Hans Zimmer Tour

GavRedKing

It may suit the Gigs & Events sub forum better but anyway, Hans Zimmer is doing a European Tour and stops off in the 3 Arena on May 26th.

Tickets are on sale in a few minutes.

I'm tempted enough to go to this as I think it would be oretty interesting to hear with an orchestra and choir and the man himself.

Mods, feel free to move if necesary.

Tefral

GavRedKing wrote: »

It may suit the Gigs & Events sub forum better but anyway, Hans Zimmer is doing a European Tour and stops off in the 3 Arena on May 26th.

Tickets are on sale in a few minutes.

I'm tempted enough to go to this as I think it would be oretty interesting to hear with an orchestra and choir and the man himself.

Mods, feel free to move if necesary.

I went to the Revealed in Hammersmith. Its an unbelievable night. Well worth going if you like his music. Hair was standing off the back of my neck when he performed "Time."

Falthyron

cronin_j wrote: »

I went to the Revealed in Hammersmith. Its an unbelievable night. Well worth going if you like his music. Hair was standing off the back of my neck when he performed "Time."

Precisely why I bought two tickets last week. I have always wanted to see him live, but any time I looked for tickets he seemed to only tour in Germany/Austria or the U.S. Delighted he is coming to Ireland and I hope it sells out to encourage other composers to visit Ireland as well.

I am hoping to hear 'Journey to the line', 'A Way of Life', 'Time', 'No Time for Caution' and a few of his classics from Pirates, The Rock and Gladiator!

Keyzer

Tickets are very pricey. 65 brick for cheapest ticket.

Tefral

Falthyron wrote: »

Precisely why I bought two tickets last week. I have always wanted to see him live, but any time I looked for tickets he seemed to only tour in Germany/Austria or the U.S. Delighted he is coming to Ireland and I hope it sells out to encourage other composers to visit Ireland as well.

I am hoping to hear 'Journey to the line', 'A Way of Life', 'Time', 'No Time for Caution' and a few of his classics from Pirates, The Rock and Gladiator!

Its unbelievable. I would be shocked if he doesnt do it the same way as the one in the Apollo last year. There's a documentary on it here: https://youtu.be/jEu-ESPmqs8

The ones he did before were:

1. Driving Miss Daisy, Sherlock and Madagascar
2. Crimson Tide
3. Angles and Demons
4. Gladiator
5. The Da Vinci Code
6. The Lion King
7 Pirates of the Carribean
Intermisson
8. True Romance
9. Rain man and Green Card
10. Man of Steel
11. Thin Red Line
12. Spiderman (Will Pharrell came along for this)
13. Dark Knight
14. Inception.

He did it as movies, he hit all the greats (like chevalier sangreal etc) and finished the whole thing with Time. You could have heard a pin drop when he played it. To actually see Satnam Ramgotra playing Mombasa is a sight to behold. Hes like an octopus playing the drums!

Keyzer wrote: »

Tickets are very pricey. 65 brick for cheapest ticket.

Worth every cent to be honest. Expect Johnny Marr to be there also!

GavRedKing

Floor tickets are very expensive at over €100 but I'm currently trying to convince someone to come along to no avail.

NUTZZ

I bought two tickets for the floor this morning, ridiculously expensive, but I know it will be an unbelievable experience.

Theboinkmaster

I'm sure it will be great but won't sell out at those prices, way too much.

ktulu123

Got mine in the pre-sale on Friday, expensive as **** but I don't care. I never thought he would come here and was expecting to have to travel to the UK to see him. Delighted! I can't fecking wait. I'm sure he will play all of the usual favourites but im hoping some of the Last Samurai comes up. It's my favorite of his scores

bloominballix

Silly money, no way will it sell out. You'd be better off picking one up off a tout outside the venue for half the price.

mikekerry

I paid 226 for 2 tickets in the presale!
a xmas present, an expensive xmas present!

NUTZZ

He'll be accompanied by his band, an orchestra and a choir, who will play a selection from the 120+ films that he has scored over the course of his long and successful career. The show is promised to be a 'visual spectacle', too - with lighting by the renowned lighting designer Marc Brickman.

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Shane St.

Hopefully he plays a lot of the Interstellar soundtrack. Im def interested

NUTZZ

Shane St. wrote: »

Hopefully he plays a lot of the Interstellar soundtrack. Im def interested

I think he'll play a medley of the soundtrack. It will be amazing in real life.

jones

Got 4 tickets with three pre-sale really looking forward to it!! Zimmer is up there with John Williams composerwise for me

Kiith

I'd love to go, but i ****ing hate that i can't pick specific seats on the ticketmaster website. Best seats available puts me in the A area, which probably can't even see the bloody stage. Surely they have the ability to allow us to pick specific seats?

ktulu123

Kiith wrote: »

I'd love to go, but i ****ing hate that i can't pick specific seats on the ticketmaster website. Best seats available puts me in the A area, which probably can't even see the bloody stage. Surely they have the ability to allow us to pick specific seats?

