- Live at the Marquee (festival)
infobox music festival
music_festival_name =
caption = Live at the Marquee takes place in Cork.
location =The Docklands , Centre Park Road, Cork,Ireland
years_active= 2005 - present
dates =June 26 -July 7
genre =Comedy , Rock
website = http://www.marqueecork.com:"For the album by
Dream Theater , seeLive at the Marquee ."Live at the Marquee is an annual
music festival which takes place in Cork,Ireland during the summer, usually over multiple days in June and July. The first such event occurred in 2005 when Cork was the official European Capital of Culture. It was then decided to continue with the event in the years that followed. In 2007 the event decided to relocate from Monaghan Road to The Docklands on Centre Park Road in Cork. The festival consists of a number of separate events each headlined by a different artist and each with their own ticket prices. It has been highly successful and attracted many well-known names in the music industry to perform includingKanye West ,Elton John ,50 Cent ,Diana Ross ,Bob Dylan ,Faithless ,Roger Waters ,Christy Moore ,Al Green andBrian Wilson . 2008 featuredEric Clapton ,Lou Reed ,Jay-Z ,Morrissey ,Neil Young ,Paul Simon andMeat Loaf , amongst others. Live at the Marquee is produced byAiken Promotions . [http://www.aikenpromotions.com/event.asp?eid=300]2005 festival
The 2005 festival was a two-week affair combining music and comedy and took place in a specially designed marquee (with a capacity of 4,000) in the Cork Showgrounds between
June 30 andJuly 17 . Beach BoyBrian Wilson launched the Cork 2005 Marquee with his first ever appearance in the city of Cork.:"For full list of events, see [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308 here] ."
2005 line-up
----:"The 2005 festival was headlined in chronological order by the following artists:"
*
Brian Wilson - "(June 30 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]
* Aslan with special guestGeorge Murphy - "(July 1 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]
*Brian McFadden - "(July 2 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]
*Diana Ross - "(July 4 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]*
Gypsy Kings - "(July 4 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]*
Al Green with special guests Gabrielle andAmos Lee - "(July 5 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]*
Nick Cave - "(July 6 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]*
Van Morrison - "(July 7 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]*
Paul Brady with special guestCara Dillon - "(July 8 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]*
Tommy Tiernan - "(July 10 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]*
Dwight Yoakam with special guestBR5-49 - "(July 12 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]*
Paddy Casey with special guestDeclan O'Rourke - "(July 14 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]
*Damien Dempsey with special guestsThe Frank and Walters & Fred -"(July 15 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]
*Ronan Keating - "(July 16 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]
*Christy Moore - "(July 17 )" [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308]2006 festival
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Kanye West *
Bob Dylan *
Roger Waters *
The Frames *
David Gray *
Art Garfunkel *
Robert Plant *
Roxy Music *
Des Bishop 2007 festival
It was decided that in 2007 the event would relocate to The Docklands on Centre Park Road in Cork.
