At The Drive In - Vicar St - 26th March 2016

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JUST ANNOUNCED:
At The Drive In
& special guests Le Butcherettes Official
Vicar Street, Dublin,
Saturday 26 March 2016.

Tickets priced €46.00 (inc booking fee) go on sale Tomorrow at 9am through www.ticketmaster.ie & usual outlets nationwide.

hidinginthebush

This will be a good 'un!

ronano

i got an email, thought it was cheapest 31 euro but **** it with le butcherettes i cant complain. Should be at best a great gig or at worst an interesting one!

If this is even half as good as the TBMC years ago we'll be in for a treat

EDIT: FFS Easter Saturday, have you seen the hotel prices that night :mad:

hidinginthebush

Tickets sorted!

As an aside, while I don't like Le Butcherettes music, they are amazing live, Teri puts on an incredible show.

acquiescefc

bought.yay

2000 was immense

acquiescefc

bought.yay

2000 was immense

JJ

Mine too, I'm excited to see both bands but maybe just that little more for Le Butcherettes. I've been dying to see them come to Dublin. They've played Europe a few times but never included a date here.

Sappy404

€51 is a bit much, isn't it? I mean there's a cheaper option but Ticketmaster haven't made these available.

johnnykilo

Sappy404 wrote: »

€51 is a bit much, isn't it? I mean there's a cheaper option but Ticketmaster haven't made these available.

The seated tickets were around €51 incl booking fee, the standing tickets were around €41 incl booking fee.

Xenji

johnnykilo wrote: »

The seated tickets were around €51 incl booking fee, the standing tickets were around €41 incl booking fee.

E103.50 for 2 standing tickets it cost me this morning on Ticketmaster.

Gonzovision

Paid €51 for standing this morning myself. Didn't see any available for cheaper than the €46.

Sold out now.

JJ

I kinda thought €46 was a bit much at first but then I thought there's At The Drive In & Le Butcherettes and that's a serious 1-2 combo.

johnnykilo

Xenji wrote: »

E103.50 for 2 standing tickets it cost me this morning on Ticketmaster.

There was an option for cheaper tickets: €31, no idea how you get them though. I wanted seated tickets so selected level 2 tickets and they were €46 and €51 with booking fee. I presumed the tickets for €31 were the standing tickets. They're still listed on Ticketmaster

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Xenji

johnnykilo wrote: »

There was an option for cheaper tickets: €31, no idea how you get them though. I wanted seated tickets so selected level 2 tickets and they were €46 and €51 with booking fee. I presumed the tickets for €31 were the standing tickets. They're still listed on Ticketmaster

http://i64.tinypic.com/2lnidt0.png

Yeah saw that myself, but you could not get them, lack of sleep and getting up early did not help with my confusion either, it is strange how much they cost, seating usually is more expensive.

Grayditch

Jim Ward is out. A lot of people think they knew this before tickets went on sale.

Either way, this is absolute ****e news. I was betting on him being the one to hold the songs together live.

Xenji

Terrible news, but something that has been coming since the El Paso Times interview, he is a better player than Omar in my opinion and Cedric does a terrible job of doing his vocals, fans are really not happy about this, especially after all the **** that went on with cancelling the European Antemasque shows last year.

Grayditch

Yeah. Well it's pretty obvious what we'll see at this. A Cedric singing 2 of every 3 syllables and Omar playing what he thinks is a fantastic interpretation of the song.

Now I'm not a "play it like the cd" guy, but this band needs Jim. Whenever I'd watch videos of them when the divas were over-doing it I'd just watch Ward holding it together.

The classic Ward backing vocals, " Have Trigger Will Travel" and "Freight Train Coming" won't sound the same if it's even sung at this.

Xenji

The band ( well mainly Omar ) is getting slaughtered on their Facebook page, in fairness the announcement was weak as ****, they should of at least given a proper statement about the situation or have said one was coming.

hidinginthebush

Xenji wrote: »

The band ( well mainly Omar ) is getting slaughtered on their Facebook page, in fairness the announcement was weak as ****, they should of at least given a proper statement about the situation or have said one was coming.

