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Last Post 2/15/2006 3:47 PM by Una

Oxegen 2006

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Una

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2/15/2006 3:47 PM
so the Who and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers are headlining. Other acts include (so far): Arctic Monkeys Primal Scream Sigur Ross Kaiser Chiefs Ordinary Boys Slam Felix Da Housecat

Gar

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2/15/2006 3:55 PM
I was thinking yesterday that The Who might headline. But the best thing about Oxegen is usually the New Band Stage so we'll see how good that is when announced.

klootfan

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2/15/2006 4:18 PM
Are the Chilli Peppers not sick pf playing ireland... And are the gig going public not sick of seeing em. Hardly an original choice for a headline slot

Damien

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2/15/2006 4:22 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una Red Hot Chilli Peppers are headlining. BORING Never been to oxygen or wittness choices like that wouldn't convince me to start.

sixer

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2/15/2006 4:45 PM
You can add Franz Ferdinand to that line up for T in the Park ..er I mean Oxegen.

nerraw

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2/15/2006 4:46 PM
quote: Originally posted by Damien quote: Originally posted by Una Red Hot Chilli Peppers are headlining. BORING Never been to oxygen or wittness choices like that wouldn't convince me to start. You're missing out if you never went. Great weekend guaranteed. But I agree about chillipeppers, they've headlined about 5 open air gigs in the last 6 years or so. How close is oxegen & Epicnic to selling out? they are constantly in the "hot" tickets section in ticketbastard.

Antistar

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2/15/2006 7:14 PM
BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, apart from the God-like Sigur Ros. I only went to Witnness once and that was to see Mogwai only, I left after their set finished...God I hate Oxegen.

nerraw

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2/16/2006 11:43 AM
quote: Originally posted by Antistar BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, apart from the God-like Sigur Ros. I only went to Witnness once and that was to see Mogwai only, I left after their set finished...God I hate Oxegen. You are so cool.

Damien

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2/16/2006 11:46 AM
quote: Originally posted by nerraw quote: Originally posted by Antistar BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, BORING, apart from the God-like Sigur Ros. I only went to Witnness once and that was to see Mogwai only, I left after their set finished...God I hate Oxegen. You are so cool. ZING! ha ha ha

Mully

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2/16/2006 1:57 PM
TM is saying there is a Presale on the 24th of Feb. Any idea what it is & how it works ?

ctrlaltdelete

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2/16/2006 2:22 PM
Poxygen is full of random reprobate scum and topless boggers wearing straw stetsuns. That said when I went some years ago it was good fun. I'd only go again if i got a free ticket. So many better/cheaper/less rancid festivals both here and abroad worth discovering.

melvin cokane

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2/16/2006 3:18 PM
couldnt agree more, electric picnic is streets ahead, as for brit festivals and other foreign fetsivals....doesnt even register.... too many scum bags and general mullah degenerates aswe=ll as hired goons in high vis vests.... new band stage is however usually great for spotting up and comers.... the chili peppers though? i'd rather chew glass thanks...they were ste live in their hey day and are still ste live...damien is spot on...borrrinnngg......

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2/16/2006 3:21 PM
quote: Originally posted by ctrlaltdelete Poxygen is full of random reprobate scum and topless boggers wearing straw stetsuns. Practice what you preach, f**king hypocrite.

Mully

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2/16/2006 3:33 PM
For f**ks sake ... They've announced 7 acts ... SEVEN, of 107 !! I think Oxegen is grand, room for improvement, but grand. Yeah there are alot of idiots, but guess what, Idiots are easy to spot. So I ignore them, they're at the main stage & dance tents so I generally dont be around them. When I compare the Lineups of Oxe & EP, Oxe has more of what I want to see. So Shoot me.

ctrlaltdelete

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2/16/2006 4:12 PM
Practice what you preach, f**king hypocrite. Your generalisations were ill formed and stupid, whereas mine were, yeah exaggerated, but have more than a kernal of truth. Oxygen caters for the lowest common denominator of music fan - people who just want to get ball-bagged for the weekend, and hear something they heard on the radio. I'm not saying that's what everyone who goes there does, but that's it's target audience. And it's good fun. But once is enough, for me anyways.

mutch

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2/16/2006 4:43 PM
it only took one foreign festival last year to convince me never to go to another oxygen. good food, good smoke, nice atmosphere, reasonable beer, great weather, no scum security gaurds. the security gaurds at the irish fesivals make me laugh, one year i noticed a whole gang from my home town, all of who were fairly dodgy,( as in,say, kick the teeth from your head for a laugh dodgy!). foreign festival was miles ahead of witness/oxygen. (even though one of us was held up at gunpoint en route, it was STILL better) never been to EP but you lot here are always positive about it so gonna brave the fields of laois this year i think. (will i need wellies?!)

