Flight of the Conchords - Olympia, Wed 5th, Thurs 6th May

TheEscapist · 05-03-2010 12:35pm

I got 6, I was meant to be getting 3 and my mate was supposed to be getting another 3 but he wasn't answering his phone at 8.50 so had to go for the lot at once. Relieved now after reading all the problems people had especially since I could get so many.

Miguel_Sanchez · 05-03-2010 12:52pm

humanji wrote: »

There's a part of me that feels the gigs will be just like the ticketmaster Christmas party...

A lot of the tickets went on the presale I think so it won't be too much ticketmaster staff I wouldn't say. Although how can I tell? Do they have some manner of deformity or company branding on their faces that'll make them easily identifable?

booooonzo wrote: »

ya must of been the "fan club" bought up a load of them.
wouldn't mind but i had the password just left it to late last night

My sister texted me furiously yesterday saying I'd given her the wrong password for it. The iron was hot, people just didn't strike I suppose.

BaZmO* wrote: »

Sold out that quick? Wow. Surprised at that.
Gotta give a big thanks to Scien again so.

Where's the double thanks button?

*ahem* - I was PMing the password to anyone who asked.

The MCD page is very misleading about the support on the night.

It says this:

MCD.ie wrote:

Comedians and fellow Flight of the Conchords actors Kristen Schall and Arj Barker are set to open each night

Which implies that both Barker and Schall will be supporting but then further down the page it lists the dates of each one. So, sadly, there'll be no Murray in Dublin which is a shame cause his stand up is great.

homerun_homer · 05-03-2010 1:06pm

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Which implies that both Barker and Schall will be supporting but then further down the page it lists the dates of each one. So, sadly, there'll be no Murray in Dublin which is a shame cause his stand up is great.

Arj = Dave the pawn shop friend.
TBH I bought the Murray stand up DVD with christmas vouchers last year and it was one of the worst purchases I've ever bought. Some parts were bordering on the okay but he isn't a great comedian by a long stretch. I think even Bret and Jemaine feel this about his stand up, the documentary on s2 DVD hints at this.

His routine relies too much on making stupid or "Funny" noises & impersonations.

jasonb · 05-03-2010 1:08pm

Didn't hear about this 'til Wednesday afternoon, and when I tried the Fan Pre-Sale it was already sold out.

So I was up early and online this morning. Tried to get 3 tickets on the Thursday first but it said twice that there were none available. Decided to try Wednesday instead and managed to get three in the Circle!

Really looking forward to it, they're just excellent!

J.

"It was something like, but not necessarily, Schindler's List"

BaZmO* · 05-03-2010 1:20pm

homerun_homer wrote: »

Arj = Dave the pawn shop friend.
TBH I bought the Murray stand up DVD with christmas vouchers last year and it was one of the worst purchases I've ever bought. Some parts were bordering on the okay but he isn't a great comedian by a long stretch. I think even Bret and Jemaine feel this about his stand up, the documentary on s2 DVD hints at this.

His routine relies too much on making stupid or "Funny" noises & impersonations.

Yeah anything I've seen of Rhys Darby doing standup has been terrible.

edit- I should really change that to "any time" as the original wording just sounds weird.

Miguel_Sanchez · 05-03-2010 1:56pm

homerun_homer wrote: »

Arj = Dave the pawn shop friend.

All those who championed me as infallible please go to the back of the line.

Orlee · 05-03-2010 2:13pm

homerun_homer wrote: »

Sure you're not crying, you've just been chopping onions cause you're making a lasagne.... for one:D

He's not crying, it's just been raining .......... on his face

got 6 tickets for Wednesday. I'm delighted but to be fair they should have limited it to 4 each ... hope the announce another date

AnonoBoy · 05-03-2010 2:18pm

Orlee wrote: »

hope they announce another date

They do have 3 nights free after the Dublin gigs before they play England so maybe they'll stick on another show.

Brian · 05-03-2010 2:29pm

I'm hoping they add an extra date... but not for a while, until after I find out my exam timetable! That's what held me back from purchasing this morning.

bazmaiden · 05-03-2010 3:44pm

Sh*t just seen this now!!

Just gotta grab a ticket and some business socks and i'm there

AnonoBoy · 05-03-2010 4:07pm

bazmaiden wrote: »

Just gotta grab a ticket and some business socks and i'm there

Sorry to tell you but you ain't getting a ticket at this stage.

bazmaiden · 05-03-2010 4:09pm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Sorry to tell you but you ain't getting a ticket at this stage.

What? sold out... oh no....

