2022 - Top 3 gigs of the year.

RayCon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119996475#Comment_119996475

Hate to be that guy but King Gizz played the Olympia on February 23, 2018. It was awesome, I was there. 😉

RayCon

Top 3 ...

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets - Convention Centre, April.

Porcupine Tree - Berlin, Oct

Opeth - London, Nov 18th, Utrecht 19th & 20th Nov (I'm counting that a one entry) 😉

Honorable mentions:

Public Service Broadcasting - Olympia, Jan

Tangerine Dream - Liberty Hall, March

Cory Wong - Button Factory, April

Spiritualized - Olypmia, May

Viagra Boys - The Academy, May

Le Bruise

Public Service Broadcasting - Olympia

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - ATN (having not been on my agenda)

Caribou - Iveagh Gardens

Honourable Mention

Enola Gay - ATN (first band I went to over the weekend and they wrecked my ears for the rest of it 😂)

Ninap

Sorcha Richardson - Olympia (can't understand why she isn't bigger - great album and gig)

Girl in Red - Olympia

Billie Eilish - O2

(All of the above attended with younger, female family members...)

theteal

Not hard, showing my age and only went to 3 gigs in 2022

Idles - Lisbon (Coliseu de Lisboa) back in March, excellent venue for sound, terrible for drinks. Great gig right up until they started d!cking around with Mariah Carey songs. Caught my first dose of COVID over there, still an good weekend.

Brian Fallon - Shepherds Bush in May. He's put on a bit of COVID weight. Good gig.

Gaslight Anthem - Manchester in August. Smashing gig but they left out a few songs I would have expected on a reunion tour. Great night out after too. I had to drive up from Essex and back because of the train strikes, worth it!

furiousox

Same here, only caught 3 gigs this year

Nick Mason, Dublin

Sparks, Berlin

Roxy Music, London

Bombaby1974

Cattle Decapitation (Don't let the name put yu off, they are AMAZING) - Whelans

Iron Maiden - La Defence Arena, Paris

Anthrax - O2 Academy, Birmingham

Dreamweapon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120003197#Comment_120003197

Don't worry about it, i already was that guy further upthread! I too was there!

Seeing as honourable mentions are allowed i'll put forward:

Low-Vicar St., Minami Deutsch-Whelans, Godflesh-Opium Rooms, Thumper and Gilla Band-multiple occasions this year. Plus Electric Moon, Part Chimp, Hey Colossus and Dead Sea Apes all at Heavy Psych Fest in Liverpool.

Most disappointing was Spiritualized in the Olympia. One of my all time faves on the back of their best album in 25 years (imo), playing a venue i'd always wanted to see them in and it was flat as a pancake. I was gutted afterwards.

Mushy

Say only went to 3 gigs but had great time at all

1. Pearl Jam - London night 1

Setlist with In Hiding, Low Light, Light Years after opening with Better Man was never going to be only good. Unreal weather, good catchup with mates and some great songs. Pixies supporting were great too.

2. Tool - Dublin

1st time seeing them and it was pretty much what I expected from a Tool gig. So damn good

3. The Darkness - Cork

It is never a bad gig with these, great stuff as always.

spindex

I had a great year of gigs, top 3 in no particular order.

Arcade Fire at the Three areana

Wet Leg at the Academy

Kerbdog at Cyprus avenue Cork

Godflesh

billie eilish

tool

TurrikaN64

Nick Mason - Convention Centre, Dublin

Lady Gaga (2nd night) - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London

Gorillaz - 3Arena, Dublin

RamonD3

That was one of my favourite years for gigs after the pent up demand of the covid years. Hard to narrow it down but would go for these

1. St Vincent - Mad cool and fairview park. What a show she put on, really tight band and totally different each tour

2. Pavement - Primavera and vicar street. Primavera show was unreal, like a best of tune after tune

3. Damon albarn - nch. 1st night was fine but 2nd was phenomenal. Really great album and on song, beautiful rendition of out of time to close out, all the more poignant with Ukraine situation starting

lordgoat

Albarn in the NCH was the only gig I'm annoyed about missing, well the haunted dancehall thing as well would have been interesting.

phunkadelic

Low - Vicar St. Last chance to see them as it turned out, glad I took the opportunity

Caribou - Vicar St. First gig of the year on Feb 1st. A week after restrictions lifted.

Fat freddys drop - Vicar St. Always a great show when they roll into town

A few other good ones, just to show I went to venues other than Vicar st: Roisin Murphy Olympia, Kevin Morby Academy and Blindboy Jerron Paxton on a boat in Cork

roll

couldn't in all good consciousness pick three so I'm going with..... Big Thief, War on Drugs, Low, Public Service Broadcasting, Mitski (Vicar St), Sharon Van Etten, Spiritualized, Protomartyr, Nick Cave (ATN), Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros and the Cure.

