Gig of the year 2018 edition

Mrs Shuttleworth

adrian522 wrote: »

For me (from what I can remember):

8. Nightmares on Wax - District 8
7. Jon Hopkins - Vicar Street
6. Beck/Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs - 3 Arena
5. Beach House - vicar Street
4. Gorillaz - Malahide, despite the venue
3. Suede - Bord Gais Theatre
2. The xx - The Tivoli - Great to see them in such a small venue.
1. Nick Cave with Patti Smith in Kilmainham

Most disappointing - LCD Soundsystem in Malahide and Arctic Monkeys in 3 Arena.

Interesting to see so many of us with different tastes overlapping and rating as great the same gigs and then also forgetting so many big names that we enjoyed at the time we saw them such as the Monkeys.

Didn't want to hand out Golden Raspberry but if I must:

1. Kylie Minogue, 3 Arena
2. The The, Iveagh Gardens

Nigel Fairservice

Smashing Pumpkins in London were fantastic. Well worth the effort travelling over for it.

I really wish I could have made it to Incubus this year.

delbertgrady

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Didn't want to hand out Golden Raspberry but if I must: [...] The The, Iveagh Gardens

I don't know if it was Golden Raspberry level, but it was definitely disappointing. What really annoyed me was the fact that they came on so late, which meant that - due to the curfew - we didn't get Lonely Planet at the end.

s8n

1. Promise of the Real, Whelans
2. Pearl Jam London 2, O2
3. Arcade Fire, 3 Arena
4. NiN, Rock Werchter
5. Pearl Jam, Rock Werchter

Bigbagofcans

grudgehugger wrote: »

Special mention to Aphex Twin @ Forbidden Fruit for just being the most fantastically weird genius I saw play this year

I agree Aphex Twin was amazing but he played FF in 2017

creativedrinker

My top gigs were
Pearl Jam, mad cool festival
Rolling Stones, Manchester
The Prodigy, Frankfurt
Chemical brothers, 3arena
Liam Gallagher, Malahide

Was an amazing year for gigs!!

bodhrandude

circular flexing wrote: »

Deafheaven - still not sure how the drummer never misses a beat
Jon Hopkins - the drop in Magnets was one of my best gig moments ever
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - songs really come to life when played live, how they get some of the sounds out of their guitars.
Young Fathers - huge energy and Cocoa Sugar is probably my album of the year.

What one? Body & Soul or the Vicar Street gig.

Stillill42

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Didn't want to hand out Golden Raspberry but if I must:


2. The The, Iveagh Gardens

delbertgrady wrote: »

I don't know if it was Golden Raspberry level, but it was definitely disappointing. What really annoyed me was the fact that they came on so late, which meant that - due to the curfew - we didn't get Lonely Planet at the end.

Jaysus. Just goes to show you. I loved them.

exilec

My top gigs were ...
Pearl Jam ,Amsterdam
Arcade Fire ,Dublin
Nick Cave, Manchester
QOTSA , Lisbon
Arctic Monkeys , Dublin

Got spoiled this year !

dasdog

Bambi wrote: »

Any dates set?

Not yet, promoters are "working hard to secure a new date". I'm not going to let that one slip. I'll post in the 2019 gigs thread if/when I hear.

dinneenp

Nick Cave at Primavera NOS, Porto.

To quote Steve Hanley from The Fall said in The Big Midweek book "Nick doesn't sing so much as howl and scream and crawl around the stage like some demented furless werewolf"

roll

Nick Cave at RHK was tops for sure among many other highlights.
The only one not mentioned here is Mitski's gig at the Tiviloi.

phunkadelic

phunkadelic wrote: »

The ones that stand out for me:

Shame in Whelans
Daithi at Other Voices
Unknown Mortal Orchestra in Academy (short, but all killer)
Jon Hopkins at Vicar st (pity visuals failed so early on though)

I forgot a few ones earlier in the year:
Gomez in Olympia
Nils Frahm in NCH
Khruangbin in Whelans

Ciaran_B

1. Taylor Swift Friday
2. Taylor Swift Saturday
3. Harry Styles
4. Arctic Monkeys
5. Kylie

Worst - Britney

Ciaran_B

1. Taylor Swift Friday
2. Taylor Swift Saturday
3. Harry Styles
4. Arctic Monkeys
5. Kylie

Worst - Britney

Dibble

Here's my best gigs of 2018:

1. Arcade Fire (3Arena)
2. The Frames (Whelan's - fundraiser billed as a Celebration for Jens & Cristel)
3. Shame (Tivoli)
4. Rolling Blackouts CF (Whelan's)
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Kilmainham)

blastman

My nominations....

Iron Maiden - SSE Arena, Belfast
Marillion - Vicar St., Dublin
Frank Turner - Krakow, Poland (saw him a few times this year but this was probably the best show, IMO)
John Fogerty/Steve Miller - The Point, Dublin (despite a high concentration of tossers in my immediate vicinity)
Stiff Little Fingers - The Academy, Dublin

sweetie

Sparks Primavera
Nick Cave Primavera
Idles Primavera
Murder Capital EP
Sleaford mods EP
Seamus Fogarty EP
RCBF Whelan's
Khruangbin Whelan's
National Primavera
Elephant New sounds in Old place

Pang

1. Pearl Jam- London 1
2. Travis- Dublin


My top 2!

Dublin Spur

1. The Struts (Koko, Camden)
2. John Fogerty (3 arena)
3. Magpie Salute (Garage, Glasgow)
4. Rolling Stones (Croke Pk)
5. Fratellis (Academy, Dublin)

PawneeRanger

Hercule Poirot wrote: »

Chemical Brothers in the 3arena, an absolutely stunning audio/visual experience - not only one of the best gigs in 2018 but one of the best I've ever attended

This was the best for me this year. It was such a brilliant gig.
Bought tickets for Leeds next November and I'm more excited for that than I am for Glastonbury!

but1er

U2 3arena
Jake Bugg Whelans
Liam Gallagher Malahide

Worse, kodaline malahide

UrbanSprawl

Engine Alley -Workmans Sept
Murder Capital -Soundhouse
Smashing Pumpkins -Wembely
Idles@ Button Factory
Teleman -Whelans
Just Mustard Workmans in Feb

A great year for alt/indie gigs from past and future greats.

Liam McPoyle

Only one winner for me, Paul McCartney in the Hydro in Glasgow in December. I've never been more thrilled by a gig as I was that night. Yes, his voice is on the wane but it was still an exceptional event. The man is mid 70s and played for 3 hours, barely taking a breath. It was a soundtrack for my life and surpassed all my expectations. The demographic was literally 7 or 8 to well past 80. I've never experienced an atmosphere like it before a gig, there was an energy running through the place that hit the roof when he started playing. Just mesmerising.

Honourable mentions

Nick Cave in kilmainham
Slayer in the three
Steve Miller and John Fogerty in the three.