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Oxegen - how was it for you?

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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 573 ✭✭✭The jock


    Feeder very good

    Rodrigo y Gabriela amazing

    Foo Fighters totaly amazing

    I have being following Rodrigo y Gabriela now for a few years and they are truly mindblowing there songs foc and mr tang are truly amazing and there covers of stairway to heaven and one are fantastic.I have all their albums and ive seen them live twice now and they get better every time i see them,very original work even the cover songs are nearly totaly different.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 660 ✭✭✭anthonymcg


    "We're all ****ing wrecked". lol Meeting punters tonight in town from scotland to rip it up.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 660 ✭✭✭anthonymcg


    Why the hell did Bjorn Again headline the main stage on Saturday?

    Cos everyone was pretty much drunk or high off the Foos. Me? I was a mix of both plus we were playing ronan o'gara penaltys with some inflatable couch.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 771 ✭✭✭spiderlegs


    Bloc Party rocked socks,and I caught some kinda squidgy ball thing that Russell threw out.Echo and the bunnymen relly put on a fab performance as well.....Have to say I found the Progidy relly good.New Order were amazing couldn't believe it when they played "she's lost control" and "love will tear us apart" Audioslave were really good but I was queuin' up for the pit at that time so I couldn't fully pay attention....
    Fookin great lineup and gig overall.I'm very happy :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 397 ✭✭Sweetness!


    Jimmy Eat World were feckin' amazing, they were definitely my favourite act of Sunday if not the whole weekend, I just loved every song they played the setlist was great!
    Bloc Party were great even with all the technical difficulties they still pulled off a fantastic show.
    I missed QOTSA for Echo and the Bunnymen and I don't regret it one bit because I heard QOTSA were dissapointing and Echo were brilliant, when they played 'The Killing Moon' I was so happy.
    New Order were also a great act. I couldn't get into the Green Room to see James Brown so I saw abit of The Foos and then New Order. When they played 'She's Lost Control' I just went crazy as it's my favourite Joy Division song.
    The Prodigy and The Doves were excellent live and I'm really glad I saw them aswell!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭dimerocks


    dregin wrote:
    WTF. The clash aren't punk. They're JAZZ!!
    i am in no way an authority on the clash but they were punk, they were dffernet to other bands at the time by incorporating other styles into there music.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,124 ✭✭✭Jonny Arson


    WOW THAT WAS JUST THE ABSOLUTE BEST WEEKEND OF MY LIFE EVER!!! :D The weather, the people, the music, the alcohol, the atmosphere and the sex :D were all absolute f**king amazing. Its gonna take something even more special next year to top Oxegen 05'

    Oh well the music.... WOW! I didn't see one poor act apart from The Streets.... fabulous.

    Green Day 9/10 - I've been converted from a casual fan into an absolute massive Green Day fan after that performance. Most enjoyable show of the weekend.
    Foo Fighters 7/10 - Ok nothing special, some songs were amazing (All My Life, The One, Monkey Wrench) but Grohl murdered Everlong sadly. New songs lack that live bite.
    Queens of the Stone Age 8/10 - ignore the critics, they were out of this world. Josh Homme is God......... who's Nick?
    The Killers 7/10 - Dunno if it was me but from where I was there seemed to be trouble with the sound from where I was. Despite that it was a solid performance
    Rilo Kiley 9/10 - Green Room for only 30 mins? Travesty. Without a doubt the best half hour of music you will ever hear from a band. They better be further up the bill in 2006.
    Snoop Dogg 7/10 - Incredibly enjoyable show. I don't like hip hop but Snoop knows how to get a crowd going! Did OTT it at times.
    Kaiser Chiefs 8/10 - So much fun, sounded brilliant, look ofrward to seeing them higher up on the bill in another 12 months
    Razorlight 7/10 - A good solid show from Borrell and co. but can do better. Crowd didn't react to them sadly.
    The Streets 4/10 - Terribly dissapointingly poor. Skinner did my head in with his ego.
    The Saw Doctors 8/10 - The first band I saw and did they do a fabulous job of getting the crowd going. Great craic.
    Keane 6/10 - The band bore the arse off me and still do after their snooze fest. As the bloke with the sign said ''SHUT UP KEANE'' you whining gits.
    The Frames 7/10 - Another band who usually bore the arse off me aswell but fair play, the got me up from lying down in the pit to giving it loads in the pit. Great show.
    Jimmy Eat World 7/10 - Solid rocking show from a band who really should be bigger than they are.
    Feeder 7/10 - Another solid perfromance. The old stuff.... typically amazing, new stuff..... poor. Please get back into the studio and make your Britrock anthems again lads.

