Bryan Adams - Ireland

frankletanc

Just heard this this morning... Bryan Adams at the O2 on 23rd June! Sweeet! Gettin tickets for that!

Deplasterer

Frank, go to a much better canadian artist playing O2 12/05/2010 first of all!

Daisy03

I was planning to go to this until I heard he is playing at the Marquee in Cork on June 22nd. Much closer to home! Should be good.

NIBBS

so was the Marquee gig anygood ?

anyone have any ideas of stage times, nothing up on MCD yet......cheers

Furious-Red

Yea i wanna find out when he is on aswell. Id presume 9 or so but with doors at 6.30 it might be earlier and possibly long set

scudzilla

I asked earlier on the MCD page but lo and behold, no reply.

Managed to win a pair of Tix from Nova, third time seeing him and never paid once!!!

NIBBS

would be nice to know alright.....they are useless......

well Ryan Sheridan is supporting - but can't see him getting much more than 30 minutes - and apparently the doors open at 6:30
I did have a sneaky look at the setlist from recent gigs and there's a lot of songs in there, maybe he's planning on coming on at 8:30/8:45

scudzilla

NIBBS wrote: »

would be nice to know alright.....they are useless......

well Ryan Sheridan is supporting - but can't see him getting much more than 30 minutes - and apparently the doors open at 6:30
I did have a sneaky look at the setlist from recent gigs and there's a lot of songs in there, maybe he's planning on coming on at 8:30/8:45

Thats what i was thinking, gonna leave the gaff at 8.15, whizz down the tunnel, be there for 8.30.

BEBOKING

Bryan Adams came on at 8.30 last night and finished at 10.45.

He was fcukin' fantastic!Great showman and performer!

Funny part when singin' 'When Your Gone' he got a woman up from the audience to do Mel Cs bit but she didn't know it well enough so he benched her and got up another woman up who gave it socks!

Missed Ryan Sheridan but gather he wasn't on that long.

Roll on tonight!!

NIBBS

BEBOKING wrote: »

Bryan Adams came on at 8.30 last night and finished at 10.45.

He was fcukin' fantastic!Great showman and performer!

Funny part when singin' 'When Your Gone' he got a woman up from the audience to do Mel Cs bit but she didn't know it well enough so he benched her and got up another woman up who gave it socks!

Missed Ryan Sheridan but gather he wasn't on that long.

Roll on tonight!!

cheers BEBOKING - much appreciated, wouldn't see much difference in the times for tonight, looks about right..........

yeah Scud think I'll be doing the same, depends on herself, might hit the support and give him a chance.....

scudzilla

Just found out

Doors 6.30p,

Ryan Sheridan 7.30 - 8.15

Bryan Adams 8.45 - ??

NIBBS

scudzilla wrote: »

Just found out

Doors 6.30p,

Ryan Sheridan 7.30 - 8.15

Bryan Adams 8.45 - ??

cheers scud - much appreciated......

scudzilla

NIBBS wrote: »

cheers scud - much appreciated......

No bother, probably catch ya there, i'll be the guy who's lookin bored out of his tits!!

Furious-Red

Im hoping to be there just in time. Hopefully get to the red cow by 8 once the bus isnt delayed and then hop on the luas to the O2

Finne1993

Just back from the show, the times scudzilla gave were near spot on, he played from 8.40 till 10.50. Superb concert, no gimmicks or fancy stage, he simply walked on along with the band and belted out classic after classic.
What a singer, he sounds better than ever and puts his heart and soul into the show, sometimes you can see the veins in his neck bulging as he gives it his all!
Thats the 4th time I've seen him but the previous 3 were outdoors, (RDS,Slane,Marley Park) and this was far and away the best of the 4, can't wait till my 5th one already!

musicmania

Finne1993 wrote: »

Just back from the show, the times scudzilla gave were near spot on, he played from 8.40 till 10.50. Superb concert, no gimmicks or fancy stage, he simply walked on along with the band and belted out classic after classic.
What a singer, he sounds better than ever and puts his heart and soul into the show, sometimes you can see the veins in his neck bulging as he gives it his all!
Thats the 4th time I've seen him but the previous 3 were outdoors, (RDS,Slane,Marley Park) and this was far and away the best of the 4, can't wait till my 5th one already!

