Metallica for Slane 2019

shamrock55 · 09-06-2019 10:34AM

Just leaving campsite now, brilliant concert, loved every minute

shamrock55 · 09-06-2019 10:36AM

Ally Dick wrote: »

Very rough crowd where we were. Lots of aggressive drunk arseholes. Place too narrow. Won't be back. I'm probably too old

Prob just where you were, I saw nothing like that, I was near bottom of hill

tony1kenobi · 09-06-2019 10:39AM

s8n wrote: »

Great to see the band rock into Fibbers last night. They were in great form

Heard that alright. Is it true you went home with Jennifer Lawrence after? In your gold car?

09-06-2019 10:44AM

shamrock55 wrote: »

Just leaving campsite now, brilliant concert, loved every minute

That's the way to do Slane. No hassle with traffic etc.

Ricosruffneck · 09-06-2019 10:51AM

Gold circle worth it?

How was the sound there.

Cramped or what you thought?

cagefactor · 09-06-2019 10:58AM

Ricosruffneck wrote: »

Gold circle worth it?

How was the sound there.

Cramped or what you thought?

Sound was great for Metallica. The band before, couldn't hear anything really - very low.

Wasn't cramped where I was but quite a few knobs pushing around trying to get closer

Indestructable · 09-06-2019 10:58AM

Ricosruffneck wrote: »

Gold circle worth it?

How was the sound there.

Cramped or what you thought?

Well worth it I thought, sound was incredible and not cramped at all. The only way I'd do it again

innuendo141 · 09-06-2019 11:01AM

Ricosruffneck wrote: »

Gold circle worth it?

How was the sound there.

Cramped or what you thought?

Worth every penny for me. Good atmosphere around me too, and the pit developed just in front of me then.

Not crushed, just about right I thought, space wise. For the first few songs there was 1 drunk moron banging into everyone- he wasn't even facing the band. I felt very sorry for his girlfriend, because around 4 of us separately had to tell him to cop the f*ck on or f*ck off. There's always one though. His girlfriend dragged him off fairly early on.

Sound was great! Also, it was good to see the new tunes get a great reaction where I was. People were pretty much singing every word.

Main drawback was that being in the circle means you are further away from the exit!

Wanderer78 · 09-06-2019 11:01AM

So glad I upgraded my ticket from zone a!

Ronan|Raven · 09-06-2019 11:08AM

Really enjoyed that. strolled from campsite in 5 minutes. Sound was perfect down near the front left of barrier.

Now the challenge of getting up begins.. getting old is 0 craic.

Mrs Shuttleworth · 09-06-2019 11:11AM

Really pleased it was almost a sellout yesterday despite all the usual problems - bar queues are becoming crazy and I queued for an hour for Wok n Roll, ridiculous - but it's a reminder that only the big rock acts really work in those venues. I really hope there's another Slane gig next year and a heavy rock act - will definitely pay for gold circle as clearly the only spot to be in.

Meanwhile 175,000 are heading to Glastonbury in a few weeks where Stormzy and Miley Cyrus are the main acts - a frightening thought.

Wanderer78 · 09-06-2019 11:12AM

Was anyone at the Olympia practice session?

SQ2 · 09-06-2019 11:13AM

Anyone get a picture of the plectrum?

P_1 · 09-06-2019 11:15AM

Great gig but by christ the food and drink at Irish gigs is ****e compared to what youd get in the UK or on the continent.
Only beer available was Heineken, cmon lads not everyone enjoys drinking that watered down pisswater. Crappy chips etc, like at Download you can get all sorts of food. And don't get me started on all the cheap single use plastic cups that ended up on the ground

D.Q · 09-06-2019 11:15AM

Campsite was good craic mostly. Few dopes around. Some crusty oul lad was going around all night screeching like a rooster which was a bit annoying. Stupid prick.

rob316 · 09-06-2019 11:15AM

Great gig loved it, sound brilliant in the gold circle. I'll agree with others Kirk very sloppy, Lars comes across awful on the new stuff live.
I love battery as an opener but hardwired is pretty cool too I thought. The only one of the album that sounded good.

It's a big show but someone like slayer is alot tighter musically, really feel hetfield holds the thing together.

