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It will be interesting to see what kind of crowd shows up considering there was no oxegen this year.
Hopefully a chilled out mellow crowd as usual
The Oxegen crowd are all back in school this week. I hope.
Eh, Oxygen took place on the August BH weekend. Are you stuck in a 2012 time warp-we’ll send help
I should explain. This post was originally published last summer which is when Conor and Ruairí left their comments. We thought we’d put it up again to make sure no one forgets to bring clean knickers with them this weekend.
Hope they paid you twice, Michelle!
Bring rain gear, sunglasses and hat, and sun cream. Classic.
I really really REALLY want to go, i’m small and will fit into most compact bags or cases…anyone?
dont think the oxegen crowd will be around because its a bit too pricey compared to it !!!
…and the music is completely different.
Sunday was messy last year because of the Day tickets
Paul, I know alot of oxygen boppers there today… with 35,000 people you have to expect the worst.
Do not end up being the #PicnicGirl..no public displays necessary!
Don’t forget to take home an air of superiority and smugness. Do tell us all repeatedly how we should have been there and how fantastic everything was.
Camping chair!!!!!! With can holder.
Vicks Vaporub-put it on some tissue and stick the tissue in you nostrils. Use this trick when entering the portaloos after much usage. This was the first thing I packed this year. You’re welcome!
Few cans
Wish there was a metal festival on every year here in Ireland. In England they usually have download, sonisphere and ozzfest.
The kerrang tour tickets go on sale this Friday. Limp biscuit(sp) are the headliners. I died a little inside ticketmaster emailed me about it. But tenacious d and 30 seconds to Mars are playing relatively soon.
I loved limp bizkit when I was like 12 but I dunno if I’d actually bother going.. Them seemed to be very good at download which I was shocked about!! I’ve already seen tenacious d yrs ago and 30 seconds to mars aren’t my cup of tea. the last metal gig I was at was Slayer back in June.mind = blown
Download the Glympse app. Handy if you get lost from your friends etc. It safely shares your location in real time.
A lot of lads I used to know considered themselves fully packed when they had train fare and a hammer.
Nasty lads.
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