Trinity Ball line-up

Pugwash

"Tickets priced €70 go on sale to card-carrying Trinity students on Monday April 4.

The multi-stage action stacks up as follows:

Main – Ian Brown, Babyshambles, The Music, Mainline & Angels Of Mons

Dance – Lemon Jelly, Groove Armada DJ set, Jacques Le Cont, Tom Middleton & Erol Aiken Acoustic – Declan O'Rourke, David Kitt & Neil Mooney

Outdoor – The Urges, Redneck Manifesto, Arveen, Jape, 747s"

Above info is from HotPress.com, date of the ball is May 13.

Sounds like a good time, but 70 beans is quite a chunk of change.

Kappar

Hopeful now we can put the rumors to rest and stop getting my hopes up- Until next year.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Great line up!

John

Roundtower2 wrote:

Great line up!

You must be seeing a different one to me

Evilution

Pugwash wrote:

"Tickets priced €70 go on sale to card-carrying Trinity students on Monday April 4.

The multi-stage action stacks up as follows:

Main – Ian Brown, Babyshambles, The Music, Mainline & Angels Of Mons

Dance – Lemon Jelly, Groove Armada DJ set, Jacques Le Cont, Tom Middleton & Erol Aiken Acoustic – Declan O'Rourke, David Kitt & Neil Mooney

Outdoor – The Urges, Redneck Manifesto, Arveen, Jape, 747s"

Above info is from HotPress.com, date of the ball is May 13.

Sounds like a good time, but 70 beans is quite a chunk of change.

How many tickets can one person buy? Is it 2 again this year?
Man, thats an utter pants lineup. There'd be more musical talent in a rookery. Who the hell are half these bands??????? And David Kitt on the 'Dance' stage??? WTF!!!!!

wayfarer

The Music look like the most promising band from that list. Its derivative Zeppelin-esque rock the play, but they got lots of spunk! They won the title of "best unsigned act in Britian" 2/3 years back. Heres a sample

Redneck Manifesto and Jape are both Dublin bands fronted by the same guy. RM play instrumental rock, which I cant really see going down well as it has limited appeal no matter how good it is

Jape is his more recent project and might not be too bad. Its not as guitar-based, they employ the use of synths aswell and theyve taken the time to scribblle a few lyrics! The debut only contains 8 songs though with 5 being total filler but I still think its worth a gander

Both are championed by Hot Press though if that means anything to anybody!


David Kitt does a DJ set. He did it at the freshers ball last year and I think this year aswell. (FYI He plays with Jape on a couple of songs)

Ian Brown might be worth seeing now that he has stopped shunning the Roses back catalogue

Babyshambles. Why? Listening to Kilimanjaro makes me think of The Strokes and how I may have misjudged them. They sound innovative and sophisticated by comparison!

eoinf

Evilution wrote:

How many tickets can one person buy? Is it 2 again this year?
Man, thats an utter pants lineup. There'd be more musical talent in a rookery. Who the hell are half these bands??????? And David Kitt on the 'Dance' stage??? WTF!!!!!

i suspect there is a return missing

Acoustic – Declan O'Rourke, David Kitt & Neil Mooney

Evilution

eoinf wrote:

i suspect there is a return missing

Really? Wow.
I suspect that there is a serious amount of talent missing from that list of bands. I'll go, but only if I get throttled when I'm there and get a ride too.

rabbitinlights

Main – Ian Brown, Babyshambles, The Music, Mainline & Angels Of Mons

Dance – Lemon Jelly, Groove Armada DJ set, Jacques Le Cont, Tom Middleton & Erol Alkan

Acoustic – Declan O'Rourke, David Kitt & Neil Mooney

Outdoor – The Urges, Redneck Manifesto, Arveen, Jape, 747s"

Selket

So much for the "tickets won't cost more than last year" line

xeduCat

Selket wrote:

So much for the "tickets won't cost more than last year" line

Last year: 67
This year: 70

What's your problem? An increase of about 4% is hardly earth-shattering.

In terms of lines, this is what I said on March 15th:

a) No. Tickets will be the same or within a euro or two.

b) And I'm pointing out that the price this year will see no significant change - I think it will be 70 rather than 67. Unless the documents I saw (as an officer of the Students' Union) have been forged.

So I doubt it's fair to say that anyone was selling you a line!

Selket

I was actually referring to all the fuss that was made when it was announced that MCD would be behind this year’s ball. Certain people were being quoted left, right and centre saying that it would be no more expensive than last years and that it could even be cheaper than last year.

I wasn't complaining about the, what did you say, "4%" increase (quick aside, anybody know the current level of inflation???) it was more to do with the fact that so many people made an issue out of the price a few months ago just to completely ignore it. €3 doesn't mean anything

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

70 euro versus 67 euro - hardly the biggest issue in the world - it's one of the best nights out of the year in Dublin...

