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Westlife performing at Lissadell
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05-05-2010 9:08am#1
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** feigns joy **....
I'm still holding out hope for the slipknot/miley cyrus concert:P
.....irish-stew wrote: »ah shucks, i'm washing my hair that night
i have this image of a mud bath if its a rainy day. cool having them play in sligo again though.God help us all, can they not feic off to somewhere else???
Irish begrudgery at it's best.
Two international acts in one weekend, in Sligo. Isn't this what we should be welcoming?0 -
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TequilaMockingBird wrote:Irish begrudgery at it's best.
Two international acts in one weekend, in Sligo. Isn't this what we should be welcoming?TequilaMockingBird wrote: »Zip it you. I GREW those hands in your sig. I am RIGHT. Always.
i have the upmost respect and admiration for everything they have achived, its just not my style of music
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irish-stew wrote: »i have the upmost respect and admiration for everything they have achived, its just not my style of music
It's most certainly not mine either, but they are going to bring a shed load of money to the region, at a time it is direly needed.
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TequilaMockingBird wrote: »It's most certainly not mine either, but they are going to bring a shed load of money to the region, at a time it is direly needed.
We should be welcoming them.
absolutly, totally agree, just wont be there my self
but seriously, they have done well, their good at what they do, am just surprised their not playing Markievicz Park, more capicity i would have thought, allow more people to see them0 -
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I'd be wondering, are they trying to do this as a regular and put a "brand' on Lissadell as a music venue for the future (eg for those of a particular vintage/music persuasion). Cos if they are then having Westlife playing kinda......(looks for a diplomatic term frantically) muddies the water you could say.
I'd like to see this as a regular, a sustainable yearly income rather than just lets pile them all in and let everybody have a crack at it. :eek:0 -
MikeySligo wrote: »No they all were.
Whats that Bono quote about Irish peoples attitude to the fella with the house on the hill....?
fraid not...apathy maybe but certainly not begrudgery.
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I'd be wondering, are they trying to do this as a regular and put a "brand' on Lissadell as a music venue for the future (eg for those of a particular vintage/music persuasion). Cos if they are then having Westlife playing kinda......(looks for a diplomatic term frantically) muddies the water you could say.
I'd like to see this as a regular, a sustainable yearly income rather than just lets pile them all in and let everybody have a crack at it. :eek:
Hopefully a regular occurance, but whats wrong with having something for everyone? Patricularly if its over a few days.0 -
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Yes according to the Sligo Champion he did.:)MikeySligo wrote: »Did both Leonard C shows sell out?
Having something for everybody tho looks like its a one off, that its not thought through very well as to whom they may be marketing it to in the future, ie both the artists they are trying to draw and the crowd. Lissadell has its notoriety because of a literary giant, and as a poet and an artist Leonard Cohen is in keeping with that venue.
When you have such a gorgesus place like Lissadell you could easily be able to draw big named artists who would be consistent with what it stands for, perhaps having a weekend festival that could rival or better the likes of The Electric Picnic for example. (just one example of a niche market). The Electric Picnic practically gets sold out before headlining acts are confirmed. Thats an example of a successful "brand". I for one would love to see a yearly festival, as something to look forward to in the Sligo area (the north west really) and have the income generated for the Lissadell estate and the local community for a long time to come.
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For God's sake he only slept there for two nights, he lived beside the Nazereth House for two years and not a word about it
Sorry not sure whether this is supposed to be joke.
His links with the house are with the people who lived there, Countess Markievitz and Eva Gore Booth. Their revolutionary politics and feminism influenced him. This was reflected in much of his earlier poetry. It also has a life beyond itself as famously referred to in his poetry.
The light of evening, Lissadell,
Great windows open to the south,
Two girls in silk kimonos, both
Beautiful, one a gazelle.
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