    Oh well I'm devastated that I missed Kasabian, The La's, Bloc Party, Ian Brown but you cant possibly see everyone can you but at least I saw a bit of the legendary Fightstar! Was I the only person signing Busted tunes during that set? :cool:

    Oh 2006 who do I want??? The Libertines, Babyshambles, Manics, The Coral, Blur, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones, The Who, Nirvana.............. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40 hyperali


    thought killers were ****e i was far away but i thought they may as well have just put the cd on the sounds system and that would have had the same precence as what they actually did
    myhighs were audioslave i was in a big mosh pit which was great fairly close. i dont know really any of their music but enjoyed it thouroughly. was anyone around the area where the security guards stopped the mish pit by kicking the **** out of three guys and draging them over the railing they kicked some guy in the face?
    rod y gab were ****ing class i loved them so much im following them about two years no wbut never have been able to get to one of their concerts as ive been broke. i think they are original and all they need is two guitars and a little coloured lighting to get the whole place going. i was up the very front row in the middle and while i dont know much about guitar wasnt her slap adn tap technique quite orignal. they seemed to be very flattered at the amount and happy to jam rather then play it coldly to their audience. they had such chemistry they worked together fantastically perfect rythm apart from one practically unintelligible mistake of timing. they were always looking at each other while the other played nodding approving keeping rythm. fantastic
    was hoping to see jimmy eat world but didnt make it
    was in the pit for greenday what a great show- all lights and fireworks and everything but i kinda thought thye should have cut some of the blabber out and got down and played music
    foos- excellent got down and just played it out i liked the taylor and dave swap seemed interesting and different. he also made afun dedication to his wife of wanting to finish the tour so he could shag her and make a baby. lol
    loved all their stuff but i was left wanting way more
    my voice is gone but it was all worth it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Jammer


    the killers had as much crowd participation as greenday/foo fighters IMO. The amount of hands in the air for Mr. Brightside and Andy, You're a Star was on part with Greenday's set!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 40 hyperali


    i cant deny that the crowd loved them there was a lot of singign along. i love the killers i know every word of their hot fuss album i just think(may be stupid) that a band should be able to be or sound different or play something different when they are live. thats why i think we pay to see them like audioslave played a rage song. i had high expectation and i was quite let down i expected them to sound like the song but i found his voice strained like on live 8
    the crowd put in far more than they did i thought


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭EL_Loco


    went on Sunday, man it was HOOOOOT! which I think had an adverse affect on the crowd so far as most moderates like myself, who would like most of the bands but would not be a fan as such, found it easier to sit down on the grass and watch rather than get up front and lend solid support. man am I getting old! :)

    anyways, enjoyable none the less, managed not to get burnt. stayed watching the main stage until James Brown and then got down! Huh!


  • Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The bands I saw:

    Streets: Utter crap. Their Lead singer was wasted and didn't seem to be trying hard. I have never seen so many bottles thrown on stage. When he said "goodnight wembley" at the end, it kind off sumed up their performance.

    Green day: great set, really interacted well with the crowd. Played all their good stuff. The "I hate bush" stuff is really getting old at this stage. I want to listen to music at a festive/gig not listen to politics.

    Prodigy: Caught the last few mins. Played their classics, really got the crowd going.

    Keane: I really enjoyed them, especially since seeing them at the last oxegen where they were basicly nobodies.

    Snoop Dogg: A Group decision brought me to Snoop. To be honest I don't like rap particularly much. However Snoop put on a great show and really got the crowd going. Probably the biggest surprise / highlight of oxegen.

    James Brown: God love him he is getting old. They put on a big show but Mr Brown can't seem to hit the highnotes anymore. Retire gracefully?

    The Killers: Enjoyed it mostly. Their lead didn't seem to interact with the crowd too well and got a few boos here and there. They were good but I think they are better suited to smaller gigs.

    General Gig Madness


    Anyone see that dude walk naked from one side of the main stage arena to the other with a water bottle shoved up his ass? :eek: During the killers I think.

    Our neighbours from Galway in campsite A7 had a fondness for finding balls in the campsite and spraying them with paint before launching them at unsuspecting people / tents.

    The rash of tent burnings on sunday night (you bastards).

    The girl on friday night who was ****ed on mushrooms and ran around the campsite shrieking like a banshee for a good portion of the night.