I agree it was a brilliant night and the sound was amazing, well it was at the front anyway Bryan and the guys were in great form and I thought his vocals were impeccable. It was my 8th time seeing him and this is amongst my favourites along with Killarney and Slane. I loved the way he opened with House Arrest as I always thought that would be a great song to open with. Everything I do had me in tears as I had realised that song was released this month 20 years ago and that was when I became a fan and my first album I ever bought was Waking Up The Neighbours. Incidently his concert in Slane was my first concert

gossipgal08

Was in the O2 as well. First time seeing him. Ended up going on my own cause I wanted to see him that bad. Had to leave at 10.30 to get the bus home. Well worth eveypenny

OutlawPete

Excellent show, really enjoyed it the Adams and the band could not have given more. However, the were large sections of the crowd that were very unenthusiastic and I felt that took away a lot from what could have been an exceptional gig. Especially those in the seats, 70% of them just sitting there like they were at mass. 40% or so of those standing were the same, while everyone around them were singing and dancing, they were standing there like Terminators seeking out their targets. A cattle prod is what many needed.

Anyway, great concert, not as good as the Olympia gig for atmosphere but as I say, that was more down to the crowd than Adams or the band and thankfully 30% of those in the seats and 60% of those standing, gave it everything they had and made it a great gig to be at, just not a classic one which is so easily could have been, shame.

musicmania

Where we were standing I the crowd were great. I was surrounded by people who love Bryan as much as I do but I do remember looking around at one stage and wishing it was in a smaller venue where then everyone would have been going wild. At that moment I thought back to Paul Simon in Vicar Street where every single person was the life and soul!

Anyway here are the photos I wasn't supposed to take as security warned me before the concert not to use my camera but I figured I'd use it til they stopped me which didn't happen! I had serious focusing issues so the fact I managed to get these decent ones is good though because of the amount of rejects I had pains in my shoulders

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150228922408401.324819.708703400&l=2f08f7a6c7

HeartShake

Loved the gig and thought it was great to see such an unfussy setup.

Does anyone have a setlist by any chance?

musicmania

HeartShake wrote: »

Loved the gig and thought it was great to see such an unfussy setup.

Does anyone have a setlist by any chance?

I checked Setlist.fm earlier and it isn't up yet but it looks identical to the one from the previous night in Cork.
I love the unfussy set too and Bryan has always like that, as is Bruce Springsteen. All we need is our artists doing what they do best though I do love a good show too and Take That's and Roger Water's were brilliant.

Furious-Red

musicmania wrote: »

I checked Setlist.fm earlier and it isn't up yet but it looks identical to the one from the previous night in Cork.
I love the unfussy set too and Bryan has always like that, as is Bruce Springsteen. All we need is our artists doing what they do best though I do love a good show too and Take That's and Roger Water's were brilliant.

Yea when i was the gig last night he really reminded me of Bruce Springsteen great showman. Will admit i had nearly forgotten about the gig so didnt really go back and listen to his stuff but still was a great gig

livEwirE

An amazing gig...

NIBBS

musicmania wrote: »

Where we were standing I the crowd were great. I was surrounded by people who love Bryan as much as I do but I do remember looking around at one stage and wishing it was in a smaller venue where then everyone would have been going wild. At that moment I thought back to Paul Simon in Vicar Street where every single person was the life and soul!

