In 2013, I went to....

blastman

Well, since it's coming to the end of another year, it's usually a good time to take stock of the gigs you saw in the 12 months gone by. So dig out those tickets and list either the headliner or the name of the festival and the location of said gig (comedy gigs also acceptable), then decide if you went to surprisingly few gigs during the year or far too many. Adding up the cost of gigs is optional but not recommended!

My list will follow when I'm at home and can round up this year's tickets.

Fitz*

Example - o2

Robbie Williams (w Olly Murs) - Aviva

Edward Sharpe & Magnetic Zeros - Phoenix Park
The Vaccines - Phoenix Park
Ben Howard - Phoenix Park
Mumford & Sons - Phoenix Park

Burns / Eddie Halliwell ( 2 half sets altho I remember very very very little!) - Amnesia, Ibiza
Calvin Harris (I remember nothing after drinking a bottle of Jager, but I have seen him a few times so not as upset!) - Amnesia, Ibiza
Dirty South - Amnesia, Ibiza

Example - Ibiza Rocks Hotel

Afrojack - Ushuaia, Ibiza
Avicii - Ushaia, Ibiza

Fake tickets for 2ManyDJs... grrr!

I think that's it.

Squelchy

Ron Sexsmith at the Academy in February.
John Prine (and others) at Vicar Street in February.

Louis CK at the O2 London in March.

John Grant at Vicar Street in May.

Ennio Morricone at Kilmainham in July

Blur at Kilmainham in August.
Nine Inch Nails at Belsonic in August.

The National at the O2 in November.
Queens of the Stone Age at the O2 in November.

David O'Doherty at Whelans next week.

Think that was everything (with a couple theatre and NCH trips in there somewhere).
I did have BRMC tickets as well, but I sold them.

aka accounts 2010

Good year for me gig wise;

Had a quick look through my Ticketmaster account and email confirmations and came up with this.

February 2013;

Example - O2
Killers - O2

March 2013;

The Script - O2
Stereophonics - Olympia

June 2013;

The Stone Roses - Finsbury Park, London
Bon Jovi - Slane

July 2013;

Justin Timberlake - Phoenix Park
The Killers - Phoenix Park
Mumford & Sons - Phoenix Park

August 2013;

Blur - IMMA
Eminem - Slane

November 2013;

Tom Odell - Olympia
Stereophonics - O2

December 2013;

Black Star Riders - Academy


I have a number of smaller gigs that would not be showing on my email confirms/TM account so will update as necessary!!

melekalikimaka

Reel Big Fish
Mad Caddies
Sonic Boom Six
Mixhell
Glastonbury
Slam Dunk Festival - Leeds
Latitiude
Leeds
Oxegen
Electric Picnic
Die Antwoord
Big D and The Kids Table
Itch
Blondie
Le Galaxie
QOTSA
Pixies
Bare Naked Ladies
MC Lars
The Killers
Mumford and Sons
Justin T


missing a few from spring i think

good year for ska punk

SusanneKn

The Lumineers

Carrie Underwood

Shovels and Ropes

Gabrielle Aplin

Killkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival (The Lost Brothers, John Grant, Hurray for Riff Raffs)

Mrs Greenbird (Germany)

The Lion King

Mumfords & sons (Phoenix Park)

Laura Aqualina

Orla Gartland

Leann Rimes (cancelled 30 min before doors open)

Kacey Musgraves

The Band Perry



Favourites : 1. Kacey Musgraves
2. The Lumineers
3. The Band Perry

estariol

Paul Banks
Twilight Sad
Camden Crawl
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Chromatics
British Sea Power
Ulrich Schnauss
Longitude
The Killers
James
Belsonic
Alkaline Trio
Electric Picnic
Neon Neon
**** Buttons
Glasvegas
Local Natives
Frightened Rabbit
Efterklang
Russian Circles
Suede
Mum
Shellac
Electric Six
Bare naked Ladies
TTNG

highlights in bold.

davywalsh7

The enemy - academy
The script - o2
vaccines - langtons kilkenny
stereophonics - olympia
biffy clyro - o2
muse - etihad manchester
beady eye - ibiza rocks
benicassim festival
blur - imma
eminem - slane
beady eye - olympia
qotsa - o2
little green cars - vicar street

dirkmeister

Open'er festival,Gdynia,Poland
Headliners Blur,QotSA,Arctic Monkeys,Kings of Leon,National,Nick Cave,DIsclosure

