Trouble at Tiesto/Calvin Harris tonight at the o2

flynnlives

A dance music gig has been marred after over 20 people were arrested.
The O2 in Dublin was packed to the rafters as thousands piled in for the Calvin Harris performance on Thursday night.
But before the Scottish DJ took to the stage there had been at least six held for drunk and disorderly behaviour.
That number then spiked to over 20 - with one man arrested for possession of drugs.

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/over-20-people-arrested-calvin-2944962

it seems the riot squad have been deployed outside the o2 as well.

Call Me Jimmy

...with one man arrested for possession of drugs.

I jaysis nearly fainted!

My name is URL

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

I jaysis nearly fainted!

What has the world come to?

HerrScheisse

Only six, better call the Dail. The flag should be set at half mast.

Call Me Jimmy

I dunno URL but we gotta make a change, it'll feel good shamon make that change.

My name is URL

When I used to go to Creamfields there'd be groups of 20 arrested before they got off the bus

WhyTheFace

flynnlives wrote: »

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/over-20-people-arrested-calvin-2944962

it seems the riot squad have been deployed outside the o2 as well.

Are you a fcuking idiot or something? It specifically says in that article that there is no actual trouble.

Can you not read or are you just thick?

mod

Poster banned.

Specialun

Were they pissed over the price of the pint

Specialun

WhyTheFace wrote: »

Are you a fcuking idiot or something? It specifically says in that article that there is no actual trouble.

Can you not read or are you just thick?

Apt username with that moody post

Super-Rush

WhyTheFace wrote: »

Are you a fcuking idiot or something? It specifically says in that article that there is no actual trouble.

Can you not read or are you just thick?

Banned.

mikom

It seems the riot squad have been deployed outside After Hours as well.

The Backwards Man

Drunk and disorderly?

Were they drinking from the bottle?

Mint Aero

Ban gigs! Ban concerts! Ban drink! Ban young people!! Ahhhhhh, it's the end of the world!!!

chopper6

I was on the bus heading towards town earlier and it was fully of drunken fools heading to the o2.

They were chucking bottles out of the window and were told to get off.

If ever the atmosphere was right for trouble it was tonight...the only thing that might lkeep a lid on it is teh cold weather.

J_E

"Tiesto/Calvin Harris"

The top-40 dance music fodder always attracts rowdy crowds for some reason. Most big gigs have a loud group, but there's something about these acts that just seem to have an air of notoriety around them. Not sure I'd line either's pockets with my money to be honest, they're way overrated and loaded as it is.

Terry Wogans Inner Thigh

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

It's almost as if theres a certain kind of music that seems to attract this crowd. If only we could identify it.

Random IQ testing could work...

087brain21

Sure there's trouble at every concert, drink and drugs go lore its just the guards are on their toes because of what happened in the phoenix park

xzanti

This is why we can't have nice things.

mikom

chopper6 wrote: »

I was on the bus heading towards town earlier and it was fully of drunken fools heading to the o2.

They were chucking bottles out of the window and were told to get off.
.

If only they could have been peace loving hippies........

087brain21

Cydoniac wrote: »

"Tiesto/Calvin Harris"

The top-40 dance music fodder always attracts rowdy crowds for some reason. Most big gigs have a loud group, but there's something about these acts that just seem to have an air of notoriety around them. Not sure I'd line either's pockets with my money to be honest, they're way overrated and loaded as it is.

ya the buzz on facebook the last few months about this concert was crazy,TBH i wouldn't go across the road to the ga field to see Calvin harris :P

scudzilla

Kicking off big time now, all Luas has been cancelled.

Tune into FM104, Crossy is live on the phone from outside, they're just chucking out now

NuckingFacker

I'm shocked. Next there'll be trouble at scooter and deadmaus gigs. The world has gone mad. Is there a precedence for these incidences? I'm guessing this will affect our international reputation and scare away tourists.

Also where the fcuk is my 17 year old. He said he was going to "a play" in Dublin but was a bit vague. If I see the fecker on tomorrows six-one he's for the high jump.

I worked at a Tiesto "gig" when it was the Point. It was just like christmas day for scumbags.

087brain21

scudzilla wrote: »

Kicking off big time now, all Luas has been cancelled.

Tune into FM104, Crossy is live on the phone from outside, they're just chucking out now

listening to it now haha girls wear haf nothin day must be freezing :P

Duckworth_Luas

Who is Calvin Harris? Is he the Norwegian that brought the Mafia to someones house in the Phoenix Park?

Riesen_Meal

Text from a journo mate of mine :

Btw there were arrests outside Calvin Harris gig at o2 tonight. One garda got gash on head after getting hit by one looney

arybvtcw0eolkf

flynnlives wrote: »

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/over-20-people-arrested-calvin-2944962

it seems the riot squad have been deployed outside the o2 as well.

Sounds like the Yusef Islam/Cat Stevens gig a few years ago so.

(I kid you not)

mikom

Beatrice Worried Cookout wrote: »

Sounds like the Yusef Islam/Cat Stevens gig a few years ago so.

(I kid you not)

"Play fuckin' peace train" was heard from members of the audience at one stage.

