Mr.S wrote: » Serious re-brand needed if MCD are even thinking about bringing it back. Needs fewer stages, much more security needed, better checks going into the arena/campsites. Solid 2 full days of music on the Friday/Saturday night with the option to arrive Thursday afternoon if you want to. Acts need to more current and what people want, Oxegen is/was a mainstream festival. Have one "introducing" type stage for less well known/new bands.
2cool4school wrote: » a few real headliners like status quo or simply red would be nice to see make it a real festival like as it is its just for the kids - no attraction for an older crowd but if they got a few bands with cross-generational appeal it might work m people, travis, wet wet wet - the kind of bands everyone likes if its going to survive it has to have a broad appeal like that personally id love to see the corrs back on the road and playing oxygen
Mr.S wrote: » Serious re-brand needed if MCD are even thinking about bringing it back. Needs fewer stages, much more security needed, better checks going into the arena/campsites.Solid 2 full days of music on the Friday/Saturday night with the option to arrive Thursday afternoon if you want to. Acts need to more current and what people want, Oxegen is/was a mainstream festival. Have one "introducing" type stage for less well known/new bands.
Furious-Red wrote: » Agree with everything with this especially the "introducing stage" like BBC do at most festivals and have it sponsored by 2FM/2XM or something. Price has to be lowered as well . Also stop repeating the same acts every year (like last year Tinie Tempah, Plan B etc)
twowheelsonly wrote: » Can't see any price being lowered if people want more music and more security. These things all cost money!! IMO it will go on but possibly on a smaller/shorter scale. It's hard not to repeat acts as, when you think about it, how many genuine headliners are actually on the circuit at any time? Dig too deep and you end up going down the route of Electric Picnic- and good as it is there's no point in having two of them!! I'd also like to see a 'New Band' promotion, AFAIK the Hot Press Stage catered for that previously. However I'd love to see a genuine new fresh Irish band given a 15/30 minute slot directly before the main act each night. It could only be good for the Irish music scene in general and for MCD themselves if any of them really clicked.
Mr.S wrote: » Needs fewer stages, much more security needed, better checks going into the arena/campsites.
greasemonkeyd4 wrote: » I agree with the changing the format of all the bands but what I think needs to be done is get rid of Oxegen completely and give the festival a new name and venue,and acts as you recomended above like wet wet wet,Simply Red,Status quo etc,and also giving opportunities for new bands to get exposure in the music scene.All brilliant Ideas I do think its VERY important that the name is changed as the people who are known to cause trouble don't always go down for the music as such but just to cause trouble as there free and wild and at a festival with thousands of people with no care for the music.I think if they do as I mentioned above that they need to market it better to a more mature audience and keep it away from marketing it on the likes of Spin and FM104 but more newstalk,phantom,2fm Q102 etc.Also I think to capture this Market Niche perhaps in the main arena make it into a food and Wine festival as well,where you can taste wines from all over the world and experience multi-cultural cuisine and gourmet food and catering rather than curry chips and a battered sausage.I think if they apply this concept they will capture an audience that are there for the love of the music and who will appreciate the true purpose of a festival.By applying this I reckon it will reduce arrests and violence by a mile!!
AdMMM wrote: » What I'm hearing is that it's (maybe not under Oxegen name) going to be run as a two day festival to reduce costs. Should mean reduced costs to the punter as well.
melekalikimaka wrote: » will make a bet with anyone it will return under a different name this year. Will be sh1t again because irish people so not know how to behave at a festival -FACT
Furious-Red wrote: » Think they are better off starting again with a new name , layout etc and try build it up again
greasemonkeyd4 wrote: » Not a wine tasting festival the highlight to be music but by having something like that it will attract a much more mature audience who appreciate things more that not all but the majority of todays generation of youth.As i mentioned having stalls for wine,good cuisine and gourmet and multi cultural food would a attract a good crowd of proper music lovers who appreciate good music and would also be good to get top bartenders to make great tasting cocktails and mixed drinks like what Bacardi do in electric picnic anD indiependance.maybe get the bartenders association on board to host one of their cocktail competitions for each bartender to make their own special creation and then sell it to the audience.These small innovative things could be a way forward on looking at things to improve the crowd that attend oxegen
