nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Child Item

2017 gig of the year

spindex

The year is almost over and I have no gigs on the horizon so I'll set the ball rolling with a countdown of my top 5 gigs of 2017

5) U2 in croker, 3rd time seeing them and by far the best.
4) Radiohead in the 3, wasn't gone on the set list but still a great show.
3) Guns n Roses at slane, finally got to see the band that turned me onto music. Great setlist.
2) Therapy ? In Cyprus avenue Cork. It was an acoustic gig so I wasn't sure if they could pull it off. They proved they could big time.
1) Eddy Vedder at the marquee Cork. I wouldn't be much of a pearl jam fan but I was blown away by this gig.

Find more posts tagged with

Quick Links

Comments

rushfan

Jake Clemmons in the Roisin Dubh in Galway in October.

Jimmy Rabbitte Snr

Kasabian - Olympia
Elbow - Olympia
Charlatans - Academy
Liam Gallagher - Olympia
Radiohead - 3 Arena

Arghus

Answers on a postcard please...

pointelle

off topic here, but I once saw a skinny black haired guy nut/loaf ( hit with his head) some other guy right in the face at Bob Dylan in the 90's it was so weirdly violent cos he looked like the skinny friend of wayne in waynes world

endabob1

In date order, rather than what was the absolute best, the top 4 were

Elbow
Eventim Apollo London
Sun 5 Mar

Eddie Vedder
Eventim Apollo London
Tue 6 Jun

The Stone Roses
The SSE Arena, Belfast,
Tue 13 Jun

The War on Drugs
Alexandra Palace, London,
Tue 14 Nov

Picking a 5th is tricky, so honorable mentions for the slow readers club, Jack Savoretti, Ryan Adams & 2 Door Cinema Club

Most disappointing gig, Paul Weller

bullpost

The Wedding Present - The Academy
Depeche Mode - The Point

blastman

Did they play the Banana Splits theme?

RayCon

The Dickies - Thomas House, Dublin.

holton

Ride in The Olympia were brilliant. Probably my favourite gig of the year.

keeponrockin

1. Eddie Vedder/Glen Hansard@The Point

2. Guns n Roses@Slane

3.Coldplay@Croke Park

4.The Killers@Glastonbury

5.Foo Fighters@Glastonbury

larry1

Front row at the Walter Kerr Theatre NYC to see Springsteen on Broadway
December 12th

[Deleted User]

1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Max Schmelling Halle, Berlin, 22 October 2017. Quite possibly the greatest gig I have ever been to in my life.
2. Nothing else compares with the above.

[Deleted User]

The Muppets at the Hollywood Bowl
Robert Plant at the Bord Gais

Wooderson

Dagenham Dave wrote: »

After Friday night I'm adding Glen Hansard in the Ulster Hall. Incredible show

Vicar St last night was incredible

R.F.

7 Gigs. Order of preference

Coldplay (Croke)
Kings of Leon (3Arena)
Arcade Fire (Malahide)
Killers (3Arena)
Kasabian (3Arena)
Chilli Peppers (3Arena)
Radiohead (3Arena)

Dagenham Dave

After Friday night I'm adding Glen Hansard in the Ulster Hall. Incredible show

Irish_rat

Wolf Alice - Olympia

Aglomerado

invicta wrote: »

Josh Ritter at Cork Opera Hse. next Monday night

That was an excellent gig. My first time seeing him live; it won't be my last.

lordgoat

Mountain Goats
Tank and da Bangas

Furious-Red

Off the top of my head

Kasabian - Olympia
Eddie Vedder - 3Arena
Kasabian - 3Arena
Royal Blood - 3Arena
Robbie Williams - Aviva
Aerosmith - 3Arena
Deftones - Vicar St

circular flexing

Flying Lotus 3D
Arcade Fire (in the round)
Radiohead
Squarepusher live band
Run The Jewels

Gotta get to more gigs next year...

charlietully

A few I enjoyed this year

Trivium - limelight Belfast
The Jesus and Mary Chain - limelight
The Stone Roses - SSE Arena Belfast
Guns N Roses - Olympic stadium London
Le Galaxie/KKC - Sunflower fest Co Down
KKC, Madness, Touts - Electric Picnic
Paul Heaton/ Jackie Abbot - limelight
Peter Hook and the light - Limelight
The Killers- sse Belfast
**** I could be mortgage free if I stopped going to gigs

Mars Bar

First Up wrote: »

Showing my age with Jackson Browne at Vicar St.

