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Oxegen 2011 discussion *NO TICKET SALES/REQUESTS*

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    #1862
    ghostdancer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭ghostdancer


    lordgoat wrote: »
    Eels on the Sat as well would be worth a look, the rest though - meh, tempted to grab a sunday ticket. Odd Future, The National and hell Bright Eyes...

    yeah, City & Colour, and Eels are the only two i want to see on Saturday. there's a few others i wouldn't mind checking out if i had to kill time, and a few others i've seen before that i wouldn't care if i missed.


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    #1863
    ghostdancer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭ghostdancer


    TommyJoe15 wrote: »
    It looks like this to me

    Friday:
    Heineken green spheres headliner-Swedish house mafia
    Vodafone stage-My chemical romance and then the strokes
    Main stage-The script then black eyed peas

    Saturday:
    Heineken green spheres headliner-Deadmau5
    Vodafone stage- Either brandon flowers or paulo nutini to headline.
    Main stage- Arctic Monkeys then Foo fighters

    Sunday:
    Heineken green spheres headliner-Pendulum
    Vodafone stage- The national or slash
    Main stage- Beyonce then coldplay

    I'd be pretty confident with this

    i'd be surprised if Swedish House Mafia, Deadmau5, and Pendulum don't play/headline the Dance Arena.
    they're exactly the type of dumbed-down, lowest common denominator dance music that i'd expect to finish the night in there.


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    #1864
    Charlie Haughy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭Charlie Haughy


    i'd be surprised if Swedish House Mafia, Deadmau5, and Pendulum don't play/headline the Dance Arena.
    they're exactly the type of dumbed-down, lowest common denominator dance music that i'd expect to finish the night in there.
    Pendulum never play the dance arena, and I think deadmau5 is too big to play the dance arena. And what is dumbed down about those 3 acts? Firstly pendulum are not even remotely dance music, and im guessing your the type who stands at the back afraid to let their hair down and have a laugh, and instead is all serious. Or maybe your the type who goes to festivals to see the very indie, unknown bands and doesn't like going to popular/big acts, I know the type. What a ridiculous comment to make.


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    #1865
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,932 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    More clips from last year

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ddVyBrVGU


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc8u4v5x_eE


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbJsXFxKOTQ


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    #1866
    Propane Nightmare
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    Are 2 many djs still playing?


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    #1867
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    ghostdancer wrote: »
    yeah, City & Colour, and Eels are the only two i want to see on Saturday. there's a few others i wouldn't mind checking out if i had to kill time, and a few others i've seen before that i wouldn't care if i missed.

    Pretty much summed up the whole weekend there.


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    #1868
    Penfailed
    Registered Users Posts: 7,567 ✭✭✭Penfailed


    Went out today and bought a ticket for Saturday. Eels, Artics and Foos :D Would love it if QOTSA were added :D

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Ride, PJ Harvey, Pixies, Public Service Broadcasting, Therapy?, IDLES(x2)



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    #1869
    Corholio
    Registered Users Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    So ill be in Dublin the Thursday and ive a ticket from Friday onwards, whats the best way to get to Oxegen early, or even Naas early, I could get one of the shuttle buses from there.

    The Dublin Bus buses dont get there till about 1pm on the friday, a little late to be getting a decent spot.

    Any recommendations?


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    #1870
    Just Like Heaven
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    Surely Primal Scream are the Green Spheres headliner on whatever day they're playing?

    They are headlining the 3rd stage at glastonbury and will need the time to play screamadelica in it's entirety.


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    #1871
    TommyJoe15
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭TommyJoe15


    Does anyone know what actually happens to the videos of oxegen? They have loads of cameras like. Don't understand why the record it?


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    #1872
    bren2001
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    sashafierce wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    to get to the barrier itself you need to go a few acts earlier. You just walk in and walk out. You don't need a band or anything.


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    #1873
    df1985
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    ghostdancer wrote: »
    i'd be surprised if Swedish House Mafia, Deadmau5, and Pendulum don't play/headline the Dance Arena.
    they're exactly the type of dumbed-down, lowest common denominator dance music that i'd expect to finish the night in there.

    "dumbed down"

    sorry i left my degree in dance music at home...:rolleyes:


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    #1874
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,370 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    Corholio wrote: »
    So ill be in Dublin the Thursday and ive a ticket from Friday onwards, whats the best way to get to Oxegen early, or even Naas early, I could get one of the shuttle buses from there.

