Slane 2017

scudzilla

Anybody buy a lithograph? wondering how much they were

Also, they had mugs for 15quid, but wouldn't sell them until after the gig, yeah numbnuts, gonna spend 15quid on a mug and lob it at someone's head:rolleyes::rolleyes:

PTH2009

scudzilla wrote: »

Anybody buy a lithograph? wondering how much they were

Also, they had mugs for 15quid, but wouldn't sell them until after the gig, yeah numbnuts, gonna spend 15quid on a mug and lob it at someone's head:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Did they have tour programmes ??

Pink11

They were 50euro! I heard after there was some left despite it being limited to only 500. They didn't give out plastic bags so people didnt bother buying that material in the rain. Would have been destroyed.

Yes I saw tour programmes too.

PTH2009

Pink11 wrote: »

They were 50euro! I heard after there was some left despite it being limited to only 500. They didn't give out plastic bags so people didnt bother buying that material in the rain. Would have been destroyed.

Yes I saw tour programmes too.

Cool t shirt and programme for me in London lol.

Ash.J.Williams

PTH2009 wrote: »

Any worthwhile celebs in the VIP area ???

Dáithí O'Shea and elmo

wawaman

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Dáithí O'Shea and elmo

So that's a no then!!

MuffinTop86

Didn't know about the mugs, I actually would have liked one!
I'm a pushover for merchandise, so I got the white tshirt for 35, which I've finally gotten the red wine stain i put on it out!
I also got the programme for 20, seems to be all pictures though. I always have to get the programme at gigs though!

Mental Mickey

wawaman wrote: »

So that's a no then!!

Beat me to it!!!!

scudzilla

PTH2009 wrote: »

Any worthwhile celebs in the VIP area ???

Anybody worthwhile, as in A list celebs (not that we have any here) wouldn't have been in the paid for VIP area, would have been backstage.

Mental Mickey

Are there any videos of the FULL gig on the net???

tribalwings

Silly question but is there any chance of getting a Slane t-shirt online now? I was talked out if getting one at the gig and now I'm bulling

BornIn84

I'm sure you'll see em up on ebay soon. I'm heading to the Madrid gig this weekend so I'm gonna pick one up there

ilovethistles

tribalwings wrote: »

Silly question but is there any chance of getting a Slane t-shirt online now? I was talked out if getting one at the gig and now I'm bulling

I'm gutted I didn't get one too... there are tour ones, but I haven't seen them with the dates and locations really want one

Ally Dick

A reformed Pink Floyd would fill Slane

XsApollo

I got a slane tshirt ,
First thing I did when I walked in.
I knew if I didn't get it there and then it wouldn't happen. :-D

wistfuleyes

greenspurs wrote: »

There was toilets in the back field, in the corner near the exit down by the Trees.....
I felt it was very clean considering the amount of people/cars/vans/trailers/campers squeezed into the fields.
Cow sh!t didnt really bother..... but im not from the town ...:D

That wasn't the back field. There was another field equally as big further back with no toilets

Wrongway1985

Pink11 wrote: »

Best concert I've ever been to. Need to catch these guys on a later Europeon date on this tour. They are the best of the best out there.

Have a ticket to Poland as I can't go; if you're interested (under face value obvs)

Rumpy Pumpy

The venue: outdated, hard to get to, muddy fields, terrible car parks, huge queues, inadequate toilets, lack of atmosphere at the back of the hill due to not even the world's best sound engineers being able to work miracles.

The band: Better than anyone could have imagined. 2 hours and 45 minutes of pure 'balls to the wall' late 80's rock. Played everything the crowd wanted. A stunning version of Black Hole Sun. Slash still being one of the most iconic and talented guitar players of all time. Axel genuinely enjoying being the frontman again, and with a voice that showed it. Finishing with Paradise City and a big old-fashioned fireworks display.

It was an incredible gig.

bodhrandude

Ally Dick wrote: »

A reformed Pink Floyd would fill Slane

Ain't gonna happen without Rick, its just a matter of convincing David Gilmour to do it though at best.

horseburger

Mushy wrote: »

Can I ask in what way was Mark lanegan bad? My mates said he was very good, but they're fans. His music really doesn't suit massive outdoor venues at all, I kinda guessed it wouldn't work at all.

