Gigs for 2024

tommythecat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121955973#Comment_121955973

He's always been a talker but that was just way too much. Think he was on something that night to be fair. But just play the hits Brian please.

dasdog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121948068#Comment_121948068

Yeah it's some double header and Kentish Town Forum is a gorgeous venue - it's a former 1920's art deco cinema with Camden Town close by so tickets booked.

fluke

Enjoyed The Gaslight Anthem there on Saturday and felt the support act (Emily Wolfe) low key stole the show.

Dreamweapon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121960663#Comment_121960663

I was in the Forum in '94 for an Ozrics / Banco De Gaia double header. Went to the jacks and it was full of people selling acid. I remember counting 12 strobes on the stage alongside all the projections and other lights. Fantastic night 😁 I saw Spectrum the following night in the Highbury Garage. A rather special weekend!

mgkelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121960783#Comment_121960783

Banco de Gaia would be tasty. Lad's still gigging, from time to time.

Ash.J.Williams

last night I saw infectious grooves and it was absolutely incredible, great to see rob trujillio playing some decent bass for a change, also the added bonus stage encore of rob stepping aside for young tye and infectious became only SUICIDE BLEEDIN TENDENCIES 🤣🤣🤣🤣 amazing night

skaface

Heading to Ali Campbells UB40 in 3 Arena on Thursday night.. Looks to be loads of tickets left for it, which i was surprised to see .. I wonder how many tickets have been sold.. thought this gig would have been nearly Sold Out or not far off it

greenspurs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121965559#Comment_121965559

Was at Slash last week.

Originally there was "no tickets available" - but when i checked last week there was so i got one standing.

I get inside, and the curtains are down , both in Seating upstairs and standing downstairs. And there was plenty of room on the floor, but all the seats available upstairs were sold……

Another case of sell the expensive seats first ??

Fanirish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121968298#Comment_121968298

not really, simply they went with reduced capacity set up which was sold out or close too. they wouldn’t open up extras blocks in the back as wouldn’t make financial sense.
Standing tickets on the day always appear as any unused promoter and artist guestlist allotments are put up.
slash might require 50 guestlist tickets and if he only needs 20 then rest go up for sale.

Dreamweapon

Pissed Jeans in Whelans last night were…grand. Gave plenty of energy to a decent size crowd but there was something lacking. My two colleagues agreed, so it wasn't just me. Personally i expected it to be (any one of) heavier/harder/dirtier, but they weren't. The noise rock element didn't really come across. At €28 i'm not sure i'd go see them again tbh.

Search Results were the support. Beefed up their sound from when i saw them around six months ago. Still plenty of Pavement influence but a lot less jangly than previous. Slightly more abrasive and awkward.

PTH2009

Looking forward to this tomorrow

Any more Bards heading along ?

Wrongway1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121998828#Comment_121998828

Me! :)

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122000809#Comment_122000809

Let's go hastily to Vahalla

fillup

Was at One Leg One Eye and Bell Witch in Academy 2 last night

Good gig but absolute sh1te venue

First time in Academy 2. If ur not on the bartier u have no chance of seeing whats going on on stage. Stage is only about 6 inches high - feckin joke

Don't think I'll be going back

Rant Over.

For Forks Sake

Kerbdog x4 gigs later this year, always a belter of a show, tickets on sale Friday

Penfailed

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122003503#Comment_122003503

I'll be seeing them at Forest Fest in July.

TheDocMan

1000Mods @ Grand Social.

Tremendous gig. Amped up stoner rock - played loud to great size crowd . Energy & a tight band. Tinge of Black Sabbath & The Cult there for me. Anyway my t-shirt isn't dry yet and I'm in the door, home in Kilkenny

AND 20e !!! ticket (+3 support acts). Well done whoever got them here.

Still 😃 but ears will be ringing for a day or 2

PTH2009

Great gig by Blind Guardian tonight

Gloomtastic!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122003640#Comment_122003640

My tinnitus has tinnitus after that. Just the way I like it. More please! 😎

T.V Eye

J. Mascis tomorrow.

Love his solo gigs... ya' still get the odd ear melting solo among the gentler playing. Not sure my ears would be up to a Dino Jr show.. this week.

Nathaniel Nutty Stance cover and I'll be happy.

Fanirish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122004507#Comment_122004507

Kevin shields may show up

T.V Eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122004811#Comment_122004811

Seen him hanging around in Vicar St. for the last gig alright. A photo doing the 'rounds after.

PTH2009

What a gig by Blind Guardian last night in the Academy. The Bards song sounded amazing but pity it was left to the crowd to sing most of it. The new stuff sounded amazing

Dreamweapon

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Good enough but too rock for me at times. Tbf i expected that beforehand so no surprises. What did surprise me was their popularity. Cerainly didn't expect that size crowd or everyone knowing all the tunes. Enjoyed all the supports even if i have seen them all multiple times.

Afaik the guitarist from PXBX is the promoter behind a lot of these gigs, hence you'll see them pop up on the bill.

More enjoyable than Bell Witch in the Academy 2 the previous night, which was better live than on record but still a bit of a chore at times. I guess that's to be expected with Funeral Doom (i know i know, but i don't come up with them🙄). Fair play to the chap who handed me a free ticket on my way in as he didn't want to see it go to waste. Academy 2 is a really crap venue if there's any sort of a crowd in it. Not just an audience to negotiate but pillars blocking the sightline too. First time i've been there with a large turnout though so never had an issue before.

Glad to have tonight off after two consecutive nights of heaviness and volume!

Beasty

Absolutely brilliant gig at the 3Olympia last night. What a showman Mika is

Fanirish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122004885#Comment_122004885

he goes to a good few shows. At sunn o in nch, thurston moore in whelans

Tauriel

The World of Hans Zimmer: A New Dimension at the 3Arena tonight.

Brilliant show, it was great to hear his music performed by a symphonic orchestra and accompanied by a choir from Nairobi. The highlight for me was hearing The Rock as I've never heard it in any of The Hans Zimmer Live shows and hearing Gotham's Reckoning.

Dreamweapon

Horse Lords excellent in the Workmans Club tonight. There's a youtube comment that describes them as "Tuareg desert psych trance via Reich and Riley." Sums it up nicely. A 1 hour set that had me grinning and head-nodding with great vim and vigour!

This kind of music could so easily be a wanky, smug, muso "aren't we so clever",very cold and uninvolving kind of affair. Not these lads. It was warm, joyous and fun. A surprisingly large turnout, even moreso when it was for an obscure band on a Sunday night. More of this kind of thing please. Below is a taster from a gig last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl057q4ujYw

T.V Eye

Jaysus, the Hives was proper fun.

Yeah, it's gimmicky but there's a self awareness to it and they really pull it off.

Not many bands of that era could fill a set with an album from 2023 and have people singing along to the songs. Bogus Operandi might be the best thing they ever wrote.

grudgehugger

Anyone on here going to the Adrianne Lenker (of Big Thief) gigs towards the end of the week?

Really looking forward to seeing her in Dublin on Sunday - new album is class.