UCD Ball Acts so far...

Belfield inside

playin so far its

Japanese Popstars
http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bandprofile.listAllShows&friendid=61745440&n=THE+JAPANESE+POPSTARS

and irate sound system
http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.showDetails&friendid=183395927&Band_Show_ID=38563465

If anyone has found/heard anything else, fill me in

WeeBushy

Where did you hear that these two will be playing?

discobeaker

Would anyone have an Email address to contact the organisers of the ball about possibly getting a band on the bill. If you could PM me i would really appreciate it

Konata

discobeaker wrote: »

Would anyone have an Email address to contact the organisers of the ball about possibly getting a band on the bill. If you could PM me i would really appreciate it

Try contacting the Ents officer. His e-mail/number etc. should be on www.ucdsu.ie

discobeaker

Cool,thanks for that.

I have Emailed him before but got nothing back. Will give it another go. Do you happen to know when the ball is on???

The band in question are www.myspace.com/saccade
They get people dancing so if anyone here enjoy them then please mention them to you ents officer

Thanks again for the web address

Konata

discobeaker wrote: »

Cool,thanks for that.

I have Emailed him before but got nothing back. Will give it another go. Do you happen to know when the ball is on???

The band in question are www.myspace.com/saccade
They get people dancing so if anyone here enjoy them then please mention them to you ents officer

Thanks again for the web address

You're welcome. It's on 23rd April, no idea what the story is with bands playing etc. but give it a shot anyway.

RichTea

Not overly impressed so far. If they're hiking ticket prices by €10 and have a higher number of students attending this year then you'd expect something different than a band that played last year and Irate Sound System, who I haven't heard of.
All bands not announced yet of course, I hope to eat my words!

WeeBushy

By my calculations they'll be bringing in about €230,000 from ticket sales so hopefully they'll be able to afford some semi-decent bands..

Fad

RichTea wrote: »

Not overly impressed so far. If they're hiking ticket prices by €10 and have a higher number of students attending this year then you'd expect something different than a band that played last year and Irate Sound System, who I haven't heard of.
All bands not announced yet of course, I hope to eat my words!

Irate Sound System are the resident DJs for the Button Factory on Thursday.

RichTea

Fad wrote: »

Irate Sound System are the resident DJs for the Button Factory on Thursday.

That's not wholly impressive so.

Fad

RichTea wrote: »

That's not wholly impressive so.

Meh, Button Factory regularly fills out, so they're obviously doing something right.

RandolphEsq

Bright Eyes should be on the bill
Florence on the Machine are mediocre enough to accept a request to play
Kings of Leon will take any gig they get the washed up sell outs
Tell Justice that it is the biggest Irish gig ever and they will play, the braindead fools
Cheryl Cole will play if she gets to sleep with me that night
Lie to the Saw Doctors (bogger buffoons) and Aslan (northside knackers) and don't tell them we are having the UCD ball this year
Tell the Black Eyed Peas there are 8000 people ready to go on the Black Eyed P1ss

The Real B-man

Rumours of Dr Lektroluv is Playing!

Offside

Saw this act on the news last night, she looks unreal, get her at the ball!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0dlWM5yOd0

Riamfada

CRYSTAL ****ING SWING!!!

damselnat

Grimes wrote: »

CRYSTAL ****ING SWING!!!

They could do a mash up with Jedward, that would be epic! Apocalyptic

Riamfada

damselnat wrote: »

They could do a mash up with Jedward, that would be apocalyptic!

I love Derbhla, I dont have enough pairs of whitefronts to throw at that stage

damselnat

Grimes wrote: »

I love Derbhla, I dont have enough pairs of whitefronts to throw at that stage

Nah, Mary and that big sh1t eating grin! You could offer to join, they're missing a daddy....:D

Riamfada

damselnat wrote: »

Nah, Mary and that big sh1t eating grin! You could offer to join, they're missing a daddy....:D

And that wink. I tell ya, every time she does that I get the vapours!

robz18

Mixhell and The Subs are confirmed I'm pretty sure.

Riamfada

robz18 wrote: »

Mixhell and The Subs are confirmed I'm pretty sure.

Im getting old because I have never heard of them.

Brimmy

Has this actually sold out? And if it hasn't anyone idea how many tickets are left?

robz18

Grimes wrote: »

Im getting old because I have never heard of them.