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Selket wrote:

quick aside, anybody know the current level of inflation???

We're at an annual 2.3% inflation and it is trended to drop further...!

snorlax

iv vaguely heard of some of those bands. its a pity we couldn't get U2(!)/ stereophonics, like we had before. it amazes me that the price of the tickets increases each year but not necessarily the standard of the bands playing.

pity i thought the killers were going to be playing

xeduCat

The price of a Dairy Milk goes up all the time. Don't notice any difference in taste though? I used to be able to get a breakfast roll in Centra on Westmoreland st. for 1.50...

A lot of the Ball costs are external factors - insurance, production, etc - and, like almost everything else in Ireland, is subject to constant increase. If the ticket price didn't go up accordingly - bearing in mind that no-one's getting rich off the Ball in recent years! - then the money available for discretionary costs (artists etc) would just drop and drop and drop.

snorlax

yes but why is it that in the past the standard of the bands seemed to be better then they are now? what happened to all the big-name acts they used to attract. i know inflation will obviously increase the price just like anything else but for 70euro you expect to get your moneys worth. Oxygen are charging about the same price and the standard of bands seems to be a lot higher. Is there a diffuculty attracting them nowadays?

the therapy ball was around 40euro, included a sit down meal, music/posh hotel/burlington and drinks reception in bective rugby club, now that's getting your money''s worth(we did it with other colleges aswell to help reduce the price).

Kevin_rc_ie

but only if I get throttled when I'm there and get a ride too.

here here

Pet

snorlax wrote:

iv vaguely heard of some of those bands. its a pity we couldn't get U2(!)/ stereophonics, like we had before. it amazes me that the price of the tickets increases each year but not necessarily the standard of the bands playing.

pity i thought the killers were going to be playing

Is there a list anywhere of all the bands who have played the trinity ball in past years? It'd be interesting to compare..

Time Magazine

Poor Trinity. Compare THAT to Leeds Fest: Pixies, Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden, Jimmy Eat World, Incubus, Marilyn Manson, Queens of the Stone Age, The Killers, Kasabian, NOFX.....

But I still can't wait. Where exactly will all the action be at?

jonny68

[edit]Silly Silly Troll Needs to Get a Life[/edit]

Pet

Leeds is a festival though, you can hardly compare the two. Most people I know from other colleges are envious of the lineup that Trinity managed to get.

Time Magazine

Can you say "trolling"? Can you say "unnecessary prejudicial stereotyping against a cohort of people you've never met"? Can you say "ban ensuing"?

jonny68

Angry Banana wrote:

Can you say "trolling"? Can you say "unnecessary prejudicial stereotyping against a cohort of people you've never met"? Can you say "ban ensuing"?

Yes i can dear chappy........Can you say "trolling"? Can you say "unnecessary prejudicial stereotyping against a cohort of people you've never met"? Can you say "ban ensuing"? My grammar and English is of the highest calibre you know,my daddy says one day ill be the CEO of a large company just like he is (maybe then ill also get to have and smooch my own big chested sexy PA)

Pet

My grammar and English is of the highest calibre you know,

but i seen her kiss the awful builder

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jonny68

Pet wrote:

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My grammar and English is of the highest calibre you know,


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but i seen her kiss the awful builder

Oh God you`ve got me there,well ive just had a spliff you know,plus ive been in the lab all day playing footsies with Melanie,God its a hard life.........

Time Magazine

jonny68 wrote:

Yes i can dear chappy........Can you say "trolling"? Can you say "unnecessary prejudicial stereotyping against a cohort of people you've never met"? Can you say "ban ensuing"? My grammar and English is of the highest calibre you know,my daddy says one day ill be the CEO of a large company just like he is (maybe then ill also get to have and smooch my own big chested sexy PA)

Actually, I wasn't testing your English. I was satirising the stereotype you portray, by pointing out its hypocracy .

Pet

Oh please, spliffs are so blue collar. Anyone who's anyone these days is doing coke.

cuckoo

Pet wrote:

Oh please, spliffs are so blue collar. Anyone who's anyone these days is doing coke.

The best trinners hit can be got from snorting ground up cobblestones, off the naked body of the scholar of your choice, under the campanile as the bell strikes midnight.

Nietzschean

jonny68 banned for pointless trolling

Crash

Is it wrong that i'm aroused by that?

Agent Smith

yes


moving swiftly onwards,

Crash

http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2005/03/1608.cfm

^^we sure about having ian brown for headline now?

