Ash - Free All Angels Tour

Furious-Red

Ash are back to play The Academy with their ‘Free All Angels’ tour on Tuesday October 18th. Ash have announced they will play a very special show at The Academy, wherethey will be joined by Charlotte Hatherley. Tickets priced €20 including booking fee, will go on sale at 9am this Friday.

The band will celebrate their career to date, with the release of a special CD/DVD ‘ The Best of Ash’, which encompasses highlights from their two #1 albums, eighteen Top 40 hits and a previously unseen tour documentary ‘Teenage Wildlife’ which depicts the band’s rise to fame. Ash have been behind such defining songs as the Ivor Novello winning single ‘Shining Light’, ‘Goldfinger’ and the enduring popular ‘Burn Baby Burn’. The ‘Free All Angels’ tour will mark the release of the album and importantly welcome back Charlotte for a limited number of appearances with the band.

Ash first formed in Downpatrick, Co. Down by Tim Wheeler (vocalist/guitar), Mask Hamilton (bass) and Rick McMurray (drums) in 1992, with the ambition to follow in the footsteps of their heroes Nirvana,Mudhoney and The Pixies. Ash recorded their debut studio album entitled ‘1977’, with Oasis producer Owen Morris in 1996. They were later joined by Charlotte Hatherley (guitar), and went on to record a further three successful studio albums, which all were hugely popular and spawned a number of hits.

The Academy show promises to be a very brilliant night for all, especially as Charlotte will be performing on the night with the band. Tickets priced €20 including booking fee are on sale from Friday, at all Ticketmaster outlets and online at Ticketmaster.ie. This is an over 18’s show - ID required.

Mushy

Delighted this has been announced.

Dermo

The Whelan's gig was fantastic, this one with Rick back and Charlotte should be amazing.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Dermo wrote: »

The Whelan's gig was fantastic, this one with Rick back and Charlotte should be amazing.

I didn't know they were playing last June, feck.

I caught them in London when I was stuck there because of the Icelandic ash cloud and they were *amazing*. Definitely going to this, could tickets go quick or could you leave it a few days, do ye think?

andyrew5000

Got my tickets today from the Ash website presale. Have loved them for years, but have never seen them, will be great to see them as a four piece, and playing my favourite album of theirs too.

Furious-Red

Ive seen them 3 times and they were great , They are an underated band these days imo. Hopefully might pick up a ticket closer to the date

DirtyLeeds

DEADLY!

Fudge74

Got my tickets............. whoop whoop!!!

NIBBS

Ticket sorted, missed out on the Whelans gig so happy with this :-)

mikemac

Great news

Say them once in Castlegar, Galway ten years ago

Actually Muse was the backup and look what they went on to become

Can't wait for this

Fudge74

Anybody hear who the support act is for tonight? Am assuming Ash won't be on stage til around nine???

The Scientician

I'd LOVE to go to this but don't think I'll have time. Are there tickets still available just in case?

Fudge74

The Scientician wrote: »

I'd LOVE to go to this but don't think I'll have time. Are there tickets still available just in case?

They were still advertising tickets yesterday.

chopser

Yeah tickets are still available from their website.

Is there any support band?
It says doors 7.30pm, but what time do ye reckon Support/ Ash they will start playing at?

The Scientician

Tieranniesaur are support. They're an ace live band!

Fudge74

Oh might try and catch a bit of them so. According to the Academy website -

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Show Times
Doors - 7pm
First Act - 8pm
Main Act - 9pm.
*Please note these are approximate times and are not guaranteed.
The majority of our shows are at these times, but not all of them.

chopser

The Scientician wrote: »

Tieranniesaur are support. They're an ace live band!

Thats great. Been hearing lots of good things about them.

Fudge74

Any good spots to have a beer before the Academy?

bohsfan

Twisted Pepper just down the street is an alright place. Either that or stray across the river to The Stags Head or The Foggy Dew

Fudge74

What a great gig!!! Thoroughly enjoyed it

bohsfan

Yeah, an excellent crowd alright. I am continually surprised at the crowd Ash are able to pull into these gigs even with minimal promotion.

Playing FAA in its entirety was always a risk, as it starts at a hundred miles an hour before waning a bit in the middle. But it was great to hear some of those tracks again.

And getting the air guitar world champion guy up for 'Lose Control' was hilarious!

As ever from Ash- a tour de force in how to play live.

NIBBS

really enjoyed them last night, thought they were excellent,

agreed bohsfan, started like a freight train and then stalled a little in FAA when the pace had to be dropped, but like you said great to hear some of those tracks live......

would love to hit Belfast on Nov3rd for 1977 in full, but it's a Thursday and a mental week up there with the MTV Awards and loads of gigs on......pity, hope they do 1977 again.....
it is amazing how they get crowds pretty much word of mouth, because they don't do lots of advertising.....

EyesClosed

Brilliant gig last night, Ash seemed to be loving playing all the old tracks, seems like they had a mad nostalgia buzz going, which really made for a great atmosphere, loved the show. Highlights where kungfu and of course girl from mars

Hyperbullet

What a great gig, thoroughly enjoyed it. Would gladly go again tonight if they were playing.

NIBBS

Here are some clips I took last night :-

Sometimes :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_mrREXDD3I

Orpheous :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-txjQCvak0

a shortish clip of Loose Control :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6f7gALGNaw

and an even shorter clip of Submission :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5uy9ZpcEZo

Mushy

Knew I should have gone. Pacific Pallisades is a favourite song.

Timmaay

Raging that I wont be around for the Belfast Gig, would love to hear all of 1977!! But anyways, Epic gig lastnight, its only when you hear FAA from start to finish like that you realize how strong an album it is! Some of yas said it stalled abit, I totally disagree ha, I love Someday, and Sometimes, and it was brilliant to hear them live! Great buzz of nostalgia and this gig was all about the old stuff, so I'll forgive them for not playing Arcadia ha!

DirtyLeeds

Great gig!

Thought the sound could have been better but then I do have an ear infection so that's probably what it was!

Highlight for me undoubtedly was 'Warmer than Fire', was shocked they played it!

G-Money

Was dithering about going to see them and in the end didn't buy a ticket and didn't go. Sounds like a good concert.

NIBBS

DirtyLeeds wrote: »

Great gig!

Thought the sound could have been better but then I do have an ear infection so that's probably what it was!

Highlight for me undoubtedly was 'Warmer than Fire', was shocked they played it!

It was a bit all over the place all night Leeds, don't know what was going on.....certainly after the 2nd song they seemed to turn up all instruments way too loud and it was a bit grating, band were excellent though so I just ignored it......thought it might just have been the speakers we were standing beside (left corner of the stage)

DirtyLeeds

NIBBS wrote: »

It was a bit all over the place all night Leeds, don't know what was going on.....certainly after the 2nd song they seemed to turn up all instruments way too loud and it was a bit grating, band were excellent though so I just ignored it......thought it might just have been the speakers we were standing beside (left corner of the stage)

That's where I was stood too. Definitely a bit iffy alright!

Fudge74

I was stood at the back and the sound was A OK in my books!!! Loved every second of it!!