Mrs Shuttleworth · 09-06-2019 11:29AM

P_1 wrote: »

Great gig but by christ the food and drink at Irish gigs is ****e compared to what youd get in the UK or on the continent.
Only beer available was Heineken, cmon lads not everyone enjoys drinking that watered down pisswater. Crappy chips etc, like at Download you can get all sorts of food. And don't get me started on all the cheap single use plastic cups that ended up on the ground

Was it my imagination or was there only one main beer bar yesterday, the Heineken bar on the right hand side? Surely there must have been more but at Nile Rodgers last week there was definitely only one which was a disaster, no one could get near a drink at all.

innuendo141 · 09-06-2019 11:31AM

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Was it my imagination or was there only one main beer bar yesterday, the Heineken bar on the right hand side? Surely there must have been more but at Nile Rodgers last week there was definitely only one which was a disaster, no one could get near a drink at all.

One on the far left too at the bottom of the hill.

Muahahaha · 09-06-2019 11:34AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Just arrived home in Navan!!! 4 hours after the gig. Sound was awful, couldn’t hear the first 5 songs. Had to move beside the speaker.

Not a patch on the 06 gig

jaysus, 4 hours to cover 9 miles, you could have walked that quicker

Scruff · 09-06-2019 11:38AM

SQ2 wrote: »

Anyone get a picture of the plectrum?

Only managed to get that side of it.

jack presley · 09-06-2019 11:42AM

A bunch of the Slane plecs can also be seen on the setlist photo on Instagram.

Scruff · 09-06-2019 11:45AM

Actually got one of the other side too, worse quality though.

jamesbere · 09-06-2019 11:58AM

posturingpat wrote: »

Didn't get home until about 4 o clock. Sent the wrong direction to my bus by An Garda siochana(blue car park) and by the time I got there bus was gone. Spent 200 euro to get a taxi from Navan to come get me and I was lucky to even get one.Awful set up for getting out of. So many people walking the streets at 2 or 3 o clock looking for taxis and very few about.
Ruined what was otherwise a great day.

Passed people alright that where giving out a out been sent wrong way.

GLaDOS · 09-06-2019 12:04PM

First time in Slane, had a great day.

Metallica were fantastic. Bit of a lull in the setlist halfway through but they finished strongly. Teasing Orion only to play Frantic was a major disappointment though!

Loved Ghost, hopefully they come back for an indoor gig.

Was quite happy with the sound where I was sitting.

Glad I wasnt drinking, meant minimum exposure tonthe bars and toilets which looked a nightmare.

Lot of middle aged lads in a bad way, can't hack the sesh any more!

Home to Dublin by 2 am so not terrible.

klose · 09-06-2019 12:07PM

Well that was amazing, very sore neck and head from all the headbanging and bar that but shower during the bokassa slot it was a perfect day for me.

Would say I was a bit disappointed with some of their song choices, but tamer compared to their other European slots but it was my first time seeing them so I rocked out to every tune.

memorystick · 09-06-2019 12:21PM

Sore head and neck too. The stage is massive. About 120 wide is say. One was fantastic.

I'm 30 years listening to these guys and my first time to see them. I really wanted to hear Fade to Black. Great night and atmosphere. Great memories.

Yurt2 · 09-06-2019 12:27PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Is it? Didn't know that was the intro, thought it was just incidental music playing before the band came on, was expecting some dramatic classical music as the intro like the Prodigy at EP last year.

Newb ;-p For the past 20-odd years (maybe more) Metallica always play It's a Long Way to the Top right before EOG kicks in.

(Newb comment made in jest)

jamesbere · 09-06-2019 12:27PM

memorystick wrote: »

Sore head and neck too. The stage is massive. About 120 wide is say. One was fantastic.

I'm 30 years listening to these guys and my first time to see them. I really wanted to hear Fade to Black. Great night and atmosphere. Great memories.

I would of cried if they played fade to black, love it.

Id say lars was sweating after, those flames on stage were belting out some heat

PsychoPete · 09-06-2019 12:34PM

jamesbere wrote: »

I would of cried if they played fade to black, love it.

Id say lars was sweating after, those flames on stage were belting out some heat

I checked to see if my eyebrows were still there at one stage

Ally Dick · 09-06-2019 12:40PM

shamrock55 wrote: »

Prob just where you were, I saw nothing like that, I was near bottom of hill

Agreed. We were trying to stay close to the bar and toilets, and paid the price

Metallica for Slane 2019

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