Yeah bit of a disaster there really. If we can pick specific seats in lansdowne, why can't we for this place? Saying that, I got unreal seats in the pre-sale

JaMarcusHustle

You can pick what block you want to sit in on Ticketmaster.

I kept picking Best Available, and it was putting me in Block A way off to the side. I selected Block D, and it found me 3 tickets. Right in the middle.

geecee

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

You can pick what block you want to sit in on Ticketmaster.

I kept picking Best Available, and it was putting me in Block A way off to the side. I selected Block D, and it found me 3 tickets. Right in the middle.

How exactly can you choose the block?
It keeps trying to stick me in the G or A blocks... right at the edge!

JaMarcusHustle

Use the mobile website on your phone. For some reason, it doesn't look like you can choose the block on the full website, but you can on mobile under "Select Location".

Macker1

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

You can pick what block you want to sit in on Ticketmaster.

I kept picking Best Available, and it was putting me in Block A way off to the side. I selected Block D, and it found me 3 tickets. Right in the middle.

How can you get to choose a specific Block? I keep getting directed to Block G off at the side.

Maybe Tickets are selling out ?????????? Would love to get two good seats as a 40th Birthday present for Brother but will have to wait till payday next week.

JaMarcusHustle

Macker1 wrote: »

How can you get to choose a specific Block? I keep getting directed to Block G off at the side.

Maybe Tickets are selling out ?????????? Would love to get two good seats as a 40th Birthday present for Brother but will have to wait till payday next week.

See my post just above yours. Those screenshots are from 5 minutes ago. Doesn't necessarily mean seats are available in all those blocks, but Best Available usually resorts to the most expensive tickets - and for some reason, Blocks A and G are more expensive than those like Block D.

geecee

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Use the mobile website on your phone. For some reason, it doesn't look like you can choose the block on the full website, but you can on mobile under "Select Location".
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Thanks! Will check it out!

Kiith

Christ, they really make it difficult to buy the seats you want. Get them fine on the mobile site, followed by an error over and over again when I try to order them. Then I can't do it on the full site, as you can't pick specific seats. **** sake :mad:

Got some tickets there, Block D. Way more effort then i'd planned on spending, and bloody expensive, but glad I got them.

3rdDegree

cronin_j wrote: »

The ones he did before were:

1. Driving Miss Daisy, Sherlock and Madagascar
2. Crimson Tide
3. Angles and Demons
4. Gladiator
5. The Da Vinci Code
6. The Lion King
7 Pirates of the Carribean
Intermisson
8. True Romance
9. Rain man and Green Card
10. Man of Steel
11. Thin Red Line
12. Spiderman (Will Pharrell came along for this)
13. Dark Knight
14. Inception.

I was really considering going to this (at those prices, I presume there are still tickets left), but seeing this list, I'm not sure I'd get value for money. I really only know (and love) less than half of those pieces! Thought I was a fan, but I think I'm just a blow-in!

Falthyron

Quick update on this from the Hans Zimmer website:

It has now been announced that on selected dates the legendary guitarist Johnny Marr will be joining Zimmer’s studio band, orchestra and choir bringing the total number of musicians on stage to over 70.

Appearing on the whole tour, as featured performers will be Lebo M, the world famous voice from the score of The Lion King, and guitarist Mike Einziger from the band Incubus.

Marr has collaborated with Zimmer on the soundtracks for Inception, The Amazing Spiderman 2 and most recently the score for Freeheld. Johnny will be appearing at the following Hans Zimmer Live On Tour 2016 shows :

6th/7th April - London, The SSE Arena, Wembley
20th April - Berlin, Mercedes Benz Arena
26th May - Manchester, Manchester Arena
29th May - Dublin, 3 Arena
5th June - Orange, Theatre Antique d’Orange

Lucky us!

EDIT: The quote is taken from Hans Zimmer's website. It would seem they mixed up the dates for Dublin and Manchester.

Falthyron

Looks like we are getting tracks from Interstellar!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJgF8DWCmW8

Dave_The_Sheep

That's my birthday present for myself sorted, nice one.

jones

Love zimmer's scores so really looking forward to this. Inception Dark knight and interstellar being highlights for me

bnt

I'm tempted too, it looks like a solid band he's got there. I know Guthrie Govan (the guy with the ginger hair) from his work with Steven Wilson and his own band The Aristocrats (who have been in Dublin a couple of times): possibly the greatest all-round guitarist working today. He says that Hans contacted him on Facebook and he thought he was being spoofed ...

bnt

bnt wrote: »

I'm tempted too, it looks like a solid band he's got there. I know Guthrie Govan (the guy with the ginger hair) from his work with Steven Wilson and his own band The Aristocrats (who have been in Dublin a couple of times): possibly the greatest all-round guitarist working today. He says that Hans contacted him on Facebook and he thought he was being spoofed ...

I see Mike Einziger in there too. He plays lead guitar, piano, sings backing vocals and writes songs for Incubus. Hans obviously isn't fúcking around when it comes to putting a band together. As a musician, I imagine this is a dream job to land no matter what your regular gig is.