Neil Young RDS

Bruce SPringsteen Nowlan Park

QotSA O2

The NAtional O2

Do musicals count?if so, I saw Rock of Ages and Annie in NYC during the October mid term

I'm sure I'm leaving something out because I thought I went to more. Oh well, on to 2014. Hopefully we get a few announcements soon.

rebel89

February
Kerrang! Tour-Birmingham and London

April
Fearless Vampire Killers-Birmingham

June
Green Day-Emirates
Download-Donington
Gaslight Anthem-Olympia

July,
Springsteen-Thomond Park
Fearless Vampire Killers- Bristol

August
AshesToAngels-Bristol

September
Boyce Avenue-Academy

October
Tonight Alive-Academy
Kids in Glass Houses-Cyprus Avenue
AshesToAngels-Manchester
AshesToAngels/Dead!/Ugly Love-Bristol

November
The Darkness/Lost Alone-Olympia
30STM/You me at Six-O2

December
Black Veil Brides-Bristol and Wolverhampton


Cancelled gigs:(
Gaslight Anthem-Bristol(Flight cancelled that day)
Maroon5/Neon Trees-O2(Changed to January)
Madina Lake/Fearless Vampire Killers-Olympia

Had tickets for The Misfits in Bristol but decided to go to Gaslight instead, big mistake obviously! Also picked Madina Lake instead of Motionless in White which didn't work out either!

spitfireIRL

Body and Soul, and Electric Picnic.
John Digweed, Area, Vauxhall
John Digweed, Fire, Vauxhall
Sasha @ Ministry Of Sound, London
Guy J @ Crawdaddy

Not bad!

delbertgrady

A very quiet year...

Biffy Clyro, O2
John Grant, Vicar Street
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Vicar Street
PJ Harvey, Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas
Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Nowlan Park
Regina Spektor, Olympia
Barry Gibb, O2
Billy Joel, O2
Depeche Mode, O2
Sigur Ros, O2
They Might Be Giants, Vicar Street

poundhound

Adam Ant @ Vicar St

Neil Young & Crazy horse @ RDS

ZZ Top @ The Marquee, Cork

Roger Waters @ The Aviva

Queensryche @ The Button Factory

Brit Floyd @ The O2

Suede @ the Olympia

Gary Numan @ the Button Factory

Depeche Mode @ the O2

The Darkness @ the Olympia

Black Sabbath @ the Odyssey, Belfast

Vaxxine

Just The Killers in Phoenix Park. Epic though

LoonyLovegood

All Time Low (Manchester)
We Are The In Crowd (Dublin and Belfast)
Paramore
Heathers
Lissie
Kacey Musgraves
The Band Perry

It was a rather quiet year. Student life truly sucks.

nitromaster

February:
Fall Out Boy - London/Paris

May:
We are The In Crowd - Dublin
Skate And Surf Fest - New Jersey (Fall Out Boy, Macklemore, Leathermouth, Death Spells, Escape The Fate, Lights, etc)

August:
Reading Fest (Green Day, FOB, etc)
Fall Out Boy / 21 Pilots - Glasgow

September:
Paramore x 2 - London

November:
Death Spells / The Architects / The Scandals - New York/Boston.

December:
Avenged Sevenfold / 5 Finger Death Punch - Dublin.

Pretty good year to be honest!

paddylonglegs

**** all - I had a baby

mojesius

The killers - 02
Fleetwood Mac - 02 (best concert ever)
Bruce Springsteen - Nowlan Park
Primal Scream - OlympiaOlympia

Not many at all! I had four Fecken weddings, including one the weekend of EP

Sugarlumps

poundhound wrote: »

Adam Ant @ Vicar St

Neil Young & Crazy horse @ RDS

ZZ Top @ The Marquee, Cork

Roger Waters @ The Aviva

Queensryche @ The Button Factory

Brit Floyd @ The O2

Suede @ the Olympia

Gary Numan @ the Button Factory

Depeche Mode @ the O2

The Darkness @ the Olympia

Black Sabbath @ the Odyssey, Belfast

Good taste in music.

