Foo Fighters have announced two new additions to this summers Slane Castle concert line up.
Northern Irish trio Ash and Cavan blues rockers The Strypes will join the Foos along with Kaiser Chiefs and Hozier at the iconic venue on Saturday 30th May.
Foo Fighters won ‘Best International Group’ at last months Brit Awards, in the same week that they celebrated their twentieth anniversary as a live band.
Kaiser Chiefs returned with their fifth studio album Education, Education, Education and War last May, which went to Number 1 in the UK charts. Kaiser Chiefs will also join Foo Fighters as special guests in South Africa in December and South America in January.
Hozier released his debut No 1 album last September and played a sold out Irish tour in December. His current 20 date US tour including shows at The Beacon Theatre and Hammerstein Ballroom in New York are all sold out. Hozier was nominated for a Grammy Award for his worldwide smash Take Me To Church, for International Solo Artist at The Brit Awards and won Best Album at The European Border Breakers Awards 2015.
One of Ireland’s best loved live bands, Ash returned earlier this year with new track Cocoon, It is the first single taken from their soon to be released seventh studio album Kablammo!
Cavan rock band The Strypes released their hugely regarded debut album Snapshot in 2013 where it reached #2 in Ireland and #4 in the UK charts. Since then, the band have supported Arctic Monkeys on a UK and European tour and have headlined Irish, European and US tours.
