Sufjan Stevens - The Helix, Dublin, August

Evil Sausage

Opening his new tour here with 2 shows, according to The Ticket

Whats with these shows in The Helix? Never been there for a gig before, any use?

grudgehugger

Evil Sausage wrote: »

Whats with these shows in The Helix? Never been there for a gig before, any use?

Also interested in the answer but will be going to this regardless - great news that's he's doing his best own shows here - and at the weekend

Doris300

A bit pricey but seems like a most see

sporina

I have been really hoping that he would play he; was considering going to Edinburgh but I could not justify the cost of the flights…

Not been to the Helix either; maybe the other venues are booked up - but I would not care if he was playing in a parochial hall - i'm just delighted he's playing here

Toast

Tickets are already up on the helix website.

[url]Http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=THEHELIX&organ_val=21104&schedule=list[/url]

schemingbohemia

Is it sold out already? I'm getting a tickets not available when I use the helix website.

LuckyLloyd

Got two tickets this morning for the Friday show and there was already limited availability.

sporina

Toast wrote: »

Tickets are already up on the helix website.

[url]Http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=THEHELIX&organ_val=21104&schedule=list[/url]

how did you cop this?

we went to a box office and got THEE last two tickets for sat night WTF?

162tmac

Yeah, from what it seemed this morning tickets were gone after about 10-20 mins?
Says sold out on the Helix event page anyway (for their ticket allocation).

cruhoortwunk

I got seats 19 and 20 in Row B.
Only downside is he may spit on us
http://thehelix.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Mahony-Lower.jpg?060136

sporina

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

I got seats 19 and 20 in Row B.
Only downside is he may spit on us
http://thehelix.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Mahony-Lower.jpg?060136

why would he spit on you? you should be so lucky :P

The Enabler

Got my ticket but only just!

emo72

damn hope he puts on an extra show

sporina

emo72 wrote: »

damn hope he puts on an extra show

doubt it his itinerary is choca block

Liam McPoyle

Gutted I missed out on tickets for this, didnt even know he was playing til I saw the announcement this morning on Ticketbastard that it was sold out.

:rolleyes:

If any of you fine people that have got tickets are unable to make it I will take them off your hands, either night would do.

sporina

Business Cat wrote: »

Gutted I missed out on tickets for this, didnt even know he was playing til I saw the announcement this morning on Ticketbastard that it was sold out.

:rolleyes:

If any of you fine people that have got tickets are unable to make it I will take them off your hands, either night would do.

there are dozens of people looking for tickets on line already unfortunately

but try your luck nearer the time or check toutless anytime - or put an ad up on gumtree.. i am a firm believe in cancelations due to change of plans/unforeseen circumstances

Liam McPoyle

sporina wrote: »

there are dozens of people looking for tickets on line already unfortunately

but try your luck nearer the time or check toutless anytime - or put an ad up on gumtree.. i am a firm believe in cancelations due to change of plans/unforeseen circumstances

Toutless was the first place I checked this morning, there are already about 25 people looking for them too!

Ah well, you snooze you lose I guess but sure I may get lucky.

ginolan

I'll pay £100 if anyone has a spare ticket - either night.

sporina

ginolan wrote: »

I'll pay £100 if anyone has a spare ticket - either night.

wow thats alot to offer - how did you miss out on tickets?

Underpaid Mike

I was at a wedding on the day tickets went on sale and it totally slipped my mind.
Beyond heartbroken at the thoughts of missing this gig
No doubt ill end up paying through the nose like ginolan too but he is worth it.
His gig in the Olympia is one of the best ive ever been to by anyone

sporina

Underpaid Mike wrote: »

I was at a wedding on the day tickets went on sale and it totally slipped my mind.
Beyond heartbroken at the thoughts of missing this gig
No doubt ill end up paying through the nose like ginolan too but he is worth it.
His gig in the Olympia is one of the best ive ever been to by anyone

yeah i was at that gig too - one of the best gigs i was ever at

leakyboots

sporina wrote: »

yeah i was at that gig too - one of the best gigs i was ever at

Good gig but thought it was 'weirdness' for the sake of weirdness. Chicago was cool though with all the bouncing balls

sporina

leakyboots wrote: »

Good gig but thought it was 'weirdness' for the sake of weirdness. Chicago was cool though with all the bouncing balls

to be fair the weirdness of the show, as you say, was totally in line with the album he had out at the time - Age of adz - as it was inspired by the artwork of
royal robertson who had schizophrenia..

Chicago was from Illinois which was a totally different album in terms of theme

sporina

so the gig looms... yeah..

never been to the Helix - I am staying in the city centre - where would be good to go for a few pre gigs pints before the gig? maybe close to the venue? I assume there is a bar in the venue and or is there a bar near by? would love if there was somewhere that would be playing some sufjan before the gig - pre gig warm up...

I did a quick google there but found nothing..

UlrikeSchnieke

Hi guys,

haven't been following Sufjan Stevens for a while and was delighted to see that he's on concert next weekend. Saw there are still tickets for both days available online and went to the ticketmaster store the next day to get harcopies (should be a present). SOLD OUT.

Rather unfortunate.If there's anyone looking to sell 1 or two tickets do let me know!

