AHA Live at the Marquee june 12th

peteeeed

Tickets on sale next thusday

MisterAnarchy

Yes!
At last my prayers have been answered ,I cant wait to see them ,one of my favourite bands.

Conor Bourke

Where, Cork? And when? How much are tickets?

kmurph

June 12th

https://www.aikenpromotions.com/shows/show/1355-a-ha-live-at-the-marquee-live-in-live-at-the-marquee-birchgrove-Cork-on-12-Jun-2018.html

Any chance of a Dublin show I wonder. The Olympia would be nice.

RangeR

Nice. I'll be there. I was in the RDS in 1988. And have seen them throughout Europe since. I'll be getting a few tickets on day 1.

Aglomerado

I'm in too, I love them!

delbertgrady

They haven't played here since October 2002, so this is very much in keeping with their promise to play in places they haven't visited in a while. I've had to go abroad to see them since the last time. This is great news. First I heard about The The in the Iveagh Gardens, and then this. It's like Christmas has come early. 2018 is shaping up very nicely now.

urbangoo

delbertgrady wrote: »

They haven't played here since October 2002, so this is very much in keeping with their promise to play in places they haven't visited in a while. I've had to go abroad to see them since the last time. This is great news. First I heard about The The in the Iveagh Gardens, and then this. It's like Christmas has come early. 2018 is shaping up very nicely now.

It's great news that they are finally coming back. I too had to travel to see them. I would have preferred Dublin but I'll take any Irish show!

OMD are supporting them on their UK dates but there's no mention of them for the Irish gig. I really hope they support them here too!

delbertgrady

The UK summer shows are bigger venues than the Marquee, so I'm not sure that's likely, but if we do get OMD, that is an incredible double bill.

urbangoo

delbertgrady wrote: »

The UK summer shows are bigger venues than the Marquee, so I'm not sure that's likely, but if we do get OMD, that is an incredible double bill.

Yeah, you're probably right, unfortunately.
They would have announced it if they were the support!

scudzilla

kmurph wrote: »

June 12th

https://www.aikenpromotions.com/shows/show/1355-a-ha-live-at-the-marquee-live-in-live-at-the-marquee-birchgrove-Cork-on-12-Jun-2018.html

Any chance of a Dublin show I wonder. The Olympia would be nice.

Not a hope, just looked at tour schedule and it doesn't fit in, date off either side of Cork but stick in a Dublin date and they'd be doing 4 consecutive nights, plus travel

MisterAnarchy

Tickets are ~60 euro ,very reasonable .

MisterAnarchy

It sold out in a few hours .

Caranica

I had tickets in my basket and abandoned them. It's essentially two days off work plus travel plus hotel and I decided I didn't want them as much as I thought I did

Mike Ehrmantraut

Hadn't expected tickets to sell out so fast, had no access to internet till this evening, bit disappointed to miss out on tickets

Aglomerado

Got two but I was a bit late for the standing tickets so only got seated, My friend will be happy but I like to get close to the front. Still, glad I got them!

poundhound

@ Aglomerado, Ive done Live at the Marquee 3 times and theres nothing stopping anyone with a seated ticket going to the standing area. Enjoy.

Aglomerado

poundhound wrote: »

@ Aglomerado, Ive done Live at the Marquee 3 times and theres nothing stopping anyone with a seated ticket going to the standing area. Enjoy.

And vice versa! Thanks Poundhound.

I haven't been since Pixies 2016 and it was fairly flexible then too.

PetraMac

Hi there, I'm looking for two standing tickets to this gig - please PM me!

PetraMac

Anyone have any idea where the band might be staying? Where they're likely to hang out before and after the show??

Mike Ehrmantraut

Still looking for 2 tickets for this gig, please pm me

Moznips

Saw a pair on Adverts recently - might be worth keeping an eye on

MisterAnarchy

1 week to go !
Cant wait for this

Keep an eye out on Ticketmaster guys ,they have released a few batches of tickets over the last few weeks.

alastair

Tickets on toutless - including my pair.

run_Forrest_run

PetraMac wrote: »

Anyone have any idea where the band might be staying? Where they're likely to hang out before and after the show??

not creepy at all

fafy

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

1 week to go !
Cant wait for this

Keep an eye out on Ticketmaster guys ,they have released a few batches of tickets over the last few weeks.

I can confirm this, I got two tickets last week on Ticketmaster.ie
And if these are now gone, keep checking, right up to gig day,

RangeR

Anyone any ideas about parking down there? I'll be driving down and back on the day.

MisterAnarchy

Few tickets on Ticketmaster now for anyone still looking
https://www1.ticketmaster.ie/aha-cork-06-12-2018/event/180053848FA5BDD4?artistid=734379&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

unichick

I have 2 seated tickets. Looking for 2 standing. Anyone want to swop?

