a day to accommodate Simon who was only available to perform on the 3rd. Oxegen 2008 took place from Friday July 11 until Sunday July 13 at Punchestown Racecourse in Naas, County Kildare. It was a three-day affair for the first time ever. Headliners R.E.M., The Verve, Rage Against the Machine, Kings of Leon and Kaiser Chiefs were amongst the performing bands and musicians. Other artists to feature included Amy Winehouse, Interpol, Editors, Ian Brown, Stereophonics, The Fratellis, The Kooks, The Raconteurs, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Manic Street Preachers and Republic of Loose. On Tuesday July 15, Meat Loaf was forced to postpone an appearance at Bundoran Live until the following day over stage safety fears. "We just had real security issues inside, like the tent falling down on the audience and the stage falling down, and lights falling down, so yeah, real security issues", he told Ocean FM. Chris de Burgh, Des Bishop and Shayne Ward were also due to perform in the marquee in the following week. Meat Loaf was later threatened with legal action after yelling at the audience: "You can thank me for saving your fucking lives. This fucking tent would have fallen down all around you." Sean McEniff was outraged and, showing how backwards Bundoran really is, had this to say: "....the language is unrepeatable what he called me....it's with my legal people at the moment...if I was in the audience I wouldn't be very happy about it either, he called them a name too...I can assure you he won't be welcome back in Bundoran, he's burned his bridges". On July 22, the nominees for the 2008 Mercury Prize were announced, with Irish artists being overlooked for the award given on September 9. Fionn Regan was the last Irish nominee in 2007. On Friday July 25 at 9 a.m., tickets for Coldplay's O2 show on December 21 went on sale limited to four per person/transaction. Despite an extra show being added (December 22), all tickets for both shows still sold out within minutes of going on sale, with promoters saying the extra tickets did not satisfy demand. On July 30 and July 31, Tom Waits played two critically acclaimed shows in Dublin's Phoenix Park at The RatCellar Marquee as part of his Glitter and Doom Tour. Tickets, priced from €116.25 to €131.25, went on sale on Tuesday May 27 at 9 a.m. A third