2007 line-up
----:"The 2007 festival was headlined in chronological order by the following artists:"
Faithless Antony and the Johnsons Comedy Circus Podge and Rodge Cascada Duran Duran 50 Cent Elton John Lionel Richie *
Slayer - "(TuesdayJune 26 )" [http://www.aikenpromotions.com/event.asp?eid=418]*
The Who - "(SaturdayJune 30 )" [http://www.aikenpromotions.com/event.asp?eid=419]* Bell X1 - "(Sunday
July 1 )" [http://corkgigs.com/blog/2006/12/22/live-at-the-marquee-cork-2007-bell-x1-first-act-to-be-announced/]*
Status Quo - "(MondayJuly 2 )" [http://www.aikenpromotions.com/event.asp?eid=421]*
The Flaming Lips - "(WednesdayJuly 3 )" [http://www.aikenpromotions.com/event.asp?eid=356]* Madness - "(Thursday
July 5 )" [http://www.aikenpromotions.com/event.asp?eid=326]*
Christy Moore withDeclan Sinnott - "(SaturdayJuly 7 )" [http://www.aikenpromotions.com/event.asp?eid=264]2008 festival
The 2008 festival took place from
June 18 untilJuly 7 .Shayne Ward opened the festival and Pink returned to close it.Christy Moore returned for a fourth year whilstcomedian Tommy Tiernan was originally going to perform onJuly 3 , but agreed to put his gig back a day to accommodatePaul Simon who was only available to perform on the 3rd. [cite web|url=http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=ireland-qqqm=ireland-qqqa=ireland-qqqid=58970-qqqx=1.asp|title="Still crazy: Paul Simon for Cork after all these years"|date=2008-03-29|accessdate=2008-03-30|publisher="Irish Examiner "]2008 line-up
----:"The 2008 festival was headlined in chronological order by the following artists:"
*Shayne Ward - "(June 18 -June 19 )"
*Eric Clapton - "(June 20 )"
*Dolly Parton - "(June 21 )"
*Lou Reed - "(June 23 )" [cite web|url=http://www.muse.ie/music-ireland-music_news-irish_news/lou-reed-to-play-cork/spId/7F86AF75-E32F-3769-D72AE68826E7E54D.html|title="Lou Reed to play Cork"|date=2008-03-05|accessdate=2008-03-07|publisher=muse.ie ]
*Jay-Z - "(June 25 )"
*Morrissey - "(June 26 )" [cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4552767.html|title="UPDATED: Morrissey announces Cork show"|date=2008-05-09|accessdate=2008-05-11|publisher="Hot Press"] [cite web|url=http://www.phantom.ie/content/view/1541/104/|title="Morrissey announces Irish show"|date=2008-05-09|accessdate=2008-05-11|publisher=Phantom FM ]
*Christy Moore - "(June 28 )"
*Meatloaf - "(June 29 )"
*Neil Young - "(June 30 )"
*Massive Attack - "(July 1 )" [cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4517733.html|title="Massive Attack for Cork"|date=2008-04-03|accessdate=2008-04-04|publisher="Hot Press"] [cite web|url=http://entertainment.ie/music/music-news-article.asp?Newsid=19993|title="Massive Attack To Play Cork"|date=2008-04-03|accessdate=2008-04-04|publisher=entertainment.ie ]
*Tommy Tiernan - "(July 2 )"
*Paul Simon - "(July 3 )" [cite web|url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0329/1206144872513.html|title="Paul Simon to play Cork concert in July"|date=2008-03-29|accessdate=2008-03-30|publisher="The Irish Times "]
*Tommy Tiernan - "(July 4 )"
*Tommy Tiernan - "(July 5 )"
* Paul Weller - "(July 6 )"
* Pink - "(July 7 )"References
External links
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=51.899270176886134,-8.440643548965454(Live+at+the+Marquee+site)&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=51.89927,-8.440654&spn=0.009798,0.029697&t=h&om=1&iwloc=addr Live at the Marquee on the Map]
* [http://www.aikenpromotions.com/event.asp?eid=300 Live at the Marquee at Aiken Promotions]
* [http://www.aikenpromotions.com/content/view/20/73/ Live at the Marquee history]
* Map of the old festival: [http://www.ticketmaster.ie/seatingchart/197770/10831 Standing] & [http://www.ticketmaster.ie/seatingchart/197770/10828 Seating]
* [http://www.ticketmaster.ie/venue/197770 Official Ticketmaster site]
* [http://corkgigs.com/blog/2007/02/09/live-at-the-marquee-cork-2007-the-who-slayer-confirmed/ The Who and Slayer confirmed for 2007]
* [http://corkgigs.com/blog/2006/12/22/live-at-the-marquee-cork-2007-bell-x1-first-act-to-be-announced/ Bell X1 first act to be announced for 2007]
* [http://www.cork2005.ie/programme/default.asp?id=525&p=308 2005 festival - presented as part of Cork's tenure as European Capital of Culture]
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