TENNENT’S VITAL 2012 ANNOUNCES A SENSATIONAL LINE-UP
Tennent’s Vital & MCD are pleased to announce that Foo Fighters and The Stone Roses have confirmed they will be headlining at this year’s festival 2012, at Boucher Road Playing Fields, Belfast on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd August.
Joining these two huge headliners on the most exciting bill ever seen at a festival in Northern Ireland are The Black Keys on August 21st and Florence + The Machine on August 22nd.
Foo Fighters make their long awaited Northern Irish debut at Day 1 of Tennent’s Vital Tuesday 21st August 2012. Their most recent album ‘Wasting Light’ went straight to No.1 in 12 countries and was hailed as their best yet. At the 2012 Grammys, Foo Fighters walked away with 5 awards, taking their all-time total to 11, as well as being recently crowned ‘Best International Group’ at The Brits. With a back catalogue featuring the massive anthems The Pretender, Best of You, All My Life and Everlong, and a frontman as iconic as Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters at Tennent’s Vital is essentially un-missable.
The Black Keys’ latest album El Camino hit No.2 in the US and received 5 star reviews worldwide. The Independent proclaimed it “the most powerful, compelling rock album of the year.” The Black Keys previous album Brothers won three Grammys, was Rolling Stone Magazine’s album of the year and has now sold over one million copies.
Guitarist and vocalist Dan Auerbach says of El Camino, “where this record is going to shine for me is playing the songs live. This record is more straight ahead rock and roll – raw, driving, and back to basics.” We like the sound of that!
Headlining Day 2 wednesday 22nd August 2012, The Stone Roses bring their much anticipated reunion tour to Tennent’s Vital. The Stone Roses’ seminal music defined an era and their debut album which is widely considered to be among the greatest albums of all time. Their pioneering mixture of soaring guitars and infectious dance rhythms can be seen on anthems Made Of Stone, I Wanna Be Adored, Love Spreads and I Am The Resurrection.
The band’s long-awaited ‘live resurrection’ has thrilled fans across the globe. All 220,000 tickets for their 3 Manchester shows sold out in an hour and tickets for their date in Dublin’s Phoenix Park proved equally popular.
Tickets on sale now