    The general feeling of Mayhem and freedom to be covered in mud for 3 days :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,335 ✭✭✭smackbunnybaby


    Anybody See Sylvia Saint?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,894 ✭✭✭evad_lhorg


    i wanted to go just to see if it was porn... lol


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    lol at the sheep thing...rodrigo and gabriela are the best duo guitarists to exist :)
    when i saw them in galway it was the best concert i have ever seen...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭lacuna


    Interpol were really the highlight of the weekend for me. They were ****in' brilliant. I saw a bit of the Foo Fighters but I left to go and see New Order who were really excellent. Bit annoyed I missed Green Day. Also, first time I'd heard of The Ordinary Boys, who I thought were pretty good.


  • Registered Users Posts: 25 cougar


    Of all the bands playing i must admit I was desperate to see the Killers. as a result i hit the pit during the streets just to secure a decent position. the sound there was fairly good at the front but honestly there was no energy in the performance. Bit disappointed but New Order well made up for it. As for everyone ranting about RyG, stop giving out its a festival with loads of choice. Must admit was a bit disapointed with the Foos, I'm not a huge fan and the performance seemed more for fans than anyone just wandering by but sure by the sound of it, the foo fans loved it. Loved Ian Brown but he has played almost the same set the last three times he played in Ireland, i'd liked to hear more of his solo stuff than the stone roses stuff. but they are classics I suppose. the biggest surprise of the weekend belongs to the beautifull south. first of all how could that chap wear an anorak in that heat an not die from heat stroke. but honestly never thought i knew much of their stuff but managed to find myself singing along. I think of all the bands that played, Greenday won me over, i might even buy an CD. Who cares if the show is a bit reharsed, sure U2 have made millions in the last year from that. As for the bravery, definatly a band who care too much about their image. did anyone else notice how the lead singer trew the mic away after each song and the roadie had to come out and set it up again. comic rock an roll! still it was definatly a high point of the weekend for me though


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭dimerocks


    Anybody See Sylvia Saint?
    i am trying to get feedback now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 397 ✭✭Sweetness!


    Anybody See Sylvia Saint?
    Yeah I saw abit of their set, they seemed like a really good band!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15 overhere


    best band of the weekend was defo Death From Above closely followed by The Doves, the first band ive ever seen stand up to the security guards who were acting like pricks during their set.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 647 ✭✭✭My name is Mud


    jeez...you'd swear I had a vendetta against RyG....

    ...they are good at what they do - im not denying that, but I got really bored after the fist 10 minutes of Metallica intros, followed by insane cheering combined with out-of-time clapping...

    ...plus that tent was so horriby warm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    what happened with doves and the security guards?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,024 ✭✭✭Awayindahils


    brillaint weekend, if a little burt and sore as a result. i didnt get to see half as many acts as i wnated to.

    saw docotors were good my friends are fans
    kaiser chiefs were really good
    razorlight really disappointed me
    got lost for about 3 housr and ended up outside the green room turn sounded really good, hal not so much
    kt tunstall was brillaint
    was around for the frames but i wasnt really paying attention
    green day were amazing, but what was with the crowd surfing, i was near the fence and all the guys around me were really tall so whent he crowd surfers came along i couldnt reach them and as a result two of them fell on top of me, but green day were soo good, been waiting for ages to see them

    emm sunday saw beautiful south, played well crowd say along
    feeder disappointed me, get over the fact that mtv was filming it for f***s sake
    audioslave played really well, not a fan but was in the pit que
    i really dont like the streets anyway and thought they were ****e
    the killers, eeveryone got involved but the whole thing was lacking something
    keane were good
    foos was brillaint but still with the crowd surfing but the crowd started to send them backwards after a while


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭Kingsize


    "the miming thing????"

    PLEASE EXPLAIN ???

    i can assure you the kaiser cheifs did/do not mime their act but the drummer does a lot of the vocals as well as the "lead" singer perhaps thats where you are getting mixed up??

    Also "follow the herd" wtf? as opposed to what? being one of the thousands of "individuals" in Audioslave (e.g) t shirts??.
    yeah i know what you meant but each to his own eh?People were posting their opinions on bands theywent to see.

    the Killers i didnt see so i cant comment on their performance,i do like the album but i have seen the singer interviewed several times & can safely say hes a cock


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 487 ✭✭Cungi


    Did anyone see Kerbdog? If not you all missed out. Audioslave - Killing in the Name highlight of the wkend


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 513 ✭✭✭Cond0r


    kaiser chiefs were really good but then the miming thing.. kind of ruins it
    I actually thought they were miming too, but I think for me anyway, it was just the delay on the screens that made it look like they may have been.
    Poor show if they were.

