Ben Folds - Vicar St - Jan 21st

Mr Rivers

http://www.aikenpromotions.com/event.asp?eid=25

Tickets €36.65 and on sale Thursday 23rd!

Result!

oneofakind32

Im going with a freind. Just wondering if theres much interest out there Should I get my ticket early? Will it sell out??

Mr Rivers

nekkidbibleman thinks not but I aint runnin my risks, I'll get them Thursday morning, what's so hard about gettin out of bed a lil early for piece of mind?

Creamy Goodness

i'd wouldn't say it will sell out straight away, but i missed him last time due to the leaving cert and i won't miss him again this time.

Mr Rivers

Either way I'll see ye in the morning for ticket buying

Mr Rivers

Tickets gotten

Creamy Goodness

Mr Rivers wrote:

Tickets gotten

Ditto, had to pay by credit card cause i forgot to get cash.

extra 1.50 per ticket

calex71

got mine on line - got 3 tickets row A on the balcony, and i got a nice €12 "convienience charge" as they are calling it now,

This will be a cracking show , last year in vicar st. was one of the best shows ive ever seen in all my years going to gigs, Ben is a true performer and kinda reminded me of better frames gigs from years gone by what with all his stories between songs.

Creamy Goodness

i hope he get the crowd to do a "bitchin' horn section" if he plays "Army"

i missed the last concert due to the fact that i had leaving cert english that day and also had gone to see weezer the night before.

johnny_ultimate

Tickets booked. Standing for me. Kast time I was sitting up around two feet away from the man. Alas it was all seated, but the whole audience got up for 1 Angry Dwarf. Bee-utiful.
His concert last year was seriously the best gig I was ever at. Best audience participation around.
"B***es Aint S**t" Live is a thing of beauty.
And Cremo, I'm pretty sure a bitchin horn section is on the cards. It was last time anyway.

film_gonzo

Does anyone know if this gig is sold out?? My grapevine is running slow so I didn't hear about it till a few mins ago. Dying to go but I'm getting this from Ticketmaster "Sorry, but this event no longer exists in our database."

Any ideas???

ArcadeFred

Thats strange. Never seen that before. If it was sold out it would usually just say tickets not currently on sale or somethin like this

Your request is not available
There were no tickets available that matched your request

so maybe its just a temporary computery problem...you should hope so! Maybe drop them a mail

film_gonzo

Got it in the end.Thanks.

Dunno why but the site was doing all sorts of strange things like first telling me nothing was on their database about the gig, then telling me that there was no gig in Ireland, then when I finally got to the ticket buying stage it wouldn't let me cause it said it needed my phone number in the form which I'd filled out several times in different ways.

Eventually i had to go in and set up all the payment details in my account (which for some reason thinks I'm in England even though, once again, I've changed it several times to say Ireland) and then when I went back in to buy the tix it just asked me for my credit card security number.

So even though I nearly burst a blood vessel, I got my ticket for the princely sum of E41 after 4.50 'handling' charge.:mad:

But hey, I'm going to Ben Folds (my first time seeing him live) so who cares.

ClareBear

Got our tickets first thing Thursday morning. Can't wait for this!!:D

calex71

lets hope this one is as 'stool smashy of the piano' as the last one ;-)

Mr Rivers

Support is Clem Snide

http://www.clemsnide.com/
http://www.myspace.com/clemsnide

memaeve

I still owe money for this, but hey, I'm going!
xm

divinebright

Anyone know of anyplace or anyone with tickets. I missed Bens last gig and nearly cried when i found out I'd missed the tickets again

Mr Rivers

Wow, does look like it's sold out. Best keep an eye in the buy and sell for reasonable priced tickets or www.ebay.ie or www.scarletmist.com

johnny_ultimate

Hmm same support as last time. Clem was decent enough.

Chi

Anyone got Folds tickets to sell? I'm reaching but it's worth a shot. Hot dang I'd love to see that show!

To all you ticket holders - have a great night you lucky ducks! :rolleyes: Tell us how it goes.

Mr Marenghi

Anybody know who the support is?

Creamy Goodness

Mr Rivers wrote:

Support is Clem Snide

http://www.clemsnide.com/
http://www.myspace.com/clemsnide

^^

ya-what-now?

Was wondering, does anyone know from experience does ben sign autographs after the show or anything??

Would sell my right arm to meet him!

Mr Rivers

ya-what-now? wrote:

Was wondering, does anyone know from experience does ben sign autographs after the show or anything??

Would sell my right arm to meet him!

I dunno, there's no nitelinks of a sunday

johnny_ultimate

ya-what-now? wrote:

Was wondering, does anyone know from experience does ben sign autographs after the show or anything??

