in Cork. On Saturday June 21, Clapton played Malahide Castle in Dublin, his first Dublin appearance since the Point in 2004. He was supported by special guests Robert Randolph and the Family Band. The show was notable for being amongst the victims of heavy weather that hit Ireland that weekend which also saw a number of children struck down with hypothermia at a Westlife show in Galway. On Sunday June 22, an, as yet, unannounced act played Malahide Castle in Dublin, with details to be announced in coming months. On Monday June 23, Lou Reed played the Marquee in Cork. Morrissey played two Irish dates in June. The first, on Thursday June 26, took place at the Marquee in Cork and is an Aiken Promotions event, whilst the second, on Saturday June 28, took place at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham and was promoted by Pod Concerts as a successor to their Iggy Pop and Leonard Cohen shows at the same venue earlier in the month. Glastonbury 2008 took place from Friday June 27 until Sunday June 29. Amongst the Irish acts performing were Fight Like Apes, who started a UK tour on May 22. They took to the Late 'n' Live Stage on Friday, June 27 at 8 p.m. and also won a second slot on the BBC Introducing Stage on Saturday, June 28 at 8 p.m. Jape shared a stage with CSS, Battles and MGMT on the Saturday whilst Róisín Murphy played support to Fatboy Slim in the Dance Village. Dublin bluegrass outfit Prison Love meanwhile opened the Avalon stage on the Sunday. Also appearing were Eleanor McEvoy, Sinéad O'Connor (both Friday on Acoustic Stage), Academy Award winner Glen Hansard (Saturday on Acoustic Stage), Ilya K, The Inishowen Gospel Choir, The Flaws and Ham Sandwich were scheduled to appear despite frontwoman, Niamh Farrell giving birth less than a month before the event. On Saturday June 28 or Sunday June 29, Malahide Castle hosted another outdoor event, details of which were confirmed at a later date. On March 5, this was confirmed to be Neil Young (Sunday June 29), who also played the Marquee in Cork the following night. July Beck is coming to Ireland in July "for a live date or two". On July 3, Paul Simon played the Marquee in Cork. Comedian Tommy Tiernan was originally to perform on July 3, but agreed to put his gig back