Tim gets the crowd singing by the second chorus with the catchy elongated melody to Cocoon – the chorus line (simple eh!). A song off their new album Kablammo! an amazing drum beat opens, stimulating energy and interest from the audience. A crescendo can be felt building up.Ĭocoon is up next. The crowd by the stage can be seen clapping and singing animatedly showing that this Northern Irish rock band knows how to please their fans. By the time Kung Fu’s first chords resonate the crowd are perked and interested. As Go! Fight! Win! rings through the air, the punters further back sitting on the grass basking in the sunshine, can be seen singing some words. Whereby they tease the audience with older songs which the growing crowd laps up, to newer material taken from their recent album. What ensues for the first part of Ash’s performance, is a game of cat and mouse. From the get go there is an air of energy as a (relatively) small crowd pushes to the front of the stage. Starting their set tentatively, “ Evel Knievel” rings through the crowd. They thank us for listening, bid us adieu, and make way for Northern rockers Ash. Scumbag City Blues is the bands biggest hit, and they kick out the jam and just have fun. Kudos for not letting it get to them, as they revel in the glory of treading the same boards as Thin Lizzy, The Rolling Stones and U2, the band command the huge stage with ease and confidence. The guys know that people are here to see bigger bands, but the gusto in their volume is still there. Their set is short but sweet, breaking the ice on what will be a huge day of music and festivities at Slane. The sun is out, the revelers are in full force, and early on a Saturday afternoon, Overdrive has HQ hell-raisers Shaun Martin and Karyn Corrigan on-site to report on what the day had to offer.įirst onstage we have up-and-comers, The Strypes, from Cavan, promoting their album Little Victories. We have 3 groups born and bred on our emerald shore, 1 borrowed from the neighbours across the pond, and all supporting rock juggernauts Foo Fighters ready to get down and dirty with Ireland. The highlight of the Irish home-grown rock scene calendar. REVIEW: FOO FIGHTERS, SLANE CASTLE MAY 3oth

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