nerraw

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2/16/2006 5:19 PM
Oxegen is full of skangers, but would anyone from cluas really bump into them at the stages? Agree with security guards at irish festivals, absolute wkers. Dancing, for them, is a sign of trouble and 8 or more will immediately surround you. That;s what happened me and the gf :lol Oxegen is what is, some good bands, ste beer, bit of good weather and a good laugh. Had the pleasure of going to glasto last year, amazing festival and such a good atmosphere. But I would still go to oxegen.

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2/17/2006 8:45 AM
quote: Originally posted by ctrlaltdelete Your generalisations were ill formed and stupid, whereas mine were, yeah exaggerated, but have more than a kernal of truth. Oxygen caters for the lowest common denominator of music fan - people who just want to get ball-bagged for the weekend, and hear something they heard on the radio. I'm not saying that's what everyone who goes there does, but that's it's target audience. And it's good fun. But once is enough, for me anyways. So it's ok for you to generalise people as "reprobate scum and topless boggers wearing straw stetsuns" but my opinions are ill-informed and stupid? You're a clown.

ctrlaltdelete

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2/17/2006 1:09 PM
arguing on the internet is gay. let's just live and let live. peas.

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2/17/2006 1:22 PM
quote: Originally posted by ctrlaltdelete arguing on the internet is gay. let's just live and let live. peas. Yeah ok.

John Doe

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2/17/2006 5:01 PM
"You know how I know you're gay ? You like Coldplay."from "The 40 Year Old Virgin"

Antistar

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2/19/2006 12:07 PM
quote: Originally posted by ctrlaltdelete arguing on the internet is gay. let's just live and let live. peas. Since when does arguing about music through Online discussion boards constitute being 'gay'?

ctrlaltdelete

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2/19/2006 1:25 PM
since you joined in.

Antistar

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2/19/2006 3:42 PM
quote: Originally posted by ctrlaltdelete since you joined in. ha ha ha ha ha ha my sides, please stop.

Mully

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2/20/2006 5:06 PM
First Official Post on the Oxegen site. The outstanding line up announced today together with the amazing atmosphere at Punchestown will certify a unique festival experience for music fans from all over the globe. Line-up announced as follows: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Sun The Who - Sat The Strokes - Sat Kaiser Chiefs - Sun Franz Ferdinand - Sun Bellx1 - Sat Arctic Monkeys - Sat Richard Ashcroft - Sat Sigur Ros - Sun Manu Chao - Sun Primal Scream - Sat Damian Marley - Sun Felix Da Housecat David Morales As always, many more artists and attractions will be unveiled over the coming weeks and months that will continue to ensure that OXEGEN is one of the world's leading festival experiences.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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2/20/2006 5:27 PM
Manu Chao....jesus. Every poi-twirling, bongo-playing, dreadlocked, vegan backpacker in the country'll be there. If they're not off discovering South America, playing frisbee with Peruvian shepherds.

melvin cokane

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2/21/2006 9:16 AM
what about the chili peppers???!!!! jaysus every bogger bird n fat frog drinkin coppers stompin spanner in the country will all singing in unison; the wrong words to the chorus of scar tissue AGAIN..... the who should be a laugh....pete is almost completely deaf though? suppose its better than the year they had coldplay n david gray headline.....fook me was glad there were 80 cans in the tent that weekend.....

Mully

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2/21/2006 10:51 AM
If you can here me, up there on your high horse. James Blunt only played 1 festival in Ireland last year, & it wasnt Oxegen ...

melvin cokane

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2/21/2006 11:19 AM
watch the hooves dont hit ya in the jaw.... yeah he was put on at 12pm in glastonbury.. i remember....Most hadnt a clue who he was and he was put on before jools holland, van morrison and brian wilson..who ALSO didnt play Oxygen last year... the chilis are stll a s**te headline..no imagination...are the zzzzzframes....not on their customary "play in front of the same three thousand thirty somethings" pre headline slot this year? the rest of the line up looks cool, waiting to see who'll play the new bands tent and whether they have something rare, the way they had james brown last year...

Vandal_with_Handle

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2/21/2006 11:29 AM
Nothing really that surprising in line-up there, except for The Who and Manu Chao. Wonder what Sigur Ros will be like with a festival crowd? I'd say: brilliant

John Doe

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2/21/2006 1:22 PM
Saturday's looking good with the Who and the Arctics. Not impressed with any of the others though. And no Irish name acts yet ?