Anyway here are the photos I wasn't supposed to take as security warned me before the concert not to use my camera but I figured I'd use it til they stopped me which didn't happen! I had serious focusing issues so the fact I managed to get these decent ones is good though because of the amount of rejects I had pains in my shoulders

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150228922408401.324819.708703400&l=2f08f7a6c7

I knew you were towards the left side even before seening your pics :-)
looked a bit more excited on that side than the right side of the stage - still I enjoyed myself I wasn't madly animated, but was singing along to songs I wanted to.....

here's a not too hot video I took of Cuts Like A Knife.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd_N93QLgmc

musicmania

NIBBS wrote: »

I knew you were towards the left side even before seening your pics :-)
looked a bit more excited on that side than the right side of the stage - still I enjoyed myself I wasn't madly animated, but was singing along to songs I wanted to.....

here's a not too hot video I took of Cuts Like A Knife.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd_N93QLgmc

LOL I am predicable but I choose the left side last night cos Keith Scott normally stands there so I wasn't amused by that LOL I generally go to the side of the venue I enter and for some reason I am nearly always at entrance 1 in The O2.

Nice shots livEwirE! What kind of camera did you use?

livEwirE

In fairness, credit where it's due, Ryan Sheridan in support did a great job...

Check out my clips...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viEuni3eKv8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IBKnFe3vqc

larry1

Another class performance from BA

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setanta74

HeartShake wrote: »

Loved the gig and thought it was great to see such an unfussy setup.

Does anyone have a setlist by any chance?

Agreed. Great to see a basic enough setup on stage and still deliver a knockout show. A lot of acts could learn from this.

Seems like everyone at the concert had a blast and was well into it from my vantage point. Thats what its all about. A great night allround.

NIBBS

livEwirE wrote: »

In fairness, credit where it's due, Ryan Sheridan in support did a great job...

I really enjoyed him too livEwirE - and he's a decent sense of humour too.....

livEwirE

My vids are up finally, hopefully they'll stay up and not be forcibly removed

Fair play to the Meath girl in the audience who got up on stage for Baby When You're Gone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix0RjJeZ6-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNeH7UDZoE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJP8S2HQhXc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoV4RmC0tZI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBP9RlUTOS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NxrPVOPpWY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V31WA6unJWc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3lBdqb84Bg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9B4hc0Jr8w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Boer7_wL8

OutlawPete

livEwirE wrote: »

My vids are up finally, hopefully they'll stay up and not be forcibly removed

Not a chance they'll stay up.

Adams is one of those artists where footage gets removed daily from YouTube. I had loads of the Olympia gig uploaded and they closed my account. Foolishly, I had deleted my own copies from my memory card and so all was lost. So, don't that

Cheers for these though.

livEwirE

Yeah, it's well known that Bryan Adams' people are on the ball when it comes to that sort of thing so I expected this to happen, wonder how long it will take them?:D

jenry

Took some video myself but not going to bother putting them on youtube, but wow he was brilliant as usual. It was about my 9th time to see him and i enjoyed every second [IMG][/img][IMG][/img]

phil1nj

It was my first time at a Bryan Adams gig last night (I bought the tickets for the missus as a Christmas pressie). I was pleasently surprised at the amount of songs I knew from down the years (I wouldn't be the biggest Bryan Adams fan). But credit where credit is due, the other half (and myself) thought that as gigs go it was damn near excellent. Mr. Adams and the band put on a great show and all the stories I 'd heard previously about him giving it his all were very much the truth. In summation, one of the better gigs I've been at in the past 18 months or so.

Hope Bon Jovi are as good, if not better, next Thursday night:D

jenry

livEwirE

Brilliant photos there Jenry!

jenry

livEwirE wrote: »

Brilliant photos there Jenry!

Thankyou Livewire. I managed to get a few good ones, lots were out of focus. I will stick a couple more up

jenry

cupfungus1984

Great photos jenry! I got a good few myself and am half-afraid to put them up... 7th time seeing him last night and for the first time made it to the barrier, smack bang in the middle of stage. Was so amazing...until security took my camera after Cloud No 9 and after the show were saying my memory stick was being destroyed!! Before the show, they asked me not to use my flash and I said no problem at all (which is wasn't) but the staff at o2 were so nice and managed to get the card back for me. Relieved to hear I'm not the only one who has trouble with this, although I now know for future!! Also, had no idea they'd take down youtube vidoes - won't be putting mine up so!!