    The Dublin Bus buses dont get there till about 1pm on the friday, a little late to be getting a decent spot.



    Any recommendations?


    CIE


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    #1875
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,932 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    Propane Nightmare wrote: »
    Are 2 many djs still playing?

    They were never playing , there doing a gig in Marley Park
    Corholio wrote: »
    So ill be in Dublin the Thursday and ive a ticket from Friday onwards, whats the best way to get to Oxegen early, or even Naas early, I could get one of the shuttle buses from there.

    The Dublin Bus buses dont get there till about 1pm on the friday, a little late to be getting a decent spot.

    Any recommendations?

    check out dublincoach.ie . They have buses that go from the Red Cow Luas stop every hour straight to Naas and only costs €5 one way (€3 if you have a student card) and it drops you right beside where you can get the shuttle bus out to Oxegen
    fewtinsoffroth wrote: »
    Surely Primal Scream are the Green Spheres headliner on whatever day they're playing?

    They are headlining the 3rd stage at glastonbury and will need the time to play screamadelica in it's entirety.

    There actually headlining the 2nd stage at Glastonbury , but yea they will headline the Green Spheres tent at Oxegen


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    #1876
    the_doctor199
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    TommyJoe15 wrote: »
    Does anyone know what actually happens to the videos of oxegen? They have loads of cameras like. Don't understand why the record it?

    For the big screens. It used to be on MTV too, last year it was on Q (and I think Channel 4 did something too), would be nice to get it back on MTV though.


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    #1877
    jill_valentine
    Registered Users Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    Mainly for the big screens but as noted, Channel 4/Q usually do a highlights show between them. Palladia, a US HD channel, also had hour long cuts of certain bands from last year, some of which were repackaged for MTV.


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    #1878
    karaokeman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭karaokeman


    Yo peoples.

    Anyone hear if Beady Eye are still playing?

    The Oxegen date isn't on their website for some reason.


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    #1879
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,932 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    There still on the poster anyways


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    #1880
    nitromaster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    TommyJoe15 wrote: »
    It looks like this to me

    Friday:
    Heineken green spheres headliner-Swedish house mafia
    Vodafone stage-My chemical romance and then the strokes
    Main stage-The script then black eyed peas

    Saturday:
    Heineken green spheres headliner-Deadmau5
    Vodafone stage- Either brandon flowers or paulo nutini to headline.
    Main stage- Arctic Monkeys then Foo fighters

    Sunday:
    Heineken green spheres headliner-Pendulum
    Vodafone stage- The national or slash
    Main stage- Beyonce then coldplay

    I'd be pretty confident with this


    Stupid Strokes being moved to Friday...:mad: i wanted My Chemical Romance to headline the Vodafone stage that day :/

    How long will they likely get if they're playing second down?

    MCR should still be over The Strokes tbh.


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    #1881
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    nitromaster wrote: »
    Stupid Strokes being moved to Friday...:mad: i wanted My Chemical Romance to headline the Vodafone stage that day :/

    How long will they likely get if they're playing second down?

    MCR should still be over The Strokes tbh.

    I am a MASSIVE MCR fan (as seen by my username) but I would have to disagree there. The Strokes are a much bigger band and a much more popular band. They do deserve the headline spot tbh as much as I would love to see My Chem there


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    #1882
    nitromaster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »
    I am a MASSIVE MCR fan (as seen by my username) but I would have to disagree there. The Strokes are a much bigger band and a much more popular band. They do deserve the headline spot tbh as much as I would love to see My Chem there

    At Reading/Leeds MCR have a headline slot, while The Strokes are co-headlining with Pulp...Other festivals MCR have headlined as well.

    And on Facebook 20k people who "live in ireland" like MCR while the figure for The Strokes is more like 9.5k.....

    Just to give an indication.


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    #1883
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    nitromaster wrote: »
    At Reading/Leeds MCR have a headline slot, while The Strokes are co-headlining with Pulp...Other festivals MCR have headlined as well.

    And on Facebook 20k people who "live in ireland" like MCR while the figure for The Strokes is more like 9.5k.....

    Just to give an indication.

    Again huge MCR fan! I know all this!

    But the Strokes are bigger! Especially for an Oxegen crowd! They're a much more established band and one with a wider fanbase

    And I never trust facebook for stuff like that tbh. I'd rather see some more reliable figures


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    #1884
    Oasis_Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,467 ✭✭✭Oasis_Dublin


    nitromaster wrote: »
    And on Facebook 20k people who "live in ireland" like MCR while the figure for The Strokes is more like 9.5k.....
    To be fair, that's because there are a lot of 8 year old emo girls on Facebook.


