Fleet Foxes in Iveagh Gardens July 14th

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chewey91

Any luck with these presale tix? Keep getting an error saying 'Sorry, there was an error with search.'

chewey91

Got 4 tix sorted through the spotify presale. No 9am madness on Thursday!

The Nal

These guys could be the first band on a CD I make called "Bands I Don't Care About".

Peter File

The Nal wrote: »

These guys could be the first band on a CD I make called "Bands I Don't Care About".

Whatever

former total

The Nal wrote: »

These guys could be the first band on a CD I make called "Bands I Don't Care About".

Is that the follow-up to the critically acclaimed debut "Check out how cool I am, I don't like bands that other people like and want everyone to know it"?

former total

Anyway... this could be a great gig. Not sure how outdoors would suit them though?

scruff monkey

Could be tempted by this one...

and lads, just stick yer man on ignore, not worth getting het up about.

Thundercats Ho

Picked up a pair of tickets, and think it'll be a nice venue to see them in.

I had stopped listening to them for whatever reason for a few years, and heard battery kinzie on the radio a while back and it piqued my interest again.

WindmillWarrior

Delighted to hear this. I didn't know they were back together. New album in the offing I presume/hope?

eyeball kid

WindmillWarrior wrote: »

Delighted to hear this. I didn't know they were back together. New album in the offing I presume/hope?

Same here. Saw them a few years ago in London. They were great. Not sure if they'll suit outdoors but I bought a couple of tickets anyway. Hopefully there is a new album coming.

Effects

Sound was really nice in Iveagh Gardens this year. It's also a gig that will probably sell mainly to fans so you won't get the after work crowd that ruins a lot of gigs there.

cruhoortwunk

Iveagh worked well for Wilco, Grizzly Bear, Frames so I'd say it will work for Fleet Foxes

Easy Rod

Effects wrote: »

Sound was really nice in Iveagh Gardens this year. It's also a gig that will probably sell mainly to fans so you won't get the after work crowd that ruins a lot of gigs there.

Disagree. Turlough and Grainne will be finishing up their audit at 4pm and will be dying for a pint in the sun... "Apparently there's some band playing in Iveagh gardens so let's head there for a natter. I spent a Summer repping in Mykonos so I can relate to their tunes"

Xenji

I wonder if they will play the big top at the Galway Arts Festival as well, St. Vincent and Grizzly Bear did both venues.

cruhoortwunk

Xenji wrote: »

I wonder if they will play the big top at the Galway Arts Festival as well, St. Vincent and Grizzly Bear did both venues.

It's a common pairing all right

Effects

Easy Rod wrote: »

Disagree. Turlough and Grainne will be finishing up their audit at 4pm and will be dying for a pint in the sun... "Apparently there's some band playing in Iveagh gardens so let's head there for a natter. I spent a Summer repping in Mykonos so I can relate to their tunes"

That won't happen if it sells out, like people are predicting.

Conor Bourke

Saw them at the Marquee in Cork in 2011, really looking forward to this!

Xenji

Saw them play back in 2008 in Shepard's Bush with Joshua pulling double duty as he opened as well, you could honestly hear a pin drop the crowd where so into it during the songs, seen them again in the Roundhouse and it was the same, but anytime I have seen them outdoors the shows just seem to lose a bit of the magic.

Peter File

They have announced an extra concert on July 13 as the Friday concert is sold out. New show goes on sale this morning at 9am

AnnaSophia

My dad can't make it to this on Friday night, and will sell both tickets for €60, in Kells/Delvin area.

WindmillWarrior

Weather lookin half daycent for Fridays gig. Very much looking forward to it.
They played Cork last night, and tonight. Any langers on here in attendance? ;-)

Thundercats Ho

Has the gig info been released?
Support band
Stage times

ngunners

WindmillWarrior wrote: »

Weather lookin half daycent for Fridays gig. Very much looking forward to it.
They played Cork last night, and tonight. Any langers on here in attendance? ;-)

I'm going to tonight's gig in the Cork Opera House. Will report back.

ngunners

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Has the gig info been released?
Support band
Stage times

Lyla Foy is the support. Think Fleet Foxes are on at 9...not 100% though.

