Opeth announce Dublin date for October

Cathy666

Swedish metal titans OPETH have announced a Dublin date at The Olympia Theatre this October 13th as part of their massively anticipated European tour. The tour will promote their 9th studio album 'Watershed' which has been described as breathtaking.

OPETH formed in Stockholm 1990 as a death metal band but have since explored so many new musical areas that they are now considered 'genreless' in the Metal world.

Tuesday 13th October 2009 @ The Olympia.

Tickets from €30 including booking fee go on sale this Monday 3rd August.

Hell yeah!

LightofDarkness

Sweet, I'm going.

cedomination

I was looking at the ticketmaster site earlier and there was no info about age requirements,would that mean it's all ages? (at least not strictly 18's anyway?)

Cathy666

cedomination wrote: »

I was looking at the ticketmaster site earlier and there was no info about age requirements,would that mean it's all ages? (at least not strictly 18's anyway?)

There's nothing about it on MCD yet either. It should be announced on Monday when the tickets go on sale.

LD 50

SWEET.

Max Power1

Cool. Opeth are one of the first bands that got me into death metal. May have to pay a visit:D

cedomination

Cathy666 wrote: »

There's nothing about it on MCD yet either. It should be announced on Monday when the tickets go on sale.

Well actually there must have been a slip-up because tickets were onsale when I checked earlier at about 1pm today.

Somnus

I think the Olympia's a great venue for Opeth. I could imagine them doing loads of laid back songs such as from Damnation. It'd be cool, sitting back and hearing loads of those tunes for a change.

Karl Hungus

Nice one. Any word on support bands?

Patricide

Well ive missed em twice, not a hope im missing em again...

tootyflutty

See you's there

NIBBS

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Nice one. Any word on support bands?

nothing yet Karl, it's an off Tour headline date, so won't be a Prog Nation date, therefore no Dream Theater - maybe one of the other bands from that tour - but could just as easily be the Blizzards :-(

real pity DME didn't get this, would have been cracking support, I thought tickets would be on sale straight away this morning (hardly going on sale on a Bank Holiday Monday..) so I'm happy to have my seats in the first row upstairs :-)

Nea

Deadly
As said above its a pity DME didnt get the gig.
Jesus its been some year so far for gigs and we in a recession, plus this gig is in between 2 home Ireland matches.

rainbow kirby

Awesome! Will be there.

peterman

...tkts were on sale last friday....ticketmaster F'd UP.....can't wait for this gig...especially in the olympia....shud be a cracker....hopefully the support will be good......not some pony band!:D

IanMc666

Definently going to try to head to this, missed the last one. Should be deadly!!

jenizzle

NIBBS wrote: »

nothing yet Karl, it's an off Tour headline date, so won't be a Prog Nation date, therefore no Dream Theater - maybe one of the other bands from that tour - but could just as easily be the Blizzards :-(

From Opeth.com

01-Aug-2009
Two more dates has been added for the upcoming European tour with Dream Theater, Opeth, Bigelf & Unexpect. These are:

25th of September - Hovet, Stockholm - SWE

13th of October - Olympia Theatre, Dublin - IRE

cedomination

jenizzle wrote: »

From Opeth.com

01-Aug-2009
Two more dates has been added for the upcoming European tour with Dream Theater, Opeth, Bigelf & Unexpect. These are:

25th of September - Hovet, Stockholm - SWE

13th of October - Olympia Theatre, Dublin - IRE

Nothing about it on the Dream Theater site though.

jenizzle

Nope. Tis well dodgy, but I guess someone on the Opeth site just has it wrong, otherwise €30 is hella cheap for both of them!

Patricide

jenizzle wrote: »

Nope. Tis well dodgy, but I guess someone on the Opeth site just has it wrong, otherwise €30 is hella cheap for both of them!

If dream theater are playing...i will actually be the happiest man on the plannet.

Mushy

My God if Dream Theater actually do be playing this:eek: Twice in 4 nights would be quite pleasurable!

