R Wrote:
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> ....the more I look at London the more it looks
> like New York or Chicago to me. I've seen the
> Stones indoors in buildings like the O2 here in
> the States (MCI in DC, United Center in Chicago,
> Palace near Detroit) and honestly I prefer the
> festive outdoor events. Also London just seems too
> expensive and touristy like Chicago or NYC. This
> leads me to Slane Castle where a pair of tickets
> in the Gold section in front of the stage are
> cheaper than the O2 nosebleeds. It looks like an
> incredible site!
>
> Could any of you enlighten a friendly Yank as to
> the Slane Castle scenario? How do you get there
> from Dublin? Can you get a Guiness at the show.
> Are the people who attend completely insane? How
> do you get around in Dublin?
>
> It'll be the 20th Anniversary for me and the
> Missus and this is a very big deal for us.
>
> Thank (again) in advance.
>
> ---R. (Irish last name)
Well, i'm irish, so i'm biased, but I saw u2 there and it's an amazing venue. you can look elsewhere for the photos, but it's just spectacular. Cliche though it may be, the venue is a natural amphitheatre and you can't get a bad view, although obviously you can be further from the stage than you'd like.
there will be booze available. There will be t-shirts and the like on sale. You will, if you care little for your intestines, be no small amount of fast food available; in short, it's like any other gig you were at. Just because it's in the middle of a field doesn't mean that they can't put the facilities in for the day. As regards getting to/from, well if you stay in Dublin, it's a safe bet that there'll be plenty of buses going from there to the venue; it makes far more sense to have 50 buses clogging up the roads than 750 cars...
Certainly your assessment of the prices is spot on - out of curiousity i had a look at the o2 prices today and coudln't believe how much they were stiffing our UK friends on price...mind you, this is as good a time to have the one caveat about Slane...
it might just rain...
(just had a read of what iamthedj says...and while he's not wrong, im' not sure that the populations of the country's youth clubs will pony up this kind of money for a gig where the gates only open at 3 in the afternoon...)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-03-28 19:05 by textmonkey.