The National - Donnybrook Stadium - 15th & 16th June 2018

flasher0030 · 14-02-2018 4:41pm

I was hoping that the main support for either day has not been announced yet, based on what was mentioned.

Irish_rat · 19-02-2018 12:58pm

dinneenp wrote: »

You're forgetting that the Aiken website now says 'VERY special guest' for Friday, not just Speical guest. Has to be U2, Daft Punk, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins or similar. Otherwise they're selling false hype!

FFS

:mad:

tvarma7 · 23-02-2018 12:39am

Hi all. I am looking to swap my two tickets for the Saturday (16 June) show for a pair to the Friday gig.

Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks.

Eod100 · 27-02-2018 10:19am

More special guests announced at 10am apparently

lc180 · 27-02-2018 10:29am

Eod100 wrote: »

More special guests announced at 10am apparently

Aldous Harding’s also cancelled her tour so won't be appearing on the Saturday.

lc180 · 27-02-2018 11:11am

John Grant and Preoccupations added for the Friday.

Cate Le Bon added for the Saturday

ghostdancer · 27-02-2018 11:17am

damn, have a Saturday ticket but much prefer Friday's lineup now.
not familiar with Cate Le Bon's stuff though TBH.

lc180 · 27-02-2018 11:21am

ghostdancer wrote: »

damn, have a Saturday ticket but much prefer Friday's lineup now.
not familiar with Cate Le Bon's stuff though TBH.

I'm not a huge John Grant fan but Preoccupations is a great little addition.

Still one more to be announced for Saturday by the looks of it.

eyeball kid · 27-02-2018 11:22am

ghostdancer wrote: »

damn, have a Saturday ticket but much prefer Friday's lineup now.
not familiar with Cate Le Bon's stuff though TBH.

Same here. Would loved to have seen John Grant.

ghostdancer · 27-02-2018 11:37am

I'll probably just end up getting a Friday ticket closer the time, given that there's likely to be 2 completely different National setlists :pac:

BullBlackNova · 27-02-2018 12:50pm

That Friday line-up is excellent. Not sure I'd be able to travel for that day. If it was on the Saturday, I'd be all for it!!

Preoccupations and John Grant are both brilliant live.

Saruwatari · 01-03-2018 3:40pm

Of course the one gig Preoccupations put on in Dublin is as a support act to three other bands I couldn't give a ****e about.

Eod100 · 01-03-2018 4:20pm

ghostdancer wrote: »

damn, have a Saturday ticket but much prefer Friday's lineup now.
not familiar with Cate Le Bon's stuff though TBH.

I've seen Lisa Hannigan a fair bit. Think she's awesome but am keen see Villagers who haven't seen in ages. Would have liked to have seen John Grant but my ticket is got at this stage!

whatever76 · 02-03-2018 1:29pm

Just spotted on Facebook that Sat is now Sold Out !

Foreign Sports · 02-03-2018 9:28pm

Saruwatari wrote: »

Of course the one gig Preoccupations put on in Dublin is as a support act to three other bands I couldn't give a ****e about.

Must check out their album. I have the Viet Cong album and just got a pleasant surprise when I googled them. Didn't realise they are the same band!!

Saruwatari · 03-03-2018 5:36pm

Foreign Sports wrote: »

Must check out their album. I have the Viet Cong album and just got a pleasant surprise when I googled them. Didn't realise they are the same band!!

Yeah they went for a name-change after some controversy surrounding 'Viet Cong'. Their first LP under the new name wasn't as good as good as hoped but the tracks they've previewed off the new album out this month are VERY promising.

BullBlackNova · 03-03-2018 6:48pm

I really enjoyed the first LP released under the Preoccupations name. Saw them live on it too and they were great so high hopes for album #2 (or 3 if we count Viet Cong?).

Is this likely to be one stage and bands just lining up after each other all day? Because if so, that is some juxtaposition in sound to go from Preoccupations to Jay Som, Lisa Hannigan or John Grant!!

Eod100 · 03-03-2018 7:14pm

BullBlackNova wrote: »

I really enjoyed the first LP released under the Preoccupations name. Saw them live on it too and they were great so high hopes for album #2 (or 3 if we count Viet Cong?).

Is this likely to be one stage and bands just lining up after each other all day? Because if so, that is some juxtaposition in sound to go from Preoccupations to Jay Som, Lisa Hannigan or John Grant!!

Yeah would imagine its a one stage set up !

xkat11 · 08-03-2018 2:21am

I'm a bit disappointed with the line up for both days, don't know any of these artists... I was hoping for the War on Drugs or similar...

Any quick suggestions on songs to familiarize myself with the Friday lineup?

