Gigs for 2022

Beasty · 25-04-2022 11:00AM

Last night

Johnny Marr - his blue perhaps spurring Debbie Harry into a pink phase

although she quickly reverted to being Blondie:

not bad at all for someone who turns 77 in a couple of months

No more gigs now for over two weeks.....

dasdog · 25-04-2022 01:08PM

Alan Partridge outlining his vision of Stratagem on Saturday. He did some hip hop to try and diversify from the "Mostly white, middle aged audience that were guaranteed to show up". And some 80's pop power ballads.

dasdog · 25-04-2022 01:47PM

Actually it's not been a great start this year due to various factors.

Dry Cleaning - Button Factory - Missed through Covid Symptoms but I saw them a few years ago in an almost empty Workman's Club which was just incredible

Sons of Kemet - Button Factory - Strange one as one of the four members couldn't make it so it was two drummers and a saxophone. They managed somehow to put on a good show

Mdou Moctar - The Sugar Club - Immigration wouldn't let them in due to some issues with visa's :(

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets - Convention Centre

Michael Kiwanuka - Rescheduled TBD

Fontaines D.C. - Iveagh Gardens - Rescheduled TBD

St. Vincent - Fairview Park

Emma Ruth Rundle - St. Ann's Church - Bit shoe gazey but she is a tour de force if you haven't heard her. Would highly recommend though and it's in that beautiful church off South Anne Street

Stiff Little Fingers / The Selecter / The Undertones - Belfast

Primus - Olympia

Snarky Puppy - National Stadium

Fontaines D.C. - Vicar Street

Stillill42 · 25-04-2022 04:28PM

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Amazing pics, Beasty. Are they yours? Is that your business?

Beasty · 25-04-2022 06:17PM

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Yep - all mine. No not my business. The quality of cameras nowadays is amazing. I have a couple of compact cameras that I can use at most concerts. I typically get near the front, although this one was taken from right at the back as I was leaving last night

Sometimes it's a case of how you edit the picture. This is one of Suzi Quatro last week

Nowadays digital cameras are so versatile. Back in the 80s it was a case of trying to snap at the right instant but waiting days to get the pictures back from the developer:

That was Alice in 1986. But by 2019 I knew straight away I had a good picture

Sometimes it's pure luck

Ronnie Wood stalking Imelda May..... - entirely in the way I've cropped the original

I got Imelda to sign that when I saw her a few weeks ago in Nottingham. She absolutely loved it and asked for a copy, which I'll deliver to her framed when I see her in Wexford next month

Anyway, I digress!

Stillill42 · 25-04-2022 06:31PM

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Well, they're amazing photos. What a collection you must have. I'd have my gaff festooned with them.

Beasty · 25-04-2022 06:50PM

I took 550 photos at Live Aid - got some special ones from that day. Saw Queen at Knebworth in 1986 - Freddie's last gig with them. Bowie at Milton Keynes in 83, The Stones at Roundhay Park in Leeds in 82 (their last gig for 6 years or so). I stopped with the Human Rights Now concert at Wembley in 1988 (including Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Sting) - started my current job a few weeks after that and it was increasingly difficult to get cameras in.

Started winding down to retirement around 3 years ago and started going to gigs again, but everyone was there taking pictures with their phones. I thought I could do better than that. The photographic records make me remember a lot more about gigs. The stuff from the 80s are in a book I'm drafting. This is the front cover

dasdog · 25-04-2022 07:14PM

Mate of mine also does it. He's a brilliant artist too and has worked with the KLF but has gotten in to lots of gigs free up front with his camera - sometimes under contract for magazines sometimes just for the enjoyment of it.

