In March 1999 Aslan played 5 sell out shows in Ireland's most prestigious intimate venue, Vicar St in which a live album and video concert movie were recorded. The new album 'Made In Dublin' and video/movie were launched on 1st September by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern (Irish Prime Minister). Both shot to No 1 in their 1st week of release. The album turned platinum within 3 weeks and remained in the top 10 for 8 weeks.

Aslan finished 1999 on a high note by selling out Ireland's largest indoor venue (9000 capacity) , the Point Theatre on 26th December. After a well earned break in January, Aslan are back in studio working on there forthcoming album, to be released later in 2000.

Aslan - the Turkish for ‘Lion’ took their name from the heroic lion in C.S Lewis’s series of books chronicling the fictional land of Narnia. Coming out of the working class areas of Finglas and Ballymun in Dublin’s Northside, the band formed in 1982. It wasn't until 4 years later, when they released their first single, that their meteoric rise to success really started.

In May 1986 they released a demo single, ‘This Is’ which was an instant hit and became the longest ever play-listed single on Ireland’s pop music radio station, 2FM. During that same summer they crossed the channel playing a series of rapturously received shows in the U.K. Melody Maker noted, "...Lucky the label that signs this band !". Even at B.B.C Radio 1 they caused a stir. Janice Long recorded Aslan in session and went on to air it for an unprecedented three times in the subsequent weeks. 1986 was also full of promise back home. Aslan walked away with the Stag/Hot Press, ‘Most Promising New Band’ award.