MisterAnarchy

unichick wrote: »

I have 2 seated tickets. Looking for 2 standing. Anyone want to swop?

Just go into the standing section ,there are no checks inside the tent ,if you have seats you can stand.

MisterAnarchy

From looking at the setlists on the current tour ,only 2 gigs so far ,it looks like a greatest hits setlist .
Only 18 songs though but all the hits.

Moznips

i cant wait for this. Fans have been posting videos of the concert on 'I Feel Aha' FB page and the guys sound amazing. :):)

Feeling like a teenager again !!!!

DUBACC

unichick wrote: »

I have 2 seated tickets. Looking for 2 standing. Anyone want to swop?

Hi, just sent pm. I’ve two standing to swap for seats due to a dodgy ankle! Thanks

fabvinny

on the A-ha twitter account i says, D.J from 7.30 and band on stage at 8.45. looking forward to this!!

ITgirl73

Single tickets still available

Aglomerado

fabvinny wrote: »

on the A-ha twitter account i says, D.J from 7.30 and band on stage at 8.45. looking forward to this!!

Brilliant thanks..wasn't sure if there was a support act at least now we can relax & get some food nearby. I don't like missing a support band.

WhiteSpoofer

ITgirl73 wrote: »

Single tickets still available

I’ll take them, thanks.

delbertgrady

It's highly unlikely this won't be my gig of the year.
Phenomenal.

The Marquee is great for holding the sound of the audience and - better yet - accentuating it, and that was really in evidence tonight, in the best possible way. I think the band were genuinely blown away by the sheer volume and enthusiasm of the crowd. For atmosphere alone, this is one of the best shows I've been to, but a-ha were in top form anyway. 
A hits-laden setlist that meant it never slumped, but shrewdly throwing in a few album tracks to keep the die hards happy, not least a tour debut of Sycamore Leaves. Some nice alternative arrangements, such as resurrecting the original demo version of Train of Thought, and toning down the chorus of Manhattan Skyline. 
A triumph on every possible level.

Aglomerado

+ 1, all the greats, audience engagement & cool stage set!! Had a great evening!!!😀

Thunder77

Did they say anything about coming back? surely Ireland will be first on the list of countries when they next tour and hopefully a long overdue return to Dublin, i would say last night was amazing

fabvinny

Fantastic show last night! The place was hopping! The band seemed blown away by the atmosphere! Hopefully they will come back to Cork again soon!!!

Bahanaman

I was in the seats just behind the sound desk and while the concert was brilliant, I didn't think the sound was great. Found it very hard to hear Morten's voice during a lot of the songs and it was very difficult ot make out what himself and Mags were saying during the times they were interacting with the audience. Brilliant night but not as good as their previous concert in the Point all those years ago.

MisterAnarchy

delbertgrady wrote: »

The Marquee is great for holding the sound of the audience and - better yet - accentuating it, and that was really in evidence tonight, in the best possible way.

The sound in the tent last night was atrocious to put it mildly.
It was absolutely appalling.

I had been looking forward to the concert all year but I was bitterly disappointed when I heard what was coming out of the speakers.
It was like listening to a cheap ghettoblaster playing an old audio cassette that had taped some A-ha songs off long wave radio.
Morten was out of sync on some songs and there was a warbling effect .

I tried moving around to a few different positions but the sound was crap everywhere.
The sound engineer looked like a student and he was obviously out of his depth.
How do these people get work ,are they tone deaf ?

Morten had about as much movement as a mannequin at times,he needs to work on his audience interaction ,for alot of songs he had his left hand in his pocket and was standing at the rear of the stage.
He was obviously having issues with his audio monitors though.

The gig only came to life in the last 30 minutes ,the sound improved a bit , and the crowd were sparked into life .

It should have been a very special night but the sound ruined it completely.

skearnsot

Bahanaman wrote: »

I was in the seats just behind the sound desk and while the concert was brilliant, I didn't think the sound was great. Found it very hard to hear Morten's voice during a lot of the songs and it was very difficult ot make out what himself and Mags were saying during the times they were interacting with the audience. Brilliant night but not as good as their previous concert in the Point all those years ago.

Yup - couldn’t hear Morten at times or the lyrics and he said himself a few times that his feeds were not working and he was constantly communicating problems to the sound guy to the side of the stage. However it was one of the most fantastic nights and concerts iv ever been to and I think they should deffo do a full indoor concert in Ireland - anywhere - they were absolutely brilliant

ConcertKing

Agreed that sound was iffy at times but quite simply one of the greatest concert going nights of my life.

