Kasabian - Olympia

flasher0030 · 17-10-2022 9:12am #1

Really looking forward to this next Friday. Saw them twice in the 3Arena and they were excellent. Good varietty of tunes from the setlist too. Looking forward to hearing the dance part of Treat. They have so many good songs live - LSF, Fire, Vlad, Underdog etc.

The main thing looking forward is to see how this works in the Olympia. Kasabian gigs are generally quite "lively". Will be interesting to see if this is possible in the Olympia, with everyone squashed in together.

I watched some of the live 2022 performances on youtube. Doesn't have the same punch as when Tom was lead singer.

mikekerry · 17-10-2022 10:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058267836/kasabian-olympia

I've seen them before in the olympia it's a good venue for them. It'll be pretty wedged in the standing area.

davywalsh7 · 17-10-2022 8:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058267836/kasabian-olympia

Looking forward to this also. Saw them years ago in an old bingo hall in Galway just b4 they headlined Glastonbury was brilliant.

saw them at Knebworth during the summer, def missed Tom but still thought they were v good live

SoundOfSilence · 18-10-2022 6:04am

Saw them in the olympia 5 years ago I think. Brilliant gig.

They have Robert Harvey formerly of The Music on guitars for them now.

mikekerry · 18-10-2022 8:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119759035#Comment_119759035

saw them once in the milk market in limerick. what a brilliant venue and amazing gig

flasher0030 · 18-10-2022 1:00pm

Looks like Vlad is dropped from the setlist in favour of one of the new ones - T.U.E. New one is a good tune in fairness. I love the way they have brought this trance type effect into some of the new songs.

mikekerry · 18-10-2022 1:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119760476#Comment_119760476

no word on a support act?

davywalsh7 · 18-10-2022 2:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119760682#Comment_119760682

Was wondering that myself. Europe got DMAs and uk got the lathums. Doubt we’ll get anyone as big

mikekerry · 18-10-2022 3:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119761121#Comment_119761121

DMAS and lathums both great bands.

davywalsh7 · 18-10-2022 3:09pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119761175#Comment_119761175

yea would love either of them but I’d imagine they’d have been announced by now

davywalsh7 · 19-10-2022 4:51pm

Apparently it’s a DJ as support :(

mikekerry · 19-10-2022 5:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119766718#Comment_119766718

DJ Rich Tracey! Not quite dmas or the lathums!

flasher0030 · 21-10-2022 10:12am

I know someone always asks this question, and I know thew answer is almost always around 9pm - but I am going to ask it anyway. Does anyone know if this gig kicks off around 9, or is there any chance it could start earlier. I will be under a nit of time pressure to get there by 8.45. And I really don't want to miss any of it. Thanks

mikekerry · 21-10-2022 10:29am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119774236#Comment_119774236

seems to be 9 from the olympia website and from setlist times

flasher0030 · 21-10-2022 11:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119774294#Comment_119774294

Thank you

davywalsh7 · 21-10-2022 3:35pm

Gig postponed

davywalsh7 · 21-10-2022 3:37pm

Serge has laryngitis

martco · 21-10-2022 3:44pm

ah c'mon?!?

this is the second time I've had a gig clipped this year

at literally the last second

FFS dumb luck

Spooch · 21-10-2022 4:37pm

Drove from Cork and got the notification literally as we were checking into our hotel. Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe how I feel, especially after Royal Blood just straight up cancelled and didn't bother rescheduling after the singer got Covid earlier this year

flasher0030 · 22-10-2022 4:42pm

What a joke. Not a bother on him in Belfast 24 hrs earlier. Was watchin some of the videos on youtube. Bit of a history of this crack on the Emerald Isle. Cancelled Belfast beforre - just a few mins before the were due to come on stage.

I had been really looking forward to this - but during the week, I started looking at some recent vids of their performances. There's a huge difference between the charisma and cheeky swagger that Tom had in comparison to Serge as a front man. Tom was a natural (understandably as he had years of experience), but from what I saw, Serge looks like he is trying to bring too much energy to the performance, but feeling the pressure of being reinstated King, after the previous King was ousted. Too much prancing around the stage, and from some of the footage that I saw, getting cranky with the sound engineers.

I'm probably just being moody now, as it was cancelled at the last minute. Feel sorry for those that travelld for it.Dehabilitating tonsillitis doesn't just develop hours before a gig. I'm no doctor, but I know it develops over a period of time, whereby they could give people a chance to readjust their plans.

I'd bank my money that a good night out in Belfast was part of the problem.

dublingreen · 22-10-2022 5:18pm

Didn't they cancel a gig in Belfast or Cork a few days after supporting oasis at Slane too.