Thanks
Ulrike

flasher0030

Hope you get better sound than the Modest Mouse gig at the Helix. Dire.

Will be interesting to see what this one is like i.e. was it the venue or was it the band/equipment/sound engineer?

cruhoortwunk

flasher0030 wrote: »

Hope you get better sound than the Modest Mouse gig at the Helix. Dire.

Will be interesting to see what this one is like i.e. was it the venue or was it the band/equipment/sound engineer?

I think we have established it was the sound engineer. Support bands were fine.
So this will be fine too

sporina

so back to my original query - lol - where to go for sufjan at the helix pre gig drinks?

with regards to the sound, jesus what ever about the fans, Sufjan would have a baby if the sound was bad - I know nothing about the modest mouse gig but I would assume that it was the engineer...

TheGoldenAges

sporina wrote: »

so back to my original query - lol - where to go for sufjan at the helix pre gig drinks?

with regards to the sound, jesus what ever about the fans, Sufjan would have a baby if the sound was bad - I know nothing about the modest mouse gig but I would assume that it was the engineer...

The Comet's a decent spot considering the area it's in, if you're young enough you could pull off being a student and get cheap pints in the DCU student bar :pac:

sporina

TheGoldenAges wrote: »

The Comet's a decent spot considering the area it's in, if you're young enough you could pull off being a student and get cheap pints in the DCU student bar :pac:

thanks - regardless of age/being a student or not, is the student bar near the helix? and does one need to be a student to get in? not worried about the price of the pint.

ghostdancer

it's 1min walk and I don't think you need to be a student, but I doubt it's open this time of the year with most students away for the summer.

There's also Matt Weldens/The Slipper just across from the DCU entrance on the Ballymun Road if you're getting the 13A bus there.

frantic190

ghostdancer wrote: »

it's 1min walk and I don't think you need to be a student, but I doubt it's open this time of the year with most students away for the summer.

There's also Matt Weldens/The Slipper just across from the DCU entrance on the Ballymun Road if you're getting the 13A bus there.

It is open and quite busy every day! €4 pints go down very well.

sporina

frantic190 wrote: »

It is open and quite busy every day! €4 pints go down very well.

cool - so what bar is that? i read something about Nubar? Is there a bar in the students union too?

frantic190

sporina wrote: »

cool - so what bar is that? i read something about Nubar? Is there a bar in the students union too?

That's NuBar in the Hub (which I think is the students union?), it's basically in the middle of the campus. I'm not aware of any other bar but I'm not a DCU student, my girlfriend just works in DCU.

https://www.dcu.ie/sites/default/files/info/DCU_Map_21_Aug_2015.jpg

You can see it in relation to the Helix on that map.

eyeball kid

Stage times from the helix website for anyone interested..

Show Dates & Times:

Friday 28th and Saturday 29th August 2015

Doors 7.30pm | Support act: 8pm | Main act: 9pm

The support act, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, a mother and son folk duo from Missouri could be interesting.

sporina

yeah... the day after tomorrow... i love when i am able to say that about something i am looking forward to....

proudi

Lads. Does anyone know what time this will end. Need to be at O' Connell street at 11.30 for my bus home. And I'm not leaving early.

cruhoortwunk

His last shows other than festivals were about 2 hours, he's starting at 9.
So I'd say it would be very tight

proudi

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

His last shows other than festivals were about 2 hours, he's starting at 9.
So I'd say it would be very tight

Brilliant thanks. Guess I'm going out after. :cool:

googled eyes

My mate text me yesterday to say he'd a spare ticket and asked if i'd go.

I am fecking delighted.

sporina

yeah... you lucky sod,....

enjoy enjoy...

oh this time tomorrow we will be at the warm up,...

sporina

oh for those who are at the gig tonight - be sure to alert spoilers if ye are posting.. enjoy

mosstin

About two minutes to show time. Obscenely excited. Really liking the venue.

sporina

yeah, as in reports from tonights gig - not to spoil it for those going tomorrow..

mosstin

I feel drained after that...... in the best possible way. That was immense, beyond all expectations.

eyeball kid

mosstin wrote: »

I feel drained after that...... in the best possible way. That was immense, beyond all expectations.

I concur! I absolutely loved it.
The song before the encore was brilliant, I thought the helix was going to collapse all around us.

I was there for Modest Mouse last month and thankfully there was no issue with the sound. Everything was spot on. Even the crowd were great, no one talking and very few people taking photos.

For the people going tomorrow, enjoy. You're in for a great night.

LuckyLloyd

Immense. A feast of musicianship and stage production.

proudi

If you're going to the second show stay away from this thread just in case. You don't want anything spoiled.

But please be there before 9 O clock. The only thing wrong with the show was people getting in the way for the first half hour. Also they accidentally double booked the last two rows of the flat stalls (rows G and H). If they've done that again don't worry. They just put some chairs at the back of the flat stalls for the extra people.

btw lads. I made it to my bus on time if anyone was wondering. :cool:

frantic190

Jesus that was incredible. I was one of the double booked people and I ended up in better seats :cool:

ShoulderChip

Eek I looked at setlist.fm looks incredible, for sister does he do it a capella with the audience?

sporina

no looking no looking..