Oxegen 2013

Just Like Heaven

Hammer fights. Jaysus.

melekalikimaka

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Hammer fights. Jaysus.

it was pretty hardcore line up. lRazorlight, The Streets, The Prodigy, Ian Brown, Mylo, Paul Oakenfold, Audio Bullys & DJ Tiesto

i saw lads with two litre milk cartons with hald buckie half vodka and trying to down them in one go in races.

most people i worked with either went home at night or locked themselves in staff buildings at night

Problem123456

Niamh_101 wrote: »

I thought they went on sale on Friday? Maybe the headliners will be announced before Easter?

Yeah I hope it is...i just want it to be confirmed that it is going ahead.

Problem123456

melekalikimaka wrote: »

it was pretty hardcore line up. lRazorlight, The Streets, The Prodigy, Ian Brown, Mylo, Paul Oakenfold, Audio Bullys & DJ Tiesto

i saw lads with two litre milk cartons with hald buckie half vodka and trying to down them in one go in races.

most people i worked with either went home at night or locked themselves in staff buildings at night

I believe you, I have heard some horror stories from planet love that was held in Fairyhouse a few years back.
Unfortunately it a minority who ruin it for everyone.

ghostdancer

is it today it was rumoured to be announced?

https://twitter.com/entertainmentIE/status/315064868623482881

MASSIVE gig announcement coming at 2pm today, folks. Stay tuned.

Problem123456

ghostdancer wrote: »

is it today it was rumoured to be announced?

https://twitter.com/entertainmentIE/status/315064868623482881

Don't think it will be oxegen...more than likely a Justin timberlake gig or something.

green day rule

The Killers, Frank Ocean, Two Door Cinema Club and Haim announced for Phoenix Park

Niamh_101

I don't think JT is doing the Phoenix
Park weekend because he seems to be at Wireless for the whole weekend.

aka accounts 2010

KC just announced on Today FM that he will be revealing Oxegen details next few weeks on his show!!!!!!!!!

Problem123456

aka accounts 2010 wrote: »

KC just announced on Today FM that he will be revealing Oxegen details next week on his show!!!!!!!!!

Really??
Anything will make me very happy

ThirdMan

Synode wrote: »

A bit unfair. Creamfields and Homelands ran for years playing nothing but dance music and there was never any major trouble.

melekalikimaka wrote: »

I worked at HiFi festival here and it was a blood bath

I was at almost every large-scale dance event (indoor and outdoor) from 2000-2010, along with Witnness, Oxegen and the Picnic. I agree that dance music doesn't guarantee trouble, but certain types of dance music attracts certain types of people. There's no denying that.

Compare the atmosphere at the different sessions in the Point years ago. Godskitchen (hard dance) always had a rougher crowd than Winter Party (techno). WP were some of the most pleasurable gigs I was ever at, and it was largely down to the type of people in attendance. I can't say the same about Godskitchen. They were good gigs, but there were some serious looking dudes in there, and always dickheads hanging around the toilets intimidating people.

The same is true when you compare the hard dance tent with the house/techno tent at the other festivals. I remember walking into the Bugged Out! arena (house/techno) at Creamfields in 2001 and just handing myself over to the positive vibe in there. It was just great. The same was true of the Metalheadz arena (drum 'n' bass) There was plenty of attitude, but no bull**** and no thugs putting people on edge.

I should say that the majority of people I've met at gigs over the years have been sound, and there was always a good session to be had no matter where you were, or what genre of music was being played. But if you were looking for large amounts of rough people at any of those festivals, the hard dance tent was the place to go. I know that's gonna rub a few people up the wrong way, but lets call a spade a spade.

By the way, I'm not from Dublin, but I don't like when people blame this stuff on Dubliners. The worst shower of pricks I ever seen at a festival was at Global Gathering in Cork in 2005.

