eels return!! Dublin Olympia, July 1st

blastman

Excellent news, eels return to Dublin on the back of their new album, The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett, and play the Olympia on July 1st.

Full tour details here

exilec

Fully seated show ...

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/Eels-tickets/artist/779733?tm_link=tm_homeA_news2

new album must be very mellow ..

EyesClosed

exilec wrote: »

Fully seated show ...

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/Eels-tickets/artist/779733?tm_link=tm_homeA_news2

new album must be very mellow ..

That is just the default seating map I think, may not be fully seated

GuitarTown

It is fully seated, new track on here very laid back

http://www.hotpress.com/news/LISTEN-Eels-announce-Dublin-date--debut-new-single/11027553.html

exilec

EyesClosed wrote: »

That is just the default seating map I think, may not be fully seated

No its fully seated show . Announced on website and ticketmaster main page

EyesClosed

exilec wrote: »

No its fully seated show . Announced on website and ticketmaster main page

Ahh that's annoying then

blastman

I can't see anything that says it's all seated, open to correction though....

** EDIT ** sorry, just saw MCD's page, they say it is all seated.

blastman

Reminder bump!!

Ticket bought

roll

new album is a 26 track double album-if its anywhere near as good as 'blinking lights' it will be awesome... and if a seated gig means a repeat of 'eels with strings' that would be pretty awesome also! Bring on the rubbish bin percussion again i say!

blastman

Not quite, the second disc is a bonus disc, it's not like Blinking Lights which was a proper double CD. About half the tracks are live songs recorded on the last tour. All the recent eels albums have had a bonus version like this.

Furious-Red

Due to demand Eels have added a second performance at The Olympia Theatre on July 1st & 2nd 2014

Tickets priced from €33.50 inclusive of booking fee are on sale now from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide and www.ticketmaster.ie

scruff monkey

Ticket booked for second date, saw them twice last year (Olympia & EP).
Well worth seeing again

Hippo

As usual the show will be entirely different to that of any previous tour, so I don't really mind the 'all-seated' aspect. Always worth seeing.

horseburger

When they play a second night, do they change the setlist much (like Bob Dylan!:)) , or is it usually the same as the first night?

Hippo

No-one changes the set list as much as Dylan - even the band usually have no idea what's coming next.

E usually makes one or two changes but it'll be largely the same.

blastman

Hippo wrote: »

No-one changes the set list as much as Dylan - even the band usually have no idea what's coming next.

*cough*Springsteen*cough*

Hippo

blastman wrote: »

*cough*Springsteen*cough*

Dylan even changes the key of songs! At least Springsteen's mob have some idea of what's going on.

horseburger

Are ye goin to see Bob in June?

When he played the 2 nights in the point in 2005, there were only 2 songs played both nights!!

http://www.boblinks.com/112605s.html

http://www.boblinks.com/112705s.html

Hippo

^^^^I'm not really a fan

horseburger

Hippo wrote: »

^^^^I'm not really a fan

No chance of converting you?!:)

the gig Bob Dylan did in Limerick in 2010 was excellent, he was in great form!

One of the things that make the gigs interesting is that the arrangements are usually different to the studio albums,

and even the live albums from different tours, and the live recordings in the Bootleg Series releases, have different arrangements, for example the versions of Maggie's Farm on the Budokan and Real Live albums.

I always liked the version of Masters of War on Real Live.

Hippo

Sure thing, I can definitely recognise his ability but he doesn't move me the way, for instance, E or Tom Waits do. My wife and son are fans and lecture me, but at this stage it'll never happen!

roll

'sorry guys-no tracksuits tonight!!!'.... awesome as ever

blastman

"Soft bummer rock"

Great gig, much mellower than last year, but it was up there with it. Looking at the setlist I thought it might be too low-key, but it worked very well. The seats in the Olympia are still horribly cramped, though, for anyone with legs.

They should make a t-shirt that says "I am The Chet's stalker"

horseburger

I have a ticket to sell for the eels tonight if anyone would like to pm me I can arrange to meet at the Olympia later on

its in the stall in row h

roll

they are so tight musically, they could put any spin on a show - last night was a jazz/blues/country cabaret sort of thing... horseburger, i'd nearly take that ticket off you and go again! i know it was mostly fellas loving the chet last night but my mrs has fallen for him big style in that suit-who am i to argue!!!

horseburger

roll wrote: »

they are so tight musically, they could put any spin on a show - last night was a jazz/blues/country cabaret sort of thing... horseburger, i'd nearly take that ticket off you and go again! i know it was mostly fellas loving the chet last night but my mrs has fallen for him big style in that suit-who am i to argue!!!

Send me a pm and we can arrange to meet at the venue, if you decide to take it:)

blastman

roll, don't show these to your mrs!!

discobeaker

Anyone get the name of the girl who supported tonight? I think she was French maybe. Anyway,gig tonight was great,even got a hug of E. Ain't heard the new stuff but what I heard tonight I
enjoyed very much. Picked up the album at the show so I look forward to listening to it over the weekend

roll

melanie de biasio. whoever managed to get the bar closed during the support act deserves a medal-there was (almost) perfect quietness during her set-great idea!

Hippo

Must say I found Melanie to be deadly dull - even a change of key would have been great. E's show on the Tuesday though was terrific.

Cast Iron

Tremendous show by Eels last night. Mellower and dare I say touching vibe interspersed with with E's humour. It made for a great night.

Picasso711

What about Garth?

Khannie

Cast Iron wrote: »

Tremendous show by Eels last night. Mellower and dare I say touching vibe interspersed with with E's humour. It made for a great night.

It was a whopper gig. Myself and my wife turned up with tickets for the Tuesday gig by accident - we'd screwed up the dates.

10/10 to the staff in the Olympia, they sorted us out and were very decent about it.

CiaranK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmvKC2sgm3o

lordgoat

Hippo wrote: »

Must say I found Melanie to be deadly dull - even a change of key would have been great. E's show on the Tuesday though was terrific.

Dull does not do her justice... Awful awful support act imo.

Cracking eels set. Loved the craic and the set list.

Glockenspiel - soft rockenspiel indeed

Big Vern

Does anyone the set list from the first night, Tuesday the 1st?

I was at the gig, was a brilliant show, went by so quick!!

roll

E just received the freedom of London - how fxxkin weird is that?!

Picasso711

Yeh buddy

cruhoortwunk

Big Vern wrote: »

Does anyone the set list from the first night, Tuesday the 1st?

I was at the gig, was a brilliant show, went by so quick!!

No setlist for either show on setlist.fm, but possibly similar to the London show?
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/eels/2014/royal-albert-hall-london-england-53c19355.html

Big Vern

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

No setlist for either show on setlist.fm, but possibly similar to the London show?
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/eels/2014/royal-albert-hall-london-england-53c19355.html

Had a look on there alright, a lot of those songs were played in Dublin alright. Hopefully someone will update it soon!