Gar

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2/21/2006 1:24 PM
Bell X1 are announced. But the New Band Stage and The Ticket Stage should be the one's worth waiting for. At the moment, Saturday is the better day.

John Doe

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2/21/2006 1:30 PM
Can we all please cross our fingers and pray to whatever God you believe in that Rice Cakes doesn't play ? That would be nice.

Unicron

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2/21/2006 2:21 PM
quote: Originally posted by Vandal_with_Handle Nothing really that surprising in line-up there, except for The Who and Manu Chao. Wonder what Sigur Ros will be like with a festival crowd? I'd say: brilliant I saw them play Galstonbury 2003 and they were completely captivating. It started to rain shortly after they came on stage and I never noticed, when the set ended I realised I was soaked through.

Archie

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2/21/2006 9:34 PM
I think it sounds great! The Who, Chili Peppers, Sigur Ros, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Bell X1....all quality bands.

Nomington

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2/22/2006 4:50 PM
Seriously, how can you call the Chilli Peppers a 'quality' band, same old, same old. I could easily say they are the most boring band IN THE WORLD. Saw them that time in the Phoenix park with the Pixies.. even if I did think they were alright, save yourself being surrounded by scobie scum and sit at home and listen to the cd because it has the same effect...

Mully

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2/22/2006 5:03 PM
quote: Originally posted by Nomington Seriously, how can you call the Chilli Peppers a 'quality' band, same old, same old. I could easily say they are the most boring band IN THE WORLD. Saw them that time in the Phoenix park with the Pixies.. even if I did think they were alright, save yourself being surrounded by scobie scum and sit at home and listen to the cd because it has the same effect... I loved the old, silly, socks on their cocks RHCPs. Not a fan since Californiacation, tbh.

Nomington

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2/22/2006 5:47 PM
Ah yeah well I'm sure we've all enjoyed them at some stage but no way would I want to be near a festival where they are headlining... I'm not trying to rise anyone by saying this because it's easy to sound like a complete a-hole by doing so, but I genuinely think bands like them really do attract the wrong crowds. Someone has already mentioned that it's easy to spot and ignore the idiots & scumbags, that's hairy muff, but it would surely ruin it for me.

Mully

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2/23/2006 10:05 AM
quote: Originally posted by Nomington I genuinely think bands like them really do attract the wrong crowds. Yeah, but all MCD are interested in is the golden buck, & if the wrong crowd pay up, they domt mind. I think that is part of EPs logic. As I said, I've never been, but have read posts. But if you attract an audience not interested in trouble/messing/craic & more than willing to co-operate, then you dont need Super Expense on Security.

Gar

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2/23/2006 10:09 AM
Weren't the majority of the security at Electric Picnic last year Scottish? Maybe in Scotland they are used to handling crowds and don't over-react to minor things. The security inside one of the tents were as pumped up as the crowd for acts such as Arcade Fire and MixMaster Mike. The opposite with Oxegen.

Nomington

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2/23/2006 11:22 AM
Do you not think that it won't be long before EP is as mainstream and generic as Oxegen? I absolutely loved EP last year, it was so chilled and loadsa fun, but the first year it was one day, then two and now 3 this year... I think with a limited amount of tickets you get a crowd that are up for it for the music, when it becomes bigger is it possible that it will go down the slippery slope and attract the types that just like getting drunk in a field, wearing novelty hats and falling over in general?

Gar

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2/23/2006 11:25 AM
Yep it could go like that. But it's on in August when most of the kids are in school or barraging students away on J1's. You'll just have to get your ticket and make the best out of it. If it's anything like last year then it should be a cracking long weekend.

nerraw

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2/23/2006 11:42 AM
Metro said this morning that James Brown has also been added.

Pilchard

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2/23/2006 11:42 AM
i really think it comes down to the acts. Everyone on Cluas may think that Arcade Fire are the best thing since smokey bacon but i'd say very few Oxegen hardchaws have ever heard of them hence why they didnt bother to go to EP. Remember that "Funeral" has still not sold gazillions of copies so it didnt have that crowd. With EP, the acts and the vibes pull in music fans who lost their festival virginity at Feile or Glastonbury etc. With Oxegen, the main bulk of fans are attending a festival for a 1st time. What might change EP is if they booked different acts. Going on what i've heard already, i'd say this year will probably attract much the same crowd demographic as last year. Though i did hear a worrying rumour that the frames had confirmed an appearance at EP. Hope thats not true - couldnt deal with them and their awful fans. Still, at least we'd know then who was going to be 2006's james blunt

Nomington

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2/23/2006 12:06 PM
quote: Originally posted by Pilchard With EP, the acts and the vibes pull in music fans who lost their festival virginity at Feile or Glastonbury etc. With Oxegen, the main bulk of fans are attending a festival for a 1st time. Jaysus Pilchard, not me! I'm just out of nappies and I went to EP!

