Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls - Academy May 11th

Pierce_1991

Can't see any thread for this one. Apologies if I missed it. Just saw this gig on ticketmaster, couldn't believe I hadn't heard anything before now. Was at the gig in Whelans in December (I think) and was a cracking night. With the sleeping souls there too it should be even better. Hopefully the new album is a good one. Anyone else heading to this?

Mushy

Have my ticket already. It shall be fantastic!

blastman

Ticket ordered but not delivered yet. Saw him support Dropkick Murphys in January and was smitten, so looking forward to this.

seachto7

Frank Turner - "I'm not posh. Honest!"

ThunbergsAreGo

heading to this!

blastman

Liking the new album, still waiting for my ticket, though!

Pierce_1991

I have my tickets, gonna listen to the new album now. Frank is DJing Propaganda after the gig, should be a good night.

EyesClosed

This will be my third time seeing him, always puts on a good show, and the new album is brilliant, pretty dark though

pervertedcoffee

Yup, will be heading to this as well! Can't wait! "miracles on minimum wage" is a lyric that keeps me sane most days :P

Interesting one on tickets. Myself and my housemate ordered ours pretty much the day Frank announced the gig, way back whenever, still haven't gotten our tickets! She ordered another one for a friend a few weeks ago and it arrived in the mail a few days later... :pac: I know ticketmaster told us not to expect them until a week before the gig, but that's a bit weird and makes me nervous about not having mine yet

ThunbergsAreGo

Not in love with the new album as much as previous and possibly dare i say his weakest to date. might be having the extended version that is almost hurting it for me.

Some decent songs but only one or two wow ones so far

Oddly, The Way I Tend to Be reminds me of the Saw Doctors!

blastman

Gig from the Forum in London is streaming live now on Yootoob:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ehDI21lnok

Mushy

Gonna have to put my ticket on toutless. Absolutely gutted. Finally had a ticket to see him, but moving to Cork so cant make it back up so soon. I'll link to it tomorrow. A longer wait to see the man!

pervertedcoffee

Mushy wrote: »

Gonna have to put my ticket on toutless. Absolutely gutted. Finally had a ticket to see him, but moving to Cork so cant make it back up so soon. I'll link to it tomorrow. A longer wait to see the man!

Are you on twitter? He has his own hashtag so tickets go fan to fan at face value: #fthctickets and if you tweet him direct he might retweet closer to the night.

blastman

I might be looking for your ticket, Mushy, if mine doesn't show up soon!

Bootsy.

I want to go to this for the support band!

Larry & His Flask are supporting, they're great. They are playing Kilkenny Roots festival this weekend, and I'm not going to be able to make either gig! If you are heading to Frank Turner be sure to get in early for them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=903oVzMObak

icanplaydrums

Anyone know how strict they'll be checking IDs, would hate to miss this being a few months shy of 18.

Pierce_1991

icanplaydrums wrote: »

Anyone know how strict they'll be checking IDs, would hate to miss this being a few months shy of 18.

It's always a bit of a lottery but The Academy are strict enough I think. I remember some girls getting turned away from Brandon Flowers when it was on there. Ye might be lucky though

blastman

Ticket finally arrived today.....whew!!

MightyMighty737

icanplaydrums wrote: »

Anyone know how strict they'll be checking IDs, would hate to miss this being a few months shy of 18.

You might get lucky but from my experience they're very strict at The Academy. And once they get you over having no id, they're pretty on the ball about people not queuing up again etc. even if there's been a change at the door. Good luck!

blastman

Well, that was...exhilarating!!

ThunbergsAreGo

Aye, great gig, love that venue! hard to go wrong anywhere you end up standing.

The band really enhances the live shows

Furious-Red

Wish Frank would stop doing weekend shows over here ha , usually means i wont make it:mad: . Hopefully next time , what was the turn out like?

blastman

Pretty much sold out in the end, I'd say. It's a contender for gig of the year for me, haven't enjoyed a gig, properly enjoyed, as much in a long time.

EyesClosed

First time seeing him with the band, and they where brilliant, so much energy, did anyone stay for his dj set?

Furious-Red

blastman wrote: »

Pretty much sold out in the end, I'd say. It's a contender for gig of the year for me, haven't enjoyed a gig, properly enjoyed, as much in a long time.

Glad to see him move up in venue sizes aswell . Nothing worse when you see a band/act move up to a big enough venue and then for them not come close to selling out .

pervertedcoffee

EyesClosed wrote: »

First time seeing him with the band, and they where brilliant, so much energy, did anyone stay for his dj set?