    QOTSA rocked in my opinion.. big fan though and I can see how non fans may not have enjoyed it that much.

    As everyone has said, Greenday put on an awesome show and were generally good fun.

    Prodigy I thought were awesome also, considering how long they've been around.. they really put on a great show and got the crowd going.

    All in all, effing great weekend :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 93 ✭✭Pistol Pete


    There was no delay on the big screens... the speed of sound dictates the fact that the further away you are, the more out of sync the video will be with the audio - i.e. you're always seeing live video but the audio gets more and more delayed the further away you are.


    Highlights for me:

    QOTSA: I'm not a massive fan of these and I hadn't seen them live before (with previous more exciting live lineups or whatever) but I really enjoyed these largely due to where I was in the crowd I suppose - and I prefer the actual "let's play our setlist" approach to a gig rather than Greenday's song-20mins of bollocks-song-20mins of bollocks-song style.

    Biffy Clyro: Yerman's guitar tech really earned his keep over the course of the set, they were rocking. Must pick up some of their stuff now.

    Fightstar: CHARLIEEEE!!!!!! CHARRRRLIEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Good fun. Bit pissed off that I had security dudes jumping all over me at the barrier during Palahniuk's Laughter though cause they were trying to stop a pit a few people back or something.

    Audioslave: Seemed to play more RATM/Soundgarden than their own stuff but that was fine by me, would have liked the whole band playing Black Hole Sun and Shadow of the Sun / Drown Me Slowly / #1 Zero making an appearance instead of Doesn't Remind Me, I hate that song. The bottles thing was mad looking :)

    Foo Fighters: Every song was an anthem, they're hardly a groundbreaking or original rock band in any way but they're a fúcking great band for a festival and produced more spine-tingling moments and equally more headbanging moments than any other band had for me, I can barely talk after screaming the entire set from the pit.

    Razorlight, The Killers, The Streets, and Rodrigo y Gabriela (shameless crowd milkers... only outdone by Greenday in this department) all looked ****e to me. Did anyone notice Embrace had the gig of their lives in the Green Room on Sunday? I can't stand them myself but I caught the end of their set and they seemed genuinely overwhelmed by the reception they got after having low expectations, was nice to see such a good vibe.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43 Libero


    Call_me_al wrote:
    what happened with doves and the security guards?
    After the halfway point in their set, Jimi Goodwin could see that security were not only screaming aggressively towards those on others' backs, they were sending in snatch squads. These squads would barrel through the crowd causing more hassle, bruising and physical contact than any amoun of five foot girls on their friend's back. All in all, security were acting way over the top at what was a relaxed and sunny outdoor gig with no mosh pit and no great crowding as far as I could see.

    So after one song, Jimi looks down at the security below stage and asks something like "is it our gig or theirs". After the next song he berates them for being violent and says there is no need to act that way. Not sure that the crowd appreciated what he was getting at cos it would have looked like he was looking at his feet rather than the security people below him, and I think the crowd would have cheered massively if they had known!

    Also going by newspaper reports, Cormac Battle of Kerbdog said something like "these guys are triple time to sit on their arses all day. Let's give them something to work at". Cue big mosh and security freaking out :D

    MCD need to teach there security agents some manners and respect towards patrons. There is a need for robust security but as many other festivals and events demonstrate, it can be done without snarling, needless aggression and power-tripping.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,643 ✭✭✭magpie


    Cormac Battle of Kerbdog said something like "these guys are triple time to sit on their arses all day. Let's give them something to work at".

    Fight the Power Mr Mainstream Radio Man.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9 podge1


    I really enjoyed the Frames and the Foo Fighters on the main stage...
    HAL and The Magic Numbers were very impressive and Josh Rouise was pretty good aswell..
    I thought Kasabian were a bit stale so went to see Mylo in the dance tent and it was brilliant the best part of my weekend....
    Alabama 3 really got the crowd going on Sunday...
    The Streets, The Queens of the Stone Age were disappointing...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,424 ✭✭✭joejoem


    DJ Mylo was dissapointing alright


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,286 ✭✭✭SprostonGreen


    Libero wrote:
    After the halfway point in their set, Jimi Goodwin could see that security were not only screaming aggressively towards those on others' backs, they were sending in snatch squads. These squads would barrel through the crowd causing more hassle, bruising and physical contact than any amoun of five foot girls on their friend's back. All in all, security were acting way over the top at what was a relaxed and sunny outdoor gig with no mosh pit and no great crowding as far as I could see.