Evil Sausage

Wild Belle - The Academy
Death Grips - Whelans
Alt-J - Olympia
Mac Demarco - Workmans Club
Body & Soul
The xx - O2
Savages - Astro Hall, Tokyo
Regina Spektor - Olympia
Tame Impala - Olympia
Laura Marling - Olympia
Bonobo - Olympia
Drenge - Academy 2
Volcano Choir - Vicar St
Sigur Ros - O2
Pixies - Olympia
Television - Vicar St

Eventhough I had tickets, missed Longitude, Blur and London Grammar as I was out of the country and Mount Kimbie as it clashed with Volcano Choir - not a bad year I guess, hoping to catch Kurt Vile this weekend in Stockholm so not quite over yet!

pinkfloyd34

The Who o2
Roger Waters Wembley Stadium
Roger Waters Aviva
Billy Connolly UL
Jimmy Carr UL

TheHighest92

Tonight Alive - manchester academy 3
Lacuna Coil - hmv ritz
Kobra & The Lotus / Incassum - club alter ego
Bullet For My Valentine / Asking Alexandria / Young Guns - phones4u arena

2014 starts off with Leaves Eyes/Pythia in January and then Trivium, Killswitch Engage and Skindred all in one weekend

damianmcr

I went to

Queens of the stone age

I worked at
Eminem
Bon Jovi
Bruno Mars
Snow Patrol-Vital
Kings of Leon-Vital
Avicii-Vital
Rihanna
Robbie Williams
Bruce Springsteen

Thundercats Ho

Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival

Longitude

Electric Picnic

Aviva:
Roger Waters

Olympia:
Bloc Party
Alt J
Laura Marling
Sean Lock

Academy:
Foals

O2:
The Who

Convention Centre:
Paul Brady & Mary Black

Nowlan Park:
Bruce Springsteen

The Set:
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Staves
Chuck Prophet
Beth Orton
Little Green Cars (Dec 22nd)

First one next year is Bill Callahan in the Olympia

Tuhula

From what I can remember:

Bon Jovi - Slane
Mumford and Sons - Phoenix Park
Justin Timberlake - Phoenix Park
Train - Vicar Street
Ed Sheeran - the O2
The Script - the O2
Bruno Mars - the O2
The Lumineers - the O2

Cats - Bord Gais
Hairpspray - Bord Gais
The Lion King

Tommy Tiernan - Vicar Street

Going to:
The Coronas - Olymipia next week
Bell x1 - Vicar street in two weeks

Easy Rod

The Joy Formidable - The Academy
Passion Pit - Olympia
Matt Corby - Whelans
Foals - The Academy
Trinity Ball
Forbidden Fruit
Longitude
Electric picnic
The National - Cork & 02
Evora - Grand Social
Bloc Party - Olympia
Local Natives - Olympia
The 1975 - Vienna
Hozier - Pepper canister


I'm sure i'm missing a few, really should keep my stubs!

StickyMcGinty

Alt-J @ Olympia
The XX - O2
Fleetwood Mac @ O2
Laura Mvula @ Olympia
Local Natives @ Olympia
MGMT @ Olympia
Longitude @ Marley
Roger Waters @ Aviva

Fitz*

Easy Rod wrote: »

The Joy Formidable - The Academy

The 1975 - Vienna

Were they any good live? Thinking of going seeing them next year, twice if dates permit & if they are actually good at the first one!

Mushy

Slash - Olympia
Biffy Clyro - O2
Delorontos - Cork
The Minutes - Cork
Mastodon - Academy
Nine Inch Nails - Belfast
Soundgarden - O2
Roger Waters - Aviva
God is an Astronaut - Cork
Therapy? - Cork
Billy Cobham - Cork
Mick Flannery - Cork
QotSA - O2

Hopefully gonna add And So I Watch You From Afar and/or Mick Flannery to the gig list on NYE.

BetterThanThou

Just Bon Jovi at Slane, was my first proper gig(seen very small bands in bars and such) and it was an incredible experience, wanted to go to a good few other gigs, but my plans for all fell through due to various reasons, lack of funds, no one to go, hopefully 2014 will be better.

Whatsernamex33

Ed Sheeran - O2.
The Script - O2.

