King of the Castle: Lord Henry Mountcharles

In the current issue of Hot Press Magazine we find an interview to the concert promoter MCD Lord Henry Mountcharles, in which it speaks about the U2 and, of course, the Madonna concert in Slane.

Here’s an excerpt of the article:

Q: I’d say the 13-year-old really enjoys the rock & roll aspect of the castle.

A: Well actually, they all do. But yes, my little daughter is very excited about Madonna coming to play. But all my kids love it. In fact, I started doing the shows in Slane in 1981, Thin Lizzy and U2, and that’s rather a long time ago. And my kids have grown up through it. I mean, I can remember my second son bouncing on his bed in 1982 singing ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’.
Which is a kind of interesting visual image [smiles].

But they would have a very substantial influence now over my thinking as to who would play the venue, and have obviously been involved in working on the concerts, all of them, including little Tamara, in sort of various degrees. So they know a great deal about it and are very involved in it. The U2 gigs were all kind of special as well.

Excerpted from an article by Hot Press Magazine
Source: www.u2tour.de