White Lies - Ambassador - 16th March

Shedite27

Anyone know anything about this gig?

I've been keeping an eye out for them for a few years, and see they have a gig listed on ticketmaster.ie but nowhere else on the internet. Nothing on their official site, facebook page.

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/white-lies-dublin-03-16-2014/event/18004C46E509EA3D?artistid=1223198&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

viv2

Thats really weird. Cant search for tickets either. Would like to see them too but would they release tkts with the gig supposedly so close?

Shedite27

On their website it seems that they've a gap in their schedule from 27th Feb - 22nd March.

Do they even do gigs in the Ambassador anymore? Haven't been there in years

viv2

Shedite27 wrote: »

On their website it seems that they've a gap in their schedule from 27th Feb - 22nd March.

Do they even do gigs in the Ambassador anymore? Haven't been there in years

I think I saw franz ferdinand in the ambassador. Havent been there since

Furious-Red

Apart from the sound i always liked the Ambassador . you had a good venue anywhere on the floor .

Can see it being a mistake and maybe it being changed to the Academy

martin101

Says on their official site that they are in Australia around the time of this gig.

Furious-Red

martin101 wrote: »

Says on their official site that they are in Australia around the time of this gig.

Well they are not in Oz till 6 days after this gig . Seems Funeral suits are supporting going back ticketmaster

EDIT Funeral Suits have it on their fb page https://www.facebook.com/FuneralSuits/app_308540029359

martin101

Hopefully the tickets go on sale soon. Seen they are €15. Great value

Xenji

I thought the Ambassador had stopped doing gigs, the last time I was there was for Megadeth in 2007. The White Lies are well worth seeing live though, was at the NME Awards Tour in 2009 in Brixton Academy, it was a great night and they stole the show.

A V A

the ambassador , that weird, i like white lies but not pushed about going to see them but id pay into the ambassador just to be back in that venue , miss it dearly :(

martin101

Sorry, but this event no longer exists in our database.
Is coming up now on ticketmaster. Knew it was too good to be true.

FizzleSticks

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Furious-Red

Ah i see its now Jameson St Patricks Live presents White Lies + Funeral Suits & Darling .

Would nearly go just to go to the Ambassador again

martin101

Are they going on sale in the morning?

A V A

dont care im going, i like white lies anyway , defo going cause i miss that place so it goes hand in hand

big thank you to jameson ireland

Shedite27

Lovely stuff. White Lies in the Ambassador for €17.

Tickets sorted!

Furious-Red

lc180

I've never been to the Ambassador, whats the capacity like? Can it hold more than rhe Olympia?

Furious-Red

lc180 wrote: »

I've never been to the Ambassador, whats the capacity like? Can it hold more than rhe Olympia?

Its smaller than the Olympia , think about 1200 ish. The crowd floor is just a big open space , no columns like the olympia and then a seating area upstairs . Kinda like a smaller version of Brixton Academy

TouchingVirus

Bought the full six for this one, been waiting a long time for them and had planned on a trip abroad later this year if they didn't come; can't wait

The Wild Bunch

This is awesome news

White Lies are fantastic live, saw them support Coldplay in the Phoenix Park and in the Academy at Heineken Green Spheres.

Ambassador is a class venue, I've been to some incredible gigs there (Manics, Mansun, Suede, Idlewild, The Vines)

Furious-Red

The Wild Bunch wrote: »

This is awesome news

White Lies are fantastic live, saw them support Coldplay in the Phoenix Park and in the Academy at Heineken Green Spheres.

Ambassador is a class venue, I've been to some incredible gigs there (Manics, Mansun, Suede, Idlewild, The Vines)

Yea only been to 4 gigs there before it shut . K Tour! 2008???? Airbourne , QOTSA and Ash

janney5

Thanks OP, great spot. Haven't been in the Ambassador or seen the White Lies in years. Great chance to kill two birds with one stone!

Furious-Red

Mr.S wrote: »

Great to see the being used as a live venue again. Best memories there!

Lets hope its not a once off

TopBombing

Only heard today about this gig, 2 tickets bought, looking forward to it.

The Wild Bunch

Ambassador pisses all over the Academy in terms of a venue

A V A

i was thinking as i was passing it today , could they be testing the waters to see if people were still interested in it as a venue?

StaticAge11

A V A wrote: »

i was thinking as i was passing it today , could they be testing the waters to see if people were still interested in it as a venue?

And they couldn't have gotten a better act to do that with?!

AdMMM

StaticAge11 wrote: »

And they couldn't have gotten a better act to do that with?!

I hear they tried to get U2 and David Bowie...

A V A

AdMMM wrote: »

I hear they tried to get U2 and David Bowie...

i heard they tried with beyonce and garth brooks

The Wild Bunch

Last WL album was gash though

martin101

Anyone know the stage times?

martin101

I'm collecting my tickets from the box office later. Have my ticket confirmation number saved on my phone and my credit will will be on me. I didn't print out the reciept but will I need to print it out? As i have the confirmation number on the phone anyway.

scruff monkey

Anyone else at this? The sound during their set was utterly brutal, pretty much the worst I've ever heard. Short and sweet set though

Furious-Red

scruff monkey wrote: »

Anyone else at this? The sound during their set was utterly brutal, pretty much the worst I've ever heard. Short and sweet set though

Thats the ambassador for ya

scruff monkey

Honestly couldn't tell you

AdMMM

I was up front and thought that the sound was pretty good! Fantastic night!

scruff monkey

Always seem to be the case that, was just to the side of the mixing desk on the left. Hopefully we might get a full show from them at some point.

FizzleSticks

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pervertedcoffee

scruff monkey wrote: »

Anyone else at this? The sound during their set was utterly brutal, pretty much the worst I've ever heard. Short and sweet set though

Really? I can't comment on White Lies because I hadn't seen them live before (I was only there to see Funeral Suits really :P) but I thought the Funeral Suits sounded amazing and I've seen them pretty much everywhere (venues in Dub/Cork/festivals, etc) so have a decent repertoire to compare...

Would the quality of the sound change that drastically from set to set?

My first time in the Ambassador too - it's a lovely venue and Jameson did a great job on set design but I'm not really surprised when they did an amazing job with the cult film club nights. I hope their events keep up - they're great!

Also, although the tickets sold out standing area didn't feel all too cramped. Did they under sell compared to capacity?