Beasty · 25-04-2022 08:40PM

Professionals are usually given a few minutes in front of stage then have to move out. The biggest issue for amateurs is working out if there will be an issue with the venue. They can be quite prescriptive over what they let in. I've a bridge camera (which is a large digital camera without interchangeable lenses) that I've taken to a few places where they define a "professional" camera as one with interchangeable lenses. It has a massive zoom though and is better than many SLRs that do have interchangeable lenses. I've seen security trying to take the lens off and give up and let me in. Last year at a Genesis concert I ended up taking photos with it next to a guy who had not been allowed to take a cheap and much inferior camera in because it had a removeable lens

At the O2 in London they were very strict. No camera with a lens of more than 55mm. They took my bridge camera off me (and locked it away for me to pick up later). Of course I had another compact camera which I managed to get in. They asked me about the strength of the lens and I said it was 50mm. They let me in - in fact it was probably the equivalent of 300mm due to the zoom, but they do not measure compact cameras that way. The rule was again to stop people taking "professional" cameras in, but there was no way I was getting the bigger one in.

PTH2009 · 30-04-2022 10:53PM

May will be a good gig month

6th May- Tool 3Arena

17th May- Lindsey Buckingham The Helix

24th May- MCR Kilmainham (finally)

Penfailed · 06-05-2022 10:11AM

Saw Mogwai in Belfast last night. Such a good show! The sound was perfect and a great lighting rig. They played a great selection of tunes too.

Beasty · 11-05-2022 02:04PM

This week's song from Europe:

Looks like a gold crown at the back there....

This guy produced his Irish passport to prove he's no Foreigner:

All the way from Monaghan (Tanya O'Callaghan, not David Coverdale - he's from the North Riding of Yorkshire) -

PTH2009 · 11-05-2022 02:34PM

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Sounded like a great night, sad I missed it but gig choices have to be made

Didn't know about Mick Jones not been able to perform full sets with Foreigner anymore

Whitesnake some hair in that band. Think Tanya is from Mullingar not Monaghan

Beasty · 11-05-2022 11:46PM

You're right about Tanya - she had it written on the back of her guitar!

Mick Jones appeared for the last couple of songs and the encore. He looked a bit less steady than some of the other 77yo+ I've seen. I guess that without him they become a tribute band

In terms of Whitesnake I'm not sure how much of the hair is genuine

I suspect there's a bit of long-standing Botox on display as well, with all the new wrinkles finding their way to some strange places on the faces of Messrs Coverdale and Aldridge!

Dreamweapon · 15-05-2022 03:19PM

Recent additions:

Follakzoid (bought tickets for this 2 & a half years ago!)

Bo Ningen (same night as PIL but never seen them on their own so they win out)

Nebula & The Atomic Bitchwax double header.

Minami Deutsch (Essential gig imo)

Loop (Ditto)

The Nal · 15-05-2022 03:37PM

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Minami Deutsch yep. Saturday night too

RayCon · 17-05-2022 08:40AM

Completed

Tangerine Dream - 3rd March, Dublin - Excellent and lovely intimate venue

Nick Mason - 13th April, Dublin - just spectacular

Cory Wong - 14th April, Dublin - excellent, funk explosion !

Spiritualized - 7th May, Dublin - Didn't disappoint - night of psychedelic noise and delicate downers.

Viagra Boys - 13th May, Dublin - Amazing - electric buzz in the venue - haven't seen that much crowd surfing since the early days of thrash. Great band.

2112 Rush Tribute - 14th May, Dublin. Fantastic - great night of live Rush tunes, set list was damn near perfect. Highlight was Jacob's Ladder

Public Service Broadcasting - 16th May, Dublin. Don't know any of their stuff so went in not knowing what to expect. First 3 songs in the set I thought were OK - a little pedestrian - set picked up after that and atmosphere built. Great band - will have to check out some of their albums.

Postponed

Lindsey Buckingham - 17th May, Dublin - postponed - hopefully a reschedule will be announced soon. Would hate for it to get completely cancelled.

Still to go

2112 Rush Tribute - 16th July, Dublin

Primus - 1st Oct, Dublin

Porcupine Tree - 21st Oct , Berlin

Opeth - 19th Nov, Utrecht

Opeth - 20th Nov, Utrecht

Penfailed · 17-05-2022 10:45AM

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PSB are great. I've seen them four times now. I gave last nights gig a miss as I'm not dying about their latest album.