I'm 28 and that's my favourite so it shows nothing about your age! It was magical.

Passenger

Black Sabbath - 3Arena.
Deftones - Vicar St.

adrian522

For me...

Kraftwerk in BGE theater was the best gig.
Also really enjoyed Radiohead and Bob Dylan in the 3 Arena and Run the Jewels in the Olympia.

Ryan Adams in the Olympia was number 5.

Other good gigs were Divine Comedy last Friday, Tycho in district 8, Little Dragon, Glen Hansard both in Vicar street and Belle and Sebastian in the Iveagh Gardens.

I was a bit disappointed in the Angel Olsen gig and the U2 gig though I notice a lot of people listing them as their gigs of the year.

Overall I think Kraftwerk was the best gig I saw this year.

Amirani

1. LCD Soundsystem at Olympia
2. GNR at Slane
3. Bonobo at Body & Soul

busterp

Aphex Twin at Forbidden Fruit
U2 at the Superdome
Bonobo at Vicar St
LCD at Olympia
The National at Vicar St
Wolf Parade at the Button Factory

Think I went to more this year than in the last five years combined but these are the top of the pack

TenPicnics

1. St Vincent's first night in the Olympia. Have seen her and her band a few times, and didn't think the last tour could be bettered, was even feeling a tiny bit cheated before the gig knowing that she'd be playing "solo"....how wrong I was, it was utterly magnificent on so many levels. Has jumped into my list of lifetime best gigs. And that's quite a long lifetime.

2. Radiohead in the Point. But then again every time I've seen them they've been incredible.

3. Chaka Khan "supporting" Chic in the Point. Her band also gets my award for Grooviest of Groovy Bands.

4. Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters in the Grand Canal. Got transported to ecstatic levels by them at EP a few years ago, this gig was equally good but more nuanced, a lovely handful of Zep tunes and an education in musical genres. He's more than a legend.

5 Depeche Mode in the Point. Managed to miss seeing them all these years so this was a Finally event for me.

Wrongway1985

5 Indoor

1.Deftones - Vicar St - Both shows over 40 songs,3 remained the same...savage; a band that always avoided me one way or another not this time well worth the wait.
2. Aerosmith - 3 Arena - Everything I've heard all true top of their game at their age , great night
3. Paramore - RAH - Went to explore venue on a stop over in London not being a massive fan...am now cracking live band
4. Alter Bridge - Olympia/RAH - Really something else in the smaller venues, first show was special in Dublin as it was their debut here, London show was with an orchestra,unpredictable setlist and filmed for future release

5.Depeche Mode - 3arena - Always deliver,unmissable

Some great stuff had to be left out

5 Festival/Outdoor

1.Guns N Roses - Slane - Even though didn't buy into the original members a chance to see them in any form had slipped by, that though clearly added to atmosphere and such spoke to many who'd been in attendance in '92. Didn't buy initially and debated whether to try get them in elsewhere as was sketchy over venue after my previous time there...that would have been silly...was well prepared amazing gig/day out.
2.Tarja - Graspop - Never graced our shores perhaps never will, amazing to see that voice live.
3.Emperor - Wacken Open Air - Played Welkins in full, soaked up best here.
4.Trivium - Wacken Open Air - Defo the best times I've seen them outdoors, Kirisute Gomen in particalar immense
5.Rob Zombie - Graspop - Although known to be hit or miss think this was my 4th time catching never seen a bad show this was no different...pity that Olympia gig was never rescheduled.

Again some great stuff missing the cut...

kennyu272

U2 - Croke Park
The National - Vicar St
Depeche Mode - 3Arena
Fangclub - Electric Picnic
Elbow - Glastonbury