Slane Concert Latest...Bon
Jovi...We will Rock You...
As the sun rises on the
Boyne Valley at 6am, a mist covers the Boyne Valley like a carpet of cotton candy.
In fields surrounding the sleepy village
of Slane, thousands of rock fans, young and some young at heart crawl from
designer tents, some massage stiffened necks as they slept in the cars in which
they arrived. High barriers surround the fortified Slane Castle grounds, not to
keep out invading foreign kings as in the past, but to keep order among the
60,000 rock invaders who will arrive in Slane today to pay homage to the Kings
of Rock, Bon Jovi. Some of those gathered at this early hour are barely
one-third the age of the Rock legends to whom they will pay homage, however,
Slane is as much about the event as it is about the performers. Slane Castle is
no longer viewed as a fortification in the chess game among European Kings; it
is now part of an indigenous landscape that provides much needed employment in
an area heavily hit by the economic-downturn. Much of the local youth have left
this picturesque landscape and moved to places as far away as Australia to find
work, however, today I have already meet with groups of Australians who have
travelled to Slane to watch their Rock legends perform. The fertile ground of
the Boyne Valley may be soaked following heavy over-night rain; however, the
air is filled with Rock toxic expectation of a great day ahead.
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