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The Golden Miller

With the lack of any new mainstream guitar bands coming through, is there any band capable of actually selling out the venue, who haven't played it before?

Having this conversation the other day with a mate, and it's a sad indictment of music that the only band who comes to mind, would be if Blur reformed. I don't actually think any other band would sell out the venue, who haven't played it already

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The Golden Miller

spindex wrote: »

I doubt it very much, I'd say slane would sell 15k tickets no matter who was playing. I'd reckon blur without an outstanding support line up would only pull another 30k max.

I dunno, think your underestimating their enduring popularity. More loved in UK than Ireland though in fairness so maybe your right

The Golden Miller

dobman88 wrote: »

No chance. They wouldn't sell out the Academy.

Give over

dobman88

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Give over

Yeah, fair enough the Academy is a pisstake but they've had their day and there is absolutely no chance they'd come close to Slane. Probably somewhere like the Olympia, maybe the 3arena at an absolute push with decent support.

Mental Mickey

mightyreds wrote: »

Ah yeah I'm only joking with you, my original point wasn't that Dermot Kennedy should play but the likes of him and picture this have the selling power and I'm sure the owner wouldn't turn down the money either.

My preference would be ACDC. If Metallica did it again which is unlikely I'd buy a ticket in a second that was awesome.

Metallica would be the only reason I'd go back to Slane. Wonder would they pull as big a crowd second time round? There would have to be a pretty decent support line up to entice me back. The support acts in 2019 were sh1te

The Golden Miller

dobman88 wrote: »

Yeah, fair enough the Academy is a pisstake but they've had their day and there is absolutely no chance they'd come close to Slane. Probably somewhere like the Olympia, maybe the 3arena at an absolute push with decent support.

Blur were the second biggest band of their generation in UK and Ireland, and in the UK and Ireland, I'd nearly wager they've outsold most other bands mentioned here. Obviously miles behind worldwide.

When they played Kilmainhin it was out the door, would have sold far more had it been bigger. Pearl Jam or AC/DC for example, far bigger worldwide bands, but were never close to being as big as Blur in UK and Ireland only.

They've come back several times due to huge demand

dobman88

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Blur were the second biggest band of their generation in UK and Ireland, and in the UK and Ireland, I'd nearly wager they've outsold most other bands mentioned here. Obviously miles behind worldwide.

When they played Kilmainhin it was out the door, would have sold far more had it been bigger. Pearl Jam or AC/DC for example, far bigger worldwide bands, but were never close to being as big as Blur in UK and Ireland only.

They've come back several times due to huge demand

Fair enough. I just disagree.

Edit: I disagree that they're big enough to do Slane. I dont disagree with your post.

The Golden Miller

dobman88 wrote: »

Fair enough. I just disagree.

Edit: I disagree that they're big enough to do Slane. I dont disagree with your post.

The British image they played up to stunted their popularity in Ireland I'd suppose. Hard to gauge their popularity in Ireland really. Loved in Britain though.

Jayesdiem

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Metallica would be the only reason I'd go back to Slane. Wonder would they pull as big a crowd second time round? There would have to be a pretty decent support line up to entice me back. The support acts in 2019 were sh1te

Part of me hopes this doesn’t happen. We waited so long for it and when it finally happened it was so good that I sort of wish they leave it at one and we can treasure that memory. Then again, if they return, I’ll be there.

PsychoPete

I don't think there's many big rock bands that would draw the size of crowd they'd want with the likes of GnR,Metallica,FF, Bon Jovi etc having played in recent years so can't really see them doing Slane again so quickly. U2 or Rolling Stones maybe? Surely it has to be AC/DC tho! Don't know if Maiden would that sort of crowd. Unless they go for the Irish route with the likes of Dermot Kennedy, Picture This who have a massive following. I hope it's AC/DC, Slane and rock go well together

The Golden Miller

Love the Stones but was disgusted with their ticket prices in Croke Park. Hard to rock with a band who are clearly only there to take your wallet to the cleaners. "Street fighting man" they one sang. Now we see Jagger fannying about with the aristocracy

bennyl10

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Blur were the second biggest band of their generation in UK and Ireland, and in the UK and Ireland, I'd nearly wager they've outsold most other bands mentioned here. Obviously miles behind worldwide.

When they played Kilmainhin it was out the door, would have sold far more had it been bigger. Pearl Jam or AC/DC for example, far bigger worldwide bands, but were never close to being as big as Blur in UK and Ireland only.

They've come back several times due to huge demand

Blur bigger then AC/DC or Pearl jam?

Ah come off it

Blur would struggle to sell out the 3arena,

Both of the above could do multiple nights. Hell both could sell out the Aviva, blur wouldn’t even come close

PsychoPete

Does Pearl Jam have that big of a following here? They're a band I could never get into

corm500

I think the list of who could sell Slane gets smaller each year. IMHO these are the only realistic ones:

Bruce Springsteen
AC/DC
Oasis (reformed)
Paul McCartney
U2
Metallica
Rolling Stones

With a strong supporting bill you could bring some of these into the mix as headliner:

Adele
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Beyonce
Taylor Swift
Westlife
Ed Sheeran
Fleetwood Mac
Coldplay
Radiohead
Muse
The Killers

Suvarnabhumi

corm500 wrote: »

I think the list of who could sell Slane gets smaller each year. IMHO these are the only realistic ones:

Bruce Springsteen
AC/DC
Oasis (reformed)
Paul McCartney
U2
Metallica
Rolling Stones

With a strong supporting bill you could bring some of these into the mix as headliner:

Adele
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Beyonce
Taylor Swift
Westlife
Ed Sheeran
Fleetwood Mac
Coldplay
Radiohead
Muse
The Killers

If you're gonna throw in reforming bands to fill Slane, you may as well put in Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Never gonna happen, but you never know!