    So after one song, Jimi looks down at the security below stage and asks something like "is it our gig or theirs". After the next song he berates them for being violent and says there is no need to act that way. Not sure that the crowd appreciated what he was getting at cos it would have looked like he was looking at his feet rather than the security people below him, and I think the crowd would have cheered massively if they had known!


    MCD need to teach there security agents some manners and respect towards patrons. There is a need for robust security but as many other festivals and events demonstrate, it can be done without snarling, needless aggression and power-tripping.

    Agreed, it was embarrassing what these neantherdals c**twits were at. They havent got a clue.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 771 ✭✭✭spiderlegs


    Agreed, it was embarrassing what these neantherdals c**twits were at. They havent got a clue.
    Security are just loonys on power rushes.......


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 125 ✭✭weak infant


    nobody seems to have mentioned tom vek, he was only for half an hour and his last song was fantastic.
    i'm sorry i missed the goteam now. had to keep with the crowd. (.. go team) i always find at these festivals that if i want to see something strange i'm on me own.
    black strobe were disappointing for me but they were on waaaay too early.
    jacques lu cont rocked and the way he led into lcd soundsystem was class.
    was funny seeing lcd soundsys clear out the dance tent only to fill it up again!
    kasabian were great.
    highlight of the weekend for me was finishing on blue monday. always wanted to see new order and no amount of "you'll never see james brown again" would sway me!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭0utshined


    jacques lu cont rocked and the way he led into lcd soundsystem was class.

    Agreed. I missed the Killers to see him and was glad I did.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭acri


    Rodgab did it for me. They are truely sublime together. And that showdown, massive. Flogging Molly were the first band I saw. And what a way to start the festival.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭chillywilly


    I heard that someone went mental in campsite A on Friday night and slashed his wrists and chest....

    ...€140 euro to be taken away in an ambulance on Friday...bargain ticket!

    I had a great time though.

    Highlights: Kasabian, Eagles of Death Metal, Death from Above 1979.
    Disappointing:
    The Killers (crap mix, teenyboppers everywhere -"oh i love this song, like you know?"),
    Rodrego and Gabriella (its two mexicans playing classical spanish guitar...its not new, its not original...stop going mad over it you idiots)

    First time camping, probably wont do it again due to ****ty food, ****ty queues, ****ty smell from portoloos and ****ty smell just in general (i.e. sunday morning = smell), and because of idiots everywhere


    only 3 words to describe this fella, NOT FESTIVAL FIT :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,872 ✭✭✭segadreamcast


    Saturday:
    Kaiser Chiefs - Very Good, pity I missed the first few songs though.
    Razorlight - Nothing special, nothing awful.
    QOTSA - Good, but not great.
    Snoop Dogg - The surprise package for me... he really got the crowd going better than everyone else but Green Day.
    The Frames - Nice guy...pity about the music.
    Bloc Party - Great set altogether.
    Kasabian - I only saw them briefly, but it was shaping up nicely before I ran back to Green Day.
    Green Day - Amazing. No other word for it. Performance of Saturday for sure.

    Sunday:
    The Streets - Yuck. Worst performance.
    Rodriego Y Gabriela - Good. Very good.
    Audioslave - Apart from the bottle throwing stunt, pretty crap.
    LCD Soundsystem - Enjoyable enough - not as good as I expected though.
    New Order - Good/great.
    James Brown - From what I saw, it was similar enough to his earlier Vicar Street performance and - yes - he is running out of energy...
    Foo Fighters - Very good again :)
    Susanne Vega - Ha, I went in about halfway through and happened to hear her best stuff. Lucky me.

    That's it - good festival, won't be camping next year though - gonna be in New York :)!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,945 ✭✭✭D-Generate


    Band Highlights were

    Kerbdog - Great crowd with many friends and brilliant atmosphere. They also interacted well with the crowd

    Jimmy Eat World - Lots of crowd singing and very good set with well known songs that would make anyone move.

    Audioslave had a very good set also, especially the acoustic Black Hole Sun. Pretty classy!

