Top gigs of 2011 (so far)

green day rule

my chemical romance (the o2 16\2\11):D

karaokeman

1. Take That at Croke Park (19/06/11)
2. Coldplay at Oxegen (10/07/11)
3. Slash at Oxegen (10/07/11)

After another two days I shall be able to add the RHCP to that list:D

DylanJames

1. Bob Dylan - Marquee, Cork
2. Justin Townes Earle - Whelans

Compared to the last few years, I've found I've gone to much less music gigs this year, mostly because there just hasn't been too many worth seeing

corm500

1. Roger Waters at the o2
2. Paul Simon at Vicar Street
3. Roger Daltry at Marlay Park
4. Brian Wilson at Grand Canal
5. Judy Collins at NCH

A load of OAPs but thats the stuff I like:)

rednik

Roger Waters : The Wall live in the 02
Rush : In the 02
Journey/Foreigner/FM : In the 02
Def Leppard/Alice Cooper/Thin Lizzy : in the 02
Thin Lizzy in the Olympia

StaticAge11

In no particular order
Foo Fighters at Oxegen
Feeder at The Academy
QOTSA at the Olympia
Weezer at Oxegen
Frank Turner in Whelans

Wow its been an unusually slow year for gigs for me =/

Jimmy Iovine

Due to budget restraints I've only been to a few this year. Standouts were:

OFWGKTA in The Academy - one of the best gigs I've been to, just for the atmosphere and the intensity of the performance of it alone.

Example in the SU in NUIM - he was the biggest act to have come to the college in my 3 years there. I managed to get my way all to the top. Great atmosphere at that as well and his tunes weren't too shabby either.

nitromaster

Haven't been to as many this year as i might have previous years...

Favourite so far would either be My Chemical Romance in the o2 in feb...or Jimmy Eat World/My Chemical Romance/Iggy + The Stooges/Foo Fighters at Optimus Alive festival in Lisbon

Achtung! Bono

Dana gig at The frontline. Man, i was moshin'

(support band were sh!te, cross between Take that and Steps)

studentglad

Coldplay at Oxegen mmm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tySesketB0o

delbertgrady

Roger Waters: O2
Elton John: Cork Marquee
Tom Tom Club: Vicar Street
Rush: O2
Lisa Hannigan: The Seamus Ennis Centre

PeterTwo

Easily Sufjan Stevens at the Olympia

Furious-Red

Foo Fighters - Milton Keynes
Bryan Adams - The O2

Roddy23

Queens of the Stone Age, Glastonbury
Japanese Popstars, Electric Picnic

Hoping to add a few more to that list over the next few months...

MeetReality

SBTRKT (XOYO,London)
Nicolas Jaar (Body and Soul Festival)
The Field (Body and Soul Festival)
**** Robot (Electric Picnic)
Gold Panda (Koko, London)

kennyu272

Editors - Marlay Park
Big Country - Academy,Killarney & Liverpool
Vaccines - Oxegen
The Alarm - Newcastle Academy
Beady Eye - Olympia
The Waterboys- Waterford

RayCon

Rush - O2, Dublin
Roger Waters - O2, Dublin
Iron Maiden - Odyssey Arena, Belfast
Warrior Soul - Crawdaddy, Dublin

Econoline Van

PeterTwo wrote: »

Easily Sufjan Stevens at the Olympia

+1

AhrSkidar

Econoline Van wrote: »

+1

Me too - fantastic gig.

mark182

In no particular order:
Mona, Whelans, 17 Feb. 2011
Bruno Mars, Olympia Theatre, 9 March 2011 (he did a good show)
James Vincent McMorrow, Pepper Canister Church, 28 April 2011
Mona, Electric Ballroom, London, 17 May 2011
The Tallest Man On Earth, Vicar Street, 1 June 2011
Foo Fighters, Oxegen Festival, 9 July 2011
Frank Turner, Whelans, 18 Sept 2011
Miles Kane (Arthurs Day), The Academy, 22 Sept 2011
The Revival Tour, The Academy, 29 Sept 2011
Mona, The Academy, 26 Oct 2011

Billy Mays

Jello Biafra @ The Button Factory

AnalogueKid

1. Rush - the O2 (by a long way!)
2. Adebisi Shank - Whelan's
3. The Redneck Manifesto - Button Factory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76p4TZ9FBc0

Lumbo

Pulp at EP.
The Doors - La Paz, Bolivia.
Aphex Twin - Forbidden Fruit
Elbow - Glastonbury
The Naked and the Famous - Rhythm and Vines, New Zealand

Duff

Only 2 gigs I've been to this year were Twin Atlantic and OFWGKTA both in The Academy and both amazing!

christeb

PeterTwo wrote: »

Easily Sufjan Stevens at the Olympia

Econoline Van wrote: »

+1

AhrSkidar wrote: »

Me too - fantastic gig.

+3
Others were Prince @ Malahide Castle
Pulp @ EP
Morrissey @ Vicar St

All utterly superb, I'm not sure 2012 can top this year, although I am crowning it with a trip to see Macca in Cologne next month...

bren2001

Mumford and Sons, midnight at the Olympia was the gig I enjoyed the most this year. Other notable mentions:
The Killers Hyde Park,
Kings of Leon Hyde Park,
RHCP last night,
Coldplay Oxegen,
Arctic Monkeys V Festival,
Brandon Flowers Oxegen.

lordgoat

Final Fantasy in Whelans - For a fiver.
Mountain Goats - Whelans
Bon Iver - Grand Canal.


