The Black Keys - 22nd August 2012

LowOdour · 10-02-2012 9:55am #1

Heard this morning that the Black Keys will be playing the O2 Dublin on the 22nd August.

Will be great to see them live having missed their Tripod gig in '10, but why do I get the feeling that because it is in the 02, it will be full of 14 year olds singing away to lonely boy and talking their way through everything else they dont know. Seems like a huge venue for them to fill based on the back of one fantastic song (which a majority of people are going to know them by).

I'll be there regardless!!

MadYaker · 10-02-2012 10:28am

That song is only average imo. Some of the songs from their older albums are better. But it is an awesome album, Little Black Submarines is the hightlight for me. This should be awesome though I can't wait.

LowOdour · 10-02-2012 10:37am

MadYaker wrote: »

That song is only average imo. Some of the songs from their older albums are better. But it is an awesome album, Little Black Submarines is the hightlight for me. This should be awesome though I can't wait.

No doubt this is their 'Sex On Fire'.....a popular song that everyone loves bar their proper fans, who will say its not anything as good as their old stuff...except SOF was a poor song compared to older KOL stuff.

Because Lonely Boy it is being played to the hilt on the radio it probably wll start to grate after a while.

Anyway, It should be a cracking gig all the same

bobbygirl · 10-02-2012 11:29am

And tickets only 39 euros too!! Why can't more bands do this. Saw them in a tiny venue in utrecht a couple of years ago and they were amazing . O2 seems a bit too big for them though

schemingbohemia · 10-02-2012 11:41am

Only €39?? If your attitude is prevalent then they won't have trouble selling it out, but I would have my doubts, way too big a venue for them and too high a ticket price. Presume that's twice the price of the tripod gig or as near as.

mutley18 · 10-02-2012 11:43am

Can not wait for this, had a feeling they would announce an O2 gig, was hoping for somewhere smaller like The Olympia though, ah well at least I'm pretty much guaranteed to get tickets for the O2, cant see it selling out too fast. I think the setlist will be 80% Brothers and El Camino, with maybe one track from each of the first five albums.

Mushy · 10-02-2012 11:44am

I must have missed something that they are big enough for the O2 now. Must try and go though, couldnt get a ticket for last one.

GLaDOS · 10-02-2012 11:47am

Plan to pick up a ticket for this myself. Only have Brothers and El Camino so I'll have to listen to some of their older stuff in the meantime.

DylanJames · 10-02-2012 12:02pm

Well they've been selling out Madison Square Garden and the likes so it's not surprising they've been booked in the O2. I've been a fan for years, think the last 2 albums have been a bit too commercial song wise and the've moved away from the dirty blues of their first few albums.

I've a feeling this gig will be filled with one-song fans who haven't a clue about 95% of their stuff. Having seen them for €21 in Tripod a year and a half ago, €39 + €5 fees in the O2 is kinda putting me of plus the likely audience that'll go. Saying that I'll most likely be there anyway since they're still a great band, Tripod was one of the best gigs I've been to

ghostdancer · 10-02-2012 3:38pm

presumably it'll be a semi-curtained off seating arrangement. no way could they sell 14,000 tickets.

shanemangan · 11-02-2012 1:52pm

39 Euro is a brilliantly decent and fair price to see these lads. I am going to RHCP aswell, but 75 euro including booking fees / charges etc. I am beginning to regret it.

AdMMM · 12-02-2012 8:03pm

It's RAG Week in college this week and funds are in horrifically short supply

. Would standing tickets likely sell out on the morning would anyone think?

MidnightQueen · 14-02-2012 10:16am

Isnt there a presale for the Black Keys tickets starting this morning? Anyone got a link for this?

MidnightQueen · 14-02-2012 10:31am

Found a link here. Now i need to find someone on the o2 network that doesnt like the black keys to send me a password??

Battleflag · 14-02-2012 11:45am

MidnightQueen wrote: »

Found a link here. Now i need to find someone on the o2 network that doesnt like the black keys to send me a password??

Why don't you just get an O2 sim card? Probably costs about €5 and you can store it away for future pre-sales!

MidnightQueen · 14-02-2012 11:47am

I had an o2 sim but they recycled it last summer.

I hadnt used it for two years. LOL

mutley18 · 14-02-2012 10:40pm

AdMMM wrote: »

It's RAG Week in college this week and funds are in horrifically short supply . Would standing tickets likely sell out on the morning would anyone think?

