{"id":587772,"date":"2026-07-15T23:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/587772\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T23:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:59:18","slug":"slane-castle-memories-did-you-rock-out-to-david-bowie-r-e-m-or-harry-styles-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/587772\/","title":{"rendered":"Slane Castle memories: Did you rock out to David Bowie, R.E.M. or Harry Styles? \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

For generations, concerts at Slane Castle<\/a> have marked the pinnacle of summer, where the biggest acts and sounds in music would come to play in the late Henry Mountcharles\u2019s enormous backyard.<\/p>\n

Have you rocked out on the Co Meath<\/a> venue\u2019s natural amphitheatre hill over the last 45 years? Was it special or a downright slog? Do you have stories or anecdotes you\u2019d like to share? <\/p>\n

We\u2019d like to hear the best of our readers\u2019 memories from Slane Castle in advance of this weekend\u2019s concerts, headlined by country music star Luke Combs<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Who was the best band you saw there and why? Were you there in the early days for the big sounds of U2<\/a> and Thin Lizzy<\/a>, Queen and David Bowie<\/a>? Did you catch the 1990s era where Michael Stipe wowed his fans with What\u2019s the Frequency, Kenneth? on R.E.M.\u2019s<\/a> 1995 Monster tour. Or did you sing your heart out in 1999 when Robbie Williams electrified the crowd<\/a> with Let me Entertain You. Perhaps you only discovered Slane in more recent years when Harry Styles serenaded a sea of pink feather boas<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n

Using the form below let us know your thoughts in 300 words or less. Please include a phone number for verification purposes only. We will keep your contact details confidential.<\/p>\n

We will curate a selection of submissions for an article, but please note we may not publish every submission we receive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For generations, concerts at Slane Castle have marked the pinnacle of summer, where the biggest acts and sounds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[75],"tags":[7562,18,117,14323,102554,19,17,9377,1873,33788,48013,3380],"class_list":["post-587772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-david-bowie","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-styles","tag-have-your-say","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-luke-combs","tag-meath","tag-rem","tag-slane-castle","tag-u2"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116926714025456788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}