The Coronas - Olympia Theatre next week.

paulbok

Imelda May, New Years Eve/Day - College greene, Dublin,
Reg D Hunter - vicar St, May
blur - Kilmainham, Aug
Electric Picnic, Sept
Depeche Mode - New York, Sept
Suede - Olympia, Oct
Ludovico Einaudi - NCH, Nov
Little green cars - Vicar St, Dec

Easy Rod

FitzShane wrote: »

Were they any good live? Thinking of going seeing them next year, twice if dates permit & if they are actually good at the first one!

Which one?

Joy Formidable were excellent, really try to put on a show.

1975 were pretty good alright, i wouldn't be their biggest fan but needed a gig to go to in Vienna and had seen them at EP so gave them a shot. Sex is a great tune.

8-10

These were my 2013 highlights:

Arcade Fire
Elton John
Bruce Springsteen
The National x 2
Sigur Ros
Chic
Fatboy Slim

Neil Young in the RDS was disappointment of the year, Arcade Fire were the overall highlight

but1er

two door cinema club
slash
jay z
bon jovi
oxegen
jake bugg
beady eye
blur

edhead

Neil Young - RDS
The Who - 02
Queens Of The Stone Age - O2
Lucinda Williams - Vicar St
Iron & Wine - Olympia
ZZ Top - Marquee, Cork
Black Crowes - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
Black Crowes - Paradiso, Amsterdam (two shows)
Slayer - Academy
Isreal Nash Gripka - Cypress Avenue, Cork
Old Crow Medicine Show - Vicar St
Jason Isbell - Workmans Club
Steve Earle - Vicar St
New Model Army - Crane Lane Theatre, Cork
Mark Lanegan - Sugar Club
Primal Scream - Opera House, Cork
Black Sabbath - Odyseey Arena, Belfast
The Waterboys - Leisureland, Galway
The Waterboys - INEC, Killarney
Kila - Cypress Avenue, Cork
Laura Marling - Olympia
Spiritualized - National Concert Hall
Ennio Morricone - Kilmainham
Bruce Springsteen - Pairc Ui Caoimh, Cork
Ethan Johns - Sugar Club
Avett Brothers - Button Factory
Calexcio - Olympia

Thats a lot of different venues for one year!

edhead

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Good taste in music.

I thought exact same thing upon initial reading.

bodhrandude

May: Life Festival
June: Body and Soul Festival
July: Willie Clancy Week, Miltown Malbay, Clare.
Jungleboogie - One nighter Rootical Sound System party, Barna Golf Club, Galway.
August/Sept: Sundown Gathering, Kinnegad. From a gathering of 350 people to 35,000 people. Electric Picnic.
October: Saints Go Machine, Button Factory.

Loafing Oaf

Eddie Izzard...

that's about it.

symbolic

I don't keep my ticket stubs..must do it next year. Some I can remember.

slayer - the Academy
death to all tour - the Academy
death grips - Whelans
phosphorescent - Whelans
paul banks - the Academy
dads - Whelans
vista chino - Roundhose London
John Grant - O2 ABC Glasgow
the Twilight Sad - Cyprus Avenue
Jape - DeBarras
Naymedici - DeBarras
QOTSA - o2
Sigur Ros - o2
Mac Demarco - Workmans
Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip - Workmans
Mick Flannery - Whelans
Angel Olsen - Whelans
Foals - the academy
Amanda Palmer - the academy
Dylan Fest - the Academy
Lana Del Rey - Vicar St
Why? - Whelans
desaparecidos - button factory
Orange Goblin - workmans club
Ennio Morricone - kilmainham
Slomatics / LURCH - the pint
slash - the Olympia

Oleg Luzhny

Kendrick Lamar - Vicar Street
Daughter - Button Factory
Lianne La Havas - The Olympia
HAIM - Whelan's
Lana Del Rey - Vicar Street
Immortal Technique - The Pav, Cork
T in the Park
Regina Spektor - The Olympia
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The O2
AlunaGeorge - The Academy

jinxremoving

Ulrich schnauss @the button factory
The gaslight anthem @ Olympia
Devin Townsend project @ academy
Alkaline Trio @ academy (matt skiba was v wasted at this one!)

Must go to more in 2014!