Like the way the antemasque tour just... wasn't on all of a sudden....

Seriously, I really do love Omar's output all throughout his career, but he needs to sort out if these things are projects he actually wants to do, or is he pushed into it by outside parties and just goes with the flow.

Also just reform the Mars Volta already!!!!

Shakey_jake

Screw those guys, im gutted what a waste!

Grayditch

It's knocked most of the excitement out of the run up for me anyway. Ah well.

lbj666

Gone from uncontrolled exitement to will this actually be worth the cost price they charged for them.

Xenji

lbj666 wrote: »

Gone from uncontrolled exitement to will this actually be worth the cost price they charged for them.

I am debating wether to go now, thanks to hotels jacking up their prices due to the Bank Holiday weekend and everything that goes along with it, this is gonna cost me near €200 not including food and beer.

Xenji

Xenji wrote: »

I am debating wether to go now, thanks to hotels jacking up their prices due to the Bank Holiday weekend and everything that goes along with it, this is gonna cost me near €200 not including food and beer.

Same boat here. Really gutted about this

I'm a big fan of Jim and his work even outside ATDI , met him when Sparta played here in support of the wiretap scars record. A very warm and humble man.

As others have said they felt he holds the show together live , I couldn't agree more. You only have to see some of their live videos for proof of this.

All that said they didn't sound bad at all last night only based on one song uploaded so far though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZFUftLD9g

Concise Maths 3

Just one guys opinion of the gig last night but...

http://www.ocweekly.com/music/at-the-drive-in-kicks-off-2016-tour-by-reigniting-the-observatory-7062080

Xenji

Glad I ended up going in the end, fantastic show and great energy from all the band, the crowd was great as well, full of voice and no ****wits at the lefthand side right up at the barrier, well except for two travellers who got into a brawl near the end.

They only played though for 80 minutes, and kept to basically the same set as the two US shows, not complaining giving the available material.

Grayditch

Fantastic show.

Wasn't expecting Napoleon Solo, so that was savage.

hidinginthebush

Amazing show. Really enjoyed Le Butcherettes as well.

I was never a fan of 300Mhz but live it's a different song entirely, loved it !!!!!!!

Wooderson

Fantastic gig. Rare to experience a show with such energy in Vicar St.

DrumSteve

Really really enjoyed that gig last night.

Those songs are amazing live and surprisingly, they were very tight. No **** ups bar playing 300mhrz at the wrong time.

Part of me would have loved to see Inertiatic esp live again but over all twas worth the effort.

lbj666

From the second the first riff hit for arc arsenal and Cedric started his trademark mucking about with the micstand i knew what form they would be in , savage gig best if seen if a few years.It was as close to their past glories as ya could have hoped for 15 years on.

Jims replacement stepped up to the plate.

To nit pick , its a pity the more of the crowd didn't know the vaya and in casino out stuff and rolodex propaganda wasn't played. I also was standing behind a lad who showed absolutely no emotion the entire gig who wrecked my head.

LizardKing82

lbj666 wrote: »

I also was standing behind a lad who showed absolutely no emotion the entire gig who wrecked my head.

Seriously?

What difference should that make to the show?

The majority of the crowd were going nuts and you allowed one guy (who probably wasnt a fan) to wreck your head!

Grayditch

I'm only getting my voice back now. Crowd was great. Few idiots throwing elbows head height that needed to be calmed down but mostly an incredible vibe.

lbj666

LizardKing82 wrote: »

Seriously?

What difference should that make to the show?

The majority of the crowd were going nuts and you allowed one guy (who probably wasnt a fan) to wreck your head!

Ha ok wreck my head it a bit too far, but he was one of these lads who you just couldnt stop noticing how indifferent he was to the whole thing. People like that are even more noticeable when everything is going off all round them.

lc180

hidinginthebush wrote: »

. Really enjoyed Le Butcherettes as well.

