Metallica for Slane 2019

Le Bruise · 13-05-2019 1:09pm

whomenonotme wrote: »

Slane camping website says food available, what did they have when you were there?

T'wouldn't be fantastic for food now. As someone else said, just a mobile chipper (big queues at times) and a coffee stand (which we frequented more).

We brought 2 disposable BBQ's and a cool box with burgers/sausages etc and that sorted us out for the 2 days. When you can park right beside your tent, you can bring a shed load of food and not have to worry about carrying it (only keeping it cold). Crisp sandwiches after the gig were a God send!

MetzgerMeister · 13-05-2019 1:12pm

We have the 11:30 Marathon bus booked at Customs House.

Would I be right in saying that it would take about an hour to an hour and a half to get to Slane from Dublin?

Passenger · 13-05-2019 1:20pm

What are the ticket sales like for this, anybody know?

Mushy · 13-05-2019 1:31pm

Are Dublin bus definitely not running? Or is it just they haven't announced?

Hurrache · 13-05-2019 1:37pm

bennyl10 wrote: »

Yuo Dublin bus have said as much
Not running for this one

Demand mustn’t be there

Any fence sitting and procrastination is certainly gone from me now. It's hassle enough with Dublin Bus being available as it is.

glucifer wrote: »

That's how it's always been for everyone outside of Dublin

In fairness a lot of people from outside of Dublin could get to the different gigs using Dublin Bus as plenty of private coaches dropped and collected people from the city itself, linking up with DB.

MetzgerMeister · 13-05-2019 1:49pm

Mushy wrote: »

Are Dublin bus definitely not running? Or is it just they haven't announced?

Definitely not. There was a previous post confirming this.

Furious-Red · 13-05-2019 1:50pm

Mushy wrote: »

Are Dublin bus definitely not running? Or is it just they haven't announced?

They confirmed on Twitter that they werent doing the buses

Mushy · 13-05-2019 2:02pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Definitely not. There was a previous post confirming this.

Cheers. I understood the posts just to be people saying it but nothing official, must have missed it

rubadub · 13-05-2019 2:06pm

bennyl10 wrote: »

You mean like for every other part of Ireland after every single concert?

Can't think of many places/gigs where there would be as many buses mainly on one stretch of road.

I am in Dublin but have got other buses other than dublin bus to slane before. It was handy being able to just ignore dublin bus ones on the way out, even then a few people had trouble finding our bus. Not sure what % are usually dublin bus but it will certainly not help matters. Also I imagine a standard dublin bus holds more than the average coach.

Furious-Red · 13-05-2019 2:07pm

Mushy wrote: »

Cheers. I understood the posts just to be people saying it but nothing official, must have missed it

I think it was https://twitter.com/overdrive_pr that asked Dublin Bus about it.

Ash.J.Williams · 13-05-2019 2:10pm

Can imagine Marty and the Joe. Ie conversing expertly in all things Metallica and neither having a balls notion what they're on about

Ash.J.Williams · 13-05-2019 2:12pm

Hurrache wrote: »

Any fence sitting and procrastination is certainly gone from me now. It's hassle enough with Dublin Bus being available as it is.

In fairness a lot of people from outside of Dublin could get to the different gigs using Dublin Bus as plenty of private coaches dropped and collected people from the city itself, linking up with DB.

Our ancestors went through hell to get us here... It's only a gig..

bennyl10 · 13-05-2019 2:13pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

I think it was https://twitter.com/overdrive_pr that asked Dublin Bus about it.

https://twitter.com/dublinbusnews/status/1126459461961490432

confirmed there

Ash.J.Williams · 13-05-2019 3:11pm

Marty thinks he saw them on the RTL, in the sfx

rizzee · 13-05-2019 3:15pm

Anyone travelling from Ashbourne/know a bus going from there? I live about 15 mins away, I'd imagine it would be fairly handy to get some sort of bus to Slane from there. I've never been(to Slane)!!

MetzgerMeister · 13-05-2019 3:20pm

rizzee wrote: »

Anyone travelling from Ashbourne/know a bus going from there? I live about 15 mins away, I'd imagine it would be fairly handy to get some sort of bus to Slane from there. I've never been(to Slane)!!

Check out travelmaster.ie. They have buses going from loads of different locations around the country.

If you can get to Dublin, Marathon are running return buses from Customs House every half an hour from 11:00am to 4:00pm

threein99 · 13-05-2019 3:54pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Check out travelmaster.ie. They have buses going from loads of different locations around the country.

