26 April 2004
WITNESS FOR 04-MAYBE?
BY THE TIME THEY GET TO PHOENIX...
BONO SINGS AT PAVAROTI'S WEDDING
MUSIC SALES DECLINE 20% IN 2003
THE OFFSPRING ANNOUNCE DUBLIN SHOW
DAVID BOWIE AND THE DARKNESS TO HEADLINE OXEGEN FESTIVAL
WITNESS FOR 04-MAYBE?
What we know SO FAR
Bowie ( presuming radiohead do slane)
The Darkness
Muse
Travis
Damien Rice
The Strokes (headline 1st nite followed by darkness)
Idlewild
Snow Patrol
The Thrills
My Morning Jacket
The Libertines
Kings of Leon
Paddy Casey
Ocean Color Scene
The Music
Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club
can anybody confirm? send me an email if you can
BY THE TIME THEY GET TO PHOENIX...
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS are to play one exclusive night at DUBLIN's PHOENIX PARK
on June 12 next year.
The announcement that the Chilis will play the 120,000 capacity venue follows the release of the band's 'Greatest Hits' last month; charting the rockers' two decade career.
Tickets for the event will go on sale this Monday (December 22) at 8am and cost 59.50 Euros (including booking fee). The band's last Irish concert however, sold out in a record breaking two-and-a-half hours, so you'd better be quick!
Only six tickets are allowed per person and are available through Ticketmaster via (ROI) 0818 719 300 or (NI) 0870 243 4455. To buy online visit www.ticketmaster.ie
The Chilis' Dublin Phoenix Park show comes in the middle of the band's European tour. Dates already confirmed are:
BONO SINGS AT PAVAROTI'S WEDDING
Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, the world's most famous voice, married his long-time companion and former personal assistant Nicolletta Mantovani on stage at a theatre, but she made him wait before saying "I do". The couple were married by Modena mayor Giuliano Barbolini, fittingly, on stage in his home town in front of around 600 invited guests on an occasion which glittered with celebrity.
An emotional Pavarotti, 68 -- who wore a striking white hat, dark suit and
vivid red tie -- said the couple had chosen the theatre as the venue because
"the theatre is the church of artists". Towards the end of the ceremony,
BONO OF U2 jumped on stage to sing "Stand By Me" with Italian crooner
Zucchero, joined by U2's The Edge on guitar with the beaming bride in the middle.
"It was a very touching ceremony," said a woman on the guest list,
mobbed outside the theatre by journalists, for whom Italy's wedding of the year
was strictly off limits.Appropriately, for perhaps his most important stage
performance, the maestro's personal dietician was among the witnesses on stage.
MUSIC SALES DECLINE 20% IN 2003
The value of music sales in the Republic declined 20% in 2003 as consumers opted for the internet over high street stores. The Irish Recording Music Association (IRMA) said provisional figures for 2003 show that Irish consumers spent €108.5m on CDs, records and cassettes, a sharp slump from sales of €135.9m reported in 2002.
The industry believes that sales of CD's on the internet, greater price competition and illegal copying of CDs are the main factors haemorrhaging sales.IRMA is to step up a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers posed by downloading music illegally using the internet later this month.
The association is planning to write to companies and universities warning them that if they allow staff to download music illegally, they will be prosecuted.
Back to TopTHE OFFSPRING ANNOUNCE DUBLIN SHOW
Californian punk outfit The Offspring are to play Dublin next year.They play
The Point Theatre on Sunday 14 March with tickets, priced €30, on sale
now.
The Offspring have just released their new album, 'Splinter'.The tour to support it will mark the debut of their new drummer, Atom Willard, formerly of Rocket from the Crypt
David Bowie and The Darkness Headline Ireland's Only Multi Stage Music Festival Weekend
“..same dates, same venue, same ticket price, same campsite, same incredible
atmosphere & non stop music fun, with just a fresh new name – OXEGEN,”
Dave Fanning 2FM.
“A Rose by any other name... still the best music festival in Europe...in with the new, out with the old - OXEGEN the new name for Witnness”Tom Dunne Today FM
David Bowie and The Darkness are set to headline Ireland's only annual, multi-stage music festival, ‘OXEGEN’, which takes place at Punchestown Racecourse, Naas on Saturday 10th & Sunday 11 July 2004 - subject to licence.
Tickets for the festival will go on sale Friday 5th March 2004 priced as follows:
One Day – €59.50
Two Day - €110.00
Two Day including camping – €130.00
All above ticket prices are the same as last year and include booking fee.
Following his phenomenal sell-out performances at the Point Theatre last November, DAVID BOWIE is back to headline the Main Stage at ’OXEGEN’ in the manner in which only the original icon can!
A true legend in his own lifetime, Bowie is worshipped by fans and fellow stars alike - from Mick Jagger to Iggy Pop, Lou Reed to Brian Eno, he has left his own indelible mark on their own musical landscape.
With a career spanning four decades and a huge back catalogue of landmark hits that include ‘Space Oddity’, ‘Jean Genie’, ‘Changes’, ‘Heroes’, ‘Lets Dance’, ‘Rebel Rebel’, plus the on-stage persona to accompany them, Bowie at OXEGEN is set to go down in Irish music festival history.
THE DARKNESS will be bringing their spandex-clad rock ’n’ roll circus to the Punchestown for their very first Irish festival appearance.
The Darkness stole all the headlines at last night’s 2004 Brit Awards picking up a trio of Awards - ‘Best British Group’, ‘Best British Rock Act’, and the ‘Best Album’ Award for their hugely-acclaimed debut album, ‘Permission To Land’.
Their meteoric rise to superstardom has taken their debut album, 'Permission to Land' to Number One and now they’re storming the U.S. Billboards charts with over a-quarter-of-a- million sales to date.
Numerous other artists set to join the line-up will be announced over the forthcoming days...hours....so make sure to listen out for your favourite act!
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