They're both electro houseish dance acts, The Subs is a band while Mixhell is a brazillian dude (drummer from Sepultura) and his wife DJing. I've seen both before and I really enjoyed them.

Brimmy wrote: »

Has this actually sold out? And if it hasn't anyone idea how many tickets are left?

Not sold out and tickets are €35.
http://ucdsu.ticketabc.com/events/ucdball/

liamygunner29

calvin harris Dj set

seraphimvc

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Bright Eyes should be on the bill
Florence on the Machine are mediocre enough to accept a request to play
Kings of Leon will take any gig they get the washed up sell outs
Tell Justice that it is the biggest Irish gig ever and they will play, the braindead fools
Cheryl Cole will play if she gets to sleep with me that night
Lie to the Saw Doctors (bogger buffoons) and Aslan (northside knackers) and don't tell them we are having the UCD ball this year
Tell the Black Eyed Peas there are 8000 people ready to go on the Black Eyed P1ss

if florence and the machine is playing i am so gonna a ticket from any arts student

benb

http://www.calvinharris.co.uk/gig_details.php?id=256

Offside

benb wrote: »

http://www.calvinharris.co.uk/gig_details.php?id=256

Only playin a DJ set? You'd think they could at least get him to play his songs...

RichTea

Good old Calvin Harris. I thought he might be the big name for the dance stage after he played here a couple of years ago and the Trinity Ball last year. Florence and the Machine for the Main Stage and I will eat my words and doff my hat to the organisers...save for Japanese Popstars and Jeddie.

Mikeyt086

Offside wrote: »

Only playin a DJ set? You'd think they could at least get him to play his songs...

Well his songs are famous songs so im sure we'll have a nice mixture of his best with the best of the rest ala Boyz Noize in the Student Bar.

Offside

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Well his songs are famous songs so im sure we'll have a nice mixture of his best with the best of the rest ala Boyz Noize in the Student Bar.

Yeah was at his DJ set in Spy for arthur guinness day, he played I'm not alone and You used to hold me and that was about it from his own songs, was a good DJ set so I'm not complainin but dunno if it'd be as good at an outdoor concert

Mikeyt086

Jedward were dropped by their label today, will this have any impact on them playing the UCD ball? (please please please)

keepkeyyellow

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Jedward were dropped by their label today, will this have any impact on them playing the UCD ball? (please please please)

Doubt it, sadly.

Mimikyu

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ironclaw

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Hopefully in a dodgy van by the side of the road to be driven to the middle of the desert and left there...

lunapark

http://www.worldoffive.com/
no five, and florence is gonna be just finishing up in the states, fat chance she will play ucd, check her tour dates

liamygunner29

heard from a very viable source (not ents btw) that John and Edward might be in doubt.

Blut2

Any word on how ticket sales are going? The first 1000 sold out so quickly I woulda expected the remaining 7000 to have gone sometime in the last month, cant be too many left? I keep pushing some of my friends to get tickets but they kept procrastinating and claiming "it wont sell out for aaaages".

lunapark

plus, i thought they were supposed to be announcing acts over the midterm break!!! 3 weeks and a bit to go, have a feeling it might actually be ****:mad:

Fad

I'd say as soon as the rest of the lineup is announced, sales will pick up again.

jimi_t2

Blut2 wrote: »

I keep pushing some of my friends to get tickets but they kept procrastinating and claiming "it wont sell out for aaaages".

It almost certainly won't. I wouldn't expect much over 6.5k tickets to be sold, if that, especially at the current prices - I really think they've oversold themselves this time.

Calvin Harris as the ''main'' act is a bit of a joke, especially for something of this size. I've heard Flavour Flav is playing, and I'd say Messiah J and the Expert are a cert. Is Lektroluv playing the Trinners ball? If not then he'll probably be here as he's the cheapest 'brand name'' electro act about. Mix with the 02 headphone ****e, unhelpful security and pad out with a mix and match of the mediocrities of the Irish music scene, i.e.

The Republic of Loose, Director, The Coronas, The Stone Roses Experience, Aslan, The Saw Doctors, Paddy Casey, Blue Moose, The Blizzards, The Wolftones, Kila

Plus whoever else is cheap and MCD want to promote.,

On another note, hundreds of people leaving UCD for town every 10 mins or so from about 6pm? Dublin Bus will probably end up pulling up the bus stop at the bridge. If it starts raining during the day the place is going to resemble Basra.

