a gathering of musicians, industry professionals and music fans. Daily tickets were €5 for children, €10 for adults and €25 for families (2 adults plus up to 4 children). Amongst the artists performing on the Live Stage were Republic of Loose, The Blizzards, The Coronas, Ham Sandwich, Damien Dempsey, Cathy Davey, Fionn Regan and Declan O'Rourke. On October 13, it was announced that The Answer would open for AC/DC on the North American leg of their Black Ice World Tour. The tour runs from October 28 to January 31 and includes two sell-out Madison Square Garden shows on November 12–13. The following day, an April 18, 2009 date at the O2, Dublin was announced with tickets, going on sale on October 17, selling out in two minutes flat. On October 15, Oasis confirmed themselves as Slane 2009 headliners. Noel Gallagher and guitarist Gem Archer flew by helicopter into the County Meath venue for a photoshoot and press conference. The show will take place on Saturday June 20, 2009. Promoter MCD had planned to keep the announcement secret but news was leaked on online bulletin boards and blogs with media reports beginning to leak the evening before. Tickets sell out within two hours. On October 31, Motörhead played the Ambassador Theatre, Dublin. November On November 28, Live at the Marquee 2009 was launched, with the announcement that The Prodigy, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Kasabian, Christy Moore, Josh Ritter and Rod Stewart would be taking apart. December On December 1, RTÉ's digital radio revolution began, with the official launch of five new digital radio and broadband services which have been on trial for twenty months. They are Choice, a sister speech station to RTÉ Radio 1; easy listening and ambient service Chill; Junior, which is aimed at two to ten-year-olds; the dance-minded Pulse; and 2XM, a sister station to the rock and indie components of RTÉ 2fm. On December 8, TV3 Ireland announced it was to axe the Channel 6 late night music video show Night Shift. The last show was due to air on December 31. The move meant there were no national outlets on television for Irish bands to get their videos shown. By December 11, Enya's seventh full-length studio album And Winter Came... had reached the Top 20 in twenty-one countries, three weeks after release. On December 19, U2 announced that their twelfth studio album No Line on the Horizon would