I just bought mine this second from the presale, as that hasn't sold out yet I can't see a great demand for them come Thursday morning!

bobbygirl · 15-02-2012 10:12am

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Only €39?? If your attitude is prevalent then they won't have trouble selling it out, but I would have my doubts, way too big a venue for them and too high a ticket price. Presume that's twice the price of the tripod gig or as near as.

yeah I do think its too big a venue for them and doubt they will sell it out but they are pretty huge now compared to 5 years ago (headlining Coachella I think) and I didnt pay much less for a ticket then. Would much prefer if they played Olympia or somewhere like that.

c28omzk7ihsxv0 · 17-02-2012 6:43pm

LowOdour wrote: »

Heard this morning that the Black Keys will be playing the O2 Dublin on the 22nd August.

Will be great to see them live having missed their Tripod gig in '10, but why do I get the feeling that because it is in the 02, it will be full of 14 year olds singing away to lonely boy and talking their way through everything else they dont know. Seems like a huge venue for them to fill based on the back of one fantastic song (which a majority of people are going to know them by).

I'll be there regardless!!

Old reply but,

Myself and a friend are going (We both thankfully know them from other songs, my own and my favorite song of theirs being Keep me)
But sadly you're probably be right, it more then likely will be filled by annoying children (16 myself but not a douche) if it is even sold out.

guerito · 21-02-2012 1:50am

bobbygirl wrote: »

yeah I do think its too big a venue for them and doubt they will sell it out but they are pretty huge now compared to 5 years ago (headlining Coachella I think) and I didnt pay much less for a ticket then. Would much prefer if they played Olympia or somewhere like that.

+1. I absolutely love the Black Keys, andI saw them in the Alexandra Palace in London the week before last. Except for the songs off El Camino and one or two others, the venue, a great big f*ck off ballroom which is a bit smaller than the O2, was too big for their sound. There was no production to speak of (as you'd expect), but tunes like Money Maker and 10 Cent Pistol suffered because of it. The Olympia would be a great venue, and I would sell my granny to see them play I Got Mine in the Academy :pac:

Also, most of the crowd didn't know their older stuff. There was so much "song's over" applause during breaks in songs that they paused for what seemed like a minute during 10 Cent Pistol, presumably for the craic.

c28omzk7ihsxv0 · 21-02-2012 2:23am

guerito wrote: »

+1. I absolutely love the Black Keys, andI saw them in the Alexandra Palace in London the week before last. Except for the songs off El Camino and one or two others, the venue, a great big f*ck off ballroom which is a bit smaller than the O2, was too big for their sound. There was no production to speak of (as you'd expect), but tunes like Money Maker and 10 Cent Pistol suffered because of it. The Olympia would be a great venue, and I would sell my granny to see them play I Got Mine in the Academy :pac:

Also, most of the crowd didn't know their older stuff. There was so much "song's over" applause during breaks in songs that they paused for what seemed like a minute during 10 Cent Pistol, presumably for the craic.

I've only ever seen 'keep me' played live once on youtube, when you went did they play it by any chance? It is my goal in life to see it preformed live at the mo'

guerito · 23-02-2012 11:51am

Hendrix Gigantic Bum wrote: »

I've only ever seen 'keep me' played live once on youtube, when you went did they play it by any chance? It is my goal in life to see it preformed live at the mo'

No, they didn't play Keep Me. They did finish up with I Got Mine though. I left the gig a very happy man

Set list is in the link below. It's for the night after I saw them, but it's the same:
http://www.petehatesmusic.com/2012/02/12/concert-review-the-black-keys-alexandra-palace-london-england/

me-skywalker · 23-02-2012 1:18pm

As long as they keep slagging off Nickelback they'll get new fans!

As long as they keep slagging off Nickelback they'll alienate some fans.

Ill try get a ticket for this based on my plans for August, so I know its a negative thing really; but I hope it doesn't sell out too quickly.

Morrison J · 23-02-2012 9:18pm

Any guesses for when people think the standing area will sell out for this? Need to save up badly.

INeedMusic · 23-02-2012 9:44pm

guerito wrote: »

No, they didn't play Keep Me. They did finish up with I Got Mine though. I left the gig a very happy man

Set list is in the link below. It's for the night after I saw them, but it's the same:
http://www.petehatesmusic.com/2012/02/12/concert-review-the-black-keys-alexandra-palace-london-england/

Thanks for the set list, was wondering what the one song from Twilight was. That's a pretty solid review, too.