Upthere with Springteen on the Sunday night at the RDS in 09,Prince in Malahide in 2011,H.I.M. in Berlin 2013 and Evanescence at Rockfest in Helsinki 2017 as one of the most special nights I ever had at a concert.

Seeing and listening to Morten hit the high notes on one of my favourite songs ever 'Manhattan Skyline' will live with me forever!!

A truly special night and so happy to finally knock A-Ha off my concert bucket list!

skearnsot

ConcertKing wrote: »

Agreed that sound was iffy at times but quite simply one of the greatest concert going nights of my life.

Upthere with Springteen on the Sunday night at the RDS in 09,Prince in Malahide in 2011,H.I.M. in Berlin 2013 and Evanescence at Rockfest in Helsinki 2017 as one of the most special nights I ever had at a concert.

Seeing and listening to Morten hit the high notes on one of my favourite songs ever 'Manhattan Skyline' will live with me forever!!

A truly special night and so happy to finally knock A-Ha off my concert bucket list!

No doubt in the world WHATSOEVER that for a man who’s almost 60, his voice is perfect.

Mike Ehrmantraut

delbertgrady wrote: »

It's highly unlikely this won't be my gig of the year.
Phenomenal.

The Marquee is great for holding the sound of the audience and - better yet - accentuating it, and that was really in evidence tonight, in the best possible way. I think the band were genuinely blown away by the sheer volume and enthusiasm of the crowd. For atmosphere alone, this is one of the best shows I've been to, but a-ha were in top form anyway. 
A hits-laden setlist that meant it never slumped, but shrewdly throwing in a few album tracks to keep the die hards happy, not least a tour debut of Sycamore Leaves. Some nice alternative arrangements, such as resurrecting the original demo version of Train of Thought, and toning down the chorus of Manhattan Skyline. 
A triumph on every possible level.

Have to agree with pretty much all of this, a really brilliant gig and the atmosphere inside the marquee was incredible, possibly the best of any gig I've ever been to.

Think the band themselves were genuinely blown away by the reception they got and if they are to tour again, won't be one bit surprised to see them return to Ireland and possibly even the marquee again.

Standouts for me were probably the crowd participation for both Hunting High and Low and The Living Daylights, also The Sun Always Shines, Scoundrel Days and Manhattan Skyline, and it was great to hear tracks like The Weight of the Wind and Sycamore Leaves

The only way this gig could have been any better for me would be to see a bit more interaction from Morten, both with the crowd and the band. Vocally Morten Harket still sounds amazing, but he's never been the greatest front man and it's a pity he doesn't interact more. Pretty much all of that is left up to Magne.

I feel a bit of sympathy for those who thought the sound in the marquee wasn't good, friends of mine have walked out of gigs in the past in the marquee because of the same issue. Saying that, from where we were, apart from one or two moments early in the set, it sounded excellent.

Not sure if any of you checked out the merchandising stall? They were selling signed copies of Paul's latest album. Didn't have huge expectations as I thought a-ha's last two albums were a little weak. It took a couple of listens, but personally, think it's the best album I've heard since Arcade Fire's The Suburbs. Definitely worth checking out.

Would love to see the band again on this tour and after Tuesday nights show, we're actually giving thought to travelling to Carcasonne,in part as a holiday and in part to catch another gig.

delbertgrady

I bought the signed Savoy vinyl, as it's the only Savoy album I don't have. The recent Waaktaar and Zoe album, World of Trouble, is also well worth a listen if you've not heard it. Paul basically does everything except the lead vocals. Some terrific songs on it.

Mike Ehrmantraut

delbertgrady wrote: »

I bought the signed Savoy vinyl, as it's the only Savoy album I don't have. The recent Waaktaar and Zoe album, World of Trouble, is also well worth a listen if you've not heard it. Paul basically does everything except the lead vocals. Some terrific songs on it.

Have all the previous Savoy albums, but never bought World of Trouble. To be honest, apart from a handful of songs I wasn't all that crazy about Foot of the Mountain or Cast in Steel, so my expectations had dropped, but really happy with See the Beauty, think it's is as good as anything he has released, and for me one of the best albums of the last few years.

delbertgrady

One of the tracks on World of Trouble, Winter Wants Me Empty, is a reworking of Unsound by Savoy. I kind of like the way Paul revisits older material, such as when he used some of the Locust lyrics in Whalebone.

MisterAnarchy

Mike Ehrmantraut wrote: »

I feel a bit of sympathy for those who thought the sound in the marquee wasn't good, friends of mine have walked out of gigs in the past in the marquee because of the same issue. Saying that, from where we were, apart from one or two moments early in the set, it sounded excellent.

Just out of curiosity where were you positioned ?