Slane '98: The Facts

Where to buy tickets:

- Tickets, priced £29.50, can be purchased at any of the 53 Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.

Ticketmaster outlets:

Dublin: HMV Grafton St; HMV Blanchardstown; Tickerton, The Square, Tallaght; HMV Henry St; Ticketron, Omnipark SC, Santry; Dublin Tourism, Suffolk St.

Leinster: Top 20, Kilkenny; Top 20, Naas; Heartbeat City, Tullamore; Rainbow Records, Carlow; Golden Discs, Bray; Finlay Coaches, Ardee; Discland, Navan; Trax, Portlaoise; Top 20, Newbridge; The Soundshop, Drogheda; The Music Centre, Longford; Golden Island SC, Athlone; Golden Discs, Dundalk; Hicksons, Arklow; Tupelo Records, Mullingar; White's Music Store, Wexford.

Munster: HMV, Patrick St, Cork; Roxy Records, Tralee; Sinnotts, Waterford; Empire Music, Limerick; Record Rack, Ennis; Promusica, Oliver Plunkett St, Cork; Lazer Discs, Douglas; Greenglens, Millstreet; Golden Discs, Clonmel; Heartbeat City, Thurles.

Connacht: Downtown Records, Castlebar; Zhivago, Galway; Hotshot Records, Ballina; Star Records, Sligo.

Ulster: Multisound, Cavan; Melody Maker, Donegal Town; Loughmans, Castleblaney; Music Centre, Letterkenny.

Northern Ireland: Caroline Music, Lisburn; Carlins Music, Newry; Virgin, Belfast; Pop Inn, Antrim; Soundsgood, Armagh; Harrison Musique, Derry; Street Legal, Coleraine; MTM, Bangor; M & L, Ballymena; Route 66, Omagh; HMV, Belfast; Skelton Travel, Lurgan; The Music Shop, Cookstown.

- 24 Hour Credit Card Bookings Tel: (01) 4 569 569. Northern Ireland (01232) 313131.

How To Get There:

Bus Eireann will be running a special service on the day of the concert. Special buses will depart from Busarus, Dublin from 10.30 a.m., returning from Slane straight after the concert. Tickets priced £10 must be bought in advance. Tel: (01) 8366111.

For train details to/from Dublin, contact Iarnrod Eireann , Tel. (01) 8366222.

Check local ticket outlets for details of regional/local bus services to Slane.

The Concert - Running Order:

James

1.00 p.m.

The Seahorses

2.15 p.m.

Finley Quaye

3.30 p.m.

Robbie Williams

5.00 p.m.

Manic Street Preachers

6.30 p.m.

The Verve

MC for the day is No Disco presenter Uaneen Fitzsimons

Facts And Figures:

Over 70,000 people are expected to attend this one day event.

The stage is 100 ft wide and 80 ft deep. The set is 75 ft high.

The stage weighs 800 tonnes. The total tonnage being transported to Slane is 1,850 tonnes - this includes all the bands' equipment and the steel and scaffolding used to construct the stage and set.

150 people are needed to construct the stage and set. It will take them five days to construct and two days to take down.

500 people will be involved in running the event.

600 lights will be used on stage.

The show will be powered by 2,500,000 watts of power.

The caterers are hoping the fans will munch their way through 100,000 hotdogs, 150,000 hamburgers, 250,000 breadrolls and will use 10,000 litres of ketchup and drink 250,000 pints of liquid refreshments.

Set up in a special beer tent inside the arena, the longest bar in Ireland will open at 2.00 p.m.

SLANE TV

There will be two large TV screens, one located at the side of the stage and the second on top of the hill in front of the castle. The screens are new state-of-the-art high visibility Mitsubishi Diamond Vision III screens measuring 35 ft x 20 ft.

Running from 1.00 p.m., Slane TV will broadcast in stereo sound through the concert PA in between the acts.

Do's And Don'ts

It is recommended that persons under 16 years be accompanied by a person over 18 years.

There will be no camping permitted in the Slane area on the weekend of the concert.

Buy your ticket from an authorised outlet only, those seeking to gain admission using a counterfeit ticket will be prosecuted.

Admission is by full ticket only

No re-admission.

The use of cameras and/or recording equipment is prohibited.

Crowd surfing/moshing is not permitted. Offenders will be removed from the venue without refund.