If you can get to Dublin, Marathon are running return buses from Customs House every half an hour from 11:00am to 4:00pm

A couple of those Marathon ones are full now, you might to get booking if your planning on going with them .

threein99 · 13-05-2019 3:55pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

We have the 11:30 Marathon bus booked at Customs House.

Would I be right in saying that it would take about an hour to an hour and a half to get to Slane from Dublin?

Closer to an hour I'd say

threein99 · 13-05-2019 3:59pm

Le Bruise wrote: »

T'wouldn't be fantastic for food now. As someone else said, just a mobile chipper (big queues at times) and a coffee stand (which we frequented more).

We brought 2 disposable BBQ's and a cool box with burgers/sausages etc and that sorted us out for the 2 days. When you can park right beside your tent, you can bring a shed load of food and not have to worry about carrying it (only keeping it cold). Crisp sandwiches after the gig were a God send!

There's a Romayos chippers in the village that we went to on the Friday at GnR, twas very welcome.

Kornelia · 13-05-2019 8:27pm

I'm going to see them. Just wondering about busses etc and what is allowed to bring on the bus. Can anyone help?

Big Nasty · 15-05-2019 4:24pm

Just an FYI that some may not be aware of - there is no access to the village on the day, i.e. you can't just land down in Slane, have a few pints and / or bite to eat in the town and wander up to the gig. You're basically in to the venue and your only choice is whatever they have on offer inside. I presume there's no seating either inside the venue bar on the ground.

magentis · 15-05-2019 4:31pm

Big Nasty wrote: »

Just an FYI that some may not be aware of - there is no access to the village on the day, i.e. you can't just land down in Slane, have a few pints and / or bite to eat in the town and wander up to the gig. You're basically in to the venue and your only choice is whatever they have on offer inside. I presume there's no seating either inside the venue bar on the ground.

I saw a notice to that effect somewhere.I believe they mean vehicular access?

Big Nasty · 15-05-2019 5:13pm

magentis wrote: »

I saw a notice to that effect somewhere.I believe they mean vehicular access?

Vehicular & pedestrian

jack presley · 15-05-2019 5:13pm

magentis wrote: »

I saw a notice to that effect somewhere.I believe they mean vehicular access?

Yeah, that's vehicular access they're on about. Sure if you're coming from the north or from Drogheda direction, you have to pass through the village to get to the entrance.

Big Nasty · 15-05-2019 8:20pm

jack presley wrote: »

Yeah, that's vehicular access they're on about. Sure if you're coming from the north or from Drogheda direction, you have to pass through the village to get to the entrance.

According to a local, access to the village including it's bars and restaurants is blocked off unless you have a resident's pass.

Location & Date Questions

Q: Where and when is Slane Castle Concert site?
A: Slane is 40 miles north of Dublin. On show day, the village is closed and a comprehensive traffic plan will be in operation. Access for car traffic will be via M1 and M3. N2 will be operational for Dublin Bus and Private Coaches ONLY. Allow travel time from Dublin of at least 90 minutes using Public Transport & please expect delays. Fans should allow themselves plenty of travel time when getting to the concert. See our Getting There section below here.

Degag · 15-05-2019 8:31pm

Big Nasty wrote: »

According to a local, access to the village including it's bars and restaurants is blocked off unless you have a resident's pass.

Seems a bit mad Ted!

Big Nasty · 15-05-2019 8:40pm

Degag wrote: »

Seems a bit mad Ted!

It's a small rural village to be fair. Allowing 40k people descend upon it would be more mad.

minzabud · 15-05-2019 8:42pm

Coming from Drogheda or North the car parks/taxi drop offs are outside the village as usual.

entropi · 15-05-2019 8:50pm

Have already booked with Marathon myself, but wondering if Dublin Bus had just bothered to throw on a bunch of buses for Malahide instead, and couple that with the DART, instead of hoping people would request Slane again. Ah well, should be a good day out! Hope Ghost get a great crowd too, would love to see them do an intimate show over here.

Degag · 15-05-2019 8:53pm

Big Nasty wrote: »

It's a small rural village to be fair. Allowing 40k people descend upon it would be more mad.

Ah maybe, perhaps. Although it'd only be a fraction who'd probably go to the village. Doubt the business owners would mind!

Metallica for Slane 2019

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