I'm not crying:(

homerun_homer · 05-03-2010 4:48pm

Orlee wrote: »

He's not crying, it's just been raining .......... on his face

got 6 tickets for Wednesday. I'm delighted but to be fair they should have limited it to 4 each ... hope the announce another date

AnonoBoy wrote: »

They do have 3 nights free after the Dublin gigs before they play England so maybe they'll stick on another show.

The Olympia has stuff on those inbetween nights so unless they change venue it most likely won't happen.

AnonoBoy · 05-03-2010 5:09pm

homerun_homer wrote: »

The Olympia has stuff on those inbetween nights so unless they change venue it most likely won't happen.

Fair Enough.

Continue with the "I'm Not Crying" quotes people.

Orlee · 05-03-2010 5:47pm

homerun_homer wrote: »

The Olympia has stuff on those inbetween nights so unless they change venue it most likely won't happen.

Yeah - I saw they Olympia was free on the 3rd but FOTC are in Amsterdam so it's not looking likely ;(

Oh, I'm not crying - No - There's just a little bit of dust in my eye
That's from the path that you made when you said your goodbye

bazmaiden · 05-03-2010 5:50pm

Orlee wrote: »

Yeah - I saw they Olympia was free on the 3rd but FOTC are in Amsterdam so it's not looking likely ;(

Oh pretty prince of parties can I come to your party?

No:(

Raoul · 05-03-2010 6:43pm

I seen some fella on ebay is selling two tickets for 200euro. What a w*nker!! I hate him.

See if you bought the tickets off him for the price, could you ring ticketmaster and notify them or even the garda siochana? Like it is illegal right?

Toast · 05-03-2010 6:47pm

There is no legislation against touting in this country.

Raoul · 05-03-2010 6:50pm

Toast wrote: »

There is no legislation against touting in this country.

Well thats a big pile of crap! Really hope they do another night somehow. Been a massive fan for a while now

Joe_Dull · 05-03-2010 7:35pm

Waited for half an hour before the Ticketmaster place in Dun Laoghaire, and I was alone till 10 minutes before they opened ... at 9 on the dot your one printed me out 3 tickets, and by the time the guy behind me got to the counted they were sold out. Both nights. :eek:

Cannot wait!

RMC10 · 05-03-2010 7:59pm

I never knew that Kiosk was a ticketmaster, someone told me to try there, just called them there and they said they only got three tickets which were obviously yours Joe_Dull. I'm so gutted I didn't get tickets, after being online and on the phone for 9am, grrrrrrrrr! :mad:

tommywiseau · 05-03-2010 11:22pm

sold out in 40secs i hear..luckily my lady friend managed to get 2 for the first night, FRONT ROW this morning! bought from a ticketmaster outlet in galway... web buying never seems to work with high profile gigs like these, learned the hard way in the past..cannot wait now! woo-woo!

Joe_Dull · 06-03-2010 12:04am

RMC10 wrote: »

I never knew that Kiosk was a ticketmaster, someone told me to try there, just called them there and they said they only got three tickets which were obviously yours Joe_Dull. I'm so gutted I didn't get tickets, after being online and on the phone for 9am, grrrrrrrrr! :mad:

Apologies man

unklerosco · 09-03-2010 5:21pm

They put on extra dates in the UK.. no luck here tho

BaZmO* · 09-03-2010 5:40pm

Anybody else get their tickets? I ordered mine on Wednesday and got them on Friday! :eek::)

australia bound · 11-03-2010 10:21am

FOTC tickets on sale for the Manchester gig has just gone on pre-sale
got two tickets for the second row of the inner circle - nice

mskippy · 20-03-2010 5:16am

I'm going to both nights and one in Manchester.:D
I can not wait for April to just come and go! Haven't looked forward to something so much in such a long time! It's like Christmas but waaayy better!

Linguo · 21-03-2010 9:58pm

Yeah it's very exciting, don't want to get our expectations too high but we know they're going to be GREAT:D

unklerosco · 21-03-2010 10:00pm

Anyone any idea on the likely hood of them announcing another date for Dublin??

AnonoBoy · 21-03-2010 10:01pm

unklerosco wrote: »

Anyone any idea on the likely hood of them announcing another date for Dublin??

From all accounts it's slim to none. The Olympia isn't free when they are.

unklerosco · 21-03-2010 10:03pm

Dang... Well, guess I'll try n get tickets for a gig in the UK... Unless anyone has any to spare here..

Missed out for tickets for Dublin, Glasgow, London and Manchester...

mskippy · 21-03-2010 11:53pm

I'm the only person I know that likes them enough to go see them so I'm heading on my own. Anyone else in the same boat?

unklerosco · 25-03-2010 10:22am

Finally got tickets for Wembley in the pre sale this morning, got great seats too!

Q an email in the next 5 mins about a new date for Dublin...