    Best set had to be New Order's though. Sumner is quite the funny man and its great to see 40 year olds belting out great tracks. Muchos dancing and muchos singing. Very good sounding also. What better crowd interaction than getting them to vote for their next song!?
    Hopefully they will now come here alone rather than supporting some group whose fans won't care about seeing them, e.g RHCP fans at Landsdown Rd.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 172 ✭✭sillisome fiend


    Highlight of the weekend for me was definitely audioslave, although there was a load of people just standing in the pit like they didnt want to be there. Bloc party, Kasabian and the kaiser chiefs were also great. really disappointed I didn't get to see the future kings of spain, the Go! team and interpol. Wasn't bothered with green day, not a fan, but after hearing the reviews I probably should have gone instead of the prodigy.

    Biggest disappointment was bright eyes cancelling! Really pissed off at that. :mad:


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    did anyone see my friend singing there,tara blaise, and what ya think?,i couldnt go :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭Kingsize


    "Biggest disappointment was bright eyes cancelling! Really pissed off at that"

    http://www.nme.com/news/112852.htm

    Check out the link,brighteyes made a bit of a c*nt of himself at glasto & cancelled all subsequent festival gigs
    now hes playing the " i cant remember much to be honest" card
    which is funny cos this review almost revels in what they obviously thought was a calculated part of the act!
    http://www.ukmusicsearch.co.uk/glastonbury/glastonbury2005/bright-eyes.htm

    Definitely NOT festival fit :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 647 ✭✭✭My name is Mud


    only 3 words to describe this fella, NOT FESTIVAL FIT :rolleyes:

    :p im just getting too old...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,829 ✭✭✭Toast


    Libero wrote:
    Also going by newspaper reports, Cormac Battle of Kerbdog said something like "these guys are triple time to sit on their arses all day. Let's give them something to work at". Cue big mosh and security freaking out

    The security guys at Kerbdog were laughing away at what Cormac was saying and having a grand time when people started to mosh. They certainly didnt freak out.
    only 3 words to describe this fella, NOT FESTIVAL FIT

    Id call myself festival fit after camping at multiple music festivals but Im never camping in Oxegen again. Campsite was the worst mess Ive ever seen. The camper mentality appeared to be to outdo each other in being as inconsiderate to everyone around as possible. Apparently courtesy and being civilised goes out the window once you are in a field and ****ting and pissing anywhere you feel like is ok. Its a shame because in the Arena people were extremely friendly.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,643 ✭✭✭magpie


    You mean "Tara Blay-uz" as self-advertised on Lyric FM. Nice soft-focus photos on the website :rolleyes:


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭Kingsize


    or should that be tara ldarion ?? ;)
    when was she playing? i wouldve gone & given her a severe telling off about the wonky lampshade in one of her promo pics.
    Did she used to be in some band that were all over the radio back in 98 ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 626 ✭✭✭Cork Boy


    D-Generate wrote:
    Band Highlights were

    Kerbdog - Great crowd with many friends and brilliant atmosphere. They also interacted well with the crowd

    Jimmy Eat World - Lots of crowd singing and very good set with well known songs that would make anyone move.

    Audioslave had a very good set also, especially the acoustic Black Hole Sun. Pretty classy!

    Best set had to be New Order's though. Sumner is quite the funny man and its great to see 40 year olds belting out great tracks. Muchos dancing and muchos singing. Very good sounding also. What better crowd interaction than getting them to vote for their next song!?
    Hopefully they will now come here alone rather than supporting some group whose fans won't care about seeing them, e.g RHCP fans at Landsdown Rd.

    I was at that gig in landsdown rd, right up the front of the pit. It really was a poor choice to have new order there, i thought (in my opinion) they totally sucked ass but i'm not into them anyway but neither were the other 30-40,000 people there.
    I actually felt sorry for them at one stage


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,643 ✭✭✭magpie


    i wouldve gone & given her a severe telling off about the wonky lampshade in one of her promo pics.

    I like the way they've been photoshopped into 'polaroid' frames and blue 'handwriting' added, for that 'here's a couple of snaps of me taken by a friend' as opposed to 'here's €3000 worth of professional photography to try and sell my 6th form poetry on my looks'.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭ClareBear


    The best for me were The Prodigy (as always), James Brown, Kaiser Chiefs (not a fan but they were class), Mylo (though this is the fourth time he's done that same set in the past 6 months), James Brown, Killers...

    Spent most of my time in the dance tent. The Spirit DJ's were brilliant.

    Great weekend but think it'll be my last Oxegen outing, it was full of 15 year olds! Roll on Electric Picnic...maybe I won't feel so old there.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭ClareBear



    Biggest disappointment was bright eyes cancelling! Really pissed off at that. :mad:

    Yeah you're not the only one.


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