Would sell my right arm to meet him!

Ben is known to be a man of the people. You could well be lucky and meet him if ye hang around for a while afters. Id love to meet him as well, but I don't know if Id hang around afters and take the risk.

giftgrub

just back from the gig...which was kickin'

great to see Neil Hannon out for Bitches Aint ****....

As someone who's relatively new to Ben Folds i thought it was fantastic!!

Mr Rivers

Aye, enjoyed it! Highlights being Neil Hannon not knowing the words to Bitches Ain't ****, Ascent of Stan and his cover of Such Great Heights

johnny_ultimate

As a long term and very adament Folds fan I was equally delighted with this concert.
We got a Rock This B***h Dublin!
Only problem perhaps is that the setlist was a bit too focused on the newer albums. But overall the songs chosen were excellent, and was great to see rarer classics like Kate and Underground thrown in.
Roll on Vicar Street concert number three!
PS Such Great Heights remains amongst the strongest BF covers. Immense.

calex71

only thing missing from set was 'inbetween days' but postal service cover which alot of folks didnt seem to get was an pants wetting moment for me,

picture added and full set on video on you tube asap search superfint ;-) for the moment see pic attached. and the word 'fag' spelt in tape beside the bassplayer lol

johnny_ultimate

calex71 wrote:

and the word 'fag' spelt in tape beside the bassplayer lol

Spotted that at the end. Brilliant.

DMC

Best gig I've seen him in, and I've seen him three times in Dublin. The night he blew Neil Hannon off the stage in the Ambassador, seated in Vicar St and now standing at this last one.

Fantastic stuff, the crowd were really up for it, and so was Folds, loads of impromptu jamming... Purple Haze being one. That weird assed synth! I was going to heckle "theme to the Rockford Files" but thought better of it Started with the latest stuff, then ended with Underground. Only two or three songs from the "Five" days. Drummer was brilliant.

MrJoeSoap

Sounds class, did he play Songs of Love with Hannon?

DMC

No, Joe.

Miguel_Sanchez

Really enjoyed the gig. The Postal Service cover was a complete surprise to me - brilliant stuff. As stated above though I'm not sure if a lot of the crowd recognised the song - thought it odd that so many Ben Folds fans wouldn't know the Postal Service. Or maybe it's just nobody else likes 'em?

Liked Ben's conducting of the crowd from atop his piano and his little song about having to leave his keyboard at home because it wouldn't work with European power.

Thought Clem Snide was pretty good as support - I'd never seen him before and may well go check out some of his albums.

Afterwards was told that the bass player played on the Graceland album with Paul Simon. This is complete **** - the guy couldn't be more than 30. People at gigs talk such **** sometimes.

Also just in case he's on here - to the guy with the 80's hair cut who asked me to stop talking when I was at the back of Vicar St during the support act - I said it last night and I'll say it again today: If you really really want to hear the support act with nobody talking around you then go up to the front and stop standing at the back you moron.

Thank you.

Smurfpiss

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

Also just in case he's on here - to the guy with the 80's hair cut who asked me to stop talking when I was at the back of Vicar St during the support act - I said it last night and I'll say it again today: If you really really want to hear the support act with nobody talking around you then go up to the front and stop standing at the back you moron.

Thank you.

I wish it were that simple. i was at the front. these two d4 assholes decided it'd be fun to rip the piss out of clem snide. now id never heard of the guy before but they were being really loud and obnoxious. so it doesnt really matter where you are... just whisper if ya can.
and yeah i guess not that many people know the postal service..despite being on countless shows and being covered by countless bands..

stipey

to the guy with the 80's hair cut who asked me to stop talking when I was at the back of Vicar St during the support act - I said it last night and I'll say it again today: If you really really want to hear the support act with nobody talking around you then go up to the front and stop standing at the back you moron.

I'll see your "guy with 80's hair cut" and raise you 5 x 16-ish year girls who were standing behind me, screaming (and I mean screaming - they hadn't a note between them) the words to "bitches ain't ****" (possibly because it allowed them to say naughty words like **** and **** where mommy and daddy wouldn't hear).

Although I did find the irony of them assaulting my ears roaring the words to Rockin' the Suburbs and then, in all likelyhood, going outside to be picked up mommy in her SUV amusing.

And finally, they had prepared som kind of Ben Folder - I kid you not, a folder with a picture of the great man on the front and god knows what inside. They were roaring "Ben, Ben, Ben" and when he looked up one of them held it up and said "Its a Ben Folder" - I swear he saw it, realised what it was and then ignored them".

Dr4gul4

stipey wrote:

I'll see your "guy with 80's hair cut" and raise you 5 x 16-ish year girls who were standing behind me, screaming (and I mean screaming - they hadn't a note between them) the words to "bitches ain't ****" (possibly because it allowed them to say naughty words like **** and **** where mommy and daddy wouldn't hear).

