80000 people.

NIMAN

I also think that certain bands would appeal to an older audience, and perhaps a lot of these folk are now at an age where they aren't prepared to stand in a field for several hours to hear a band? Combined with all the hassle around travel etc.

Or perhaps thats just me! I know I would like to see acdc , having seen them in the 3Arena and Punchestown, but now I've reached a point in my life where seeing them in Slane wouldn't be worth the cost or hassle.

Joni Mitchell with support from a few others owing to her health.

silliussoddius

RE OSpeedwagon

StevenToast

Crystal Swing....

pgj2015

I would go see Arctic monkeys in Slane. id say they would be big enough to sell 80,000 tickets.

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120707182#Comment_120707182

I don't see it tbh. I know they are playing Marlay Park soon and thinks it capacity 30k there were still tickets left a while back, plenty on resale sites still etc.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120707170#Comment_120707170

https://youtu.be/n6NY9ojTzdc

for your delectation

tesla_newbie

Hootie and the blowfish

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706591#Comment_120706591

Definitely… Noel is doing a lot of interviews at present, mainstream and social media….the reunion is on the cards because his answers while giving Liam dogs abuse… he always say something like “ well he knows my number or he knows my managers number but he’s not interested… “

endacl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120707170#Comment_120707170

That might be aiming a bit high, considering the trajectory Slane is on…

kippy

Lady Gaga

It’s an absolutely dreadful venue. Miles from anywhere, huge walks into and out of the venue, not enough toilets and bars, and the sound it dreadful if you aren’t close to the stage.

StupidLikeAFox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706591#Comment_120706591

Both are saying they'll do it if the other one calls first. Two stubborn fuckers

its_steve116

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120707170#Comment_120707170

Had no idea they were still going...

SuperBowserWorld

4 non blondes

Hey now

Hey now

What's going on ?

On repeat for 2 hours.

And Garth Brooks to support.

Would sell out.

RTE would have their 2FM djs to cover it + the 2 Johnnie's + other influencers.

And their could be the tent where people who fly in by helicopter can talk about organic farming, the environment and about how drugs are bad while everybody gets **** faced, pregnant and or murdered on alcohol.

😁

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120706833#Comment_120706833

All the greats are dead or split. I suppose U2 aren't off the cards.

Music just nosedived when it became free.

Lewis_Benson

Richie Kavanagh.

bodhrandude

Pink Floyd if Waters, Mason and Gilmour managed to get it together.

Strumms

genuine question for people a hell of a lot better placed to answer then me, but does music and rock / indie / rock n roll really hold the same attraction, attention, position and influence in younger people’s lives now ? As it once did ?

ok, the regimented way of consuming it has changed for eternity, buying albums, singles, gig tickets etc…..

lots of us though growing up were looking back, were obsessed with music…. Music was life…. Younger people I know, teens and 20’s now im not getting that vibe..

with tiktok, 936 tv channels and other shîte is it a little more of a backdrop ?

That you can have Ed Sheeran… an affable bland busker, and about as rock n roll as a cup of hot tea , headlines Wembley…. !? He probably puts on safety goggles changing guitar strings.

That you can have Harry Styles… headlining Slane ? a musically non credible individual who seems to be having himself marketed as some sort of ridiculous fake assed effeminate Gary Glitter meets Robbie Williams cross dresser showman pastiche….minimal shock value and zero talent value,,, but it seems ok to lots of people…. Including adults. Which I dunno.

id say old Lord Henry was content with his payday…. He’s 72 but recent photos show him looking considerably aged and unwell… he’s been in and out of hospital.. lung cancer apparently so by the sounds of it he’s struggling and recent photos show him looking like it…

maybe his young fella values the business aspects of Slane as opposed to the opportunities to continue a cultural and musical legacy…..

The vast legacy of incredible, credible artistic talent…. Who next ? Ariana Grande ? Bruno Mars ? For Slane ?

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120707834#Comment_120707834

Legends are getting scarce unfortunately. Barely heard of the Styles lad until fairly recently,still wouldn't know him if he bit me,but he's obviously popular.

Seems to be largely a teenage girl market interestingly in the names you mentioned. Often wondered too what kids are listening to,playlists or something,if anything anymore. I'd have trouble naming one current group.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120707798#Comment_120707798

Music gig or fight-to-the-death MMA?

rolling boh

Commercially putting Harry there was an easy sell no problem selling the tickets .There are not many legends left that would get circa 80 k to slane for a lot of the reasons about the venue etc mentioned in other posts .

Lewis_Benson

Foo Fighter's would be a great gig in Slane.

jonnreeks

Bruno Mars or Silk Sonic

tesla_newbie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120707982#Comment_120707982

Worst band ever

NIMAN

I find them a bit shouty.

Uncharted2

The eagles.

NIMAN

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120708235#Comment_120708235

As mentioned earlier, I think their target market is very unlikely to want to go and stand in a (potentially) muddy field for hours and hours, and have the hassle of getting to, from and into Slane.

It's easier to go see them in a stadium in Dublin.

rolling boh

Who is likely to be on tour next year that proberly narrows down the choice.

ednwireland

don't get the ac/dc love (are they still going) saw them in 84 and one of the least atmosphere gigs I've ever been to wouldn't bother with them again.

the cannons were good though.

I'm one off those 50 somethings and I can't think of anyone that I would want to drag myself to slane for.

last stadium gig was roger waters in gdansk but got a bit fed up with his political points. especially as poland was in the middle of large anti government protests.

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120708259#Comment_120708259

Taylor Swift?

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120707576#Comment_120707576

All you need is the Saudis to offer them big money and they will reunite in the morning.

kneemos

Blondie. Going strong at 75 apparently.

I think the days of 80k people making their way to Slane to listen to tedious Radio Nova Dad Rock like Roger Waters, AC/DC and Bruce Springsteen are over.

The audience for that auld drivel is gone too old. You might get them to the Aviva, RDS, or Malahide at a push, but not some field in the arse end of Meath.

So if Slane is to continue then it will be with acts like Styles headlining. Which will annoy the double denim crew who think anything released after 1985 is modern rubbish. But nobody cares what they think.

greenspurs

Slane 24.

Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age , Frank Turner, Fontaines DC , Pearl Jam.

Make it a 2 dayer ..

Add Slipknot , AC/Dc ...

Simple. :)

murpho999

Surprised Beyonce not mentioned as she's skipped Ireland on current tour.

Hellrazer

That you can have Ed Sheeran… an affable bland busker, and about as rock n roll as a cup of hot tea , headlines Wembley…. !? He probably puts on safety goggles changing guitar strings.

@Strumms The snowflake generation!! Those guitar strings can give you a nasty cut - better safe than sorry.

I agree 100% with your post. Music is an after thought these days and maybe it is the way we consume it. Theres no more queuing for the release of the next album you want to buy, no more queuing in the rain to buy tickets etc. Everyone I knew in the 90s ( when I was a teenager) was in a band or tried to be in a band. The dedication to music is gone.

Theres not one "band" of the last 20 years I could say I want to see live. I never even heard of Harry Styles until I saw a headline somewhere that he was headlining Slane.

Maybe Im just too old but walking for hours to get to a gig in Slane isnt the experience it used to be - Cant beat GnR in 1992.

xzanti

The Eagles

murpho999

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120708508#Comment_120708508

Past it , and some members dead.

Not a hope they'd sell out Slane.

Too middle of the road anyway.