seriously doubt that !Quote:
Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
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seriously doubt that !Quote:
Originally Posted by SligoBrewer
How about Muse? They completely sold out Wembley stadium. Slane about same capacity? and they're an excellent live band too.
Don't think Foo Fighters would do it as a headline act. They'd need a decent support bill. Did they sell out Marley Park last year? They supported the Chilis in Slane a few years ago and it was probably the worst I've seen them play live.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry
I doubt any of those but U2. Saw the Who last year in a comfortably full Marquee and that's about the size venue they'd sell out here. Saw Metallica in the RDS on the St Anger tour and there was no shortage of tickets. That's less than half the size of Slane.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry
a lot of talk of support acts, but who could do it without a major support act. They act have to be able to sell 80k tickets without a big name support act to sell 20k on this their ticket.
Few names mentioned can do it and some are picking their own favourites and are living in the clouds if a band that has sold 30k can suddenly sell 80k by themsevles.
U2, Springsteen, Fully reformed LZ, Guns N Roses, Paul McCartney. Thats about it me thinks. Maybe ac/dc but lets face it, some people thinking a band can fill slane after 2 albums and selling two nights in a small venue in dublin is a joke to be honest.
Best live band tourning these days but no chance they'd sell out Slane. They're struggling to sell out Marley Park at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pauro 76
Garth Brooks could sell Slane twice. He's massivly popular still, and the cheese factor would appeal to a lot of people too. He's officially "retired" from touring, but has done a few charity gigs recently in US. During them he kept mentioning stories about "when" he goes back touring. It'd be a battle between Croker and Slane to get him.
Bruce Springsteen - Nuff Said - Close Thread
Bruce Springsteen I know of but aren't Nuff Said a pop-rap act who don't perform live? ...and Close Thread don't even have a Myspace.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reality Bites
had to read it twice, but nice one:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Arctic Monkeys wouldn't fill half of slane. Remember, 80k is a lot of people, and we're stuggling to find acts that would get that many, from such bonafide huge artists as The Boss and U2. Malahide Castle was 10k are far as I remember.
The Foo's filled Wembley Stadium two days in a row last month, so I would imagine they would fill Slane as well for a one off gig.
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Originally Posted by beautifulrock
wembely in London with 8 million living there. Twice as many as this whole country. Also it seems the price to see bands here is much much higher
I think you're talking the likes of U2, Rolling Stones, Springsteen, and maybe still Oasis as a one off Irish date. AC/DC & GNR might be just an age thing tbh - not sure they'll be hitting the right demographic that'll be arsed to go to Slane.
With other festival and gig options post the whole planning permission issue thing being sorted Slane isn't able to rely on the 15-18 year olds that would go regardless of who was on just for the event and the chance to get drunk in a more populated field than they usually do.
seen them at slane, 1991 I believe, when they were at their peak and they only managed to sell 35,000 tickets.Quote:
Originally Posted by max power
True, twice as many divide it by two as it was for two nights :) The tickets were 55 sterling seated for the Foo's.Quote:
Originally Posted by max power
Yes for a city and not a whole country. It would take 4 hour to get to slane from some parts of the country. Compare that to a tube trip to wembley ?Quote:
Originally Posted by beautifulrock
Foo Fighters wouldn't get anywhere near the number of non-fan event junkies required for a Slane gig.
Ah ha Max you have never tried to get a tube to Wembley I see, not quite 4 hours I agree but on a bad day with the wrong wind you would be surprised.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by max power
Anyway I agree the Foo's would not attract the event junkies so cross them off the list.
bowie?????????
Doubt it at this stage. He'd need a good comeback album to get people excited about him againQuote:
Originally Posted by see's it