Somedaythefire · 08-03-2018 12:42pm

xkat11 wrote: »

I'm a bit disappointed with the line up for both days, don't know any of these artists... I was hoping for the War on Drugs or similar...

Any quick suggestions on songs to familiarize myself with the Friday lineup?

Jay Som - One more time, please
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YU_yBBd0cA

dinneenp · 08-03-2018 1:44pm

Another Jay Som song-
https://open.spotify.com/track/5280Me7PZs7P2UPVfcSOEq?si=Hz6iuGIETWOe8GCYok1Mcg

I never heard if her before thus gig, really liking her. Reminds me if Cathy Davy.

John Grant - list to his first album

xkat11 · 16-03-2018 12:19am

thanks for the recommendations guys!

BullBlackNova · 16-03-2018 9:45am

dinneenp wrote: »

Another Jay Som song-
https://open.spotify.com/track/5280Me7PZs7P2UPVfcSOEq?si=Hz6iuGIETWOe8GCYok1Mcg

I never heard if her before thus gig, really liking her. Reminds me if Cathy Davy.

John Grant - list to his first album

John Grant's first album is my favourite of his (and one my favourites of all time) but the last few times I saw him live, he leaned a lot more towards the sound of the second and third ones, even rejigging some of his old stuff to be a bit more electronic.

If people want to try Preoccupations, listen to 'Anxiety', 'Continental Shelf' or 'Espionage.'

Really good band, really exciting live act. New album is out on Friday.

As I mentioned a little further up, though, their heavy brand of post-punk is going to be a little weird at 5pm in the afternoon, especially when followed by Jay Som, etc.

I like all the acts on this bill (except Lisa Hannigan, just not my cup of tea) but there are some odd choices in putting them all together...

raze · 26-03-2018 8:09pm

ghostdancer wrote: »

damn, have a Saturday ticket but much prefer Friday's lineup now.
not familiar with Cate Le Bon's stuff though TBH.

I have two tickets for Friday, but I've found out The Flight of the Conchords cancelled gig has been rescheduled to June 15. Which means I'm going to try find a swap of two Friday tickets for two Saturday tickets.

tvarma7 · 26-03-2018 8:23pm

raze wrote: »

I have two tickets for Friday, but I've found out The Flight of the Conchords cancelled gig has been rescheduled to June 15. Which means I'm going to try find a swap of two Friday tickets for two Saturday tickets.

Hi. I have a pair of tickets for the Sat gig that I am hoping to trade for the Fri show. Am based in Dublin.

raze · 26-03-2018 8:44pm

tvarma7 wrote: »

Hi. I have a pair of tickets for the Sat gig that I am hoping to trade for the Fri show. Am based in Dublin.

Thanks for the swift reply. PM sent tvarma.

ghostdancer · 30-04-2018 9:35am

they had their Homecoming festival over the weekend in Cincinnati, played 2 nights, both with completely different setlists (Boxer in full plus others on the 2nd night, and a new song):

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-national/2018/smale-park-cincinnati-oh-3bec04a0.html

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-national/2018/smale-park-cincinnati-oh-33ec0099.html

ghostdancer · 30-04-2018 10:56am

mp3 of the new song, Light Years
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4fk266at18j69a4/Lightyears.mp3?dl=0

video too:

myxi · 01-05-2018 10:16am

Getting excited for June now! Wonder will we get Boxer?

BullBlackNova · 01-05-2018 10:29am

myxi wrote: »

Getting excited for June now! Wonder will we get Boxer?

I'll be gutted.

Mainly because I didn't get tickets. :pac:

It's my favourite album of theirs. I wonder what is planned, though. They sold two-day passes, something that certainly suggests there will be something unique/different about the two shows and I would expect that to go beyond the support bill.

That said, neither show was advertised as 'Boxer' and the previous shows at Homecoming in Cinncinati and Brussels (which was recorded for Record Store Day) were both well flagged as a Boxer anniversary gig.

If you were a recent convert to the band or one unfamiliar with older material, you might be a bit miffed that they were doing an anniversary tour and not announcing it as such. Equally, if you were a fan of the older material and you opted for one of the two nights and missed the anniversary show, you might be equally pissed!

I know if I had the option of choosing between the two nights and one was Boxer-specific, I'd choose that one as I've seen the new album already.

Anyway, on a related note, Rostam is doing an after show gig at the Workman's on the Saturday for those who would rather see him in that type of setting than a big field. Big fan of his, loved Vampire Weekend and his work with Hamilton Leithauser and his solo album was pretty solid too so would be well worth a look in that type of setting I would say.

The National - Donnybrook Stadium - 15th & 16th June 2018

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