"Perhaps one surprise to the setlist was Chop and Change, a song from the Eclipse soundtrack, from those god awful Twilight movies. The crowd seemed a little lost during this one, unsure if it was a cover song, or an obscure older track. It’s good to know that the Twilight and Black Keys fan bases are mutually exclusive."

Hilarious.

c28omzk7ihsxv0 · 23-02-2012 10:26pm

guerito wrote: »

No, they didn't play Keep Me. They did finish up with I Got Mine though. I left the gig a very happy man

Set list is in the link below. It's for the night after I saw them, but it's the same:
http://www.petehatesmusic.com/2012/02/12/concert-review-the-black-keys-alexandra-palace-london-england/

Well....gold on the ceiling would do too hehe...:)

mark182 · 01-03-2012 1:05pm

I slightly changed an old concert poster of theirs to make it relevant to Irish show

Neo# · 26-04-2012 10:48pm

Have people got their tickets for this yet? Cause i cant remember if I got mine by post yet!

c28omzk7ihsxv0 · 26-04-2012 10:56pm

I haven't gotten mine yet, neither have several of my friends.

Neo# · 26-04-2012 10:57pm

Thanks. I must not have gotten it yet! Ive bought so many tickets recently i cant keep track. Nice one!

dr gonzo · 08-05-2012 4:10pm

I've been looking forward to this for a while and have been meaning to pick up my ticket but like the rest of you I'm extremely wary of this new turn of events...

Ive been listening to them since Thickfreakness and I must admit (in as unsnobbish a way as I can muster) the level they've shot to with El Camino, particularly Lonely Boy, has me a little put out. Not that I dont wish the guys every success, which they absolutely deserve, but I wasnt able to scrounge a ticket for Tripod and the nails been hit on the head here, Its gonna be a huge venue filled with young lads who like one song.

c28omzk7ihsxv0 · 08-05-2012 11:27pm

dr gonzo wrote: »

I've been looking forward to this for a while and have been meaning to pick up my ticket but like the rest of you I'm extremely wary of this new turn of events...

Ive been listening to them since Thickfreakness and I must admit (in as unsnobbish a way as I can muster) the level they've shot to with El Camino, particularly Lonely Boy, has me a little put out. Not that I dont wish the guys every success, which they absolutely deserve, but I wasnt able to scrounge a ticket for Tripod and the nails been hit on the head here, Its gonna be a huge venue filled with young lads who like one song.

That's the truth but what can you do when it is a nation of children who only hear the most mainstream of the stream and the biggest hits on the radio etc. They then proceed to call it their favourite band. I'm 16 btw.

AdMMM · 09-05-2012 1:08am

Will be keeping a close eye on this thread to see when people start getting their tickets. I had to order through their automated system by telephone and I'm definitely worried that my Oirish accent could have fudged up things a bit! Didn't even get to take down the confirmation number!

s8n · 09-05-2012 7:09am

Serious amount of snobbery in this thread guys. I've been a fan for a good few years now also but really looking forward to seeing them in August ( I'm going to Belfast as well as this gig).
El camino was a monster, they are more popular now as a result, get over it !!!

DylanJames · 09-05-2012 9:55am

s8n wrote: »

Serious amount of snobbery in this thread guys. I've been a fan for a good few years now also but really looking forward to seeing them in August ( I'm going to Belfast as well as this gig).
El camino was a monster, they are more popular now as a result, get over it !!!

I'm sick of people being automatically labelled a music snob if they criticise the direction a band is going in, people are entitled to their opinions. El Camino was nowhere near the standard you'd exepct from them, too many 'pop' songs and not enough of the dirty blues they're known for. They're now popular because of 'Lonely Boy' etc and to be honest, that song is pretty piss poor.

I'll still be at the gig come August but compared to Tripod 2 years ago, I can't see the O2 gig holding a candle to it, especially as has already been said, the fact there'll be thousands of one-song fans who'll stand and chat for the other 14-15 songs, waiting for the one they heard on the radio

GLaDOS · 09-05-2012 10:23am

DylanJames wrote: »

I'm sick of people being automatically labelled a music snob if they criticise the direction a band is going in, people are entitled to their opinions.