The lead singer was batsh*t crazy! I regret not going in earlier.

horseburger

lbj666 wrote: »

Ha ok wreck my head it a bit too far, but he was one of these lads who you just couldnt stop noticing how indifferent he was to the whole thing. People like that are even more noticeable when everything is going off all round them.

There are people who go to gigs, who opt to not inflict themselves on their fellow gig go-ers, and just prefer to watch the band play and listen to what they are playing.

Anyway, a lot of people who mosh, jump around or whatever at gigs, seem to do so, because they feel they have to, rather than it being a spontaneous uncontrollable reaction that they cannot suppress, as if being cast under a spell by the power of the music or whatever.:)

I mean, when has anyone ever been watching TV at home, or been in the cinema or whatever, or watching live music concerts on dvd or blu ray at home, or on a bus or train listening to music with earphones, and all of a sudden uncontrollably started circle-pitting, crowd surfing, wall of death-ing, slam dancing or moshing?:)

hidinginthebush

lc180 wrote: »

The lead singer was batsh*t crazy! I regret not going in earlier.

Big time. I've seen her twice before and she was actually the most tame I've seen her on Saturday if you can believe that.

lbj666

horseburger wrote: »

There are people who go to gigs, who opt to not inflict themselves on their fellow gig go-ers, and just prefer to watch the band play and listen to what they are playing.

Anyway, a lot of people who mosh, jump around or whatever at gigs, seem to do so, because they feel they have to, rather than it being a spontaneous uncontrollable reaction that they cannot suppress, as if being cast under a spell by the power of the music or whatever.:)

I mean, when has anyone ever been watching TV at home, or been in the cinema or whatever, or watching live music concerts on dvd or blu ray at home, or on a bus or train listening to music with earphones, and all of a sudden uncontrollably started circle-pitting, crowd surfing, wall of death-ing, slam dancing or moshing?:)

This lad didn;t even clap

Interesting thing was , they were very anti mosh pit, crowd surfing back in the day, think they warned people at the TBMC gig. It kinda of stems from the post hardcore fugazi style ethos of trying to have gigs as cheap as possible eg. less chance of injury cheaper to insure. I wasn't expecting Cedric to say anything about the crowd surfing, i presumed the €50 ticket price more than covered it.

hidinginthebush

lbj666 wrote: »

This lad didn;t even clap

Interesting thing was , they were very anti mosh pit, crowd surfing back in the day, think they warned people at the TBMC gig. It kinda of stems from the post hardcore fugazi style ethos of trying to have gigs as cheap as possible eg. less chance of injury cheaper to insure. I wasn't expecting Cedric to say anything about the crowd surfing, i presumed the €50 ticket price more than covered it.

He was actually crowd surfing himself at one of the London gigs!

Arghus

I thought it was a solid gig. I was worried beforehand that they may have been inclined to give a phoning it in type performance, but everything was tight and played with passion. I'm glad they kept it to eighty minutes: All killer, no filler.

Highlight, of a sort, for me was nearly getting trampled by Cedric as he was running/rampaging through the crowd. It was surreal. I was aware that he was in the audience - I could see the top of his big fuzzy afro, off to my left and moving at pace - he was about thirty feet away and then, extremely suddenly, the crowd parted and there he was. I scarcely had time to time to turn around. In my shock I muttered something like, "Oh, Hi Cedric", before I felt my nose crunch into his midriff somewhere, and I was dragged along in the momentum for a good twenty feet or so; trying desperately to right myself and not fall over with all the limbs and bodies of other fellow passengers adding to the confusion. It felt like he was one of those giant freighters plowing through a sea of people.

