Slane 2012???

vader65 · 09-07-2012 12:41pm #1

Does anyone know if there is going to be a Slane, I heard coldplay, then it was cancelled but cant find anything remotely concrete online...

anyone hear anything?

kensutz · 09-07-2012 12:42pm

Cancelled this year

vader65 · 09-07-2012 12:47pm

for definite? Was there any reason given?

jossnjuice · 09-07-2012 12:49pm

Think it was to leave the field fallow for a year, and also he didnt want to clash with the olympics or some such.

O'Doodle · 09-07-2012 12:53pm

Nobody would give M-C-D a licence to hold an event at Slane or Punchestown so instead the eejits at the park give them a licence.

Also Heineken weren't prepared to sponsor a knacker fest at which people were getting stabbed.

^^ Pure speculation off course

and yeah Punchestown is just like Glastonbury and needs a fallow year. Bollox.

vader65 · 09-07-2012 12:53pm

Rippin!! same reason why Oxygen isn't on this year then..... :-(

no enough Portaloos

vader65 · 09-07-2012 12:58pm

O'Doodle wrote: »

Nobody would give M-C-D a licence to hold an event at Slane or Punchestown so instead the eejits at the park give them a licence.

Also Heineken weren't prepared to sponsor a knacker fest at which were people getting stabbed.

^^ Pure speculation off course

Yeah I heard there was a fair amount of trouble at that Stone Roses gig as well messers letting off Flairs, and fighting with security...

09-07-2012 1:25pm

have to say i didnt see one incident at the stone roses gig, i did see people helping other people through the mud on the way out. obviously i cant see everything that goes on in every part of the venue but still

westendgirlie · 09-07-2012 4:36pm

vader65 wrote: »

Yeah I heard there was a fair amount of trouble at that Stone Roses gig as well messers letting off Flairs, and fighting with security...

Have to stop ya there. I was beside the ONE messer that lit ONE jumbo sparkler. I always thought a flare shot up into the air and this thing didn't. This thing sparkled like a jumbo sparkler.

The guy held the sparkler aloft then security came along (rightly so) and dragged him away. I watched the entire episode. Sparkler boy was then dragged away by 2 security personnel. He dug his heels in a bit but no fisticuffs. Must say the security fellas made hard work of removing him and pushed and barged their way, unnecessarily, through other innocent bystanders.

I would of thought that trained personnel would of controlled the removal better.

LilNiall · 09-07-2012 8:54pm

Was that flare incident in the pit-about 5 rows back?

Seen a flare their-guy lit it & was up on a guys sholders. Got passed around 3 guys before security got involved & carted of the 3rd guy left standing with it.

10-07-2012 12:52am

vader65 wrote: »

Rippin!! same reason why Oxygen isn't on this year then..... :-(

no enough Portaloos

Lol yes I heard that mentioned for glasto, but I really lol'd when I head oxygen put their spin on it ages ago, no mention of the fact that they would not have been given a license had they applied without some serious hoops to jump through, obviously costing them enough to make the move to gigs in the park this year

vader65 · 10-07-2012 12:03pm

westendgirlie wrote: »

Have to stop ya there. I was beside the ONE messer that lit ONE jumbo sparkler. I always thought a flare shot up into the air and this thing didn't. This thing sparkled like a jumbo sparkler.

The guy held the sparkler aloft then security came along (rightly so) and dragged him away. I watched the entire episode. Sparkler boy was then dragged away by 2 security personnel. He dug his heels in a bit but no fisticuffs. Must say the security fellas made hard work of removing him and pushed and barged their way, unnecessarily, through other innocent bystanders.

I would of thought that trained personnel would of controlled the removal better.

Sorry mate was just going by what I heard, a friend of mine works at security for all those gigs and he said it was mental loads of fights and all...

RATM · 10-07-2012 3:17pm

There was a rumour going around a few weeks ago that it was back on and that Pearl Jam were to play it. Given that it would take at least 4 weeks to get planning permission and then at least another 12 to sell 80,000 odd tickets I took it as just that- a rumour.

AnonoBoy · 10-07-2012 3:22pm

It's not happening.

/thread.

vader65 · 10-07-2012 4:04pm

RATM wrote: »

There was a rumour going around a few weeks ago that it was back on and that Pearl Jam were to play it. Given that it would take at least 4 weeks to get planning permission and then at least another 12 to sell 80,000 odd tickets I took it as just that- a rumour.

Rage Perl Jam would have been amazing at Slane!!!!

Furious-Red · 11-07-2012 6:18pm

Would Pearl Jam have been able to sell out 80,000? As much as i like them im not sure if they could do it

CiaranK · 11-07-2012 6:45pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Would Pearl Jam have been able to sell out 80,000? As much as i like them im not sure if they could do it

Maybe as a double headliner with someone else, Soundgarden maybe?

Furious-Red · 11-07-2012 9:29pm

CiaranK wrote: »

Maybe as a double headliner with someone else, Soundgarden maybe?

Yea but that would mean Matt Cameron doing double duty on the night . Id say next year will either be ACDC(if they have the new album out) or Coldplay

bren2001 · 12-07-2012 2:59pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Yea but that would mean Matt Cameron doing double duty on the night . Id say next year will either be ACDC(if they have the new album out) or Coldplay

Wouldn't rule out Green Day, 3 new albums in the next 6 months. They didn't sell out Marlay Park last year but with 3 albums.... They were in talks to do it a few years back.

My money is on ACDC or Coldplay as well.

Furious-Red · 12-07-2012 3:48pm

bren2001 wrote: »

Wouldn't rule out Green Day, 3 new albums in the next 6 months. They didn't sell out Marlay Park last year but with 3 albums.... They were in talks to do it a few years back.

My money is on ACDC or Coldplay as well.

Still dont see Green Day doing Slane at this stage , they are not as big as they were during the American Idiot era . Id put them headlining Oxegen(if its back next year)

bren2001 · 12-07-2012 3:58pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Still dont see Green Day doing Slane at this stage , they are not as big as they were during the American Idiot era . Id put them headlining Oxegen(if its back next year)

I agree they are more likely to play Oxegen (or whatever they call it next year) but I still wouldn't rule it our. They want to play Slane and were close to playing it in 2010 6 years after American Idiot. I do think they would need Uno or Dos to be a commercial success and for Coldplay/ACDC to be unable to play.

karaokeman · 12-07-2012 7:48pm

bren2001 wrote: »

My money is on ACDC or Coldplay as well.

Do Coldplay have any plans to tour next year?

AC/DC are still a good bet.

Furious-Red · 12-07-2012 9:19pm

karaokeman wrote: »

Do Coldplay have any plans to tour next year?

AC/DC are still a good bet.

Maybe they could be an exclusive? Their only show of the year or something . Didnt someone say Coldplay wont play Ireland till 2013?

vader65 · 13-07-2012 11:58am

Snow Patrol would sell it out! I dont think they could get ACDC for Slane the last time thats why they played punchstown

CUPimus · 13-07-2012 12:22pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Maybe they could be an exclusive? Their only show of the year or something . Didnt someone say Coldplay wont play Ireland till 2013?

Yeah I read somewhere that Chris Martin and the band were taking time out to work on the next album or something... but they would be good at Slane, defos sell it out!

bren2001 · 13-07-2012 12:58pm

vader65 wrote: »

Snow Patrol would sell it out! I dont think they could get ACDC for Slane the last time thats why they played punchstown

I'd expect them at Oxegen next year, don't think they are ready for Slane yet. They could probably sell it out considering they sold the Phoenix Park but Lord Charles usually gets a band that is huge world wide, not one who is huge in Europe.

Wouldn't completely rule out the Killers if Battle Born has a hit or two on it, they would need an excellent under bill to get it close to selling out.

Prettyblack · 13-07-2012 1:50pm

Jesus I hope Pearl Jam don't play Slane! I hate Slane and vowed never to go again.

They are more an O2 band in fairness.

Mickolution · 13-07-2012 2:12pm

bren2001 wrote: »

I'd expect them at Oxegen next year, don't think they are ready for Slane yet. They could probably sell it out considering they sold the Phoenix Park but Lord Charles usually gets a band that is huge world wide, not one who is huge in Europe.

There won't be an Oxegen next year.

As for your second point, why would they look for someone popular the world over rather than just Europe to play a show in Ireland? Is that why Robbie Williams played one year? Or The Verve? Or The Stereophonics? Or Oasis? They look for someone who will sell enough tickets to make their fee worthwhile. Simple as that.

vader65 · 13-07-2012 2:19pm

bren2001 wrote: »

I'd expect them at Oxegen next year, don't think they are ready for Slane yet. They could probably sell it out considering they sold the Phoenix Park but Lord Charles usually gets a band that is huge world wide, not one who is huge in Europe.

Wouldn't completely rule out the Killers if Battle Born has a hit or two on it, they would need an excellent under bill to get it close to selling out.

Snow Patrol are a world wide band, before they came back to Ireland they did their USA and Japan tour lol The killers wouldn't sell out Slane

bren2001 · 13-07-2012 2:24pm

Mickolution wrote: »

There won't be an Oxegen next year.

As for your second point, why would they look for someone popular the world over rather than just Europe to play a show in Ireland? Is that why Robbie Williams played one year? Or The Verve? Or The Stereophonics? Or Oasis? They look for someone who will sell enough tickets to make their fee worthwhile. Simple as that.

I dunno why they won't be at Oxegen, they are playing V this year....

Are you seriously trying to say Oasis arn't a worldwide success. Stereophonics were a huge band in O2, headlined Glastonbury that year. The Verve had just released Bittersweet Symphony and were a worldwide success (granted for 1 maybe 2 songs). Robbie Williams was a little bit strange.

Its a case of where the exception proves the rule. Generally over the years they are massive bands, The Rolling Stones, U2, RHCP, Byran Adams, REM, GnR, Queen. The list really goes on.

karaokeman · 13-07-2012 2:32pm

bren2001 wrote: »

I dunno why they won't be at Oxegen, they are playing V this year....

Snow Patrol won't be playing Oxegen next year as (like Coldplay) their touring plans finish in the autumn. Would like to see the two do a co-headline as I'm not 100% either would sell it out.

bren2001 wrote: »

Robbie Williams was a little bit strange..

Oasis would be in the same boat as Robbie Williams because he has broken everywhere except for North America. People can say all they like about Rob, but if you look at his past tour you will see he played stadiums of 60,000 etc in South America and everywhere else, there were some planned for Asia too but they were cancelled, and he has also sold 70 million records worldwide.

The Killers and Green Day are all likely candidates for Oxegen (or whatever its rebranded as next year).

Slane 2012???

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