What a concert though, I'm not sure it's my favourite of his - Killarney or Galway were amazing but the energy and effort he puts into each song is unbelievable. Here's hoping he's back next year again!

jenry

cupfungus1984 wrote: »

Great photos jenry! I got a good few myself and am half-afraid to put them up... 7th time seeing him last night and for the first time made it to the barrier, smack bang in the middle of stage. Was so amazing...until security took my camera after Cloud No 9 and after the show were saying my memory stick was being destroyed!! Before the show, they asked me not to use my flash and I said no problem at all (which is wasn't) but the staff at o2 were so nice and managed to get the card back for me. Relieved to hear I'm not the only one who has trouble with this, although I now know for future!! Also, had no idea they'd take down youtube vidoes - won't be putting mine up so!!

What a concert though, I'm not sure it's my favourite of his - Killarney or Galway were amazing but the energy and effort he puts into each song is unbelievable. Here's hoping he's back next year again!

Oh my god, bet you were cracking up. I didn't use my flash much. Lucky you getting up the front, i was on the right side, couldn't make it near the front. Yeah you can't upload any Bryan videos on youtube, he has his own Channel on youtube where he posts his own stuff. Glad you got your card back Go on post some photos, would love to see them

cupfungus1984

jenry wrote: »

Oh my god, bet you were cracking up. I didn't use my flash much. Lucky you getting up the front, i was on the right side, couldn't make it near the front. Yeah you can't upload any Bryan videos on youtube, he has his own Channel on youtube where he posts his own stuff. Glad you got your card back Go on post some photos, would love to see them

I think the tears over the thoughts of losing my sister's wedding photos that were on the card from last week helped get them back but yeah cracking up is right, put a dampner on the night but lesson learned and I know for the future!! His tour manager warned me not to put them on facebook/twitter - do you know would they see them on facebook? Wary about putting them on it, will post them here this evening though!

jenry

cupfungus1984 wrote: »

I think the tears over the thoughts of losing my sister's wedding photos that were on the card from last week helped get them back but yeah cracking up is right, put a dampner on the night but lesson learned and I know for the future!! His tour manager warned me not to put them on facebook/twitter - do you know would they see them on facebook? Wary about putting them on it, will post them here this evening though!

Don't think they would see them on facebook if your page is private, i have mine on there .

cupfungus1984

jenry wrote: »

Don't think they would see them on facebook if your page is private, i have mine on there .

That's what I was thinking but he put the fear into me last night!! Thanks

bonoman66

livEwirE wrote: »

My vids are up finally, hopefully they'll stay up and not be forcibly removed

Fair play to the Meath girl in the audience who got up on stage for Baby When You're Gone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix0RjJeZ6-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNeH7UDZoE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJP8S2HQhXc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoV4RmC0tZI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBP9RlUTOS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NxrPVOPpWY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V31WA6unJWc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3lBdqb84Bg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9B4hc0Jr8w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Boer7_wL8

Brilliant footage to get - well done & thank you for taknig the time to upload & share with those of us who couldn't make it to the show last night.

Great to see he's still such a strong performer - fantastic artist & band.

Certainly looked like a super gig.

Cheers!

Furious-Red

I was near the back of the arena but im pretty sure Ryan Sheridan walked passed me and was taking pictures with a few people in front of me

NIBBS

my video has been taken down already ;-)

they are efficient.........

if you are on the barrier and have been asked not to use your flash (and as you said don't) - they have no right to take a camera from you......
maybe they made an announcement when the doors opened but we got in before Ryan Sheridan and nothing was said at that stage, also I don't remember any signs and nothing specific printed on the tickets (unlike Bon Jovi which actively says no cameras, laser pointers etc) - I've no problem with them telling people no cameras, none at all, they made announcements at the Olympia show and I was fine with that....

there's usually no problems with pics at gigs as long as you aren't using a camera with a changeable lens, but artists have the right to say no phoos too.....and if they make it known (which they would to the promoters) that's fair enough....

livEwirE

All good things must come to an end, it was fun while it lasted:D I just received this message when logging onto my account...

