2016 gig of the year

PTH2009

What was your gig of the year for 2016 ???

mine has to go too Bruce Springsteen and The ESB Croke Park 27th May 2016

Brillent atmosphere, good sound from my position (307 Cusack Stand lower), good setlist and Bruce and co were on fire. Remember there was a huge que to get passed the ticket check gate from about 5.30pm on the cusack side but we made it in on time to see the whole show

delbertgrady

Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Croke Park, Sunday, May 29th. The 27th was killer (worth the admission for Lost in the Flood alone), but the Sunday night has the edge for me: a contender for the best Springsteen show I've ever seen. Opened with Incident on 57th Street solo piano, closed with Thunder Road solo acoustic. Three in a row from Greetings, full band Youngstown into Murder Incorporated. Phenomenal stuff.

larry1

Springsteen MSG NYC January, Springsteen Croker x2 May, Springsteen Chicago August. #BossisBest

Just change the name of this thread to what was the best Springsteen gig of 2016..;)

bodhrandude

Daniel Avery at Electric Picnic, well for my electronica needs anyway.

PTH2009

larry1 wrote: »

Springsteen MSG NYC January, Springsteen Croker x2 May, Springsteen Chicago August. #BossisBest

Just change the name of this thread to what was the best Springsteen gig of 2016..;)

Started going to Bruce gig's in 2012, a dream of mine is to see him Indoors hopefully it will come though one day. An Amazing artist never disappoints

weldon

I think for me it was The Shins at Electric Picnic. Mainly because out of a bunch of gigs I was at this year it was a fantastic performance that I wasn't necessarily expecting.

i 15

Warpaint national concert hall - awesome

Tom Mann Centuria

Thousand Yard Stare or Frank and Walters at the Shiiine On Weekend. Hadn't seen either live before which helped.

Wanderer78

Death dta

JoeLapira

Fight Like Apes in The Roisin Dubh was immense and Pixies in The Iveagh Gardens were class too although the crowd left alot to be desired that night.

Yellowledbetter

Manic Street Preachers,Liberty Stadium Swansea. Great to hear Everything Must Go in full

Irish_rat

Muse 3Arena, Biffy 3 Arena

corm500

ELO 3arena. Best gig of 2016

delbertgrady

I already posted Springsteen's Sunday night show as my favourite, but Jeff Lynne's ELO really was superb.

adrian522

Girl Band in Vicar Street, followed by The Last Shadow Puppets in the Olympia.

Also really liked Neil Young and Suede this year. Massive Attack probably the most disappointing gig of the year.

mayordenis

At the Drive-In for me.

Gillman1998

Two stand-outs for me, Paul Simon and Sting at the O2 in London and Joe Jackson at the London Palladium. Also Buzzcocks at Cyprus Avenue in Cork.

Arghus

Saw Lordi in Galway back in November. Venue was far too small, but that only made it all the more surreal and perfect. Crowd was extremely enthusiastic and because it didn't start until after midnight, everyone was hyped up to the maximum. Fantastic cheesy fun. One of those where everyone is walking around with a satisfied grin on their faces afterwards.

GLaDOS

Hans Zimmer

4Ad

Iggy Pop Superock Superbock festival in Lisbon..
Jagwar Ma Nos Alive festival also in Lisbon, I wasn't a fan but God they were good, maybe it was the sun, wine and First Night Festival High.
Any Ham Sandwich gog I was at, always great live...IMO..

scruff monkey

Saw a few decent ones this year, Suede were very impressive as was Don Henley.
EP just had a bucket load of good performances (secretly still really impressed with Lana Del Rey) and LCD were an obvious highlight.

Sandwell

It's a toss up for me between the Gloaming and Stars of the Lid, both at the NCH.

Morrison J

Neil Young 3Arena.
New Order at EP.

