Good News For Strapped For Cash Oxegen Fans

Oxegen’s ticket deposit scheme has been extended to allow fans to pay €120 now and the rest by June 19.

The scheme was first introduced in March, and has been such a success that Oxegen organisers MCD have decided to re-introduce the scheme, allowing fans who are feeling the pinch of the recession the chance to spread their payments.

So if you have yet to purchase tickets for Ireland’s best rock-and-roll weekend, then this allows a deposit payment of €120 to secure a weekend ticket, with the remaining balance to be paid by June 19.

Tickets for Oxegen 2009 are priced €224.50 for three days (including camping) and are available from Ticketmaster and usual outlets nationwide.

New Irish Albums

One time Choice Music Award winner, Juile Feeney’s new Pages LP is out May 29^th. It’s the Galway girls second record since 13 Songs, for which she won the Choice.

The album is a true credit to Feeney’s talent as she wrote, sang and produced the full record herself, and with the help of  a full orchestra, her music really comes to life.

‘Love Is A Tricky Thing’ is the first single off the album and is due out on May 22^nd. Juile is also planning a nationwide tour and is hoping to bring the orchestra along!

Another Irish album that’s to be released is from the instrumental acoustic guitar duo, Tucan. Tucan are Donal Gunne and Pearse Feeney and are bringing their debut album – Aliquot Strings out later this month.

The nine-track album features a blend of sounds derived from classical and ‘60’s rock to heavy metal, trad, flamenco and jazz. The album is bound to be a huge success if it has the energy and flair that their live performances have.

Cornell To Play Olympia

The ex-Soundgardener Chris Cornell is set to play The Olympia Theatre, Dublin. The one-off show is on Sunday 14th June 2009.

Cornell has been involved in the rock scene for over two decades and has been involved in many big name projects apart from Soundgarden throughout the years. Cornell also became the first American male singer to write the theme song for the James Bond films for Casino Royale.

Tickets for the Olympia show are priced from 44.20 including booking fee will go on sale this Friday 8th May at 9.00am from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.

Full Slane Line Up Confirmed

The full list of acts to support Oasis have now been confirmed for Slane this June. In addition to The Prodigy, support for the June 20^th gig comes in the form of Kasabian, Glasvegas and The Blizzards. The gig, presented by MCD, is now completely sold out.

One Day International For Whelan’s Gig

One Day International have announced a date in Whelan’s next month. The Dublin fivesome and favouites of IMTV are to play Whelan’s on June 27^th. The band will be playing some of their fantastic tracks from their debut album Blackbird, which they released last October.

Tickets for this gig are priced €15 and are on sale now from Ticketmaster and usual outlets.

Taking Back Sunday For Academy Gig

US punkers Taking Back Sunday have announced a date at Dublin’s Academy on Sunday 26th July. The band are on tour to promote their fourth album New Again.

Tickets priced €28 go on sale this Friday.