If not, well who cares, Opeth still playing is really cool

EDIT: The sheer fact Dream Theater are playing Hovet on 25th September....*runs and buys ticket*

rainbow kirby

Patricide wrote: »

If dream theater are playing...i will actually be the happiest man on the plannet.

If DT play, I will be the happiest woman on the planet. Seriously.

Mushy

Patricide wrote: »

If dream theater are playing...i will actually be the happiest man on the plannet.

I challenge you to it:D Actually, just told one of my mates, let out a massive scream in the middle of town! And thats just for the potential of them being there!

waltersobchak

nope its not a progressive nation date, mp said on his forum that its a week off for dream theater and an opeth headling gig:(

Patricide

waltersobchak wrote: »

nope its not a progressive nation date, mp said on his forum that its a week off for dream theater and an opeth headling gig:(

booooooooo.....shoot the messenger.....

waltersobchak

Patricide wrote: »

booooooooo.....shoot the messenger.....

indeed.... your kleenex are in the mail..

Oral Slang

waltersobchak wrote: »

indeed.... your kleenex are in the mail..

Yeah, twas already confirmed with MCD yesterday & they said it definitely wasn't a progressive nations gig. DT were offered but they wanted the O2:eek: Think they think they're bigger than they actually are over here.

waltersobchak

Oral Slang wrote: »

Yeah, twas already confirmed with MCD yesterday & they said it definitely wasn't a progressive nations gig. DT were offered but they wanted the O2:eek: Think they think they're bigger than they actually are over here.

tbh im pretty sure dt know their not very big over here especially since BC&SL went top ten in most european countrys except for ireland were it peaked at 93.. and they wont ever play here again after the 2002 gig..

Oral Slang

waltersobchak wrote: »

tbh im pretty sure dt know their not very big over here especially since BC&SL went top ten in most european countrys except for ireland were it peaked at 93.. and they wont ever play here again after the 2002 gig..

It mightn't be DT that think they're bigger over here than they are, but the promoters did offer them to MCD but only if they got the O2. Would love to see them here again, but its very unlikely.
Don't really care myself, will be seeing them in London myself. Can't wait! New album sounded brilliant live when I saw them in Belgium.

waltersobchak

Oral Slang wrote: »

It mightn't be DT that think they're bigger over here than they are, but the promoters did offer them to MCD but only if they got the O2. Would love to see them here again, but its very unlikely.
Don't really care myself, will be seeing them in London myself. Can't wait! New album sounded brilliant live when I saw them in Belgium.

wow that must be because of the lack of mid sized venues, althought the venue their playing in scotland is pretty big too.. wow the o2 im pretty shocked by that!!

NIBBS

all this means is that you won't be seeing DT in Ireland as long as either they have that attitude or the Agent does.......

I'm glad I picked up my front row seats for Opeth when they went on sale.......should be a good one.....looking forward to finally catching them live....

waltersobchak

NIBBS wrote: »

all this means is that you won't be seeing DT in Ireland as long as either they have that attitude or the Agent does.......

I'm glad I picked up my front row seats for Opeth when they went on sale.......should be a good one.....looking forward to finally catching them live....

its usuallly the promoter and not the bands fault

PattheMetaller

I got my tickets for the Progressive Nation gig in Glasgow on 11th October. Bigelf are playing The Cathouse in Glasgow 12th with Opeth now playing Dublin 13th. Would be great 3 nights in a row if me and the mates hadn't already booked flights an hotels for 10th and 11th.

Seriously folks you can do 2 nights in Glasgow for the price of 1 night in Dublin. When you take beer money into it Glasgow wins hands down.

Oral Slang

PattheMetaller wrote: »

I got my tickets for the Progressive Nation gig in Glasgow on 11th October. Bigelf are playing The Cathouse in Glasgow 12th with Opeth now playing Dublin 13th. Would be great 3 nights in a row if me and the mates hadn't already booked flights an hotels for 10th and 11th.

I booked flights over to London on the 9th & back on the 11th with the intention of going to Porcupine Tree on the Friday & DT on the Saturday, but feel a wee bit guilty now if I don't go out with my bro & his oh on one of the nights seeing as I am staying with them. My other bro & his gf will be in London the same weekend too, so might have to forego Porcupine Tree completely.

