After a five-year absence , the longest since the event began in 1981 , Slane Concert returned in 1992 . The five concerts of the 1990s were headlined respectively by Guns N ' Roses , Neil Young , R.E.M. , The Verve and Robbie Williams . The 1995 concert , headlined by R.E.M. , was notable for the death of someone who attempted to swim the nearby River Boyne to reach the concert area . The same concert marked the debut of Oasis on the Slane stage ; they returned in 2009 to headline the event . The 1998 event was headlined by The Verve , their last appearance in Ireland until Oxegen 2008 ; in 1998 the band appeared alongside special guests Manic Street Preachers and also Robbie Williams who would return the following year to headline . Stereophonics played support in 1999 and returned to headline in 2002 . No members of U2 performed in the 1990s , the only decade in which this has been the case
Oxegen 2008
Oxegen 2008
Slane Concert