I'm really looking forward to this.

Kiith

I was really looking forward to this...but now i can't go. Work stuff all next week.

Absolutely disgusted

Sad Professor

Kiith wrote: »

I was really looking forward to this...but now i can't go. Work stuff all next week.

Absolutely disgusted

I'd be telling work stuff to get fcuked tbh. It's never worth it.

Kiith

I normally would, but this is one instance where some upgrades have to be done by the end of May, or there will be war.

So unless something major changes, i be screwed

bnt

More guitars, anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3W5DZd2vFo

Elessar

Cannot wait for this on Thursday!

NUTZZ

Elessar wrote: »

Cannot wait for this on Thursday!

Me too! It's the most I've been looking forward to a live performance for a very long time!

I'm sitting just a few rows back from the front which makes it even better!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RxabLA7UQ9k

It's finally Time.

Longest wait for a Christmas present ever but it'll be worth it.

MfMan

Where yese parking? Any tips?

readytosnap

Have 2 tickets but cannot go, anybody want them?

Scratch that they are now gone.

Dave_The_Sheep

MfMan wrote: »

Where yese parking? Any tips?

You might be alright parking in the Park and getting the Luas up from there. Personally taking the train to Connolly and Luas up from there.

mikekerry

There are luas works so luas stops at jervis.
The car parks around the arena all appear to be booked out.

Falthyron

Wow! What an experience! Incredible night. The man is a genius and a fantastic performer!

JaMarcusHustle

That was incredible. Once in a lifetime experience - far better than any band I've ever seen live. Delighted to have witnessed that.

Hrududu

How could a person be expected to sleep after that? I was expecting epic, I was not expecting just how epic it would be. He had it dialled up to 11 from the off. Also he seems like a lovely guy and really gave his fellow musicians as much of the limelight as possible.

3rdDegree

Thought the first half was great, but a bit disappointed with the second half. Too much mad, over repetitive percussion bits for my liking. Extremely disappointed with the Dark Knight suite. I expected that to be the highlight and it was a bit of a mess.
Overall, a good show, brilliantly performed, but I think he could have chosen his pieces better. No doubt when he reads this post, he'll be devastated.

Still very glad I went. Won't see him again and he is a legend.

That was something else, it truly was. The musicianship was top notch as a given, but the sound and lighting were amazing also.

Even though they are almost finished the tour now, Hans and the band/orchestra seem to be in great humour and still enjoying it immensely. I can only hope that this will give him the itch to tour again soon.

Credit to the Dublin crowd. You could literally hear a pin drop (or a mallet on a piano string) as Hans played the piano on his own for parts of the Superman and Inception themes. The silence for this in the 3 Arena was a beautiful thing.

Beautiful - that's what I'm going with, it really was a beautiful evening. Even though it was a present, the ticket cost 2/3 of the price of some gigs I've been to where I didn't leave with a fraction of the feeling afterwards.

mikekerry

Tickets were expensive but worth every cent.
amazing gig, a very funny guy.
The band and choir were brilliant also. I was expecting a serious german man!
The only small quibble I would have is it would have been good to have the name of the film medley he was doing on the screen above as sometimes he didn't quite say.
The encore was incredible also, the finish was top notch.
10/10

DrumSteve

stankratz wrote: »

That was something else, it truly was. The musicianship was top notch as a given, but the sound and lighting were amazing also.

Even though they are almost finished the tour now, Hans and the band/orchestra seem to be in great humour and still enjoying it immensely. I can only hope that this will give him the itch to tour again soon.

Credit to the Dublin crowd. You could literally hear a pin drop (or a mallet on a piano string) as Hans played the piano on his own for parts of the Superman and Inception themes. The silence for this in the 3 Arena was a beautiful thing.

Beautiful - that's what I'm going with, it really was a beautiful evening. Even though it was a present, the ticket cost 2/3 of the price of some gigs I've been to where I didn't leave with a fraction of the feeling afterwards.

Just on this... best crowd for a gig I've seen in a while. Everyone just enjoyed the gig and there was no talking at all going on during it.

Hans was excellent, I look forward to checking out his "funk" band also.

mikekerry

yes the crowd were great.
I've seem people record pretty much the entire gig on their phone ( why bother going?)
but the crowd were good, they just enjoyed the experience and very little picture taking going on for a change.

Theboinkmaster

3rdDegree wrote: »

Thought the first half was great, but a bit disappointed with the second half. Too much mad, over repetitive percussion bits for my liking. Extremely disappointed with the Dark Knight suite. I expected that to be the highlight and it was a bit of a mess.
Overall, a good show, brilliantly performed, but I think he could have chosen his pieces better. No doubt when he reads this post, he'll be devastated.

Still very glad I went. Won't see him again and he is a legend.

I agree it was incredible but my one complaint also was the batman section, thought it was a mess and was looking forward to it all night.

Highlights for me were crimson tide, pirates of the Caribbean and inception.

Epic concert.