Odd Future was a good fun show too.

I know i'm forgetting one but I can't see the FF show being beat. Amazing performance for cheaper than some of the drinks being served.

karaokeman

karaokeman wrote: »

1. Take That at Croke Park (19/06/11)
2. Coldplay at Oxegen (10/07/11)
3. Slash at Oxegen (10/07/11)

To update that list;

3. Red Hot Chili Peppers in the O2 last night, absolutely phenomenal performance from one of the world's most loved bands

and of course

4. Slash at Oxegen (10/07/11)

bodhrandude

The Orb Soundsystem - Life Festival
Aphex Twin - Forbidden Fruit
Underworld - Electric Picnic

jamieh

Bon Iver at the Grand Canal!

marwelie

Elbow in the O2, definitely gig of the year, maybe of the decade, possibly of the century. Life affirming stuff.

binncheol

so far:
Manchester Orchestra @ Ruby Lounge, Manchester
City & Colour @ The Academy

I've been to so few gigs this year, it's shocking!

ItsAWindUp

Morrissey in Cork.

Gunslinger92

marwelie wrote: »

Elbow in the O2, definitely gig of the year, maybe of the decade, possibly of the century. Life affirming stuff.

There is no emoticon to accurately describe my face right now.. They bored the damn pants off me at Slane.. Each to their own sure...

My best gig of 2011 in Ireland: Queens of the mother-effing Stone Age at the Olympia. It was immense. And I was in the nosebleeds!!

However, I also saw them in Bournemouth in June, and that is my best overall gig of 2011, I was at the barrier right in front of Josh, the setlist was beyond epic, and the crowd were deadly. I was the only girl to last at the barrier too, so I am proud of that :D

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leakyboots

In no order - Roger Waters, Pee Wee Ellis (probably the highlight for me), Paul Simon in Cork, Trinity Orchestra at Electric Picnic, Jimmy Cliff at same. The best is yet to happen though - Primal Scream at the O2

Prince at North Sea Jazz was phenomenal, although I was pretty out of it. Trombone Shorty was another great one at that, Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins too

Dubhthamlacht

ASIWYFA @ EP. That is all.

ItsAWindUp

leakyboots wrote: »

In no order - Roger Waters, Pee Wee Ellis (probably the highlight for me), Paul Simon in Cork, Trinity Orchestra at Electric Picnic, Jimmy Cliff at same. The best is yet to happen though - Primal Scream at the O2

Prince at North Sea Jazz was phenomenal, although I was pretty out of it. Trombone Shorty was another great one at that, Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins too

He was class wasn't he? Can't wait for Primal Scream too.

dr strangelove

Grinderman at the Village

Hands down my best gig this year, and certainly in my top 5 ever

clig

I thought the Tune-Yards gig in whelans was tremendous fun, the crowd were well up for it which I find is actually quite rare considering our reputation....

poundhound

The O2 will never host better gigs than the 2 Roger Waters shows this year.

dixiefly

My gig of the year has been Paul Simon in Vicar Street followed by Squeeze also in Vicar St.

grimm2005

Without doubt Rush at the O2. A close second would be Muse at Lolapolooza, Chicago

deepsouthtalla

Erasure @ Marquee down in Cork, only because i got to meet Vince Clarke afterwards, what a legend and very nice to talk to...........

bebostalker

Heisenberg. wrote: »

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yeah Foster the People was class, didnt even know a single song by them but really enjoyed it.

I don't know how most people don't have Foo Fighters at Oxegen on theirs lists

unless they weren't at it

Reiketsu

Dir en grey @ Le Divan Du Monde, Paris, France. 10/08/2011. Probably one of the best gigs of my life. The atmosphere was unreal and the band were on fire. Incredibly special night and everyone there knew it. I was a broken woman, sat outside afterwards chain-smoking and unable to string a sentence together hahaha.

Suicide Commando @ Resistanz, Sheffield, 05/04/2011
Depsite initial sound problems they managed to pull through and put on a great show! Was a bit like a dream come true for me as well, have been a fan for a while.

SAM @ Resistanz, Sheffield, 06/04/2011
Wasn't sure what to expect from these guys. Very energetic set, left with a huge grin on my face. Love when a band you don't really know blows your head off .

ASIWYFA @ The Nerve Centre, Derry, 25/06/2011
Finally got around to see them after my friends never shutting up about them. Definitely enjoyed it!

Been a fairly quiet year for me, gig wise. But I am going to Dimmu Borgir in Belfast and then off to Glasgow for Machine Head and Devildriver so maybe then I'll have more to add.

Kevin1150

THE NATIONAL @ oxegen
RHCP @02
boom

PTH2009

Rush @ The o2
Def Leppard/Thin Lizzy/Alice Cooper @ the o2
Foreigner/Journey @ The o2
Bon Jov @ the RDS

schemingbohemia

1. Gillian Welch - Grand Canal Theatre, November 2011.

Knocked everything else this year into a cocked hat.

Technocentral

1. Manic Street Preachers at the Olympia
2. Arcade Fire at Elec. Pic
3. PJ Harvey at Elec. Pic
4. Ash at Whelans
5. Warpaint at the EP

indiewindy

1. Swans. Barcelona
2. moon Duo. Workmans club
3. Dean Wareham plays galaxie 500. Workmnas club
4. Explosions in the sky. Vicar Street
5. Mercury Rev. Vicar Street