Official June 15, 2013 - Slane Castle, County Meath, Ireland thread

mrleaf · #81 02-24-2013, 10:43 PM

They will have to add one hell of an opening act or 2 to this for it to come close to getting a good crowd nevermind selling out as Robbie Williams is playing Aviva stadium in Dublin the night before and he is a huge draw...

ticos_stick · #82 02-24-2013, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mrleaf

They will have to add one hell of an opening act or 2 to this for it to come close to getting a good crowd nevermind selling out as Robbie Williams is playing Aviva stadium in Dublin the night before and he is a huge draw...

Indeed. Another housewife's favourite.

Yvonne · #83 02-24-2013, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ticos_stick

I was thinking The Script might support at Slane seeing as they're playing with Jovi the next day, but are they too big to support another band in Ireland?

The Script sell out venues in Ireland on their own so doubt veyr much they will be at Slane for this.

Living_on_my_Hair · #84 02-25-2013, 01:32 PM

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The Script sell out venues in Ireland on their own so doubt veyr much they will be at Slane for this.

Foo Fighters supported RHCP at Slane when I saw them, and they were big at the time..and RHCP supported U2 at Slane too on their Californication tour...so you never know.

Shame I can't make Slane this year...Hyde Park for me I thinks..

Andi

TheseDaysEra · #85 02-25-2013, 01:52 PM

9 pages on this thread so far. by the time the gig's over, it'll be 60 pages long.

Lyn Wo · #86 03-23-2013, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by skogs

Damn right it will be a great night! When it gets dark, with the castle all lit up to one side and people holding up lights on the hill, the place looks magic! And when that roar comes down the hill towards the river and the stage it would give ya shivers, I'm telling ya!

I hope this is the case because I'm taking in my first European Bon Jovi show at Slane! I have high, but not unreasonable, expectations.

frameworknet · #87 03-26-2013, 04:44 PM

how to get slane castle from the center of Dublin on June 15?

Living_on_my_Hair · #88 03-26-2013, 05:03 PM

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how to get slane castle from the center of Dublin on June 15?

The same way probably as 80% of everybody else going - there's always a load of special public buses put on for the concert.

Oh, and Google is your friend.

Andi

semigoodlookin · #89 03-27-2013, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Supersonic

but I really feel this is the beginning of the end for Bon Jovi as a popular touring act as every tour is surrounded by negative press everywhere.

News reports are already making fun of the stats Bon Jovi include in their press release by saying "yeah that's nice dear, but you're a nostalgia act, not one that's supposed to be playing at Slane

I am not sure where you get this from, I am not saying you are entirely wrong, but do you have some sources cause I have not seen much of this? At least here in Argentina, when he was on TV two weeks ago the press was very positive, as it has been on the whole in Brazil too. If you mean the internet blogs kicking off then I would say that is not the press. As far as I can see Bon Jovi gets good press for the most part, especially in the States, and especially in the mainstream press. Sure there is always a little dig in every article but they had that even when they were not a "declining" touring band.

That's really interesting, I had no idea there was a media backlash (re Slane) against Bon Jovi, I just did some Google searches and couldn't find much other than some internet blogs poking fun and forum boards with outraged members of the music elite apparently, although the Irish Times was less than pleased. Again, if you could point me to some of these news reports it would be interesting to read/see them.

By the way, I am not being sarcastic, I am really asking because I could not turn up much.

RonJovi · #90 04-04-2013, 10:56 AM

Read this morning that only 35,000-40,000 tickets have been sold for this. Looking fairly ominous. With Robbie playing the night before, Neil Young playing the same night and Eminem playing Slane this year too, it looks like the gods are conspiring against Bon Jovi.

Was also interested to hear the organiser saying Bon Jovi are proving "a pretty big draw". Damning them with faint praise or am I just being negative?

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