I enjoyed his and his band's performance. He doesn't do the whole plámás-ery thing of buttering up the crowd and talking about drinking pints of Guinness or whatever.

He's also played great when he was in the Sugar Club and The Academy, for his own headline shows, over the last five or so years.

horseburger

Not my real name wrote: »

I think I was at a different gig, no traffic issues at all.
Left Dublin at 5pm, decided to go through Drogheda. Was parked in Pink car park by 5.40. Same coming home, half an hour walk from the castle, into the car and straight home. A few guards around but traffic flowed and very little stopping. I have to say €20 to park in a field of cow **** is just pure greed.

Gig was great, stayed up the hill so was relying on the screens.
Didn't know a lot of the first few songs so found the second half better. Slash is fantastic and hasn't changed at all. I could listen to him all day. As for Axl, he's aged!!

I'm getting so sensible in my old age, didn't drink coz i just can't handle the toilet situations. They make me want to vomit, but the amount of drunk people (and I'm not talking about teens!) falling all over the place, getting sick and starting fights. What's the point in getting tickets for these gigs when you are unconscious in the corner for most of it? (God I sound like my mother!!) there will be a few sore heads today for sure.

Too true, in one of the port-a-loos, you'd swear a horse s-hite-ed into it! Or perhaps an elephant.

scudzilla

After the gig the 5 of us started plodding back to the car through the red entrance, we got split up, so myself, wife and dan were on our own, stopped for a pee at the urinals, wifey wanted a toilet too so she went into a cubicle.

I asked Dan which one she was in, he pointed and i shook the ****e out of it, some guy shouted "Here, don;t be doing that, there's a woman in there"...."Yeah, my wife!!!!" Oh how we laughed:pac::pac:

And she actually saw the funny side of it too

Ally Dick

bodhrandude wrote: »

Ain't gonna happen without Rick, its just a matter of convincing David Gilmour to do it though at best.

Dave won't want to do it without Rick, but Roger Dave and Nick would get the audience if they would do it

Ninjavampire

Anyone see the naked fella lying facedown on the grass at the end of the gig? He was about halfway up the hill, centre of the stage. We were worried he was off his head but of course walked past him ASAP...

rtron

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

The venue: outdated, hard to get to, muddy fields, terrible car parks, huge queues, inadequate toilets, lack of atmosphere at the back of the hill due to not even the world's best sound engineers being able to work miracles.

The band: Better than anyone could have imagined. 2 hours and 45 minutes of pure 'balls to the wall' late 80's rock. Played everything the crowd wanted. A stunning version of Black Hole Sun. Slash still being one of the most iconic and talented guitar players of all time. Axel genuinely enjoying being the frontman again, and with a voice that showed it. Finishing with Paradise City and a big old-fashioned fireworks display.

It was an incredible gig.

Great synopsis... I feel the venue let the band down.

twin_beacon

PTH2009 wrote: »

bands that could fill Slane (some of these played here already, reforming is prob not an option for some in the list)
The Rolling Stones
Oasis (Reformed)
The Smiths (Reformed)
Led Zepplin (Reformed)
Pearl Jam
Coldplay (with a strong support lineup)
Bruce Springsteen And ESB
ACDC (close to reform as possible)
U2
Ed Sheeran (with a strong support lineup)
Metallica (with a very strong support lineup)
possibly Foo Fighters
RHCP

Doubt the smiths would fill slane, and as much as I'd love to see Led Zep, thats never going to happen.

Add the following to that list:
The Killers
Kings of Leon
Snow Patrol (with decent support)
REM (reformed, with decent support)

Considering Madonna played Slane before, some big acts from the world of pop could sell it out. Rihanna, One Direction, a reformed Westlife, Take That.

SteM

The Smiths filling Slane, I've heard it all now :P

Maybe with U2 as the support act!

threein99

horseburger wrote: »

Too true, in one of the port-a-loos, you'd swear a horse s-hite-ed into it! Or perhaps an elephant.

You would think the effort required to make that much of a mess in the port-a-loos would be far greater than to **** in the thing properly

The Nal

Hopefully that'll be the last Slane so any of the dream gigs we're talking about above will be held elsewhere.

scudzilla

Found out this morning that another of the guys from work went, he's from Navan, he said that it was the best gig he's ever been to, he also said that the whole band were in Navan having their aftershow party :pac::pac::pac:

He's young so i just went along with it :pac: