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Kings of Leon - Slane Castle - 28 May 2011 - *No tickets sales/swaps*
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Where did the word boycott originate again...;) I don't think we are more or less likely to boycott than any other nation.Irish people have a great history of boycotting anything right? Oh wait, now we don't.
In many cases people do cut their nose off to spite their face, I have seen it in other forums regarding online stores. I heard a few people who endured the oasis bus debacle swear never again, and were put off other festivals too.
As I said before I agree with the logic that there is no need for them to put on a decent support
Is it tried and tested though, it makes sense to do it but festivals frequently sell out before acts are named and still pay out.It's a tried and tested method and i expect a few middle of the road bands for the rest of the bill.
One thing is sure, no matter who supports, if they rose Lennon and Harrison from the dead and the beatles reformed and played support, people will be on here bitching.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slane_Concert
I can't remember if any acts were announced for that, but I doubt the RHCP or coldplay were particularly cheap -RHCP headlined slane soon after (whether people like them is not the point), and it is pretty much a certainty that U2 will sell out here.U2's headlining appearance sold out in 45 minutes.
1st Concert
25 August 2001:
* Red Hot Chili Peppers
* Coldplay
* Kelis
* JJ72
* Relish
Headliner
* U2
It is, and IIRC the hives were sold out before muse were announced as support, not sure how big they were back then, they changed from the academy to dublin castle when muse were announced and they offered a refund on the tickets, thats the only reason I can remember it. Tickets were like golddust as muse fans only heard of them playing and there were only a few 100 more tickets in the bigger venue left.jill_valentine wrote: »Blimey, that's going back a few years.
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Yep, I don't really know any of muse's stuff though I did see them once, they played support to the hives in dublin castle (the who you say?, no the hives).
Was that in 2002? That was one of the first gigs I went to... it was the other way around, The Hives supported Muse at that one. And The Revs were the opening act (anyone remember them?
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Spot on, I thought it was the other way. Hives definitely went on sale for amabassador first though and then were lumped in with Muse and were now the support or "double headline", very odd setup, I presumed the first sold still headlined. I remember now a few guys who were going pulled out and sold tickets in buyandsell (as they thought hives would only do a short set). I remember my mates phone was off the hook with people looking for tickets.f®eak s©enery wrote: »Was that in 2002? That was one of the first gigs I went to... it was the other way around, The Hives supported Muse at that one. And The Revs were the opening act (anyone remember them?)
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2002/07/nordic/I saw The Hives play an open-air gig in the courtyard of Dublin Castle. Somewhat annoyingly, we had bought tickets for an indoors Hives gig, but they were then mysteriously added to the bill of a concert by Muse, a widely disliked band. First up on this open air festival style event was awful Irish band The Revs....
Next up were The Hives....
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-24613209.htmlThis was an arranged marriage of convenience. Fagersta's New Wave throwbacks, The Hives, sold out an original Ambassador booking in a blip. Before you could say "bipolar opposites" they'd wedded Devon's baroque'n'roll group at the Heineken Green Energy Festival. On stage it appeared that neither party was still speaking to the other.0 -
I did a quick boards search... looks like The Hives were moved because MCD wanted to book P.O.D. for the Ambassador that night (again, remember them). Muse and The Hives seem like a better fit even though they sound nothing alike.
That was around the same time The Hives were riding the indie wave alongside The Strokes, The White Stripes, and in later years (!!) Kings of Leon.0 -
f®eak s©enery wrote: »I did a quick boards search... looks like The Hives were moved because MCD wanted to book P.O.D. for the Ambassador that night (again, remember them). Muse and The Hives seem like a better fit even though they sound nothing alike.
That was around the same time The Hives were riding the indie wave alongside The Strokes, The White Stripes, and in later years (!!) Kings of Leon.
i don't know where you lot are getting your info from! ye're all cracked altogether. i was chatting to the ticketmaster salesman myself PERSONALLY . . . in person AND HE TOLD ME . . .that it was definitely going to be cameo state, laura moynihan and deadmau5 giving her a bit of support!:D:eek::cool:0 -
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trebormurf wrote: »Says a lot about Muse that they need a ****in lightshow to keep their audience interested. Have Muse fans read The Curious Incident!!!
I've seen Muse without the lightshow and it was still brilliant. Actually I think it was better. 0 -
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I was at the Robbie Williams on in 99 (Ugh.Age) and I have to hand it to him, hes well able to put on a show and entertain (or was anyway).That was also the one shown live on Sky1 at the timemetzengerstein wrote: »in my eyes two of those above are not greats , madonna would be the best of those 3 , she comes from a good era where she probably actually made her own original music ,and id imagine her live show would be made worth your money . and im not a fan of the other two but id see them up quicker them kings of leon.and would think they be more worth the money . .Stereophonics were great that day aswell.
KoL aren't a good live band or good entertainers though. When I saw them they couldnt play to the crowd and just seemed to go through the motions. From what I've been told thats still the way it is and doesnt seem to be changing. Theyll always get a big reaction to Sex on Fire and a couple other songs but that only makes up 15 minutes of what should be a roughly 2 hour set.
They may sell it out but that doesnt mean theyre right type of band to play Slane.They dont have the live energy or presence for this kinda gig.Instead of a massive show like proper stadium bands can put on itll just be them standing motionless with lights being turned on for the chorus.0 -
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got two tix off ticketmaster this morning. have been trying for a few days.DublinKopite wrote: »Same for me too, I have tried once or twice during the day over the last week and today randomly was able to get 3 tickets!
Well done, as a few of us have been saying if you check back daily you will often find that cancelled tickets go back into the system.0 -
Hi All,
(Sorry mods if not allowed) but those of you looking for tickets, keep trying the ticketmaster site. I kept trying the last hour, and just got myself two tickets from ticketmaster online.
I tried the same this morning and they came up. Maybe Im overloading the system! 0 -
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For everyones information the Supporting acts have been put up here
http://www.kingsofleon.com/pages/news
under the title
2010/10/29 - KINGS OF LEON ANNOUNCE SLANE CASTLE CONCERT
you can see at the bottom the supporting acts
The Prodigy / Kasabian / Glasvegas / The Blizzards
28th May 2011 KINGS OF LEON
its the official website not sure if its true though
make your own mid up 0
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