Just Like Heaven

Next few weeks. Jeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzz

Kerplunk124

Next few weeks hahahah my god

SusanneKn

Well they left it too late for my liking.
I am going now to three smallish festivals instead. If I would have know for sure they will go ahead this yea,r I would have waited but I would have been raging if I had missed out on other great Gigs.

sheroman01

Kings of Leon are surely going to headline Oxegen now, though i'd prefer if they played their own show.

karaokeman

I'm not going to fully rule out an Oxegen return, but what I don't understand is why MCD are waiting so long to get the ball running. It's Ireland's largest mainstream music festival, but for some reason every other big gig is ahead on any promoters priority list. Rihanna, The Killers, Mumford & Sons are all Oxegen-type acts, some mightn't have the money seen as how all of these gigs will have went on sale before Oxegen.

bennyl10

Seeming very like Green day fro oxegen.. unless they're the third Phoenix gig.. .. they've never not played Ireland on a tour so will be one..

raven136

karaokeman wrote: »

I'm not going to fully rule out an Oxegen return, but what I don't understand is why MCD are waiting so long to get the ball running. It's Ireland's largest mainstream music festival, but for some reason every other big gig is ahead on any promoters priority list. Rihanna, The Killers, Mumford & Sons are all Oxegen-type acts, some mightn't have the money seen as how all of these gigs will have went on sale before Oxegen.

But it has been confirmed and acts being announced on KC on Today fm this week and coming weeks

All those other gigs are separate for MCD

Green Day,Guetta,Example,Calvin Harris,Aviici,Kings of Leon,Emily Sande,basement jaxx etc etc are all doing Summer tours and are perfect for Oxegen

Mcd are promoting all these big gigs you mentioned and Oxegen so its a win win for them

Oxegen as a two day festival or even day tickets for a bank holiday weekend is just a great day out for lots of people.

Pretty much a win win for MCD

RainyDay

Lineup is available at last;

SilverScreen

^ That parody poster is old news.

Whatsernamex33

Any info on Oxegen going ahead yet?

Just by Today FM saying they were to announce something this week, hasn't happened yet?

barry194

Whatsernamex33 wrote: »

Any info on Oxegen going ahead yet?

Just by Today FM saying they were to announce something this week, hasn't happened yet?

Nah haven't heard anything. Its mental how long it's taking this year. I saw MCD put up on facebook that next Monday they'd be giving out more details about Longitude so they might announce something next week?

Just Like Heaven

Yeah I get that they've got other stuff to sell. But 4 months to go now. Could be a good sign though, they must be pretty confident with whatever they've booked :pac:

barry194

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Yeah I get that they've got other stuff to sell. But 4 months to go now. Could be a good sign though, they must be pretty confident with whatever they've booked :pac:

Its sickening waiting like. True, I'm heading to Creamfields but unless the line up is awful, i'd say I'll go for a day at least. Tiesto said on his twitter that he hopes to be playing Ireland this summer, that was a few months back, so he could well be a possibility considering it's meant to be a dance/hip hop festival this year.

Problem123456

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Yeah I get that they've got other stuff to sell. But 4 months to go now. Could be a good sign though, they must be pretty confident with whatever they've booked :pac:

Yeah if itdoes go ahead it will be much smaller than previous years.
Or they go swedish house mafia to play one for the last timee

barry194

Problem123456 wrote: »

Yeah if itdoes go ahead it will be much smaller than previous years.
Or they go swedish house mafia to play one for the last timee

That defo won't happen. Might have them individually though.

yermandan

Jack Beats just confirmed through Songkick for Oxegen '13.. Must mean an announcement soon

barry194

yermandan wrote: »

Jack Beats just confirmed through Songkick for Oxegen '13.. Must mean an announcement soon

Yeah interesting, fits the dance/hip hop bill alright.

Problem123456

yermandan wrote: »

Jack Beats just confirmed through Songkick for Oxegen '13.. Must mean an announcement soon

Not a bad at all
Hope there is more announcements later today.

barry194

Problem123456 wrote: »

Not a bad at all
Hope there is more announcements later today.

Yeah lets hope, Jack Beats wont be a headliner obviously but he'd be one to see