Stillill42 · 17-05-2022 10:50AM

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A poor decision, Penfailed. They were amazing. I know what you mean about the new album but seeing the songs live transforms them. Still more invested in the likes of Go! Everest, People will always need coal, the Other Side etc. but the new ones slotted in nicely. 'All out' the stand out for me last night. Brilliant stuff.

PTH2009 · 17-05-2022 02:40PM

Adding Night 2 of The Killers in Malahide Castle to the list

Completed

Less Than Jake Whelans

Ed Sheeran Vicar Street

Tool 3Arena

Lindsey Buckingham (Postponed should be heading up now 😔)

Still to come

My Chemical Romance Night 1 RKH

The Killers Night 2 Malahide Castle (Ticket pending)

Hella Mega Tour Marley Park

Elton John PUC Cork

wwe clash at the Castle Cardiff Wales

Garth Brooks Night 1 Croke Park

Alter Bridge 3Arena

sally cinnamon89 · 17-05-2022 02:44PM

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Ultimate Dad list right there

Dreamweapon · 17-05-2022 03:40PM

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Seen them three times and that was enough. I've always thought the songs were there but they're just too clean sounding. Would benefit greatly from an injection of dirt and grit imo. Much like Holy F*ck really.

Stillill42 · 17-05-2022 03:55PM

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Ah, I don't see that. Not everything needs grit. They rocked the place last night, think he's underrated as a guitarist. Something like 'All out' has plenty of heart. Anyway, all opinions, innit?

PTH2009 · 18-05-2022 12:29AM

Didn't know Sam Fender is supporting The Killers in Malahide Castle.

Very nice bonus after getting a ticket for Night 2 under face value

delbertgrady · 19-05-2022 11:02AM

So far...

24-03-22 The Staves, The Helix

10-04-22 Sparks, Vicar Street

13-04-22 Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, Convention Centre

21-04-22 Dua Lipa, 3Arena

25-04-22 Lucy Dacus, Olympia

29-04-22 Bill Bailey, 3Arena

16-05-22 Public Service Broadcasting, Olympia

Still to come...

19-05-22 Christian Lee Hutson, The Grand Social

05-06-22 Billie Eilish, 3Arena

12-06-22 Duran Duran/Goldfrapp, St. Anne’s Park

13-06-22 Mitski, Olympia

20-06-22 Phoebe Bridgers, Fairview Park

22-06-22 Sharon Van Etten, Vicar Street

26-06-22 St. Vincent/Snail Mail, Fairview Park

28-06-22 Yes, Vicar Street

01-07-22 Elton John, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

16-07-22 Pixies, Iveagh Gardens

29-08-22 Wolf Alice, Olympia

09-10-22 Bret McKenzie, National Stadium

09-11-22 Belle and Sebastian, Olympia

17-11-22 Sigur Rós, 3Arena

19-11-22 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit/The Rails, Olympia

28-11-22 Wet Leg, Academy

01-12-22 The Cure, 3Arena

09-12-22 Clannad, 3Arena

29-03-23 Elton John, 3Arena

Stillill42 · 19-05-2022 12:21PM

Oof, Delbert. Very nice. Christian Lee Hudson an interesting addition. I saw him with Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers in that Better Oblivion project, he played support and then with them on stage too. He was a funny guy, liked the album he had out after.

delbertgrady · 19-05-2022 12:26PM

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Yeah, I was very impressed with him when he opened for them. He seemed to have the whole place in the palm of his hand almost immediately. I loved Beginners - it was my most played album during lockdown - and his latest, Quitters, is great too.

Nigel Fairservice · 21-05-2022 10:20AM

I'm in the UK for the weekend and Travis happen to be in town tonight, near my hotel too. Booked myself a ticket to it this morning.

Beasty · 22-05-2022 10:28PM

I'll be witnessing my first "60th Anniversary" tour this week - the Hollies. Of course the Stones will be embarking on theirs in another week or so

PTH2009 · 22-05-2022 10:31PM

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Lucky baxtard Enjoy

Peter Howath is hardly still lead now ? Saw him as part of the Frontm3n a few a years back great show

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