eels - Limelight & Olympia March 14th/15th 2013

blastman

Just heard that eels are playing two dates in Ireland next March, the Limelight in Belfast on the 14th and the Olympia in Dublin on the 15th. One to put on the to-do list, I think!!

Their new album, Wonderful Glorious, is out on Feb 5th, by the way

CiaranK

Great shout, just got an email about that there. Will be one to go to for sure

CiaranK

Streaming a song from the new album

http://soundcloud.com/vagrantrecords/eels-peach-blossom

loveboat captain

Fantastic news! This is the first "must go to" gig of 2013 for me

civilnug

Awesome, thanks for the heads up.

Getting paid Friday so tickets will be purchased immediately when they go on sale!

loveboat captain

I got my tickets through the bands website. I bought 2 tickets for the Limelight in Belfast and the total cost was £53.65, had i bought them on Ticketmaster they would have been £71. Just a thought for anyone who's interested!

civilnug

loveboat captain wrote: »

I got my tickets through the bands website. I bought 2 tickets for the Limelight in Belfast and the total cost was £53.65, had i bought them on Ticketmaster they would have been £71. Just a thought for anyone who's interested!

Legend.

Just got tickets for the Olympia there.

Thanks for the heads up.

dinneenp

waht are they like live?

Penfailed

loveboat captain wrote: »

I got my tickets through the bands website. I bought 2 tickets for the Limelight in Belfast and the total cost was £53.65, had i bought them on Ticketmaster they would have been £71. Just a thought for anyone who's interested!

I wish I'd read this thread earlier! I bought two tickets for the Limelight gig today - £69 :rolleyes:

Can't wait

jefreywithonef

What's the capacity of the Limelight?

Penfailed

jefreywithonef wrote: »

What's the capacity of the Limelight?

The original Limelight had a capacity of around 400 (I saw Oasis there in '94). The new Limelight (which used to be called The Spring and Airbrake) has a capacity of 900. The original Limelight is now called the Limelight 2 :rolleyes:

indiewindy

Extra date added for the Olympia on March 16, on sale this Friday

Penfailed

Listen to the new album here - http://www.phantom.ie/page/190.195/1770/0/

dinneenp

past few albums haven't been great I think but always a bit excited to hear any of his new work.

blastman

Ordered the album and the ticket through their website as posted above, the album arrived in the post yesterday. Just wondering if anyone received tickets yet, though (I haven't)?

civilnug

Same as above, I haven't received my tickets either yet but I wouldn't worry for another few weeks yet.

loveboat captain

blastman wrote: »

Ordered the album and the ticket through their website as posted above, the album arrived in the post yesterday. Just wondering if anyone received tickets yet, though (I haven't)?

I ordered tickets via the website for the Belfast gig and the only option was to collect the tickets at the venue

steve_r

Got tickets today so ganna bump this!
Just over a week before the Friday gig.

Here's a link to a recent setlist for anyone interested:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/eels/2013/930-club-washington-dc-73db7eb5.html

civilnug

Got mine in the post there yesterday as well.

Really looking forward to it.

blastman

Mine arrived Monday, all systems go!

Penfailed

Hang around after the house lights go on. They play a few encores.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpywITio2Pw

martybike

Looking forward to this one Big Time!

weareallmarks

headin in on both nights. should be a whopper! struggling with the new album, but will give it a serious listen this week...

cany wait!

CiaranK

Penfailed wrote: »

Hang around after the house lights go on. They play a few encores.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpywITio2Pw

I know they've done that for years, I just hope they are able to in the Olympia.

civilnug

Getting close now. Last day of work today so nice long weekend ahead getting kicked off in style tomorrow night.

Capri86

Just got tickets for my birthday. It'll be my 5th time seeing them but it never gets old as each time is so unique

Penfailed

Really looking forward to tonight's gig

nomoreindie

Does anyone know who the support act is?

Can't find anything online, just a tweet about tonights gig
The very, very awesome @THE_EELS play Belfast's Limelight 1 tonight. Be down for 8.30pm - a little birdie tells us it will be worth it!

Penfailed

nomoreindie wrote: »

Does anyone know who the support act is?

It was Nicole Atkins in Belfast - http://www.facebook.com/NicoleAtkinsOfficial?group_id=0

I didn't see her. The Eels were fantastic! Brilliant show. They did the whole three encore thing, even putting the lights on. At least half the crowd had left before they came back on the last time

blastman

What time were the eels onstage at, roughly?

coconutpie

From Olympia website:

"Approximate stage times as follows: doors open 7pm, support act Nicole Atkins on stage around 8.15pm, with Eels due on at 9pm to about 10.45pm. Please note these times are appoximate, and subject to change as always."

Can't bloody wait :-)