Mushy

Wasn't at the cork gig but heard good reports. Saw them Saturday and were very good, will be enjoyable shows.

BullBlackNova

WindmillWarrior wrote: »

Weather lookin half daycent for Fridays gig. Very much looking forward to it.
They played Cork last night, and tonight. Any langers on here in attendance? ;-)

Was at Tuesday's show in the Opera House and they sounded great.
Played a good chunk of albums #1 and #3 - 22 songs over ~1hr 55 mins by my count.
Robin Pecknold's voice sounds perfect and he was telling stories about road trips in Cork and Kerry as a youngster, joking with the crowd throughout.
The sheer level of instrumentation is impressive to see, too - the amount of mid-song instrument changes is very impressive.
Setlist is here https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/fleet-foxes/2017/cork-opera-house-cork-ireland-be459fa.html
I won't post much about it in case anyone doesn't want to know in advance, but a personal highlight was hearing 'Oliver James', while 'Third of May' sounded superb.

ngunners

So, last night's gig...

It got off to a pretty slow start I thought. Lots of chatter in the audience,which was a bit distracting during some of the quieter moments. It really picked up about half way through and the second half of the gig really blew me away.

I agree with the above poster that Robin Pecknold's voice and the instrument changes were amazing. They played "kept woman" for the first time of the tour which was a really special moment (I'm not a superfan so I had to look up the song title).

Then for the encore they played a song that Pecknold claimed not to have even heard?! for 8 years. Innocent Son. It was prompted by an audience member just in front of the stage I think. He kept messing up the lyrics and then they played their planned encore. Afterwards, Pecknold came back on stage and nailed the song (he said he wanted to play it because it seemed like the aforementioned audience member really wanted to hear it).

Oh yeah, and the few bits of banter during the gig were really funny and genuine. Pecknold asked if anyone had seen Annie (which is coming to the Opera House soon) and then sang a couple of lines of "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow".

If they come back to Cork I'll definitely be there!

brevity

Yea they were good. I liked the fact that it was the first time he played the song...made the gig a bit more special.

The crowd was poor imo. Too much chatter and noise. Really stood out during the quieter songs. Why they have a bar in there is beyond me. Just go upstairs...

Xenji

I saw them play in Shepherds Bush in 2008 with Josh doing double duty supporting as well, you could hear a pin drop during both sets, have never experienced any similar atmospheres since, it was like the crowd had a deep reverence for what they were seeing.

Zeek12

Brilliant gig at the Iveagh gardens last night (Thursday). Perfect venue for a band like this.
They were in top form and really seemed to be enjoying it. They played a nice mix of new tunes and plenty of favourites from the earlier albums - Mykonos, Ragged Wood, Oliver James, Helplessness blues- to name just a few.
Pecknold is one powerful vocalist.

Enjoy it tonight anyone who is going. You're in for a treat

Day Lewin

Really looking forward to this...watching the weather - can't wait!

Oh - and I heard of two spare tickets looking for a home, owing to a series of unfortunate events.

eyeball kid

Zeek12 wrote: »

Brilliant gig at the Iveagh gardens last night (Thursday). Perfect venue for a band like this.
They were in top form and really seemed to be enjoying it. They played a nice mix of new tunes and plenty of favourites from the earlier albums - Mykonos, Ragged Wood, Oliver James, Helplessness blues- to name just a few.
Pecknold is one powerful vocalist.

Enjoy it tonight anyone who is going. You're in for a treat

Sounds good.
What were the stage times and did they play long?
Really looking forward to it.

Battery Kinzie

That was great last night. They started at 8.45 on the dot and played at least 20 songs.

The Shrine/An Argument was a particular highlight.

Zeek12

eyeball kid wrote: »

Sounds good.
What were the stage times and did they play long?
Really looking forward to it.

They came on shortly after half 8. Played for almost 2 hours

eyeball kid

Thanks. Is the support act worth checking out?

Zeek12

Support was Lyla Foy.

Grand....easy listening

Day Lewin

Favoloso!! Loved it. What a perfect evening.