Have to agree with some of the other comments talking about the excitement levels of the crowd; it was good, but there were plenty of people who really did not seem that bothered about what was going on. I don’t understand it myself. Granted, not everyone wants intense physicality or violence at a gig - I certainly don't. But I do find it a bit odd that at a sold out gig, by a band playing loud and hard music, that so many people can just stand there and look completely nonplussed and unresponsive - with a facial expression that seems more appropriate for literally watching paint dry. I'm not asking for moshing - you know where to get that, if you want it - just a bit of a reaction somehow. I never, ever act aggressively at a gig, but I find it hard, maybe impossible, not to spontaneously start singing lyrics or moving around in response to the music, especially if it's music that I love. I don't do it to bother people, it can just feel like the right thing to do at the time. And being in a crowd where everyone is at it can really elevate the experience, sometimes even if the band on stage are having a night to forget. I've also been to gigs where I've known that the band has really been on form, but the crowd has been dead and lifeless, and it can make it a bit of a letdown. You need a marriage between a good performance and an atmosphere in the crowd for a top gig. I would expect people to more reactive to the music when it’s live: it’s a physical, sensual experience. You can’t compare it to watching a DVD at home. So, sometimes when I see people just standing like bored statues I do wonder: what brought them out tonight?

Wooderson

Good to see all the proper fans explaining to the rest of us how we should behave.

horseburger

Arghus wrote: »

I thought it was a solid gig. I was worried beforehand that they may have been inclined to give a phoning it in type performance, but everything was tight and played with passion. I'm glad they kept it to eighty minutes: All killer, no filler.

Highlight, of a sort, for me was nearly getting trampled by Cedric as he was running/rampaging through the crowd. It was surreal. I was aware that he was in the audience - I could see the top of his big fuzzy afro, off to my left and moving at pace - he was about thirty feet away and then, extremely suddenly, the crowd parted and there he was. I scarcely had time to time to turn around. In my shock I muttered something like, "Oh, Hi Cedric", before I felt my nose crunch into his midriff somewhere, and I was dragged along in the momentum for a good twenty feet or so; trying desperately to right myself and not fall over with all the limbs and bodies of other fellow passengers adding to the confusion. It felt like he was one of those giant freighters plowing through a sea of people.

Have to agree with some of the other comments talking about the excitement levels of the crowd; it was good, but there were plenty of people who really did not seem that bothered about what was going on. I don’t understand it myself. Granted, not everyone wants intense physicality or violence at a gig - I certainly don't. But I do find it a bit odd that at a sold out gig, by a band playing loud and hard music, that so many people can just stand there and look completely nonplussed and unresponsive - with a facial expression that seems more appropriate for literally watching paint dry. I'm not asking for moshing - you know where to get that, if you want it - just a bit of a reaction somehow. I never, ever act aggressively at a gig, but I find it hard, maybe impossible, not to spontaneously start singing lyrics or moving around in response to the music, especially if it's music that I love. I don't do it to bother people, it can just feel like the right thing to do at the time. And being in a crowd where everyone is at it can really elevate the experience, sometimes even if the band on stage are having a night to forget. I've also been to gigs where I've known that the band has really been on form, but the crowd has been dead and lifeless, and it can make it a bit of a letdown. You need a marriage between a good performance and an atmosphere in the crowd for a top gig. I would expect people to more reactive to the music when it’s live: it’s a physical, sensual experience. You can’t compare it to watching a DVD at home. So, sometimes when I see people just standing like bored statues I do wonder: what brought them out tonight?

Some people get as much from a gig by paying attention to the band they paid in to see, watching the band and listening to them, rather than moshing and crowd surfing.

Very often, those who are moshing and crowd surfing are more interested in the side show of moshing and crowd surfing, than actually listening to the band.

Those who like to listen to the band on stage, very often don't like getting distracted by the other side shows going on during gigs.

I wasn't comparing a gig to watching a live dvd at home. The point I was making, is that moshing is not spontaneous or uncontrollable. If it was spontaneous, people who mosh at gigs, would surely also mosh and circle pit and wall of death by themselves when watching dvds of the same bands?:)

Why do they feel they have to mosh at gigs and not in any other situations? Is it just that they'd look pretty silly without anyone else also moshing alongside them?

Arghus

horseburger wrote: »

Some people get as much from a gig by paying attention to the band they paid in to see, watching the band and listening to them, rather than moshing and crowd surfing.