CarlaL · 25-03-2010 1:08pm

Want to see Flight of the Conchords in the Olympia but don't want to give insane amounts of money to touts? We're campaigning for more Dublin dates on the FOTC European tour and need you to show your support.

We have set up a petition page on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=389960620849&ref=mf
so please join and help us show them how many of you out there want to go see FOTC this May. England has already got 3 extra dates added so it should be possible to get more dates to Dublin.

Here’s the plan: The Olympia Theatre holds 1,300 so when the petition reaches that many members we are going to contact the Olympia, Ticketmaster and whoever else we need to get another date added.

So please join and invite anyone else that appreciates Flight of the Conchords.

AnonoBoy · 25-03-2010 1:18pm

CarlaL wrote: »

So please join and invite anyone else that appreciates Flight of the Conchords.

And what date do you propose for this? The Olympia isn't available on the Conchords free dates around the Dublin gig.

unklerosco · 25-03-2010 1:26pm

Not necessarily, there was originally only 1 date in Manchester. Second one added is two days before the original dates. So its Manchester - Birmingham - Manchester.

For Wembley the new date is 7 days before the original Wembley date...

Fair enough, there's no dates in the olympia that really suit them, but there's plenty of other venues in dublin that they could use

Toast · 25-03-2010 1:41pm

I'm pretty sure that the promoters are well aware that there is enough interest for additional dates and would put on another date if they could. They are also aware of all the facts that we are not which includes venue availability, band availability, band requirements etc. That they haven't put on another date means there is probably a reason we are unaware of for them not doing so.

AnonoBoy · 25-03-2010 1:44pm

I think people blindly believe that extra dates 'due to popular demand' are just added as tickets sell and not pre-planned when the tour is being booked.

Some of them perhaps are but by and large I'd say extra dates are all worked into the touring schedule from the start.

If there was going to be an extra date it'd be announced by now I'd say and no Facebook group is going to do anything about that.

BaZmO* · 25-03-2010 2:22pm

CarlaL wrote: »

Want to see Flight of the Conchords in the Olympia but don't want to give insane amounts of money to touts? We're campaigning for more Dublin dates on the FOTC European tour and need you to show your support.

We have set up a petition page on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=389960620849&ref=mf
so please join and help us show them how many of you out there want to go see FOTC this May. England has already got 3 extra dates added so it should be possible to get more dates to Dublin.

Here’s the plan: The Olympia Theatre holds 1,300 so when the petition reaches that many members we are going to contact the Olympia, Ticketmaster and whoever else we need to get another date added.

So please join and invite anyone else that appreciates Flight of the Conchords.

jaykhunter · 23-04-2010 5:03pm

Well, ya gotta do something to let FOTC know if there's anything you can do, please put on another date. Otherwise (like me) ya gotta wait until they do another tour

Found out about the tickets far too late

BaZmO* · 29-04-2010 12:52pm

Just seen on the FOTC website that David O'Doherty is down for the support act in Dublin. Cool.

Miguel_Sanchez · 29-04-2010 1:05pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

Just seen on the FOTC website that David O'Doherty is down for the support act in Dublin. Cool.

I do like David O'Doherty a lot but does this mean that Kristen Schaal isn't performing?

BaZmO* · 29-04-2010 2:45pm

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

...does this mean that Kristen Schaal isn't performing?

It looks that way.... http://flightoftheconchords.co.nz/on-tour/

adamski8 · 01-05-2010 12:43am

mskippy wrote: »

I'm the only person I know that likes them enough to go see them so I'm heading on my own. Anyone else in the same boat?

yes. but you seem a bit mental seeing them 3 times! (2days in a row in the same venue:eek:)

jk86 · 03-05-2010 9:51pm

So, fotc have to get to Ireland from Holland on Wednesday. This ash had better **** off :mad:

BaZmO* · 03-05-2010 10:31pm

jk86 wrote: »

So, fotc have to get to Ireland from Holland on Wednesday. This ash had better **** off :mad:

Ah they can get the Ferry.

I hope

Miguel_Sanchez · 03-05-2010 11:27pm

Hopefully they're on a tour bus.

Turlock · 04-05-2010 8:29am

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Hopefully they're on a tour bus.

Or at least an Accord

Orlee · 04-05-2010 2:43pm

Yeah, I got confused there, I didn't know what to do. Honda Accord was too big to fit in the gap there, so I put bus back in. I knew as soon as I wrote it there'd be some sort of controversy.

Ah murray ...

giggidyelmo · 05-05-2010 9:13am

anyone know what the scéal is? Are they boating it or have been stuck in Amsterdam by feckin Volcano? It's already taken LCD from us!

Flight of the Conchords - Olympia, Wed 5th, Thurs 6th May

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