December2012

Fieldog wrote: »

Text from a journo mate of mine :

Btw there were arrests outside Calvin Harris gig at o2 tonight. One garda got gash on head after getting hit by one looney

Fiona Looney?

Fieldog

Fieldog wrote: »

Text from a journo mate of mine :

Btw there were arrests outside Calvin Harris gig at o2 tonight. One garda got gash on head after getting hit by one looney

Im not sure how to read that....

michael999999

December2012 wrote: »

Fiona Looney?

Herself and Gerry used to love tiesto gigs!

mackeire

Specialun wrote: »

Were they pissed over the price of the pint

Too expensive to get pissed so no, no they weren't pissed.

chopper6

mikom wrote: »

"Play fuckin' peace train" was heard from members of the audience at one stage.

No..it was "Play Peace Train You Fcucking Bastard"

mackeire

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

Who is Calvin Harris? Is he the Norwegian that brought the Mafia to someones house in the Phoenix Park?

Yeah that's him

arybvtcw0eolkf

mikom wrote: »

"Play fuckin' peace train" was heard from members of the audience at one stage.

Yup, worse gig I've ever been to ~ aging hippies wrecking the O2 was a sight to see

Blue Crystal

Sigh... You weren't going to be attracting the same demographic as a Pavarotti concert now were they?

chopper6

Blue Crystal wrote: »

Sigh... You weren't going to be attracting the same demographic as a Pavarotti concert now were they?

Owl ones scutterd on champagne as i recall....there was some telivised concert in Dame street a few years back...all the perma-tanned crones tottering about was a sight to behold.

stick-dan

I live up at the O2.

Witnessed one guy taking a full dump, oblivious to everyone around him.
About a dozen lads pissing all over the place.
One girl being advised to hide the naggin against her *use your imagination*

The luas was something else on the way up.
A big bunch of lads doing the Yaya Toure/ Kolo Toure dance.

Similar to this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6ta37kgSBo

Whilst i'm sure it pissed off a lot of people on the luas it was as funny as hell.

Nodin

Deleted User wrote: »

Im not sure how to read that....

...it'd be a bit of a head fuck for the Garda in question too, I'd say.

ottostreet

Unacceptable…in the 80s.

I remember when Calvin Harris made 'fun' dance music, not the scumbag attracting crap he makes almost exclusively now.

As for Tiesto…well, he lost respectability a solid ten years ago now!

Festy

Why is it that skangers have awful taste in music ?

Oprahs_Vagina

ottostreet wrote: »

Unacceptable…in the 80s.

I remember when Calvin Harris made 'fun' dance music, not the scumbag attracting crap he makes almost exclusively now.

As for Tiesto…well, he lost respectability a solid ten years ago now!

Ah now. Just Be. 2004.

chopper6

ottostreet wrote: »

Unacceptable…in the 80s.

I remember when Calvin Harris made 'fun' dance music, not the scumbag attracting crap he makes almost exclusively now.

As for Tiesto…well, he lost respectability a solid ten years ago now!

You tell em!

wp_rathead

Fieldog wrote: »

Text from a journo mate of mine :

Btw there were arrests outside Calvin Harris gig at o2 tonight. One garda got gash on head after getting hit by one looney

yeah, heard it was an axe wound

Nodin

My name is URL wrote: »

What has the world come to?

...drunk young people at a gig that would attract hordes of young people.....society is gone down the tubes.

guineylab

finally copped on why people were going crazy outside at 6pm, the crowds coming back from the o2 are still slowly and loudly making their way along the luas line

mike65

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

It's almost as if theres a certain kind of music that seems to attract this crowd. If only we could identify it.

Terry Wogans Inner Thigh wrote: »

Random IQ testing could work...

I see linkage with this suggestion.

J_E

Festy wrote: »

Why is it that skangers have awful taste in music ?

I don't think that's necessarily fair to everyone there, I bet you there were probably just as many of the Roysch and 'my daddy works at KPMG' types down there getting hammered and causing trouble, and whatever stereotypes you want to create an image of. People going to these gigs don't go because they appreciate the music in any particular sense, they want a loud and fast show, go mental to their favourite anthems and they want to celebrate in a big group. They'll have heard the tunes in the nightclub so will equate that party atmosphere. Let's not do the whole 'scumbag' rant Boards seems to be so obsessed with.

castletownman

Without sounding like a grumpy old man at the age of 25, wasn't there quite the bit of trouble at Swedish House Mafia either this summer or last, including a couple of stabbings?

Similar genre of music. Similar type of crowd. I think it's more than just a coincidence

mike65

Imagine a field with 200,000 of these feckers in it...































the step change in society that could be wrought!

ottostreet

Oprahs_Vagina wrote: »

Ah now. Just Be. 2004.

Yep. That whole album was deadly. Just Be, A Tear in the Open, Love Comes Again…he has done pretty much nothing since apart from become a scrote magnet.

chopper6 wrote: »

You tell em!

Certainly will! I was a massive Tiesto fan back around 98-04, and I hate the way he turned his back on respectability, unlike the likes of his peers Armin and Ferry Corsten.