Notorious

Great gig last night. I missed seeing the Fleet Foxes when they were here a few years ago, and I was delighted to catch them again. As others said above; Robin Pecknold has an amazing set of vocals, however they did start to give out towards the end of his set. You could hear his voice breaking on some of his solo songs. He mentioned how delighted he was that they'd a day off today.

When he came on for their encore he mentioned that the band would play two songs and he'd stay onstage to play some songs fans had been requesting. There was a lot of people in the crowd just chatting (not sure why you'd go to a gig and spend the whole time chatting with your back to the band), so it was hard to hear what he'd said. Sure enough the band left after the encore and Pecknold stayed on stage for another three solo Fleet Foxes songs.

Great performance from the whole band. I wasn't sure what to expect, but Pecknold is a great frontman. There was a lot of messing around with the crowd, and showed good chemistry with the band too. He got a great laugh out of the crowd when he played a song after his encore and admitted that he'd forgotten the words.

3rd of May, Helplessness Blues, Your Protector, and Oliver James were some of the standout tracks.

Thundercats Ho

Really enjoyable gig, despite the worst bunch of chatters I've seen at a gig. Found a better spot at the back after a bit of moving around.

At some points it felt like a gig in a beer garden, there were so few people interested.

kunst nugget

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Really enjoyable gig, despite the worst bunch of chatters I've seen at a gig. Found a better spot at the back after a bit of moving around.

At some points it felt like a gig in a beer garden, there were so few people interested.

I'd some D4 gobsheen behind me at one stage giving a running commentary to his mate during the quieter acoustic songs. So annoying.

The band were in great form though. Delighted I got to see them

OwaynOTT

Best gig I was at this year. They really have a great set of songs to choose from. Disappointed meadowlarks didn't get a turn but other than, it was perfect.
Have to say, didn't really notice much chatters. Crowd seemed good.
Hopefully they stay together for many more years.

Zeek12

3rd of May is an outstanding tune.
I'm still acclimatising to the new album....but this one really stands out.
So glad I caught them live this time. What an exceptional band.

sydthebeat

I must admit I was fairly blown away by their more "prog" elements, especially the new songs. There's definitely a taste of piper at the gates of dawn in some of those new songs live. Right up my street.

Like others, I was highly impressed in the vocal range, raspy and violent to warm and innocent.

Unforgettable and unique

Placid_Casual

Was lucky enough to have gotten along both nights. They, and particularly Robin, were outstanding both nights. Like others have mentioned, they seemed to be genuinely really enjoying themselves. In stark contrast to when I lat saw them in Belfast in 2011, when they seemed to be going through the motions. I didn't realise it at the time but there was obviously a lot of tension in the band then, particularly Robin and Josh.
Speaking of whom, I felt like they do miss him in a live context, purely for the harmonies. They just don't have the same depth without him and I feel like there's certain harmony laden songs that they may be deliberately leaving off the setlist because they just can't do them without him (e.g. Montezuma, Sin Sala Bin, Sun Giant). Although, as others have mentioned, Robin's vocals were top quality and maybe they stand out more without Josh.

Anyway, highlights for me over both nights were He Doesn't Know Why, The Shrine/An Argument and Oliver James.

OwaynOTT

Placid_Casual wrote: »

Was lucky enough to have gotten along both nights. They, and particularly Robin, were outstanding both nights. Like others have mentioned, they seemed to be genuinely really enjoying themselves. In stark contrast to when I lat saw them in Belfast in 2011, when they seemed to be going through the motions. I didn't realise it at the time but there was obviously a lot of tension in the band then, particularly Robin and Josh.
Speaking of whom, I felt like they do miss him in a live context, purely for the harmonies. They just don't have the same depth without him and I feel like there's certain harmony laden songs that they may be deliberately leaving off the setlist because they just can't do them without him (e.g. Montezuma, Sin Sala Bin, Sun Giant). Although, as others have mentioned, Robin's vocals were top quality and maybe they stand out more without Josh.

Anyway, highlights for me over both nights were He Doesn't Know Why, The Shrine/An Argument and Oliver James.

I neber thought of that with regards missing him for harmonies. Pity becuase those two you mentioned are two of my favourites.