Worst Concert Experience

PTH2009

what was the worst concert experience that has ever happend to you ???

us irish love a good bandwagon so at many concerts here people will go just to say they were there and pay big money to get pissed and cause trouble.

I was one show at the 3arena a few years ago and could not hear a thing becasue a group of lads in front of me decided to have a shouting contest and talk over the band.

When an acoustic song is performed why do people think its ok to start chatting.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

PTH2009 wrote: »

what was the worst concert experience that has ever happend to you ???

us irish love a good bandwagon so at many concerts here people will go just to say they were there and pay big money to get pissed and cause trouble.

I was one show at the 3arena a few years ago and could not hear a thing becasue a group of lads in front of me decided to have a shouting contest and talk over the band.

When an acoustic song is performed why do people think its ok to start chatting.

If you could hear them chatting, the sound quality must have been ****e.

ThisRegard

Santigold in one of the tents a few years ago at Electric Picnic, felt the back of my leg getting warm. Some prick decided to whip it out and piss right there and then. Gave him a shove and his mates came running over and took him out, one apologising saying he always does it.

It was the last night and my jeans and boots were thrown in the bin as soon as I got back to my camper van.

Red Kev

Eric Clapton, Malahide, 2008 (?).

He usually says nothing, fair enough, but the sound was crap, then fell out altogether, pissed rain as well.

Loads of middle aged solicitor types around trying to headbang, fair enough, they paid tp get in so they can headbang away.

Then I lit one up, one of these solicitor types asks me for a drag, I gave it to him and the cnut wouldn't give it back but passed it around his gobshyte mates.

Bollix of a night.

Mr.Crinklewood

Someone took a photo of me in Slane.

ThisRegard

ThisRegard wrote: »

Santigold in one of the tents a few years ago at Electric Picnic, felt the back of my leg getting warm. Some prick decided to whip it out and piss right there and then. Gave him a shove and his mates came running over and took him out, one apologising saying he always does it.

It was the last night and my jeans and boots were thrown in the bin as soon as I got back to my camper van.

It wasn't Santigolds most famous fan obviously...

http://youtu.be/GA8z7f7a2Pk

Worst concert experience? U2, Zooropa, 1992 or 93 in Cork. 'Twas grand actually, just I've preferred all the other ones I've gone to!

Solus, a dance music festival in Carlow in about 08, that was a complete washout, floods everywhere, knee deep in mud, spent day drinking vodka in an empty tent and splashing around.

Red Kev

Red Kev wrote: »

Then I lit one up, one of these solicitor types asks me for a drag, I gave it to him and the cnut wouldn't give it back but passed it around his gonshyte mates.

Bollix of a night.

In fairness, that must be incredibly annoying.

ThisRegard

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It wasn't Santigolds most famous fan obviously...

I don't think he even knew where he was, never mind who he was watching.

Hannibal

Neil Young in the RDS last year. The sound was absolutely atrocious amongst other things. Aiken blamed the wind.
I seen McCartney in the RDS aswell and again crap sound.
It is a terrible venue, not suited to concerts. The sound can't be over a certain volume due to the residents I heard.

ygolometsipe

boyzone....

I am not a girl

Banjo String

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Someone took a photo of me in Slane.

are you a girl:pac:

seamusk84

Solus, a dance music festival in Carlow in about 08, that was a complete washout, floods everywhere, knee deep in mud, spent day drinking vodka in an empty tent and splashing around.[/quote]

That actually sounds like a great day to me.

Benteke

Went to U2 gig back in the day, i won't do that again in a hurry you go to concerts to listen to music not to be preached too

KungPao

Every one since the busy bodies insisted on a limit on decibels at concerts...so basically since the early 00s. These days you can hear idiots nattering to their gob****e friends instead of like the good aul days when your ear drums were blasted.

I remember seeing Blur in 97 in The Point Depot...unreal, so loud and immersive. Saw them again in 2013...meh. And on top of hearing the act mixed with fools blabbering you have to put up with people holding their phones in the air taking poor quality photos/videos.

Concerts used to be a mess of smoke, booze, dancing, messing around...they are so sanitized now. The 3 arena is a very dull place compared to The Point.

MLC_biker

Bob Dylan at the O2 ,never spoke to the audience or introduced the band. Talked rather than sang the songs. First concert I was ever tempted to walk out of...

Kenny Bania

Banjo String wrote: »

are you a girl:pac:

That was the joke. Well done.

This Fat Girl Runs

REM in Marley Park, can't remember the year but it was years ago.

They were over an hour late, only played for about 40 minutes and then getting out of the place was a nightmare.

vicwatson

Prince in Croke Park

Banjo String

Kenny Bania wrote: »

That was the joke.