Jello

jimi_t2 wrote: »

Calvin Harris as the ''main'' act is a bit of a joke, especially for something of this size.

I heard Calvin Harris is the main act for the dance stage, which is half the capacity of the main stage so you can expect a bigger act for there.

Blut2

Calvin Harris is playing a DJ set so hes deffo just the dance stage, presumably the main stage will get a bigger act...fingers crossed.

lunapark

they have a rollercoaster now!!!

deco1610

Why are UCD Ents holding out on us? Less than 3 weeks until the ball and we still don't know half the names... (Unless Jedward are playing a 3-hour set)

Jello

deco1610 wrote: »

Why are UCD Ents holding out on us? Less than 3 weeks until the ball and we still don't know half the names... (Unless Jedward are playing a 3-hour set)

Yeah it is a bit of a joke alright. They said they were gonna announce the rest of the acts after the spring break but it's really dragging on now.

Fad

deco1610 wrote: »

Why are UCD Ents holding out on us? Less than 3 weeks until the ball and we still don't know half the names... (Unless Jedward are playing a 3-hour set)

You havent lived until you've heard the 27 minute extended prog jam of Ice Ice Baby tbh.

RichTea

Any chance that a 'headliner' pulled out or that they were in negotiations when they said they had some major acts planned?

Blut2

When they still havnt announced a headliner 3 weeks in advance Id say the only possible reason is that the original headliner they had organized dropped out. Or that they never actually had one and are now scrambling last minute to sort it out. Bit of a joke to be honest, theyre never going to sell it out until they announce the main headline act.

Mikeyt086

Blut2 wrote: »

When they still havnt announced a headliner 3 weeks in advance Id say the only possible reason is that the original headliner they had organized dropped out. Or that they never actually had one and are now scrambling last minute to sort it out. Bit of a joke to be honest, theyre never going to sell it out until they announce the main headline act.

Its gotten to the point where a few of my friends are trying to sell their tickets.

I mean, its Jedward and Calvin Harris, come on.

Chucky the tree

UCD ents basically winged it and hoped people would just buy tickets for it and it would sell-out without having to announce a major act. Either way I'd still say people they have made a killing on the €€€€.

jimi_t2

Chucky the tree wrote: »

UCD ents basically winged it and hoped people would just buy tickets for it and it would sell-out without having to announce a major act. Either way I'd still say people they have made a killing on the €€€€.

Not being a 'told you so' but I've been banging on about this from the beginning - go a page back and you'll see

jimi_t2 wrote: »

...I wouldn't expect much over 6.5k tickets to be sold, if that, especially at the current prices - I really think they've oversold themselves this time.

I've an idea of how many tickets sold and its not looking great but I'd be fairly certain of it going ahead regardless; what with the funfair booked and the fact that Ents would be in five figure debt going into the new semester.

That said, UCC cancelled a similar event this year because of appropriate headliners not materialising and ticket sales not justifying it going ahead. They'll probably need someone of Beach House/Mumford and Sons standard at this stage, but will probably end up having to throw on whatever formerly famous boy-band are whoring themselves out because of back taxes.

Calvin Harris as the ''main'' act is a bit of a joke, especially for something of this size. I've heard Flavour Flav is playing, and I'd say Messiah J and the Expert are a cert. Is Lektroluv playing the Trinners ball? If not then he'll probably be here as he's the cheapest 'brand name'' electro act about. Mix with the 02 headphone ****e, unhelpful security and pad out with a mix and match of the mediocrities of the Irish music scene, i.e.

The Republic of Loose, Director, The Coronas, The Stone Roses Experience, Aslan, The Saw Doctors, Paddy Casey, Blue Moose, The Blizzards, The Wolftones, Kila

Plus whoever else is cheap and MCD want to promote.

I'd say Booka Shade are probably well up there. Crookers/Boys Noize/Girl Talk/Major Lazer would be the obvious choices but I think they're all booked - someone like Deadmau5 would probably be too expensive.

(99% guaranteed to be bull****, but I overheard someone just there saying that Cheryl Cole was being plugged)