Both absolutely brilliant.

rednik

Bad Company - 3 Arena
Joe Bonamassa - Vicar Street
John Carpenter - Vicar Street
ELO - 3 Arena
Chris Cornell - Olympia

Birneybau

Radiohead, Primavera.

TheRiverman

Bruce Springsteen Croke Park May 29.I was in the pit close to the stage.Bruce opened with a great solo piano performance of Incident On 57th Street a song I had waited over thirty years to hear and see performed at a show I attended :)

schemingbohemia

LCD Soundsystem at EP was just joyful
Paul Simon at 3 Arena last month was superb amazing band amazing songs
Whitney at EP were brilliant, the drummer/singer was suffering with a hangover but still gave it socks, will probably come back to edit this when brain has cleared

Dibble

Grace Jones in the Olympia

poundhound

David Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall.

Rigor Mortis

LCD Soundsystem at EP and ELO at the 3 Arena

blastman

Frank Turner at the Academy (although all his Irish gigs this year were great)
John Carpenter at Vicar St
Bruce Springsteen at Croker, first night probably slightly edged it
Bad Company at the Point
Supersuckers at the Grand Social

Ferris_Bueller

Caribou at Castlepalooza or else New Order at EP.

peejay1986

Sultans of Ping FC at Whelans, just over a week ago. Damn that was an incredible gig.

PTH2009

peejay1986 wrote: »

Sultans of Ping FC at Whelans, just over a week ago. Damn that was an incredible gig.

Did they pull an Aslan and do 'where mes jumper' a number of times lol

Was at Aslan in Waterford last Friday and it was quite a good gig, we got Crazy world in the middle and for the encore. They played 'lovin me Lately' which was a surprise but it had a brief stoppage because someone had a fall in the front row and the band stopped the gig to make sure the person was OK and gave them the guitarists stool too sit on and then resumed the song. Christy is sounding and looking well again thankfully. I'd say the made in Dublin revisited gig's in Vicar Street over xmas will be brilliant

RayCon

#1 - John Carpenter - Vicar St.
#2 - Blues Pills / Kadavar - Voodoo

Gonzo

VoiVod, Napalm Death, Obituary and Carcass at Vicar Street.

MadYaker

LCD Soundsystem at Glastonbury

Xenji

At The Drive-In - Vicar Street
Ghost - Main Street Armoury, New York

Robotito

Protomartyr in the Workmans Club
Savages at EP

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Robotito wrote: »

Protomartyr in the Workmans Club
Savages at EP

Was very impressed with Savages at EP

Can I count KKC followed by LCD (at EP) as one gig? Damn that was an incredible 3 hours!

O. K. Corral

Muse in The Point

spindex

Sultans of ping at Whelan's also gets my vote, great crowd and gig.

peejay1986

PTH2009 wrote: »

Did they pull an Aslan and do 'where mes jumper' a number of times lol

Oh no. Plenty of great material to fill the set.

mrk75

Neil Young in Belfast
Bruce Springsteen at Croke Park (Sunday night)
Teenage Fanclub at Barrowlands (Glasgow)
Wilco at Iveagh Gardens

s8n

Neil Young Berlin July

ciantheod

Neil Young at the 3arena , scored free tickets when I was broke and played and a savage set with a great band that really energized Neil

MarkKellyIND

U2!!!

miketv

Robotito wrote: »

Protomartyr in the Workmans Club
Savages at EP

Protomartyr was excellent alright. Small crowd and very enjoyable. It wasa stand out for me also.

schemingbohemia

Oh adding John Paul White (of The Civil Wars) in the Fox Theater Vancouver, small crowd, great songs and nice repartee.

sabrewulf

I only was at 6 gigs this year. Out of this

- the farewell gig of FIGHT LIKE APES at Whelans was probably the best (because it was so emotional).
- THE CURE in Cologne wasn't bad either.

RayCon

Xenji wrote: »

Ghost - Main Street Armoury, New York

Jealous :cool:... seriously have to see Ghost live