Yeah, great craic. Started off with Queen and it kept getting better from there. A bit of unexpected Mumford & Sons, but I suppose anyone can be forgiven for liking the one M&S song the problem is when you like more than the one.

Poor fella had to finish the set early. I think the Jameson may have gotten to him.

Was completely blown away by the gig (opening act included) but the way Frank brings an audience together is just something to behold.

What did people think of the new stuff live?

blastman

pervertedcoffee wrote: »

Yeah, great craic. Started off with Queen and it kept getting better from there. A bit of unexpected Mumford & Sons, but I suppose anyone can be forgiven for liking the one M&S song the problem is when you like more than the one.

Poor fella had to finish the set early. I think the Jameson may have gotten to him.

Was completely blown away by the gig (opening act included) but the way Frank brings an audience together is just something to behold.

What did people think of the new stuff live?

He tweeted on Sunday morning something to the effect that he had had his ass handed to him drinking in Dublin the previous night, all right.

I thought the new stuff was very good live, Recovery especially went down well. I thought we might have gotten one or two more tracks from it, actually.

pervertedcoffee

blastman wrote: »

He tweeted on Sunday morning something to the effect that he had had his ass handed to him drinking in Dublin the previous night, all right.

I thought the new stuff was very good live, Recovery especially went down well. I thought we might have gotten one or two more tracks from it, actually.

Haha! I missed him in Whelan's (boo urns) but my house mate was chatting to him then. Apparently one of his crew is from Belfast so usually he gets broken in Belfast and stays tame in Dublin...well Belfast, this time we broke him on you! <cue: evil laughter>

I thought the new stuff worked better live for people who are still warming up to TDH. I, on the other hand, warmed up to it like a flamethrower when it came out. :pac: Frank might actually becoming to resent the album himself, if he's as ticked off as he sounds about people mistaking it for his debut (but I assume every artist that starts getting heard has that fake debut album).

Also, did anyone actually catch the guy who stage dived? I've heard conflicting reports...

hynesie08

pervertedcoffee wrote: »

Also, did anyone actually catch the guy who stage dived? I've heard conflicting reports...

Not so much caught as he landed on me but yeah, he came pretty close to kissing the concrete.

TopOfTheRight

He didnt mention anything about coming back to do the picnic did he?? Doesnt appear to have anything else on that weekend

loveboat captain

Was at the gig in Belfast last night, storming night it was! At the end he announced he's been booked to play Derry in September. Didnt give a date or venue

blastman

hynesie08 wrote: »

Not so much caught as he landed on me but yeah, he came pretty close to kissing the concrete.

He landed just in front of me and disappeared pretty quickly! I saw him standing in the crowd a few seconds later so I presumed he was OK, though.

pervertedcoffee

loveboat captain wrote: »

Was at the gig in Belfast last night, storming night it was! At the end he announced he's been booked to play Derry in September. Didnt give a date or venue

Well now, isn't the Picnic on the 30th Aug - Sept 1st... hmmm <speculation>

I'm surprised no one tried to catch him though, even just to avoid the horror of dance floor pizza, was it 'cause he was so unexpected? He got a few dirty looks from the Sleeping Souls alright...

kennyu272

blastman wrote: »

He landed just in front of me and disappeared pretty quickly! I saw him standing in the crowd a few seconds later so I presumed he was OK, though.

You can see the lad stage diving on my video i took from the balcony @ 2mins 12 secs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o4gatx0SSw&list=UUmzU-24L7NhNJOuVI-TIlOA&index=6

hynesie08

pervertedcoffee wrote: »

Well now, isn't the Picnic on the 30th Aug - Sept 1st... hmmm <speculation>

I'm surprised no one tried to catch him though, even just to avoid the horror of dance floor pizza, was it 'cause he was so unexpected? He got a few dirty looks from the Sleeping Souls alright...

Yeah, he didn't hesitate at all, as soon as he hopped out of the balcony he was diving, plus he picked an area that was about 90% female so yeah, he looked more worried about being caught by security than the fact he just nosedived into nothing.

blastman

kennyu272 wrote: »

You can see the lad stage diving on my video i took from the balcony @ 2mins 12 secs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o4gatx0SSw&list=UUmzU-24L7NhNJOuVI-TIlOA&index=6

Caught sight of myself in that clip....

ThunbergsAreGo

Some great videos of the gig cheers!

At this stage im not sure if Frank will ever "breakthrough" here