Waterford Music Festival - July 30th 2011

mrgardener · 06-08-2011 9:41am

ziedth wrote: »

My thinking on the acts that would be good (sales wise) and reachable are the ones who do that childline concert like Jason Deruilo, David Guetta and Cascada. The kinda acts that wouldn't put anyone off but still draw people in.

Also people who do ok in the Xfactor are always worth a go. They surely wouldn't be too expensive and would look good on a billboard.

I know everyone is saying to keep the acts Irish. While that is great in theory I just don't know how commercial it is. having said that, do get some Irish acts too.

Finally maybe a "celeb" to introduce the acts would look good on a sign too.

Yeh, I think you're right. I was not looking forward to Shane Ward at the gig, however, he was very comfortable on the stage and got the crowd going, so maybe having X factor "stars" is a good way to go.

It was interesting that further up the bill you went, the more comfortable the acts were. I thought The Original Rudeboys and Solar Taxi looked lost on a big stage. Their sound and presence weren't right for a big venue, better suited to indoor venues.
Smash Hits on the other hand, were built for the big occasion! Faithless were great but 50 cent easily stole the show imo. Still wouldn't buy any of his albums though.
All in all, a great day out, no problem with food, drink and toilets and the acts (mostly) were great. Kudos to everyone involved.

kkdela6 · 06-08-2011 8:48pm

I think what mick electric said was very true, most popular bands that would be playing ireland would be tied to mcd and so wouldnt play a festival like wmf.
It might be in their interest to get 'clever' bands, not necessarily whats the most popular at the time, but bands that would youd be like 'ah deadly! didnt expect that!' someone like queens of the stone age, placebo, 2manydjs's?
they rarely if ever play ireland and would probably generate a lot of interest up the country?