Although I did find the irony of them assaulting my ears roaring the words to Rockin' the Suburbs and then, in all likelyhood, going outside to be picked up mommy in her SUV amusing.

And finally, they had prepared som kind of Ben Folder - I kid you not, a folder with a picture of the great man on the front and god knows what inside. They were roaring "Ben, Ben, Ben" and when he looked up one of them held it up and said "Its a Ben Folder" - I swear he saw it, realised what it was and then ignored them".

By any odd chance was it red ??? and were they over on the left hand side of the stage...im pretty sure i remember seen this going on


Great gig over all tho

stipey

By any odd chance was it red ??? and were they over on the left hand side of the stage...im pretty sure i remember seen this going on

Yeah - that was probably them. I'd imagine the chances of 2 people creating a Ben Folder are fairly slim.

'twas a great gig alright - and if there is a funnier sight than Neil Hannon singing Bitches Ain't Sh1t, I haven't seen it.

Dr4gul4

stipey wrote:

Yeah - that was probably them. I'd imagine the chances of 2 people creating a Ben Folder are fairly slim.

'twas a great gig alright - and if there is a funnier sight than Neil Hannon singing Bitches Ain't Sh1t, I haven't seen it.

ahh well now as i said it was red and looked folderish, just want sure what it was

and augh Neil Hannon, snipers where were you

Miguel_Sanchez

Dr4gul4 wrote:

ahh well now as i said it was red and looked folderish, just want sure what it was

and augh Neil Hannon, snipers where were you

Forget about Neil Hannon I'm pretty sure I banged into the evil that is Glen Hansard on the way out of the jacks after the gig. I'm hoping it was just a poor unfortunate that looks like him - anyone else spot the ginger bollix hanging around? I thought he'd left the country.

Superfint

Some Vids up on Youtube

"Such Great Heights"-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2O1A77fh74

"Underground"-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX3tDOmeIqI

Bity Shaky-sorry!!Qualit-A Show -10/10

Creamy Goodness

great videos, great show.

such great heights was my highlight, as it was so unexpected.

oh and the synth was absolutely brilliant.

just when i was thinking you'd know the next part in the song would sound great if he used that synth, and he did it.

Superfint

Have to say aside from The Postal service cover-"The Ascent of Stan" & "Underground" were the highlights for me,complete shocker!!

Heres another Vid,much more steady than the others!
"Always Someone Cooler Than You"-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1roanThzPk

oneofakind32

I thought it was a great gig, although I felt a bit young amoungest all the 20somthings. Im used to jumping up and down and waving my arms like I just dont care alot more at gigs

Miguel_Sanchez

oneofakind32 wrote:

I thought it was a great gig, although I felt a bit young amoungest all the 20somthings.

Good. I'm sick of feeling old in pubs and at gigs. I'm glad you young 'uns got a taste of your own medicine for a change!

calex71

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

Good. I'm sick of feeling old in pubs and at gigs. I'm glad you young 'uns got a taste of your own medicine for a change!

here here,

johnny_ultimate

Good work with the videos.
Do you happen to have Rock This B****?

Superfint

johnny_ultimate wrote:

Good work with the videos.
Do you happen to have Rock This B****?

I didn't,sorry!And "Bit**s ain't S**t" came out all arse ways,awh well!

Wompa1

I drove from Galway and drove back afterwards for the gig, it was pretty good, he's one talented mofo but after driving so far for it I would of hoped the crowd would of been a little more up for it, seemed pretty flat till the end. I know alot of his music isn't very up beat but the majority of what he played was pretty high tempo

Wompa1

stipey wrote:

I'll see your "guy with 80's hair cut" and raise you 5 x 16-ish year girls who were standing behind me, screaming (and I mean screaming - they hadn't a note between them) the words to "bitches ain't ****" (possibly because it allowed them to say naughty words like **** and **** where mommy and daddy wouldn't hear).

Although I did find the irony of them assaulting my ears roaring the words to Rockin' the Suburbs and then, in all likelyhood, going outside to be picked up mommy in her SUV amusing.

And finally, they had prepared som kind of Ben Folder - I kid you not, a folder with a picture of the great man on the front and god knows what inside. They were roaring "Ben, Ben, Ben" and when he looked up one of them held it up and said "Its a Ben Folder" - I swear he saw it, realised what it was and then ignored them".

Hey Don't knock the girls, its not all 16 year old girls that appreciate good music and take into account their 16 year old girls!...Gotta give props to the guy who shouted "Don't You Hate Pants!" when Ben started listing the Drummers interests