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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

This day 41 years ago was the first concert at Slane Castle with Thin Lizzy headlining.

Were any of yous there?

Favourite act you've seen at Slane if you've been?

What band/artist would make you suffer through that walk home to do it all again these days?

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By *ilbearniMan
over a year ago

peninsula

Queen, The Bangles, Chris Rea 1986...the sleeping in a field the night before and hitching a lift back home the next day..what an experience, and what a concert

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By *ilbearniMan
over a year ago

peninsula

"Queen, The Bangles, Chris Rea 1986...the sleeping in a field the night before and hitching a lift back home the next day..what an experience, and what a concert"

Qhi would i suffer that for now???

Not one band/person....Im too old for those shenanigans nowadays i need my hotel bed before and after a gig

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By *owerage75Man
over a year ago

Drogheda

Queen was my first Slane too ...

Super venue ... woefully organised its get worse every time ...

Only AC/DC would make me suffer it again

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

REM supported by Oasis in 1995 ....great gig...horrible venue..never back since

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By *adylaceWoman
over a year ago

Waterford City

I love Slane. I think I've been to 9 gigs there over the years. It's never easy but always worth it. Can't pick a best but the worst was definitely the year Bryan Adams headlined.

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By *itIrishCplCouple
over a year ago

Dublin

"REM supported by Oasis in 1995 ....great gig...horrible venue..never back since "

Was at that too. Weren’t the cranberries also on the bill.

The only way to do slate is helicopter in and VIP exit out as soon as last chord is struck.

Think the gig finished at 11 and we were still walking for the buses at 1:30. The amphitheater and castle view is pretty spectacular but the access is a nightmare

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By *ergalMan
over a year ago

East Cork

Always had a great time in slane, camped, great time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Santana, UB40 and some other headling geezer Id no interest in

1984. I was smuggled in under my parents coat

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By *ealitybitesMan
over a year ago

Belfast

Never been as I could never afford a ticket.

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By *peasinapod1Couple
over a year ago

dublin

Iv been to them all since queen some epic gigs worst one was Madonna .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Iv been to them all since queen some epic gigs worst one was Madonna . "

Ah but the stooges made up for Madonna

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By *hyeyesMan
over a year ago

meath

"Iv been to them all since queen some epic gigs worst one was Madonna . "

I've been to alot of them aswell. The Rolling Stones take the crown.

There energy hasn't been matched

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By *imonlebangMan
over a year ago

Casa Lebang Bang

Queen ...hands down the best

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By *somfuntimeCouple
over a year ago

dark side of the moon

Been to a few. Went to Madonna with 2 free tickets and even that didn’t make it tolerable. Easily the worst.

Best was the foo fighters with queen a close second. 2 very different bands at 2 very different times. It rained for both. Would go to see either there again in the morning but only if Freddie was still up front for queen.

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