blink-182 confirm Dublin show

honru

blink-182 play their first Irish show this December (Thursday 16th) at Dublin's Point Theatre. Tickets are €34.50 and are on-sale from October 1st.

Special guests are unconfirmed, however it may be Death Cab for Cutie and The Kinison (as they are supporting blink-182 elsewhere in Europe; the former I would be very happy to see).

Looking foward to this since they cancelled their January 2002 show.

wes

Ah brilliant was meant to go to the January 2002 show myself nice to see that they are finally coming here. Also tickets price aren't too bad.

Ro: maaan!

Just saw this on MCD. Quite pleased.

teck-x5

Yay.

latimer

Sweet Jesus that's the best news I've heard in a long time

weemcd

great news, ireland really has been getting a lot of high profile bands recently

Basq

Ah b*llocks!

This is always happening me!

My favourite bands always play during my exams. Semisonic played a gig in Ireland the day before my last exam in the Leaving Cert a couple of years back. Counting Crows played during my exams too last year.

And now Blink 182, who i've always been a big fan of and was set to see at the gig back in 2002 until they cancelled due to Tom DeLonge's back injury, are playing the week of my Christmas exams.

Such sh*tty luck!!

Ro: maaan!

basquille wrote:

Ah b*llocks!

This is always happening me!

My favourite bands always play during my exams. Semisonic played a gig in Ireland the day before my last exam in the Leaving Cert a couple of years back. Counting Crows played during my exams too last year.

And now Blink 182, who i've always been a big fan of and was set to see at the gig back in 2002 until they cancelled due to Tom DeLonge's back injury, are playing the week of my Christmas exams.

Such sh*tty luck!!

Oh just go!

Exams aren't worth missing gigs for. It'll only take about 3 - 4 hours...

ferdi

yeah, i'll be going, had ticket for the 2002 gig but then they pulled out, i really wish they werent playing the point tho, its a sheit venue, too big. green day at the ambassador was amazing.

Basq

Ro: maaan! wrote:

Oh just go!

Exams aren't worth missing gigs for. It'll only take about 3 - 4 hours...

It's tempting but i'm all the way down in Sligo.

So trying to get down to Sligo after it if i've an exam at 9 the next morning will be a real pain in the ass! And also for all i know, i'll have an exam the evening on the gig.

PS - Here's a fun fact for all you Blink-182 fans that i just found out recently... did you know that 'I Miss You' is all about the great Tim Burton film 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'? Read these lyrics: (if you've seen the film, you'll realise the connections (such as Jack and Sally are the name of the two main characters)

Hello there, the angel from my nightmare
The shadow in the background of the morgue
The unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley
We can live like Jack and Sally if we want
Where you can always find me
We'll have Halloween on Christmas
And in the night we'll wish this never ends
We'll wish this never ends

Bottle_of_Smoke

And now Blink 182, who i've always been a big fan of and was set to see at the gig back in 2002 until they cancelled due to Tom DeLonge's back injury, are playing the week of my Christmas exams.

christmas tests!?!?!?!
what the hell is wrong with you?

Ro: maaan!

Well... Sligo. He does have a pretty good argument. I'd hate to have to get from Dublin to Sligo in the morning just to do an exam.

polarbelly

if its death cab supporting i'm there.


otherwise :rolleyes:

Placebo

i dont like blink but i was hoping MCR would support.

arbeitsscheuer

Is that right bout I Miss You being about Nightmare Before Christmas?!
Makes sense I guess, but they do it with such subtlety... Favourite Blink 182 song, no question. (Just broke up wit gf, so I guess it's pretty apt anyway)

midget lord

weemcd wrote:

great news, ireland really has been getting a lot of high profile bands recently

i wonder if its anything to do with our inflated economy?

weemcd

EDIT
tickets on sale at 9, goddamit i dunno how il buy them now, i presume this show will sell out very quickly?

Funkstard

Thank God they're finally coming. Had my ticket in '02 but had my hopes crushed

I would have liked to see them before they went all serious and nearly broke up, though. I wonder what the set list'll be like?

Mewzel

anyone know yet if it is indeed death cab supporting? i would love to see them! but apart from that i wouldn't really be bothered...

ferdi

it dont say on their web site....still gonna go and whack some teenie boppers/

markomac316

w-00-t got my ticket:). all happy. but here see if anyone is
traveling from belfast, can they get their asses into virgin
and put their name down for the bus run. cause at the minute
virgin arent doing one until they get 40names. which kinda sucks.

and well yeah so if ne belfast people r here and r going u no
what u gotta do.

AndRoiD

SCORE!! Really cant wait to go. Hope its more of the really old stuff tho. Have to come whole way from Antrim tho. Couple of really good gigs coming up soon e.g lost prophets in novembre and muse in feburary.

markomac316

Is that muse gig confirmed. and man get ur ass
down to virgin and get ur name down for the
bus run. please.

Mewzel

for anyone that was hoping to see death cab for cutie... they've had to cancel as support apparently. glad i hadn't bought a ticket now....

but everyone else, enjoy blink 182

honru

Yup, Death Cab have cancelled their European tour, they weren't going to be supporting blink in Dublin anyway, unfortunetly.

The Kinison are confirmed as special guests for anyone interested.

begbie

f®eak s&#169 wrote: »

Yup, Death Cab have cancelled their European tour, they weren't going to be supporting blink in Dublin anyway, unfortunetly.

The Kinison are confirmed as special guests for anyone interested.

The Kinison are ok, i guess. Heard a few songs off their album. Definitely not going to this gig though. I'm not a big Blink 182 fan. Their recent album was ok though.

latimer

Sugarcult were just announced as replacements for Death Cab

Ro: maaan!

Oh god. Supporting Blink 182 and Green Day...

flyinfishmonkey

Are they no good? I never heard of them...

honru

Ro: maaan! wrote:

Oh god. Supporting Blink 182 and Green Day...

Have Sugarcult been confirmed as support on Green Day's European tour? It's very unlikely that they would spend so much time in Europe supporting both blink-182 and Green Day, I wouldn't count on it.

From what I've heard of Sugarcult... ugh. Horrible.

Ro: maaan!

f®eak s&#169 wrote: »

Have Sugarcult been confirmed as support on Green Day's European tour?

Oh I don't actually know. It's just what those hotshots were saying over on the Green Day thread. Perhaps not. Wouldn't mind seeing them once. But don't want to see them at both.

honru

'Tis tomorrow folks; the Christmas season begins (for me, at least). Hopefully they'll play Happy Holidays, You Bastard or I Won't Be Home for Christmas to get me in the festive spirit.

Ro: maaan!

Oh yea... I Won't Be Home For Christmas would be good. I'm sure they'll play something christmasy anyway...

Jefferson Darcy

Anyone know if an SLR will be allowed in at The Point? I took in a compact cam for Audioslave and they didn't mind that. Ticketmaster site just says video cameras are not allowed.

pingu_girl

Great show last night traivis solo was awsome .pity they didnt play carousel or happy holiday you bastard. i most say the security guys in the point are pig ignorent also it wud be great if the pit bands were more organised we qued 4 hours got none while ppl who showed up gone 7 got em :mad: dint matter to me though ran past the security guys

witnessmenow

Who The Hell was Expectin Travis to come out of the middle of the crowd that basically rounded off thre night for me, also did anyone else notice he broke a symbol he hit it so hard!!!!!

latimer

Here's a few pics from thursday.

latimer

...and more again

Ro: maaan!

The one of Travis is really good.

Where were you? At the very front?

latimer

yeah i was about 3 people from the front. if u were there early enough (i.e during the kinison) i was actually on stage for a while. felt like a spare tool