Videos posted around 11:30am today, warning received around 5:00pm today. Man, these guys are fast!

Hope you enjoyed the videos while they lasted.

I've deleted them now. Strange how my embedded links here still work, must be cached on the servers or something

At least my Ryan Sheridan Vids are not affected



When you acknowledge the warning you are directed to this video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InzDjH1-9Ns

cupfungus1984

NIBBS wrote: »

my video has been taken down already ;-)

they are efficient.........

if you are on the barrier and have been asked not to use your flash (and as you said don't) - they have no right to take a camera from you......
maybe they made an announcement when the doors opened but we got in before Ryan Sheridan and nothing was said at that stage, also I don't remember any signs and nothing specific printed on the tickets (unlike Bon Jovi which actively says no cameras, laser pointers etc) - I've no problem with them telling people no cameras, none at all, they made announcements at the Olympia show and I was fine with that....

there's usually no problems with pics at gigs as long as you aren't using a camera with a changeable lens, but artists have the right to say no phoos too.....and if they make it known (which they would to the promoters) that's fair enough....

I didn't really have much of a choice; he had the camera taken from around my neck by the time he was even saying he was taking it! I didn't want to create a scene right at the front of the stage so trusted I'd at least get it back, thankfully I did. It's a Canon camera but nothing too fancy in saying that, no changing lens of anything like that plus I'm not great with it but they're not to know that! Yeah I was at the Olympia/Gleneagle gigs and had no problem not taking one photo; you have to respect being asked before it. I just wish instead of asking me not to use my flash, they just could have said not to use it at all, really wouldn't have minded, I've seen him enough times to not mind not having photos! Ah well, lesson learned and sure here's a couple of the photos I did get (Hope I did this right...only a boards.ie rookie!)

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NIBBS

cupfungus1984 wrote: »

I didn't really have much of a choice; he had the camera taken from around my neck by the time he was even saying he was taking it! I didn't want to create a scene right at the front of the stage so trusted I'd at least get it back, thankfully I did. It's a Canon camera but nothing too fancy in saying that, no changing lens of anything like that plus I'm not great with it but they're not to know that! Yeah I was at the Olympia/Gleneagle gigs and had no problem not taking one photo; you have to respect being asked before it. I just wish instead of asking me not to use my flash, they just could have said not to use it at all, really wouldn't have minded, I've seen him enough times to not mind not having photos! Ah well, lesson learned and sure here's a couple of the photos I did get (Hope I did this right...only a boards.ie rookie!)

Don't get me wrong cupfungus - i was just voicing my frustration at them taking it from you after asking you to just not use the flash, and of course not making any announcement not to take photos (I never use a flash and was getting annoyed with the amount of people using them around me) - just happy you get your camera back and didn't loose the other important photos........

your pics look great by the way.....

scudzilla

The Gig was good, but i felt that 75% of the crowd didn't really get into it until Summer of 69.

Pisssed off at paying 3euro for a bottle of water though

cupfungus1984

NIBBS wrote: »

Don't get me wrong cupfungus - i was just voicing my frustration at them taking it from you after asking you to just not use the flash, and of course not making any announcement not to take photos (I never use a flash and was getting annoyed with the amount of people using them around me) - just happy you get your camera back and didn't loose the other important photos........

your pics look great by the way.....

Oh sorry NIBBS, didn't mean it to sound bad :eek:, I was in turn agreeing with what you were saying, just saying a bit more about how it all happened! Yeah I'm delighted to have gotten it back, only for the staff at the o2 were so nice, and actually the guy who helped me said that BA's tour manager was "busting their balls" and he said they're weren't happy with all they had to do - whether it was a line or not I don't know but it really helped having them so friendly.

Thanks!