Oxegen 2005

[Risteard]

Is there any web-site.
All i know is
Snow Patrol??
Foo
Prodigy
Ian Brown

[Neish]

Yeah here it is
http://www.oxegen.ie
or
http://www.mcd.ie/festivals/fullfest...0&xname=oxegen

Ian Brown woohoo
Where you hear about Snow Patrol?

[Risteard]

Thought it was a site just for last year.
(i beat it to the ian brown news)
I dunno. Snow Patrol is probably dodgy so.
I thought i'd actually heard it here but a buddy thought it was confirmed too.

[Neish]

The Killers have been added today. Also Tickets are now on re-sale priced as follows:

One-day ticket - €64.50
Two-day (Non-camping) ticket -€120
Two-day(Camping) - €145

[Neish]

Keane THE STREETS & KASABIAN confirmed for OXEGEN 2005 10/02/05 added today 10/02/05

[Neish]

The Frames added today 14/02/05

[tetsujin1979]

The Frames added today 14/02/05

No shock there, the frames were always on the rising stage at witnness, think they played the main stage at the last witnness.

Always the same billing for them "hardest working band" "new album" "going to finally make the breakthrough" blah, blah, blah. If they were that good for this long, they'd already have made the breakthrough and not be playing the same student venues every year, I saw them 3 times in 8 months when I was in 2nd year in UL.

[tiktok]

"going to finally make the breakthrough"

I think this is their year, and if it doesn't happen in the next twelve months they may as well pack it in. While not their best album, Burn the Maps is more radio friendly, especially given the crop of acts coming through now, they've started to pop up on a few 'up and coming' compilations since they signed the most recent record deal.

[Neish]

The Frames are a decent band, but like tetsujin says they seem to be chatting about breaking though for about 3 or 4 years now and frankly I think their about as big now as their ever gonna get.

And Glen Hansard's endless self-promotion(apearing in peoples videos and joining other artists and bands on stage) is starting to annoy me. Also he spends have the gig telling little stories and sometimes ya just wanna yell "Get on with it"

[Gareth]

Frames didn't play last year's Oxegen because they were on at around 3 o clock and they felt it was a backwards step and would only do Oxegen if they were top two billing. This suggests they are going to be the Main or second last act on stage this year. I seen the Frames and Glen Hansard too many times. I get pretty bored these days. Glen talks too much and is always playing his best ever gig, even if it was out in front of 3 people in a car park at the back of Superquinn. He almost makes you think he believes it himself!

The lineup this year is way better than this time last year, were we had Black Eyed Peas, Scissor Sisters, Darkness et al.

This year I am happy about some. I would be happier with the likes of :
Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, Pixies, Hell is for Heroes, Tom McRae, Coral, Zutons, Doves, Bloc Party, Chemical Brothers, Weezer and throw in System of a Down and a reforming of Rage against the machine and Smashing Pumpkins with a few irish acts like Gemma Hayes, Damian Rice, Pony Club and the Chalets on smaller stages and I am very pleased

I will go eitherway!!

[James]

Frames didn't play last year's Oxegen because they were on at around 3 o clock and they felt it was a backwards step and would only do Oxegen if they were top two billing. This suggests they are going to be the Main or second last act on stage this year. I seen the Frames and Glen Hansard too many times. I get pretty bored these days.

The Frames are playing the Main stage 2nd last act on on the 9th
rubbish about getting boring, saw them last week in amsterdam and they were amazing.. 1200 ppl, 99% didnt know any songs and they were rocking at the end.. throw in a nice Pixies/Deus medely.. Bellx1 one then upstairs to top off the nights music..

Personally i think the frames will "break through" even more this year.
They have sell out shows all over europe last year and so far this current tour is sold out with 1200 in the dam and another 1200 in prague a few nights ago.. Shows being added in Paris as well as all over eastern europe and scandanavia.
in 2004 circa 100,000 ppl paid in to c them all over ireland/europe including 19,000 at marley park.
I think they gone past the "breakthrough band" stage

[Gareth]

James, I never said the Frames were boring. Read the post again. I said I am bored of them after seeing them too many times. Thought as much about the billing position. Saw him do his Debaser a few times now. Tim Wheeler came out at Olympia and did it with him on New Years a coupel years ago.
Anyways just to re-iterate, I said I was bored of them, not that they were boring! They still have one of Irelands best poprock songs with Revelate. Second to Teenage Kicks.

[Neish]

a reforming of Rage against the machine and Smashing Pumpkins

Is that just a dream or is that actually happening?

[Neish]

James I didn't mean to apply that the Frames were boring there a very good live act. Once Glen shuts his japper that is(I mean I hate it when a band who don't chat to crowd at all) but sometime Glen just chats a bit too much.

[Gareth]

Dream as Audioslave have a new album out this year and Smashing Pumpkins,
it was totally a dream. Still you need dreams Billy Corrigan's Zwan, have they gone?

[gustavo]

whats the definiton of breakthrough for the frames ? they are pretty big here. presumably though they will only be judged on success in uk

[tetsujin1979]

whats the definiton of breakthrough for the frames ? they are pretty big here. presumably though they will only be judged on success in uk

I would have said success outside Ireland, playing big venues, etc, not local club tours. You could probably rank them alongside Aslan, Saw Doctors, etc, in the "why are they not bigger" category

[James]

You could probably rank them alongside Aslan, Saw Doctors, etc, in the "why are they not bigger" category

maybe in 2003 u cud rank them there as there were getting no recognition in UK.. but 2004 & def in 2005 going on whats lined up for the rest of the year.. they way way above the Aslan / Saw Doctors category who when they play outside ireland will play areas with an irish diaspora and they prob bring in v v few non irish ppl.
frames on the other hand can pack anywhere in eastern europe and now in 2005 they selling out belgium / holland / scandanavia germany..and these gigs are 95% full of non irish ppl.

[Neish]

James Brown confirmed according to NME

Strong rummors of Green day, Babyshambles Future Heads and metallica

[Neish]

Acts so far and the days are a calculated guess from the T in the park line-up

SATURDAY
green day
The Frames
prodigy
ian brown
kasabian
the killers
razorlight


SUNDAY
foo fighters
james brown
keane
the streets
Audioslave
The Streets
Beautiful south

Un confirmed day
Futureheads
Babyshambles