Kevin_rc_ie

at that's good to hear, at least there will be some proper rock'n'roll if he makes it to tb. i hope he throws a tv out a house 6window.

rabbitinlights

I dont give a fúck what he does as long as he play's some of the stone roses stuff, along with the better tracks off his own albums....... Is it true his backing band are the stoned roses tribute band?


S.

Crash

Well its good news that all the problems happened while they were playing "wanna be adored" - tbh if its Ian Brown playing Ian Brown stuff mostly, i dont wanna see it. If its stone roses, then that'd be a damn good hammered event

Kevin_rc_ie

to be honest i wouldn't be a massive sr fan but they have some crackin' tunes.
some of ib's recorded songs are good too, but, my impression of him life is a very untalented singer.

(must note i've only seen him live on tv. lol.)

jd

He-
Hopefully Doherty won't do a Gil Scott Heron on you..
(it's for me teeth!)
jd

Pet

jd wrote:

He-
Hopefully Doherty won't do a Gil Scott Heron on you..
(it's for me teeth!)
jd

A what now?

jd

Pet wrote:

A what now?

Gil was meant to play the TCD ball in 1990. He got busted in London when he got off his plane with a small tin containing cocaine. He claimed it was powder for his teeth..:)
jd

wayfarer

cuckoo wrote:

The best trinners hit can be got from snorting ground up cobblestones, off the naked body of the scholar of your choice, under the campanile as the bell strikes midnight.

Ah, but granulated cobblestones from the quad is merely a gateway-drug encountered during a students undergraduate studies. Should he opt for futher study as a post grad, greater highs will ensue.

I heard rumours of bacchanalian orgies taking place in the dark recesses of the long room, where the drug of choice is stained vellum, packed into hookahs, or a spliff made from the crisp pages torn from a weighty medieval leather-clad tome on some antediluvian philosophical or anthropological theory. Supposedly, the more the text has been diregarded as quackery, the more powerful the hit.

The tenet of these intellectuals is that there is no greater feeling than the illicit pleasure derived from the meaningless destruction of knowledge and art.

These paradigms of depravity culminate during trinity week where, each night, the old library is witness to the sacrafice of the most obnoxious tourist whose presence graced the trinity campus during the previous day. His impassable form blocking every entrance and his voice overheard relentlessly spouting trinity-related trivia and anecdotes.

They drink his blood from goblets embellished with rubies and saphires, and after, each one of his limbs is taken to a different corner of college where it is cremated to ensure a prosperous tourist season.

Theres something they dont tell you during the guided tour!

Pet

Sounds like good, clean fun!

eoinf

wayfarer wrote:

Ah, but granulated cobblestones from the quad is merely a gateway-drug encountered during a students undergraduate studies. Should he opt for futher study as a post grad, greater highs will ensue.

I heard rumours of bacchanalian orgies taking place in the dark recesses of the long room, where the drug of choice is stained vellum, packed into hookahs, or a spliff made from the crisp pages torn from a weighty medieval leather-clad tome on some antediluvian philosophical or anthropological theory. Supposedly, the more the text has been diregarded as quackery, the more powerful the hit.

The tenet of these intellectuals is that there is no greater feeling than the illicit pleasure derived from the meaningless destruction of knowledge and art.

These paradigms of depravity culminate during trinity week where, each night, the old library is witness to the sacrafice of the most obnoxious tourist whose presence graced the trinity campus during the previous day. His impassable form blocking every entrance and his voice overheard relentlessly spouting trinity-related trivia and anecdotes.

They drink his blood from goblets embellished with rubies and saphires, and after, each one of his limbs is taken to a different corner of college where it is cremated to ensure a prosperous tourist season.

Theres something they dont tell you during the guided tour!

what a load of bollox just go and get pissed and have a good time

wayfarer

bollox? bah!

Chick

Hey wayfarer, you're a pretty wordy kinda guy!

Just go and enjoy yourself, should be a laugh

wayfarer

Nah, Id rather mope and bitch. Whip rotton vegtables and eggs at the stage, stuff like that. Thats more my kinda thing!

Pet

Whip rotton vegtables and eggs at the stage

Do it, but have the decency to save it all for Babyshambles.

cuckoo

Pet wrote:

Do it, but have the decency to save it all for Babyshambles.

That's assuming they actually show up.

wayfarer

cuckoo wrote:

That's assuming they actually show up.

According to their website, theyve cancelled their last two gigs. The reason for one was "due to Peter losing his voice." :rolleyes:

wayfarer

Pet wrote:

Do it, but have the decency to save it all for Babyshambles.

Id almost feel too sorry for them at this stage; poor ole Pete being in the state that he is and all. Saying that though, they do suck quite a lot

Pet

"due to Peter losing his voice."

Peter has a "voice"? Wow, where have I been?!