- Heineken Green Energy
infobox music festival
music_festival_name =
caption = Heineken Green Energy 2008 logo
location =Dublin Castle ,Ireland
years_active=1996 - present
dates = May bank holiday weekend
genre = Rock
website = [http://www.heinekenmusic.ie/ www.heinekenmusic.ie]Heineken Green Energy is an Irish
music festival that takes place atDublin Castle over the May bank holiday weekend. It attracts over 50,000 people per year for what is the opening of the music festival season in Ireland. Heineken Green Energy first took place in1996 and since then has occurred on an annual basis, with smaller shows in other city venues supporting the main event in the Castle.The 2008 festival took place from
May 3 -5, featuringNick Cave and the Bad Seeds , Radio Soulwax andThe Kooks . It has previously hostedLou Reed ,Van Morrison ,Brian Ferry ,Morrissey ,Iggy Pop ,Alice Cooper , Orbital,The Streets ,Beck ,Mercury Rev ,Stereophonics ,Supergrass ,Buena Vista Social Club ,Manic Street Preachers ,The White Stripes ,Kasabian andIan Brown . Irish acts to have featured includeThe Frames ,The Cranberries ,Snow Patrol ,Damien Rice , Bell X1,JJ72 ,Paddy Casey ,Republic of Loose ,Kíla ,Sinéad O'Connor , Ash,Future Kings of Spain ,The Blizzards ,Delorentos andThe Coronas .Venue
Leona Daly, Heineken Brand Manager has said:
"Heineken Green Energy has the added advantage that, apart from a line-up of top acts, it's one of the few music events of its size that takes place in the centre of a city. I believe that the convenience of the central location is an important element in the event's success."
Leona believes that much of the success of Heineken Green Energy is down to the choice of Dublin Castle as venue."There's something truly unique about this venue that fans seem to really like. It has great acoustics in what is a very historical setting within the city, and that helps create a unique atmosphere that sets Heineken Green Energy apart from other festivals." ["Hot Press", Vol 32: Issue 8,
May 7 2008 , pages 52-53]History
1996 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 1st time in 1996.
1997 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 2nd year in 1997, featuring
Lou Reed .1998 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 3rd year in 1998, featuring Texas and
Finlay Quaye .1999 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 4th year in 1999, featuring Catatonia.
2000 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 5th year in 2000, featuring
Van Morrison .2001 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 6th year in 2001, featuring
Buena Vista Social Club andJJ72 .2002 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 7th year in 2002, featuring
The White Stripes andThe Frames .2003 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 8th year in 2003. It was held in Dublin over the May Bank Holiday weekend. 2003's venues included
Dublin Castle , the Ambassador,Temple Bar Music Centre , The Village andWhelans as well as 20 other key music venues in Dublin City. Over the weekend approximately 40,000 people attended in excess of 17 live gigs. Musicians to play the 2003 festival includedGroove Armada ,Moloko ,Craig David ,Stereophonics andBeck .2004 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 9th year in 2004, featuring
The Streets andThe Stooges .2005 festival
Heineken Green Energy took place for the 10th year in 2005, featuring
Beck andPaddy Casey .2006 festival
The 11th Heineken Green Energy Festival at
Dublin Castle was headlined bySnow Patrol who played onApril 29 . [http://corkuniversitypress.typepad.com/beautiful_day_40_years_of/2006/03/snow_patrol_hei.html]Richard Hawley also played that day. The 2006 event also sawIan Brown andRepublic of Loose onApril 30 whilstKaiser Chiefs andGraham Coxon finished off the festival onMay 1 . [http://travelguides.lastminute.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=74442] With many other acts playing around the city during the weekend as part of the "gig trail/fringe" (ie the other music venues around the city), Dublin once again became an international music centre for the duration of the festival. [http://entertainment.ie/festivals/display.asp?ID=339]2007 festival
Heineken Green Energy Festival took place for the 12th year in May 2007.
Kasabian headlined the Heineken Green Energy festival on the Saturday of the May bank holiday weekend (May 5 ). They were supported byThe Blizzards andFuture Kings of Spain . [http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-festivals/kasabian-to-headline-green-energy-festival/spId/23052FD2-02C2-BFF1-733F6CA789ECA920.html]Sinéad O'Connor headlined the Heineken Green Energy festival on the Sunday of the May bank holiday weekend (May 6 ). She was supported byKíla andDelorentos . [http://www.sinead-oconnor.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=1]2008 festival
Heineken Green Energy Festival took place for the 13th year in May 2008. [http://www.worldeventsguide.com/event.ehtml?o=107]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds headlined theDublin Castle event onMay 3 ,Radio Soulwax headlined on SundayMay 4 andThe Kooks headlined on MondayMay 5 . [cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/mheygbqlaukf/|title="Headline acts for Heineken Green Energy Festival announced…"|date=2008-01-30|accessdate=2008-02-01|publisher=Breaking News.ie ] [cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/entertainment/mheygbqlaukf/|title="Headline acts for Heineken Green Energy Festival announced…"|date=2008-01-30|accessdate=2008-02-01|publisher="Irish Examiner "] On TuesdayFebruary 5 at 9 a.m., tickets forThe Kooks andRadio Soulwax performances went on sale. Tickets forNick Cave and the Bad Seeds sold out quickly.References
External links
* [http://www.heinekenmusic.ie/ Official site]
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