Wrongway1985 · 22-10-2022 5:27pm

Cancelled Belsonic appearance in recent years?, think the support band may have even played, had to reschedule.

davywalsh7 · 23-10-2022 12:44am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119780242#Comment_119780242

Yea I was at that. The blossoms played then 5mins b4 kasabian were due on stage they cancelled. We travelled from Waterford and Dublin. Many others I met travelled from uk. Seemed dodgy at the time as they were pictured around belfast that day but think was something with tom possibly not sure. They played reading couple days later.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119780202#Comment_119780202

yea think they were due to play day after slane in cork and cancelled it a few weeks b4 I think.

davywalsh7 · 23-10-2022 12:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119780022#Comment_119780022

Was gutted myself but luckily I live in Dublin. Really feel for anyone who shelled out for travel/accommodation etc.

i don’t think they’re the same without Tom but caught them at Knebworth in the summer and really enjoyed them so was really looking forward to this. Wonder when it’ll be rescheduled for

Ozvaldo · 24-10-2022 5:52pm

they cancelled the marquee in cork a few years ago-looked rubbish at the isle of wight without tom

Ozvaldo · 24-10-2022 5:53pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119776159#Comment_119776159

thats shocking form fcuk

Hurrache · 25-10-2022 9:16am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119776159#Comment_119776159

In fairness Royal Blood didn't straight up cancel. It was postponed for a few days before they came back and said they couldn't get a reschedule work and then cancelled.

mikekerry · 28-10-2022 7:33am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119790320#Comment_119790320

From their twitter link last night he seems to have quickly recovered from his 'laryngitis'

Hurrache · 28-10-2022 7:38am

My context was Royal Blood though.

mikekerry · 28-10-2022 8:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119803018#Comment_119803018

apologies I was referring to the kasabian singer.

mikekerry · 21-11-2022 9:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119803244#Comment_119803244

still no sign of this being rescheduled and they have other gigs lined up since this was cancelled.

davywalsh7 · 21-11-2022 9:28am

Yea bad form to not have it rescheduled by now

Fanirish · 21-11-2022 9:33am

Realistically depends on when they are next doing a uk tour or dates. Probably July 2023

flasher0030 · 21-11-2022 1:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119900505#Comment_119900505

I've never had to go about getting a tickmaster refund. I was looking on their website, but not really getting anywhere. Where do I even start.

mikekerry · 21-11-2022 2:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119901753#Comment_119901753

If you click on your order there should be a link to 'Need help with this order' and it should take you to redunds.

not sure can you get a refund yet at this stage?

s8n · 23-11-2022 10:57am

very poor form that they havent rescheduled

Fanirish · 23-11-2022 11:21am

As I said they probably aren’t touring uk until festival season. They aren’t going to organise crew/band for a once off show to 1500 people so might be the next indoor run in late 2023

mikekerry · 23-11-2022 11:27am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119910533#Comment_119910533

but they only announced a show a couple of weeks ago for a gig in sheffield in the next week or 2.

so they are announcing new shows having cancelled existing ones and not rescheduling them.

I think that's bad form

Beasty · 23-11-2022 4:55pm

I'm still awaiting news on Elvis Costello in Swansea on 20 June postposed 2 days before. He's in the States next week, back there in the New Year then heading for Australia. Don't see it happening for another 6 months, if at all

homosapien91 · 29-11-2022 10:58am

Getting very annoyed now that we haven't heard anything about this thing, we had to travel to Dublin and book a hotel, had literally just checked in when we got the email about the cancellation. So between gig tickets, hotel room, petrol to drive up we are down a few hundred and no word yet from the band. Very very bad form

mikekerry · 29-11-2022 12:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119934557#Comment_119934557

I think I'll get a refund

weezer1980 · 06-12-2022 11:46am

Email now to confirm its rescheduled to June 13th 2023 - a Tuesday night.

Fanirish · 06-12-2022 11:48am

Wasn’t far off with my July 23 guess

mikekerry · 06-12-2022 11:49am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119963046#Comment_119963046

Plenty of people getting refunds so

homosapien91 · 06-12-2022 12:25pm

We will be applying for a refund thats for sure

flasher0030 · 06-12-2022 1:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119963061#Comment_119963061

Can you get a refund if a gig is rescheduled, but not cancelled.

homosapien91 · 06-12-2022 1:35pm

They might buy the tickets back off us for resale, but money won't be paid out until they are sold again. I done that for a gig that was rescheduled during lockdown, didn't take too long for resale tbf. Will check it out later anyway, the new date definitely does not suit us

davywalsh7 · 06-12-2022 6:08pm

Yes you can get refunded

davywalsh7 · 06-12-2022 6:09pm

They’re playing king johns castle June 14th in Limerick now also

Furious-Red · 06-12-2022 6:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119964678#Comment_119964678

And sea sessions

homosapien91 · 06-12-2022 6:30pm

Ticketmaster are refunding us luckily enough as we are going to Sea Sessions 😅😅

Kasabian - Olympia

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DJ Rich Tracey! Not quite dmas or the lathums!