_Arctic_

Im kinda confused.... Is there a Progressive Nation tour date for Dublin or not? Is it just an Opeth gig on October 13? I dont see anything about Progressive Nation show on Ticketmaster...

PattheMetaller

According to DT's website there's no gig for them between Glasgow on the 11th and Brussels on 17th.

If the Progressive Nation Tour can fill the SECC, i can't see as to why it can't fill the 02. Probably be the case though that Irish DT and Opeth fans have already made plans for one of the UK dates.

I wouldn't read too much into Irish Album sale statistics for BC&SL. I got the Deluxe Collector's Edition Box Set via Amazon.co.uk so it would have been included in UK statistics.

waltersobchak

_Arctic_ wrote: »

Im kinda confused.... Is there a Progressive Nation tour date for Dublin or not? Is it just an Opeth gig on October 13? I dont see anything about Progressive Nation show on Ticketmaster...

unfortunately not, all this talk started from a mistake on the opeth website, were their gig was listed as a prog nation one, mike portnoy said offically on his website that pn09 wont be coming to ireland, as the week that opeth play is a week off for dream theater, hope that clears it up for you..

Oral Slang

It's only an Opeth gig over here even though Bravewords posted that it's a progressive nation gig in Dublin.

MCD have confirmed to someone on Metal Ireland that they were offered DT, but only if it was an O2 gig which is too big a venue & so they wouldn't fill it. Very unlikely that DT will play here again unless their popularity greatly increases or their fees dramatically decrease, as they look for quite a lot & just don't have the fan base in Ireland. Shame, but that's the way it is.

waltersobchak

Oral Slang wrote: »

It's only an Opeth gig over here even though Bravewords posted that it's a progressive nata lot the ion gig in Dublin.

MCD have confirmed to someone on Metal Ireland that they were offered DT, but only if it was an O2 gig which is too big a venue & so they wouldn't fill it. Very unlikely that DT will play here again unless their popularity greatly increases or their fees dramatically decrease, as they look for quite a lot & just don't have the fan base in Ireland. Shame, but that's the way it is.

the only venue i can think off that would suit them would be at the marquee in cork, or the olympia or kings hall in belfast, and they'd definately sell them out, althought dream theater arent as popular here as elsewhere, they still have a decent fanbase, also i get the feeling that dream theater wanting to play the o2 is a minor mistake on their part, as a lot of the smaller acedemy venues in britian are called the o2 acedemy.. maybe they taught the point was the same??

Mushy

REsurrecting this thread with a nod toward both bands. Opeth have been playing Herlequin forest live now, and windowpane, which really excited me on a big scale. SOunds like they'll be some hell of a support act, and then headliner few days later.

DT on the other hand, for those travelling, have been belting out mouth-watering sets. Songs like Nightmare to Remember*, the Mirror*, Lie*, Prophets of War* Dance of Eternity, One LAst Time, Name of God*, Count of Tuscany*, Wither*:eek: They gonna be giving a lesson in awesomeness very shortly

*indicates songs I expect and/or hope for in London.

Throw in Pt playing Anaesthetize, Lazarus and Bonnie the Cat on top of The Incident, and it could be 3 magical sets in a short space of time.

waltersobchak

Mushy wrote: »

REsurrecting this thread with a nod toward both bands. Opeth have been playing Herlequin forest live now, and windowpane, which really excited me on a big scale. SOunds like they'll be some hell of a support act, and then headliner few days later.

DT on the other hand, for those travelling, have been belting out mouth-watering sets. Songs like Nightmare to Remember*, the Mirror*, Lie*, Prophets of War* Dance of Eternity, One LAst Time, Name of God*, Count of Tuscany*, Wither*:eek: They gonna be giving a lesson in awesomeness very shortly

*indicates songs I expect and/or hope for in London.

