QuoteHow about Muse? They completely sold out Wembley stadium. Slane about same capacity? and they're an excellent live band too.
seriously doubt that !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.
'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'
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.
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.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
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.
Ignore Max Power, he is no more, the future is Ron Burgundy. I'd love to be Ron Burgundy but they won't let me........
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.
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.
The glass isn't half full or half empty it's just too damn big!
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.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
had to read it twice, but nice one
Ignore Max Power, he is no more, the future is Ron Burgundy. I'd love to be Ron Burgundy but they won't let me........
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.
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
Ignore Max Power, he is no more, the future is Ron Burgundy. I'd love to be Ron Burgundy but they won't let me........
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.
If you attack me with stupidity, I'll be forced to defend myself with sarcasm.
seen them at slane, 1991 I believe, when they were at their peak and they only managed to sell 35,000 tickets.
True, twice as many divide it by two as it was for two nightsThe tickets were 55 sterling seated for the Foo's.
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 ?True, twice as many divide it by two as it was for two nights
Ignore Max Power, he is no more, the future is Ron Burgundy. I'd love to be Ron Burgundy but they won't let me........
Foo Fighters wouldn't get anywhere near the number of non-fan event junkies required for a Slane gig.
" I wish to God that someone would be able to block out the voices in my head for five minutes, the voices that scream, over and over again: "Why do they come to me to die?"
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.
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 again
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