Corholio

Everything Everything (twice) - Whelans and The Academy
Foals - Academy
Paul Banks - Academy
Glen Hansard - Blackbird, Ballycotton
Editors - Olympia
The Maccabees - Academy
Biffy Clyro - O2
The National - Marquee, Cork

kryogen

My list is pretty good (from a personal POV this year)

Bruce Springsteen - Limerick - Kilkenny sunday

Roger Waters - Aviva Stadium Dublin

Michael Buble - O2 Dulin

Ocean Colour Scene - The Olympia Dublin

Others include (but I may forget someone)

Biffy Clyro
Stereophonics
Solar Taxi
How can I forget, Fleetwood Mac!

Gigs I wanted to go to and missed, Depeche Mode, Boyce Avenue, Blur

ciaramc

Am in to Pop music so I went to:

Ronan Keating (Support Brian Mc Fadden)
The Script (Support Hudson Taylor)
One Direction
Brian Mc Fadden
Irish Festival (Sydney)
Beyoncé
Robbie Williams (Support Olly Murs)
Rihanna
Justin Timberlake (Support James Arthur & The Coronas)
Michael Buble X 2
Boyzone

bleach94

Villagers - Savoy Cork
Biffy Clyro - O2 Dublin
Billy Connolly - Cork Opera House
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - RDS
Justin Timberlake - Phoenix Park
Happy Mondays - Leopardstown Live
Primal Scream - Cork Opera House
Jake Bugg - Olympia Dublin
Beady Eye - Olympia Dublin
Russell Brand - Olympia Dublin
The View - Cyprus Avenue Cork

Already got 2014 tickets for The 1975, James Arthur (both in Cork) and McBusted in Dublin!

BearThomas131

Slash - Olympia
Eminem - slane
Qotsa - O2

Still to come

Black sabbath - oddesy
Big September - academy

kylezippy

Frank Turner + Larry & his flask - Academy
Slam Dunk festival - Academy
The Gaslight Anthem x2 - Olympia
Bruce Springsteen (Cork)
Bruce Springsteen (Kilkenny night 2)
Jimmy Eat World - Olympia
The Menzingers - Fibber Magees
Macklemore - 02 dublin
Dave Hause + Northcote - Academy 2
Frightened Rabbit + We were promised jetpacks - Olympia
Disclosure - Olympia

Decent year..

Niamh_101

January:
Gary Barlow - Olympia
Ed Sheeran - O2 Dublin

March:
One Direction - O2 Dublin
Girls Aloud - O2 Dublin
The Saturdays - Bord Gais Theatre

April:
Olly Murs - O2 Dublin
Fun. - Olympia

May:
Beyonce - O2 Dublin
The Big Reunion - O2 Dublin
FM 104 Gig - Olympia

June:
Forbidden Fruit (Day 2) - Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Kodaline - Bar near Fleet Street
Robbie Williams - AVIVA Stadium
Mark Owen - Olympia
Robbie Williams - Etihad Stadium, Manchester

July:
Buddy Holly Musical - Washington DC
Wicked - New York
Michael Buble - O2 Dublin

August:
Blur - Royal Hospital Kilmainham

September:
Paramore - O2 Dublin
Macklemore - O2 Dublin

October:
Bastille - Olympia

November:
Robbie Williams - London Palladium
Russell Brand - Olympia
Children in Need Rocks - Hammersmith Apollo
Five - Olympia
Robbie Williams - Heart Radio Secret Gig, Under The Bridge (Chelsea FC)
Childline concert - O2 Dublin
Rent - Bord Gais Theatre
Boyzone- O2 Dublin

December:
Wicked - Bord Gais Theatre

Looking forward to another busy year of concerts in 2014!!

scruffmonkey

In order I think
Aimee Mann
Eels
Electric Picnic
Roger Waters
Manic Street Preachers
Leonard Cohen
Fleetwood Mac
Lloyd Cole
Colin Hay

almost forgot Neil Young too.

languagenerd

Not enough!

Biffy Clyro (O2)
The Gaslight Anthem (Olympia) - went both nights
Jimmy Eat World (Olympia)
Kids In Glass Houses (Academy)
The Vaccines, Imagine Dragons and Bastille (all at the Trinity Ball)

Plus a couple of smaller/informal gigs with a few local bands at each.

Gonna make a better effort next year - I miss always having gigs lined up!!