Metropolis - new festival?

Mince Pie

So, Nialler9 just dropped this on Facebook. Anyone got an inkling or inside scoop on what its all about?

http://metropolisfestival.ie/

lc180

Their website is incredibly vague so I've no idea what to expect. Not a great name either as there is already an established music festival in the Netherlands with the same name.

Worth nothing its run by POD & Hidden Agenda and it's the same weekend as Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavik and a week after Pitchfork festival in Paris. Both have Bjork as headliner.

Toast

RDS in November?... Means it will be at least partially in the simmonscourt building. Easily the worst venue for sound in the country. Not a chance regardless of who they announce.

Mince Pie

Toast wrote: »

RDS in November?... Means it will be at least partially in the simmonscourt building. Easily the worst venue for sound in the country. Not a chance regardless of who they announce.

Aye was thinking that, RDS is hardly the best venue going. Still interested in finding out what its all about.

ghostdancer

lineup on Wednesday next week (22nd).
don't know why they didn't just wait until then to announce it properly...

Mince Pie

ghostdancer wrote: »

lineup on Wednesday next week (22nd).
don't know why they didn't just wait until then to announce it properly...

S'pose to create a bit of interest like this thread.

lc180

New Order & Death Cab for Cutie both touring UK/Europe at the start of November with no Irish dates on the cards. Both have been booked by POD in the past so wouldn't be surprised if they possibly made an appearance.

Complete guess work on my part though.

lbj666

Well Samhain was being held in a load of cow sheds and that was low down on the list of complaints about it. I think simmonscourt issues can be worked around, this looks to be a multistage festival so it unlikely they will have to blast every thing to the end of the hall. They may just keep near the main hall, since simmoncourt is a bit of a trek away.


Since this is ballsbridge ye'll all be out of there by 11pm.

Toast

A cow shed is the Sydney Opera House compared to Simmonscourt. Easily the worst acoustics I ever heard and I've been to gigs in the Village, a venue so awful for sound that you might as well stay at home, get your neighbour 3 doors down to play the the cd at full volume, and jam a couple of biros into your eardrums while trying to listen through the wall to get the same effect.

If the promoters aren't using it then fair enough but given it will be the middle of winter I can't see how they won't be using the fixed structures in the venue for at least one of the big stages. I'm already anticipating a half decent lineup being ruined on that kip of a venue and if their hope of teasing this early is to get some social media coverage than lets have that coverage focus on the most glaring problem straight off so they can address it.

ghostdancer

CHIC Feat Nile Rodgers
The Roots
Mark Ronson
Jamie xx
Giorgio Moroder
Todd Terje
Kaytranada
Jeff Mills
Tiga (Live)
Kerri Chandler
KINK
Dorian Concept (Live)
Matthew Herbert (Live)
Maribou State (Live)
Nosaj Thing (Live)
Kormac's Big Band
Cloud Castle Lake

pretty good lineup if you're into your electronic stuff

€99 for early bird tickets.

Synode

Their website is the worst site ever considering tickets are going on sale on Friday

peteeeed

Synode wrote: »

Their website is the worst site ever considering tickets are going on sale on Friday

defo style over content

lc180

The Roots first Dublin show in 10 years. Chic's 10th Dublin show this year!

ghostdancer

lc180 wrote: »

The Roots first Dublin show in 10 years. Chic's 10th Dublin show this year!

haha, pity they spent headliner money on yet another bloody Chic gig.

lbj666

Toast wrote: »

A cow shed is the Sydney Opera House compared to Simmonscourt.

Funnily enough the sydney opera is supposed to have very bad acoustics too, though i think they sorted it out.

Are we ever gonna see Todd Terjes band here?
Decent line up , the roots are incredible live band if you've never seen them.

Chic would want take a rest at this stage.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Holy **** what a great line up

St. Lupulin

3 AM finish and I'm there.

No more 11 PM finishes after lame ass Longitude the other day.

melekalikimaka

Mince Pie wrote: »

So, Nialler9 just dropped this on Facebook. Anyone got an inkling or inside scoop on what its all about?

http://metropolisfestival.ie/

St. Lupulin wrote: »

3 AM finish and I'm there.

No more 11 PM finishes after lame ass Longitude the other day.

