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No Slane this year

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  • 03-04-2010 1:41pm
    #1
    DarrenMSP
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    Looks like no slane this year :(

    "Lord Henry Mountcharles has confirmed no acts are booked to play the Co Meath venue in 2010.

    Speaking to Marian Finucane on RTÉ Radio One, he said he had to make the call, but that was not always easy."

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0403/slane.html

    Slane - Do you care? 163 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    19% 32 votes
    Where will I use my pill's now?!
    80% 131 votes


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    Plowman
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    Biggins
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    Didn't something similar happen a while back but at the last minute, acts were announced?
    I know a lot of the actual people of Slane hated the thing but the pubs out there saw it (and still do) as a way of getting in some much needed cash.
    Lord knows they need it now. A number of pubs (that have been there for generations) have had to close down in the village alone.


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    phasers
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    Slane is just a venue, so what?


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    Biggins
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    phasers wrote: »
    Slane is just a venue, so what?
    LOL
    For some teens, it was a rite of passage.
    ...And we all know what "passage" :D


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    MickShamrock
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    Don't care.


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    My name is URL
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    I care. I know it's not exactly a music festival, but it's the only annual music event that I ever enjoyed.. far better than Oxegen anyway

    RHCP playing a few years ago was the best live performance I've ever seen


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    banshee_bones
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    never went to slane so dunno what im missing out on!

    Ignorance is Bliss! :pac:


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    Biggins
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    banshee_bones wrote: »
    Ignorance is Bliss! :pac:

    Really?

    http://wannasmile.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ignorance.jpg


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    kraggy
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    Henry Mountcharles was saying that he considered a couple of bands but that it didn't quite feel right.

    Think one of the them was Kings of Leon.

    If they could fill Slane, I'd be paralysed with depression about the taste of music fans in this country.

    Pure and utter dross.


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    Sizzler
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    kraggy wrote: »
    Henry Mountcharles was saying that he considered a couple of bands but that it didn't quite feel right.

    Think one of the them was Kings of Leon.

    If they could fill Slane, I'd be paralysed with depression about the taste of music fans in this country.

    Pure and utter dross.
    Maybe this is way he didnt book them :eek::D
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij8pT67qM8k


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    Duggy747
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    Meh, don't matter! Any band they get at Oxegen or Slane lately I've no interest in them!

    *slaps on Queen Live at Wembley*

    Oooooooh yeah!


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    kraggy
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    Jesus Christ. That's just confirmation in my eyes (not that I needed any). Pretending ****wits. (


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    ejmaztec
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    There may still be hope for a sell-out concert with Jedward head-lining it. The only drug problem will be that the audience won't have enough Calpol.


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    KerranJast
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    I care. I know it's not exactly a music festival, but it's the only annual music event that I ever enjoyed.. far better than Oxegen anyway

    RHCP playing a few years ago was the best live performance I've ever seen
    Yeah when the lineup is top notch its probably the best event of the year. RHCP that year had Feeder, QoTSA and Foo Fighters on too which was brilliant.

    Until the security setup is fixed though its not going to go ahead again.


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    ibarelycare
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    Is that KoL video a fake???


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    Sizzler
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Is that KoL video a fake???
    Pfft


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    Biggins
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    ejmaztec wrote: »
    There may still be hope for a sell-out concert with Jedward head-lining it. The only drug problem will be that the audience won't have enough Calpol.
    :pac:
    Meow... :D


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    Diabhal Beag
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Is that KoL video a fake???
    Ah now its not difficult to figure out


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    krustydoyle
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Is that KoL video a fake???

    WTF!!!! What do you think??:rolleyes::rolleyes:


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    Biggins
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    krustydoyle wrote: »
    WTF!!!! What do you think??:rolleyes::rolleyes:
    :confused:


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    PirateShampoo
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    After the disaster it turned into last year I'm not surprised.

    The town is to small to hold a event that big and its only a matter of time before something goes horribly wrong and people are killed at it.


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    ibarelycare
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    Sizzler wrote: »
    Pfft
    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    Ah now its not difficult to figure out
    krustydoyle wrote: »
    WTF!!!! What do you think??:rolleyes::rolleyes:

    I'm hungover :(


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    G-Money
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    That KOL performance was insane, I'm assuming they were acting the maggott and did that intentionally. Or is it dubbed or something? I can't actually tell. If it's dubbed, it seems to be very well sync'd up.


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    Royal Seahawk
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    They should bring back Bruce Springsteen. I will always regret being too young to see him last time.


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    df1985
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    after the shambles last year im not suprised its not on this year, john lennon would have to come up out of the ground for me ever to go near that kip again!


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    Biggins
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    Royal Seahawk wrote: »
    They should bring back Bruce Springsteen. I will always regret being too young to see him last time.
    The early years were definably the best years.
    Great classic bands that could REALLY hold a tune.
    Whats around today while good for some considering the change of generation and tastes, seems now not to be able to draw in such an immediate crowd to Slane and it like.
    In the early eighties Slane and similar would sell out in a day.
    People have moved on now.


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    BraziliaNZ
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    Biggins wrote: »
    :pac:
    Meow... :D

    Meow Meow will be banned by then I think


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    OutlawPete
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    Guns n Roses '92 .... \m/ :D \m/


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    ejmaztec
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    I wonder if Henry Mountcharles, Michael FitzPatrick, Patrick FitzMichael and Charles FitzHenry have ever been in the same bedroom together?

    Just a thought......


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    Biggins
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    When you look at some of the early acts (even the mini headliners) in the early years, they really were some great times.
    Lists HERE

    I miss those years but then I'm just getting old. :o


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