Public Image Ltd @Button Factory 29th July

telekon

No thread for this yet. John Lydon makes a welcome return to Dublin albeit on a Sunday night.

http://ww2.buttonfactory.ie/cal.php?&ID=1&day=day&time=2012-07-29

Already have a ticket but will be away for a stag out west and hoping to make it from Cork Sunday evening. A lost cause I'd say at this stage...:(

I notice ticket prices have dropped by a whole €15 since the Tripod gig last year. €44.50 was a bit ridiculous in fairness...

demixed

Holy hell what a gig. PiL just go from strength to strength, good contender for gig of the year.
Only Lydon can open a show with the like "Hello Dublin.....I have the ****s"

kingsriver64

Hi, anyone got a setlist from last night's show at the Button Factory?

I thought they sounded great, including on the stuff I didn't recognise. And John was in very good humour, with the exception of the time he told off the guy at the front with the camera.

Songs I recognised included:
Out of the Woods
Religion
Death Disco
Flowers of Romance
Rise
One Drop

I didn't get there until 9pm and they were already on stage. The man at the door told me they had been on for about 20 minutes at that point. They finished about 10.45 which means it was more or less 2 hours long, which is more than twice as generous as the Fall were in the same venue two weeks ago.

I hadn't been in the balcony in the Button Factory before. It's nice up there, except the seats aren't numbered, so I ended up sitting on the floor. Plus the railings at the front are right in your line of sight all the time.

tricky D

Great gig, one of the best I've been to in a good good while. Lydon was on top form and can sure still belt it out. Loved the interaction especially for Rise.

demixed

Set list was:

Deeper Water
This Is Not A Love Song
Albatross
Reggie Song
Disappointed
Warrior
Religion
USLS1
Death Disco
Flowers Of Romance
Chant
Out Of The Woods
One Drop
Rise
Open Up

The Nal

Was sitting home at 9.45pm when my mate rang me and said "here, are we not supposed to be at PIL tonight?!". Only then did I realise the tickets I bought for it were for last night.

Have to laugh though. At what a spectacularly sized bellend I really am! If I didnt see them last year I would be a weeping mess at home today. Glad they were great, again. I wont make that mistake any time soon.

honru

That was a great gig, fantastic sound as well. Only sour note came from POD for not advertising the early start time of half 8, as I needlessly missed the first two songs.

Irish Aris

indeed, this was unexpectedly good!!
And his voice is still very steady and clear!!

kingsriver64

Thanks for the setlist, demixed. Either they got through the first six songs very quickly or they started even earlier than 8.40. I think they were playing Warriors when I finally arrived around 9 after being trapped for an hour in a car park in Thurles after the hurling.