If I had to pick one it would be Cave at ATN. Some band, Some setlist. Some performance by the man himself!

flasher0030

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120068509#Comment_120068509

Did you think Spiritualized was good. I thought it was a bit draggy. No effort by the lead singer Jason Pierce. Loved War on drugs, sigur ros, arcade fire and the Cure.

thebronze14

1. The Cribs - March- Roundhouse London

2.Green Day - June - Marley Park

3.Heaton and Abbott - June - St Anne's Park

delbertgrady

The inclusion of honourable mentions skews the stats a bit, but I think this is how things stand.

Arcade Fire (8) - they may not be all the same night, but I'm grouping them together

Fontaines D.C. (5) - venue not always specified, but seems to be 5 votes overall

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets (5)

Pavement (5)

Public Service Broadcasting (5)

St. Vincent (5 in total - 4 for Fairview Park)

Amyl and the Sniffers (4 in total)

Nick Cave (4 in total - 3 for ATN, 1 for Primavera)

The Cure, Low, Tool (4)

3 votes apiece for Caribou, Róisín Murphy, Sigur Rós, Sparks, Sharon Van Etten.

Dreamweapon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120069364#Comment_120069364

😂 What do you mean by effort? I take it you've never seen Spiritualized before? Jason Pierce has never engaged with the audience going right back to his Spacemen 3 days, if that's what you're on about. I'll agree it wasn't a great gig though, and i say that as an uber fan.

flasher0030

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120069930#Comment_120069930

Effort - as in enthusiasm, energy, interaction with the crowd. Was a standard "go through the motions" performance.

To say that he has historically not bothered doesn't make it any better. I remember seeing some similar type comments about Neil Youngs self-indulgent 10 minute guitar solos at gigs, which became boring for 99% of the crowd in a very short time. But the die-hard rose-tinted spectacled fans were saying - shure that's Neil for ya, bit of an auld trickster. That's all fine if gig-goers are treated to a free gig. But we are paying for the bit of entertainment. I'm all about the music, but a little effort wouldn't go amiss to make a night somewhat memorable.

Dreamweapon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120069997#Comment_120069997

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058244841/spiritualized#latest Your viewpoint has changed since the night in question.

As for Neil Young? Well i'd be in the extended solos and rumbling feedback noise excursions camp so we'll probably never agree on what we want from a gig.

For example, I really like Thumper, great band and have seen them loads. But i am absolutely sick to death of the showbiz gimmickry and wish they'd just concentrate on the music.

flasher0030

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120072666#Comment_120072666

Ha ha. I must have some multiple personality disorder!!! One side of me doesn't realise that the other side is having a good time. I must have enjoyed it more that I can remember. All I can remember is standing at the back thinking this is quite boring, and that would have been the same to just stay at home listening to the songs on headphones. I don remember that I really enjoyed Come Together, and the following song.

Funny - your comment just before mine sums up my current memory of the night. I guess my opinion on it can be dismissed, as I don't know if I enjoyed it, or if I had a rotten time!!!!!😊

Say Your Number

Seasick Steve - Vicar Street

Cruachan - Grand Social

Volbeat - Three Arena

Flogging Molly - Vicar Street

(Yeah I know I've 4, couldn't narrow it down)

dasdog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120069548#Comment_120069548

Some fairly decent music there when you consider how many people went to Garth Brooks. I wouldn't have much time for Arcade Fire but otherwise pretty good.

Rothko

Peter Hook & The Light - The Olympia

Sharon Van Etten - Vicar Street

Pavement - Vicar Street

endainoz

Green Day - Marley park

Cormac begley - ATN

Mary wallopers - Dolans

There's so many more to mention and it was difficult to narrow it down to just three

Wooderson

Saw over 60 performances in '22. The 5 that stand out -

• Macca at Glasters: tough to look past for gig of the year. Any year really.
• Gorillaz 3Arena: phenomenal energy. Felt like 10000 people's first gig. Incredible crowd response.
• Earthless Whelans: Why can't we get more shows like this here? I walked out feeling a half-foot taller.
• Roisín Murphy Olympia: Proper post pandemic let off here. She is incredible, huge Bowie vibes from her performance on the night - can't wait to see her play Dublin this summer again.
• Pavement Vicar St: Superb night from start to finish. All the plaudits this show has received since are bang on the money.

sydthebeat

22 was a lean enough year for me, but still got to approx 20 gigs

1. nick mason: convention centre. Likely never to hear some of those songs again live

2 Elbow: 3 arena. always incredible

3 Foy Vance: cypress avenue. first time seeing him, just a very, very enjoyable gig.

delbertgrady

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120078458#Comment_120078458

It's a pretty diverse list. I was at seven shows that were among those that got several multiple votes: Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, Public Service Broadcasting, St. Vincent, The Cure, Sigur Rós, Sparks, Sharon Van Etten.