I'd say a reformed ABBA would sell out too.

Furious-Red

corm500 wrote: »

I think the list of who could sell Slane gets smaller each year. IMHO these are the only realistic ones:

Bruce Springsteen
AC/DC
Oasis (reformed)
Paul McCartney
U2
Metallica
Rolling Stones

With a strong supporting bill you could bring some of these into the mix as headliner:

Adele
Elton John
Rod Stewart
Beyonce
Taylor Swift
Westlife
Ed Sheeran
Fleetwood Mac
Coldplay
Radiohead
Muse
The Killers

Those highlighted have sold out at least one night in Croker on their own (without relying on the support bill) so they would easily fill Slane and Adele would easily sell it out too.

Jayesdiem

Furious-Red wrote: »

Those highlighted have sold out at least one night in Croker on their own (without relying on the support bill) so they would easily fill Slane and Adele would easily sell it out too.

Other than maybe Coldplay though, none of them are that “Slaney”. No more than Madonna though I suppose.

Del Griffith

bennyl10 wrote: »

Blur bigger then AC/DC or Pearl jam?

Ah come off it

Blur would struggle to sell out the 3arena,

Both of the above could do multiple nights. Hell both could sell out the Aviva, blur wouldn’t even come close

You're totally of your rocker.

Blur sold out Kilmainham in 2013, capacity 23,000.

happyoutscan

Del Griffith wrote: »

You're totally of your rocker.

Blur sold out Kilmainham in 2013, capacity 23,000.

52,000 were in the Aviva for AC/DC in 2015.

Beechwoodspark

I would LOVE to see Metallica come back to Slane especially with a good line up backing them

Blur wouldn’t sell out Slane now. Back at their peak maybe but not now...

PTH2009

Any band with a hit will sell out most stadia in Ireland

Del Griffith

happyoutscan wrote: »

52,000 were in the Aviva for AC/DC in 2015.

Sure were i was one of them. But to say Blur wouldn’t sell out the 3 arena is just.. a stretch to say the least

The J Stands for Jay

PTH2009 wrote: »

Any band with a hit will sell out most stadia in Ireland

At this stage, one of those 2 man wedding bands would sell out Croke Park.

Penfailed

PsychoPete wrote: »

Does Pearl Jam have that big of a following here? They're a band I could never get into

Massive. They also have a huge travelling fanbase. They'd sell out Slane for sure.

eldest200

Could RHCP return? Frusciante is back, would it sell well? They were suposed to tour last year

rtron

PsychoPete wrote: »

Does Pearl Jam have that big of a following here? They're a band I could never get into

Yes, Yes they do. Eddie Vedder alone sold out the Point/Three/O2 whatever its called.

Pearl Jam/The Frames I think would be a class gig.

Degag

Jayesdiem wrote: »

I couldn’t believe that people were saying Metallica would only pull around 50k before they were announced. When I got there I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many people in one place in my life. It was most certainly full and if memory serves me was their highest attended gig of 2019 in which there were many stadiums on the tour.

To be fair, i think 50k ish was a fair estimate before the gig. Their previous gigs were probably in the 30 -40k mark and the Slane factor plus not having played in 10 years meant 50k was about right.

Also the Cure were playing the same day which makes the 70k+ crowd even more impressive.

Was a great day out!

Jayesdiem

Degag wrote: »

To be fair, i think 50k ish was a fair estimate before the gig. Their previous gigs were probably in the 30 -40k mark and the Slane factor plus not having played in 10 years meant 50k was about right.

Also the Cure were playing the same day which makes the 70k+ crowd even more impressive.

Was a great day out!

But clearly the 50k estimate was not about right because when it happened it was closer to 80k. I’m confused?!

Degag

Jayesdiem wrote: »

But clearly the 50k estimate was not about right because when it happened it was closer to 80k. I’m confused?!

What i’m saying is that i think 50k was a reasonably fair estimate before the gig taking all factors into account.

TheIrishGrover

rtron wrote: »

QUOTE]Originally Posted by PsychoPete View Post
Does Pearl Jam have that big of a following here? They're a band I could never get into

Yes, Yes they do. Eddie Vedder alone sold out the Point/Three/O2 whatever its called.

Pearl Jam/The Frames I think would be a class gig.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, they would sell out Slane very quickly. As has been said, they have a large and mobile fanbase (Saw them in the O2 in London a couple of years ago myself). And, as has been said, Vedder (Well, with Hansard) on his own sells out The Point pretty much instantly.

Vedder in The Point in 2017 was just simply electric. See if you can find the audio of "Elderly Woman" and string quartet (Well quintet I suppose) of "Jeremy" from 2017 Point gig.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Surprised No one mentioned Foo Fighters or Green Day