Gar

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2/23/2006 5:56 PM
What's the deal with the Oxegen line-up having so many of the same acts from last year? James Brown, Kaiser Chiefs, Magic Numbers - Are people just paying to see the exact same setlist as last year?

Una

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2/23/2006 5:59 PM
well, they had a lot of the same bands in 2005 as they did in 2004... tried and tested my friend, tried and tested.

Unicron

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2/24/2006 12:11 PM
To some degree it's a reflection in the influence Oxegen has on it's audience. It can be a huge chance for a band to reach a new audience and if a band impresses one year it stands to reason that through word of mouth or however they'll become more popular and be in line for coming back and playing a bigger stage. Take the Killers for example, they played a very impressive set on the new band stage in 2004, a year later they're back on the main stage.

Mully

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2/24/2006 12:34 PM
Oxegen, The NME Brat Festival ?!? Last night Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs all scooped awards at the NME Awards

Una

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2/24/2006 1:56 PM
MCD CHOOSES POPULAR BANDS TO PLAY OXEGEN SHOCKER

Unicron

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2/24/2006 2:05 PM
As does POD/Aiken but they're actually good bigger shocker.

Liga

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2/26/2006 2:43 PM
For anyone that does actually want to go, there is a presale running until Thursday... http://www.ticketmaster.ie/promo/960

Mully

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2/28/2006 11:49 AM
quote: Originally posted by Liga For anyone that does actually want to go, there is a presale running until Thursday... http://www.ticketmaster.ie/promo/960 code is oxegen

Gar

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2/28/2006 11:59 AM
Editors, The Go Team! and Eels for the Saturday of Oxegen. A one day ticket might be worth purchasing.

Antistar

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2/28/2006 1:42 PM
Weller and Charlatans added. Dull, dull, dull.Yawn.

Mully

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2/28/2006 2:31 PM
quote: Originally posted by Antistar Weller and Charlatans added. Dull, dull, dull.Yawn. Can I go out on a limb here, and ask for a cease & disist order regarding Oxegen & Electric Picnic. If you dont like the Oxe bands, thats fine. If you dont like the E.P. bands, thats fine. There are way too many slagging posts of the last while. It seems to me, that everyone has their colours nailed to one of the Festivals. As was posted in the EP thread, the promoters are going after two different audiences. Nothing wrong with that.

pvc

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3/1/2006 3:43 PM
just heard Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and The Go! Team are confirmed.

melvin cokane

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3/1/2006 5:50 PM
why have ticket prices jumped 30 euro? and why are they charging an additional 20 notes to park your car? national inflation...around 3.5-4.00 percent consumer goods and services... mcd.....23.07% are they gonna charge an extra tenner again so you have the privilege of finding out what goes on where and when? are there any journos gonna touch on this? and how they consistently get away with it...

foreverchanges

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3/2/2006 12:55 PM
Why would a jurno touch on it, they don't want to loose their press passes for the gig, ( or any gig) if they step out of line and say anything bad about MCD

Antistar

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3/2/2006 5:10 PM
quote: Originally posted by melvin cokane why have ticket prices jumped 30 euro? and why are they charging an additional 20 notes to park your car? national inflation...around 3.5-4.00 percent consumer goods and services... mcd.....23.07% are they gonna charge an extra tenner again so you have the privilege of finding out what goes on where and when? This is Ireland 2006. Miserable,grey-skied hellhole where you're ripped off at every opportunity. are there any journos gonna touch on this? and how they consistently get away with it...

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3/2/2006 5:27 PM
I think the lineup for Oxegen is decent enough. So what if the crowd is not "cool" enough. If I go to a football match it's not to look at the crowd ffs.

Una

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3/2/2006 6:45 PM
Goldfrapp, Ben Harper, Hard Fi and Damien Dempsey, The Kooks added

Gar

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3/2/2006 7:39 PM
Ben Harper would be worth seeing alright

Lucera

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3/3/2006 1:43 PM
quote: Originally posted by Gar Ben Harper would be worth seeing alright Yeah just heard that yesterday. Looking forward to seeing him. The Charlatans were put up and the next minute were taken off.

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