This would be highly unlikely.

I'd say even 11 would be pushing it, highly residential area. Given the crowd it might pull and location, I'm surprised this got the go ahead. Some amount of people will be 'buzzin' at 11pm after this

St. Lupulin

Watch them have Jeff Mills playing at 4 PM or some sh!t...

What a waste...just like Carl Craig was at Longitude.

Terje should be at the Picnic instead too.

peteeeed

St. Lupulin wrote: »

3 AM finish and I'm there.

No more 11 PM finishes after lame ass Longitude the other day.

It is an 11pm finish from what I've heard

Easy Rod

Anyone see anything about 1 day tickets?

princemuzzy

wow what a lineup

Furious-Red

Would love to see BRMC or Death Cab For Cutie added

Toast

I don't think it is that sort of festival. Also sounds like they are using all of the RDS so bad sound ahoy!

bigpink

Nialler 9 ? He a bloggers or promotor

SteelyDanJalapeno

bigpink wrote: »

Nialler 9 ? He a bloggers or promotor

Blogger

SligoBrewer

Furious-Red wrote: »

Would love to see BRMC or Death Cab For Cutie added

lol

cruhoortwunk

Toast wrote: »

I don't think it is that sort of festival. Also sounds like they are using all of the RDS so bad sound ahoy!

It's indoors in the RDS though. Anyone been to an indoor gig there?

SteelyDanJalapeno

This thread is giving me a headache

Synode

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

It's indoors in the RDS though. Anyone been to an indoor gig there?

I was at an Underworld gig in the Simmonscourt building a few years ago and there was no problem with sound

.ak

I'll find out later the closing time.

I'm really excited for it tbh... The fact I can just walk home after makes it really appealing... despite the fact I'll obviously not be going home after it!

Think I'll book the monday off work now...

heebusjeebus

I hope they do day tickets as I've been summoned to a Wedding on the Saturday

dmm82

I left a comment on their Facebook page and they replied saying day tickets will be released at a later date

Sugarlumps

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

It's indoors in the RDS though. Anyone been to an indoor gig there?

It's horrid.

Synode

Sugarlumps wrote: »

It's horrid.

It's really not

brevity

Not a bad line up and would love to see Todd Terje.

Is the RDS really that bad?

Synode

The sound was perfect for the Underworld gig I was at. Absolutely perfect

Sugarlumps

It's like opening a crypt entering the venue.

brevity

Sugarlumps wrote: »

It's like opening a crypt entering the venue.

No harm

melekalikimaka

there is not a worse venue in dublin for music

Mince Pie

melekalikimaka wrote: »

there is not a worse venue in dublin for music

Dunno, saw Young Fathers at the Shapeshifter ball at Kilmainham Hospital in the main hall. That was pitiful. Ruined it for me.

yknaa

lc180 wrote: »

The Roots first Dublin show in 10 years. Chic's 10th Dublin show this year!

Leonard Cohen can't be far away at this rate ...

LostArt

Synode wrote: »

The sound was perfect for the Underworld gig I was at. Absolutely perfect

That was in Simmonscourt though

Synode

LostArt wrote: »

That was in Simmonscourt though

Im sure they'll be using it for the festival

LostArt

Synode wrote: »

Im sure they'll be using it for the festival

They've been posting bout 6 seperate rooms, so I don't think so

SligoBrewer

The whinging in here. Bloody hell.

Synode

LostArt wrote: »

They've been posting bout 6 seperate rooms, so I don't think so

Yes maybe you're right. That place is huge though and can be seperated into multiple rooms

Mince Pie

SligoBrewer wrote: »

The whinging in here. Bloody hell.

Welcome to the internet.

cruhoortwunk

Synode wrote: »

Yes maybe you're right. That place is huge though and can be seperated into multiple rooms

More likely to be the halls and rings here?
http://www.rds.ie/venuemap

Synode

Why do they play Donna Summer 'I feel love' on the radio ad for the festival?

heebusjeebus

Synode wrote: »

Why do they play Donna Summer 'I feel love' on the radio ad for the festival?

Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder