Festival fans will be keeping their fingers crossed for good weather as a string of big-name acts take to the stage. Support acts for the gig include The Prodigy, Kasabian, Glasvegas and the Blizzards.
A host of celebrity friends of Noel and Liam Gallagher are also expected to be jetting in to see them perform at the Meath castle venue.
The lads will kick off a series of three gigs in Manchester this evening as they embark on their tour of Britain and Ireland.
But it seems we will also have the other Gallagher brother performing on these shores this month as well. Eldest brother Paul, who worked for Creation Records, is coming to Ireland to play to his fans himself.
Yet he'll be taking to the stage in a slightly more modest venue than Slane, given that he is playing a DJ set in Eamon Doran's the day before Oasis play there. He has been invited over by bar owner Dermot Doran, a good friend whom he met during the Britpop years. Largely credited with inspiring his younger brothers' passion for music, he first introduced Noel to the magic of The Jam and used to loan him his favourite guitar.
Childhood
Given that their parents are both Irish, it is little wonder that the Oasis stars are looking forward to performing here shortly.
"We used to spend six weeks of our school holidays here until I was 15, so it was a massive part of my childhood.
"Even the smell in the air and, of course, the sweet shops in Ireland are just the best in the world. It's the land of our fathers," Noel told the Diary.
His estranged father Tommy hails from Duleek and his mum Peggy comes from Mayo, with rumours that she will be coming over to watch her sons perform live.
Source: www.herald.ie
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