It's more the fact that people are dimissing anyone who got into them since they got more popular. Because they weren't into them before, there's no way they could like their older stuff.

Furious-Red · 09-05-2012 10:37am

ScienceNerd wrote: »

It's more the fact that people are dimissing anyone who got into them since they got more popular. Because they weren't into them before, there's no way they could like their older stuff.

Actually i am 1 of those people who got into them after Lonely Boy (i had heard of them before but never listened to them) . When i get into a band like this i will actually start working my way through their back catalogue and ive recently bought Brothers which i really like and will over the next while start getting more older material so when i see them in Belfast i wont be just one of these one of "thousands of one-song fans who'll stand and chat for the other 14-15 songs, waiting for the one they heard on the radio"

Dubhthamlacht · 09-05-2012 12:23pm

I'm really looking forward to seeing The Black Keys in the O2. They really deserve their success. It will be my third time seeing them after seeing in the old TBMC after Magic Potion was released and then again in Tripod on their Brothers tour, which was a crackin gig. I've loved their stuff ever since I discovered Rubber Factory when it first came out. I appreciate they will have gained a lot of new fans with their latest sound, but to be honest I do like El Camino. It's not as good as 'Brothers' or 'Rubber Factory' but still a damn good album and miles better than stuff being produced by other bands of similar popularity. No band can stand still and just churn out more of the same as they just run out of ideas and produce mediocrity. It's no surprise they went with this route after hearing Dan Aurbach's solo album and the work they did on the Blakroc colloboration album.

Adiboo · 09-05-2012 2:49pm

Who cares if some of the crowd will be there just because of Lonely Boy? The die hard fans will still be there, and the Keys are one of the best live bands around. That's all that matters to me. I can't wait to see them again.

s8n · 09-05-2012 3:08pm

DylanJames wrote: »

I'm sick of people being automatically labelled a music snob if they criticise the direction a band is going in, people are entitled to their opinions. El Camino was nowhere near the standard you'd exepct from them, too many 'pop' songs and not enough of the dirty blues they're known for. They're now popular because of 'Lonely Boy' etc and to be honest, that song is pretty piss poor.

I'll still be at the gig come August but compared to Tripod 2 years ago, I can't see the O2 gig holding a candle to it, especially as has already been said, the fact there'll be thousands of one-song fans who'll stand and chat for the other 14-15 songs, waiting for the one they heard on the radio

By definition, you are being a snob. This is very similar to Arcade Fire when they blew up, lots of people claim to have seen them when they were nobodies at EP. I think there was even an "I saw Arcade Fire before you" T-shirt !!!!

handsomecake · 09-05-2012 5:08pm

seen them in tripod and oxegen . flew over to see them twice in alexandra palace in february.

noticable change in clientele and setlist. crowd went mad for lonely boy and didnt pay much attention to the old stuff.
didnt play half the stuff i expected.

ill be there in august but i look back to the halcyon days of that tripod gig where they blew the roof off the place with misty eyes......

one of my favourite bands but itll never be the same. its kings of leon all over again.

call it snobbery,call it hipsterish. i dont care. its the ****ing truth

s8n · 09-05-2012 6:17pm

The song hooker with a p3nis by Tool springs to mind !!

hidinginthebush · 09-05-2012 6:28pm

s8n wrote: »

The song hooker with a p3nis by Tool springs to mind !!

Hell, they even admit it themselves:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHnXyNNpd1s

On the topic of the type of crowd there, I really don't think you'll get many people shelling out €40-odd on the back of liking one song, and sure even if they've only heard El Camino, so what? This will be the perfect place for them to be introduced to more Black Keys material, and dig deeper into their catalog. Black Keys have gotten bigger after their last album, maybe young teenagers like them, so fucking what? Would you be happier if these kids liked manufactured soulless pop rather than them enjoying actual good music? There's no pleasing some people!

c28omzk7ihsxv0 · 09-05-2012 8:56pm

s8n wrote: »

Serious amount of snobbery in this thread guys. I've been a fan for a good few years now also but really looking forward to seeing them in August ( I'm going to Belfast as well as this gig).
El camino was a monster, they are more popular now as a result, get over it !!!

I'm going to see them with the Foo fightters in Belfast too! We're acting as groupies :P

Furious-Red · 09-05-2012 10:03pm

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Hell, they even admit it themselves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHnXyNNpd1s

On the topic of the type of crowd there, I really don't think you'll get many people shelling out €40-odd on the back of liking one song, and sure even if they've only heard El Camino, so what? This will be the perfect place for them to be introduced to more Black Keys material, and dig deeper into their catalog. Black Keys have gotten bigger after their last album, maybe young teenagers like them, so fucking what? Would you be happier if these kids liked manufactured soulless pop rather than them enjoying actual good music? There's no pleasing some people!

+100000000000000000000

Actually Cypress Hill have made a good point on their new EP and the negativity surrounding it , It kinda applies to a lot of bands like Black Keys

you older fans get too emotional about this.. an artist can't repeat and do the same old music over and over.. you would get tired of that.. each album or record has to evvolve.. black sunday sounded nothin like cypress 1.. temple of boom sounded nothin like black sunday or cypress one.. they all evolved.. even or later work after the first 3 albums.. we've taken chances and done things different thry the course of our whole career and we will always take chances. you may not like it but then again you may but remember this an an ep not a full length album so if you are worried that this is what we're doing for the rest, it is not. the cypress album will be hip hop as always mix with the cypress touch. and we didn't not kick out bobo. how would you think we would kick our brother to the curb.. foolish thinking.. anyway love it or hate it, we ****in did it.. get over it the next album will follow with thunderous track from the grandmaster himself dj muggs

karaokeman · 09-05-2012 11:56pm

handsomecake wrote: »

its kings of leon all over again.

Oh yes it will "I liked their first six albums, but then they went mainstream so they're s*** now".

I still don't know whether or not to go to this gig myself, maybe when they get bigger and they end up playing stadiums, and increased ticket prices makes the gig only appeal to the die hard fans, but then again that could equate to 60,000 Lonely Boy fans to 10,000 other fans.

frantic190 · 11-05-2012 1:23am

Ticketmaster telling me my tickets are being processed, should have them soon enough.

Herb Powell · 11-05-2012 11:32am

I'm sorry, but you have to be an almighty wanker to decide not to go to a gig (of a ****ing great band) on the basis that "there will be other people there who haven't been listening to them as long as I have!"

Boo-****ing hoo. Their music is still great. If you don't like El Camino or Brothers, that's your opinion. But you know what you can always do? Listen to The Big Come Up, or Thickfreakness, instead of whining about their new stuff-they should still be immensely enjoyable, and if they're not, then you're a bandwagon hipster **** yourself!

Personally, I love it all, been enjoying them for years, and I will be there in August. And I will also enjoy Band of Skulls.

DylanJames · 11-05-2012 12:56pm

Herb Powell wrote: »

I'm sorry, but you have to be an almighty wanker to decide not to go to a gig (of a ****ing great band) on the basis that "there will be other people there who haven't been listening to them as long as I have!"

Boo-****ing hoo. Their music is still great. If you don't like El Camino or Brothers, that's your opinion. But you know what you can always do? Listen to The Big Come Up, or Thickfreakness, instead of whining about their new stuff-they should still be immensely enjoyable, and if they're not, then you're a bandwagon hipster **** yourself!

Personally, I love it all, been enjoying them for years, and I will be there in August. And I will also enjoy Band of Skulls.

That complete S***, i don't care how long people have been listening to them, or if they're only going for one song, but what I do care about is if they talk for the rest of the gig because they don't 'know' the other songs, ruining it for the people who are there to enjoy the whole set.

And it's not whining about the new stuff, the problem with it is it's taking up a massive percentage of the setlist, which is the same every night, while other great songs don't get a look in, a bit of variation would be nice

hidinginthebush · 11-05-2012 4:11pm

DylanJames wrote: »

And it's not whining about the new stuff, the problem with it is it's taking up a massive percentage of the setlist, which is the same every night, while other great songs don't get a look in, a bit of variation would be nice

So would you rather they played just the old songs and became a tribute band of themselves? Yes, you might like the older stuff, but guess what? Its the band who wrote the new stuff, not the new fans, and they're probably excited to play more relatively new material rather than hashing out the same old tunes time and again with only a token new one thrown in.

Furious-Red · 11-05-2012 4:20pm

I always thought when bands tour/record new music they want to keep getting bigger and bigger? And by the looks of it , it has started to pay off for BK

The Black Keys - 22nd August 2012

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