Never..

Well done.

I thank you.

Saipanne

No major disappointments.

Midlake at the Marquee a few years back. So, one of their best songs is called "Head Home". This fücking sub human cretin spent the entire gig shouting "head home" to the band, all while pretty much ignoring every other song in the set. Unfortunately that song was saved till last.

On reflection, I should have just moved.

This year's Electric Picnic. The week leading up to the festival was an extremely shít week for me on a personal level, and I knew deep down that I wasn't in the right frame of mind, but I told myself I had to at least try. "Sure you'll be grand when you get there, it would be a waste to not go" I told myself. I had my loyalty ticket bought months in advance, and yet couldn't find a single friend to go with in that space of time. I told myself being alone wouldn't be that big of a deal (I go to gigs on my own quite often) but in a festival environment, surrounded by so many groups of people laughing and joking and drinking, and already being in a pretty bad place it just proved too much. I arrived on the Friday evening, packed up and left again on the Saturday morning. Huge waste of time and money, and a crushing feeling of disappointment and failure. In previous years Electric Picnic was one of my favourite places in the whole world; now I'm not sure if I could ever face going back again.

The only redeeming part of the whole mess was that I got to see Grace Jones, and enjoyed her set despite my foul mood. Would have been an even more terrible experience if I left without having seen a single act!

Alf Veedersane

Killers in Marlay Park a few years back.

Bloc Party supported. Class. Killers turned in a good performance too.

But I'd put my faith in Dublin Bus to get me home and it was a f**king shambles. The queuing lasted longer than the music.

jamesbere

Deleted User wrote: »

This year's Electric Picnic. The week leading up to the festival was an extremely shít week for me on a personal level, and I knew deep down that I wasn't in the right frame of mind, but I told myself I had to at least try. "Sure you'll be grand when you get there, it would be a waste to not go" I told myself. I had my loyalty ticket bought months in advance, and yet couldn't find a single friend to go with in that space of time. I told myself being alone wouldn't be that big of a deal (I go to gigs on my own quite often) but in a festival environment, surrounded by so many groups of people laughing and joking and drinking, and already being in a pretty bad place it just proved too much. I arrived on the Friday evening, packed up and left again on the Saturday morning. Huge waste of time and money, and a crushing feeling of disappointment and failure. In previous years Electric Picnic was one of my favourite places in the whole world; now I'm not sure if I could ever face going back again.

The only redeeming part of the whole mess was that I got to see Grace Jones, and enjoyed her set despite my foul mood. Would have been an even more terrible experience if I left without having seen a single act!

Why didn't you put something up in boards before you went, there was bound to be people on here that shared a similar music interest that you could hung around with at least.

languagenerd

I was gonna say it was the time I threw up at Biffy Clyro and had to sit under a table at the back, but then I remembered the Pukkelpop Disaster was technically a concert so, yeah, that'd be it. Most terrifying day of my life, haven't been to any festivals since.

But in terms of actual concerts and bands being terrible...the time I got tickets to Sum 41 for the nostalgia factor and they ended up dropping off the bill and being replaced by The Blackout. Awful show, should've sold my tickets to teenage emos instead :P

tobsey

KungPao wrote: »

Every one since the busy bodies insisted on a limit on decibels at concerts...so basically since the early 00s. These days you can hear idiots nattering to their gob****e friends instead of like the good aul days when your ear drums were blasted.

I remember seeing Blur in 97 in The Point Depot...unreal, so loud and immersive. Saw them again in 2013...meh. And on top of hearing the act mixed with fools blabbering you have to put up with people holding their phones in the air taking poor quality photos/videos.

Concerts used to be a mess of smoke, booze, dancing, messing around...they are so sanitized now. The 3 arena is a very dull place compared to The Point.

You're just going deaf in your old age

Toots

Was this thread not done already just recently? "Worst gig you've ever been at" or something?

PTH2009

Toots wrote: »

Was this thread not done already just recently? "Worst gig you've ever been at" or something?

If u can find it put them together

KatW4

I went to see One Direction in Croke Park (not the bad part). Some little cow behind me decided to punch me in the back over and over because I'm tall. All she had to do was ask if she could stand in front of me but instead she thought she'd force me out of the way. Ruined the whole thing on me.

jamesbere

Should have punched her back.

pappyodaniel

MLC_biker wrote: »

Bob Dylan at the O2 ,never spoke to the audience or introduced the band. Talked rather than sang the songs. First concert I was ever tempted to walk out of...

If this was around 08-09 I walked out of this very concert. It was a shambles.

Toots

PTH2009 wrote: »

If u can find it put them together

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=96028638