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    #1885
    Oasis_Dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,467 ✭✭✭Oasis_Dublin


    karaokeman wrote: »
    Yo peoples.

    Anyone hear if Beady Eye are still playing?

    The Oxegen date isn't on their website for some reason.

    Still playing the Saturday as far as I know. I'm also pretty tempted to go see them in the north at Belsonic with the Vaccines. I think tickets are about 40 european euro


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    #1886
    nitromaster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    Oasis_Dublin wrote: »
    To be fair, that's because there are a lot of 8 year old emo girls on Facebook.

    "changes settings to over 17s"
    MCR 11k
    The Strokes 8k

    They still win? :confused:


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    #1887
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    nitromaster wrote: »
    "changes settings to over 17s"
    MCR 11k
    The Strokes 8k

    They still win? :confused:

    Again I would rather some more reliable figures than facebook. People will click anything on facebook.

    The Strokes are a bigger band. Deal with it

    EDIT: I'll say it another way. Most of the My Chem fans that I know are also Strokes fans, however of the rest most of the Strokes fans are not fans of My Chem. The Strokes have a more accessible sound for people and do attract a bigger and more varied crowd


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    #1888
    nitromaster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »
    Again I would rather some more reliable figures than facebook. People will click anything on facebook.

    The Strokes are a bigger band. Deal with it

    Yeah...but how many people would go to a band profile specifically and click "like" if they didn't actually like the band...or list it on their profile....

    You don't just think "bands you like?" "um...i know...I'll stick down that chemical romance band for the hell of it"

    Mightn't be the most accurate source of figures but it does give a general idea.

    I believe MCR had larger sales for their last album compared to the strokes last album anyway....And can't deny Reading/Leeds have The Strokes co-headlining while MCR get to headline on their own. If they were bigger they'd have at least equal placements :P

    (And MCR were due to headline the Vodafone stage on friday before they got Beyonce...so yeah)


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    #1889
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    nitromaster wrote: »
    Yeah...but how many people would go to a band profile specifically and click "like" if they didn't actually like the band...or list it on their profile....

    You don't just think "bands you like?" "um...i know...I'll stick down that chemical romance band for the hell of it"

    Mightn't be the most accurate source of figures but it does give a general idea.

    I believe MCR had larger sales for their last album compared to the strokes last album anyway....And can't deny Reading/Leeds have The Strokes co-headlining while MCR get to headline on their own. If they were bigger they'd have at least equal placements :P

    (And MCR were due to headline the Vodafone stage on friday before they got Beyonce...so yeah)

    All you have to do is click like. You don't need to find the page. It can come up on your homepage ffs! I've liked all sort of pages from them popping up!

    Reading and Leeds is a completely different type of festival and would be attracting different crowds than those who will go to Oxegen

    And I'm not denying that MCR shouldn't headline, I'm just saying that The Strokes would be a better suited headliner for Oxegen. There's no need to be so defensive about the whole thing


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    #1890
    audreykerr
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭audreykerr


    nitromaster wrote: »
    "changes settings to over 17s"
    MCR 11k
    The Strokes 8k

    They still win? :confused:

    Because every Strokes fan is (a) on facebook and (b) made sure they like the page of the band. I think not.

    The Strokes last played Ireland in 2006.
    My Chem played in February.
    The Strokes will pull a huge crowd, with people buying day tickets specifically for them. (As will die hard AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH "killjoys" for My Chem who have some compulsion to see them all the time...but fewer*).

    The Strokes last album peaked at number 3 in the charts, My Chem peaked at 14.


    *Nothing against My Chemical Romance fans, since I'm one too. But against that type of fan yes... We all know the sort I'm talking about. :p


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    #1891
    nitromaster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,507 ✭✭✭nitromaster


    audreykerr wrote: »
    The Strokes last album peaked at number 3 in the charts, My Chem peaked at 14.

    And Danger Days was released at the end of November with competition from like 6 major albums from the likes of Take That, etc on the same day. So harder to chart that high.

    Most likely still sold more than The Strokes though...i don't think there's sales figures for ireland available...But American figures for example put the strokes album at 89k while Danger Days was around 200k..and The Strokes charted higher.

    Still saying that MCR is just as much of a draw as The Strokes. "Co-headlining" that stage would be perfect with each getting the same time slot.


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