Very often, those who are moshing and crowd surfing are more interested in the side show of moshing and crowd surfing, than actually listening to the band.

Those who like to listen to the band on stage, very often don't like getting distracted by the other side shows going on during gigs.

I wasn't comparing a gig to watching a live dvd at home. The point I was making, is that moshing is not spontaneous or uncontrollable. If it was spontaneous, people who mosh at gigs, would surely also mosh and circle pit and wall of death by themselves when watching dvds of the same bands?:)

Why do they feel they have to mosh at gigs and not in any other situations? Is it just that they'd look pretty silly without anyone else also moshing alongside them?

In my post I say I'm not talking about moshing. I'm talking about how people can seem unresponsive to music, even if it's been played right in front of them. And by responsive I mean anything from flailing about to even just tapping your leg or bobbing your head to the songs; as another poster said, some of the crowd couldn't even be bothered to clap. Personally, I find that a strangely dead and lifeless response.That's what I'm getting at.

Of course, people are entitled to behave whatever way they wish at a gig, provided it doesn't cause physical harm or ruin the enjoyment of others. And the guy standing there in silence could, of course, be a massive fan of a band; as opposed to the guy who is ostensibly really into it - but for whom it's all just another night out, same as any other.. But I do wonder, enthusiasm and interest are hard to suppress, so when I see faces that seem profoundly uninterested - even downright bored - are they puritanically taking it all in, or are they just not that bothered really?

horseburger

Arghus wrote: »

In my post I say I'm not talking about moshing. I'm talking about how people can seem unresponsive to music, even if it's been played right in front of them. And by responsive I mean anything from flailing about to even just tapping your leg or bobbing your head to the songs; as another poster said, some of the crowd couldn't even be bothered to clap. Personally, I find that a strangely dead and lifeless response.That's what I'm getting at.

Of course, people are entitled to behave whatever way they wish at a gig, provided it doesn't cause physical harm or ruin the enjoyment of others. And the guy standing there in silence could, of course, be a massive fan of a band; as opposed to the guy who is ostensibly really into it - but for whom it's all just another night out, same as any other.. But I do wonder, enthusiasm and interest are hard to suppress, so when I see faces that seem profoundly uninterested - even downright bored - are they puritanically taking it all in, or are they just not that bothered really?

People don't need to be moving or flailing about, banging into people beside them, to be enjoying a gig.

If someone is standing, watching and listening to the band, not clapping and not singing very badly and loudly into the ears of everyone around them, they are very likely paying more attention to the gig than people who are - if not moshing - then moving about in a choreographed, premeditated and deliberate fashion.

Perhaps a line dance would be more enjoyable?

Arghus

Perhaps it would.

Choreographed, premeditated and deliberate?

Does this include all forms of movement - inclusive of dancing? Or are we talking about assault or GBH?

horseburger

Arghus wrote: »

Perhaps it would.

Choreographed, premeditated and deliberate?

Does this include all forms of movement - inclusive of dancing? Or are we talking about assault or GBH?

I would not consider what people were doing at the gig as dancing.

I said that it was choreographed, premeditated and deliberate, because there is nothing improvised or spontaneous about activity like moshing, crowd surfing, wall of death-ing or circle pit-ing. Those who do these activities at gigs are not being carried away on some sort of positive high as a result of the music they are hearing at the gig.

They are just pushing and jumping up against each other, because they consider it the done thing, and in many cases, they do it with their backs to the stage and it looks pretty silly.

Peter File

So patrons who pay a lot of money to stand and enjoy the concert rather than mosh and charge and jump into people are being criticised. What is wrong with just going to a show and leaving others to enjoy the concert in peace

ts_editor

Arghus wrote: »

... when I see faces that seem profoundly uninterested - even downright bored - are they puritanically taking it all in, or are they just not that bothered really?

It could be.

One body of gig attenders, yet unmentioned here, are the +1s.
Those goodhearted friends of the fans who wouldn't otherwise be at the show because "no-one would go with me! "

Grayditch

I'd lost my friends within the first song, ha. Scattered everywhere.