Throw in Pt playing Anaesthetize, Lazarus and Bonnie the Cat on top of The Incident, and it could be 3 magical sets in a short space of time.

dude that could in fact be the greatest possible dream theater setlist THE MIRROR/LIE:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Mushy

waltersobchak wrote: »

dude that could in fact be the greatest possible dream theater setlist THE MIRROR/LIE:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Ha, they ones I want to see, not expect. BUT, they did those in Sweden, as they played there this year. So cos I seeing them in London, well they played Download, Leeds, Southampton, I find the chances could be quite high of them.

honru

waltersobchak wrote:

the only venue i can think off that would suit them would be at the marquee in cork, or the olympia or kings hall in belfast, and they'd definately sell them out, althought dream theater arent as popular here as elsewhere, they still have a decent fanbase, also i get the feeling that dream theater wanting to play the o2 is a minor mistake on their part, as a lot of the smaller acedemy venues in britian are called the o2 acedemy.. maybe they taught the point was the same??

I imagine they want to stick to arenas for these Progressive Nation dates but The O2 is simpy far too big. They would need an additional act as big as Dream Theater aswell as Opeth for it to push tickets, even then it wouldn't fill the venue.

For Dublin the RDS Main Hall is the most ideal venue capacity-wise, but I get the impression it's a last-ditch resort for concert promoters. Poor venue for gigs and requires a significant amount of adapting for concert use.

Again, it's another case of there not being an adequate venue for such concerts in the 2,000-5,000 range. As for a non-PN date though, Dream Theater would suit the Olympia just fine. I find it odd how they have snubbed us for so long as I feel they would sell out the Olympia comfortably.

waltersobchak

Mushy wrote: »

Ha, they ones I want to see, not expect. BUT, they did those in Sweden, as they played there this year. So cos I seeing them in London, well they played Download, Leeds, Southampton, I find the chances could be quite high of them.

Ah its very very likely especially since voices and erotomania were playing in the uk in the summer, so they wont be played again... in the name of god seems like a tour definate.:D

waltersobchak

f®eak s©enery wrote: »

I imagine they want to stick to arenas for these Progressive Nation dates but The O2 is simpy far too big. They would need an additional act as big as Dream Theater aswell as Opeth for it to push tickets, even then it wouldn't fill the venue.

For Dublin the RDS Main Hall is the most ideal venue capacity-wise, but I get the impression it's a last-ditch resort for concert promoters. Poor venue for gigs and requires a significant amount of adapting for concert use.

Again, it's another case of there not being an adequate venue for such concerts in the 2,000-5,000 range. As for a non-PN date though, Dream Theater would suit the Olympia just fine. I find it odd how they have snubbed us for so long as I feel they would sell out the Olympia comfortably.

we really do need a venue like that, the funniest thing is its not dream theater who snub us, its the ****ing stupid promoters who care more about selling beyonce and britney spears tickets for 100 euro a pop and dont see a progressive metal band who sell there tickets at reasonible prices as a valid comodity, and rather not book them to come here:mad::mad:

xYazbombx

Seen them already, deadly live

Mushy

My GOd its less than a week. DT at Dusseldorf:

A NIGHTMARE TO REMEMBER
THE MIRROR
LIE
WITHER
(Quick Keyboard Spot)
PROPHETS OF WAR
THE DANCE OF ETERNITY
ONE LAST TIME
IN THE NAME OF GOD

---

THE COUNT OF TUSCANY

I will not survive that after Opeth, its not physically possible. From all accounts, bands are on top form, shall be interesting to see them blow us away, no matter which show your at. I for some reason feel London will get more similar to this rather than having Hollow Years or Solitary Shell, which will be in Manchester or Glasgow. Just odd feeling.

Mushy

Holy mother of God were both bands good on Saturday? Akerfeldt is a funny guy(despite maybe not wanting to:P). Really pumped for tomorrow now, will be good to see them in small venue with more songs.

Somnus

Bah, meant to get my ticket ages ago and never did. Now I can't afford it hope the gig is good!

Splinter

i shall be there! woop

cournioni

Does anyone have any ideas on what Opeth's set will be like?