Bloc Party 7th November @ Olympia

Mr Rivers

Yes, the excellent Bloc Party in the horrible horrible olympia!

From the MCD newsletter

MCD proudly present

BLOC PARTY
Plus special guests

7th November 2005 Olympia Theatre, Dublin

Tickets : 22.50 inc booking fee.

Doors: 7.30pm

Over 18's . ID Essential

I'll still go tho! Nice ticket price!

Ron DMC

whatcha talking about, the olympia's lovely. One of my favourite venues in fact.

Could be worth attending.

Mr Rivers

The tiny pit and the horrible securit with their no camera poslicy, fix that and it's a lovely venue

Kali

Sweet news anyway.. but the Olympia is horrible? It's easily one of the best venues in the country.. where would you rather they played the ambassador or the village? both of which are dire atmosphere & sound-wise.

Repli

22.50 - thats a good price for such a great band, and the olympia is a good venue in my opinion, I went to see yngwie malmsteen there a couple of weeks ago and took loads of photos

dregin

I can't stand the olypmia. I've always found the sound really bad in there. Far too much bass.

Serotonin

I think the olympia is a great venue but I can' say the same for bloc party!

Mr Rivers

Kali wrote:

where would you rather they played the ambassador or the village?

No, Vicar St

dregin wrote:

I can't stand the olypmia. I've always found the sound really bad in there. Far too much bass.

Oh yes, I seen Beck there and the bass was insane!

youcancallmeal

any idea when these go on sale?

Mr Rivers

They go on sale Sat 11/06/05, 09:00

L.W

i love that slope in the olympia, they should have that in every venue.

youcancallmeal

So anybody gettin tickets for this today?

rabbitinlights

Yup, I picked up four, I was sure it would sell out, but It doesnt seem to be very well advertised apart from ticketmaster.ie, Ive rang a few mates who are fans and they didnt even know..... wierd. should be a great gig!

comet

I wouldn't be bothered with Bloc Party, well not in Dublin anyway but I think the Olympia is a great venue.

Saw them in whelans, will go here too. But to all Olympia haters!!! YOU'RE ALL WRONG!!!!!!!! Its superb! Beck was amazing. I was standing bang in the centre and the sound was great When I saw the prodigy there. It was insanely good! Could you imagine the prodigy in vicar st? it would suck balls

dregin

What you meant to say was - "Can you imagine listening to the prodigy for an hour and a half? it would suck balls".

rabbitinlights

The prodigy in the Olympia was just amazing, the venue is great, especially the sloping floor, my girlfriend is tiny and find's it tough to see the band in most venue's. I liked Vicar St, but the Olympia is a much better venue, I cant wait for November!

Sean.

Mr Rivers

Anyone know the availability of tickets? I won't be able to get a ticket for a few days

Redegg

saw them in whelans in jan. only bad thing was half the crowd didnt really know who they were it seemed. Their album had not been released. I had it downloaded so I loved every minute of it.. Opening with the marshalls are dead. a fantastic song.

Mr Rivers

Yeah, Whelans was a great gig! I had the album then too and it was real funny when they had some people singing back to them even tho it wasn't released yet!

Here's my pics of the gig
http://minds.may.ie/~rivers/pics/blocparty/

rabbitinlights

Great Pictures! Im looking forward to seeing them at Oxegen but I think they would be much better in a smaller setting.

spiderlegs

Just wanna say the olympia really is a lovely venue,but the way they gave out pit bands for jimmy eat world was so unfair...I almost didn't get one :eek: .The security gaurds can be kinda mean too they're so over controlling.Meh what can ya do about it?