Seeing as Elton has now rescheduled his Dublin gigs, might be useful to start a 2023 thread as others might start popping up.
The Commitments - 7th - 19th February (Olympia Theatre)
Elton John - 28th/29th March (3Arena)
Presale on Friday for Marlay Park ticket holders
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3Presale - Monday 28th August 9am
General Sale - Tuesday 29th August 9am
No doubt there’ll be about 2 tickets left for the general sale.
Bit of a score getting to say them at 3 Arena instead of Marlay
After seeing their Glastonbury set I've no interest in going to see them in Three. I had tickets for Marley and each to their own but by god he's killed all the songs with the crooner style
I was thinking would there be any less people wanting to go given the backlash after Glastonbury
OXN, The Sugar Club, 31st Oct./1st Nov. Features that dreary, depressing finger-in-the-ear wan from Lankum plus Katie Kim and two members of Percolator.
https://www.foggynotions.ie/concerts/concert/oxn-sugar-club-dublin-2023
I thought I was alone in not grasping Lankum. Maybe live they’re bearable but I struggle, I really do…….
And I also thought I was a loner on this one. I don't get it at all. Based on the publicity and the name, I had presumed they were some cross between The Scratch and the Mary Wallopers - which would be a good thing. So I threw on some some tunes on youtube. First one was Go Dig My Grave. Jesus, awful depressing and eeriie noises. I thought that I must have been unlucky in picking that one first. Nut no, every other song was almost the same. I can't understand the hype.
Lankum always strike me as the kind of folks that if you walked into a pub for a few Sunday sociables and there was a session in the corner they'd shush you for laughing or talking. Overly serious and dour types. Don't get me started on the supposed Punk/Drone/Doom element to their music. Three albums in and f*cked if i can hear it???
At the other end of the scale i can't stand The Scratch or Mary Wallopers either. Cheesy nonsense.
If you have nothing to do in November, make a date for one of the Scratch gigs. You won't consider it cheesy nonsense.
Each to their own with music taste but whatever they are they're hardly overly serious and dour types!
Live reports are excellent though, and I’ll check ‘em out sometime at a fest rather than shell out for a stand-alone gig.
They’re getting ever bigger too, December show at Leisureland, a venue that’s recently had Paul Weller, Christy Moore, The Fontaines and others who can flog tickets. Fair Play to them anyway, they’ve obviously got something that I’ve missed.
They played St Lukes in Cork a good few years ago and were we hushed for barely whispering at the gig lol
you’d expect the same if barely chatting at a piano recital. It’s music that demands near silence from the audience.
Ironic given your user name ;). Was that by someone in the audience rather than the band?
Ah they've lively numbers where people clap away and sing along too. Yeah they've quieter numbers too alright though.
I concur. The Pogues and Moving Hearts did all this stuff so much better.
Nah it was people sitting in the pughs around us. In fairness I get it... they have that style of music where any chatter is noticeable. We jumped into the venue as generally any gigs I've seen there tend to be good. We didnt know much about them at the time.
I've no problem with that, it's a paid gig and a lot of their stuff requires silence. My point was that they come across as overly earnest and would likely shush you at a casual session down the boozer. I've no time for that carry on! Maybe they're not like that at all, just the impression they give.
I have far too many gigs on between now and early December, particularly Oct/Nov so i won't be at them. They're talented no doubt, but their schtick does absolutely nothing for me.
I respect the opinions of the posters negative comments here but Lankum are far from arrogant or overly putting on the seriousness. Radie’s vocal isn’t to everyone’s taste but there is much more. They open their gigs joking and warning be prepared for a head phuck - which it is – and keep the humour up throughout. The crowd is silent, proper silent, from start to end of each tune which is wonderful. Totally unlike the Pogues or Moving Hearts IMO - and I love the former and like the latter. They have become very, very good and False Lankum although having two songs I don't really like ("Go Dig My Grave" being one actually) is a stunner aside from that. Produced by Spud Murphy and it's almost psychedelic. I would reckon a festival is the worst place they could be seen tbh unless in a tent without yappers.
Feck me, Dreamweapon but you're a hard man to keep happy! I've not seen Lankum live, can see where you're coming from with the earnestness thing but if earnestness is not your thing, I'm not sure how you can't see the appeal of the Scratch or Mary Wallopers, 2 bands that are musically very proficient but never take themselves too seriously. What Irish bands get it right for you? Gilla band? That sort of area? Any room for credit outside of the noise arena?
Fair enough. I think the Pogues / Moving Hearts reference was in relation to The Scratch and Mary Wallopers, nothing to do with Lankum. That's how i read Seathrun's comment anyway.
The Pogues/Movibg Hearts comparisons were directed to the Lankum/Mary Wallopers/Scrstch triumvirate.
And the comparisons are valid given that all acts were/are in some way reimagining Irish folk. And covering many of the same tunes. Lankum & the Pogues with the Irish Rover for starters.
I find little to love about the modern trio, but as I said above I’ve seen none of them live and I’d happily go go to any of them in the hope of being proved wrong.
I don't know The Scratch at all - actually thought they were an indie band in my ignorance - but I wouldn't club Lankum in with The Mary Whallopers. Lankum are on Rough Trade and much darker, slower, haunting. MW are in my book more a tongue in cheek band from listening. More beers being swung and sing along.
I didn't know Lankum even covered The Irish Rover. They did a very dark cover of The Wild Rover - one of the first songs I learnt many decades ago :)
Anyway I was getting my hopes up with surprise end of year announcements seeing the updates to the thread so will leave it there. Go see them if the opportunity arises.
Id say the volume of Snapchat/Instagram etc usage at gigs like Mary Whallopers and 2 Johnnies is through the roof
Doubt theres much traffic at gigs like Lankum
Doh! My mistake. It’s the Wild Rover that both covered. The Pogues on the extended version of Red Roses For Me.
All three acts are clearly different but get lumped in together as new takes on trad/folk. Personally I don’t find any of them as challenging or innovative as their predecessors but I’m willing to be convinced and I’ll probably check them all out at EP or something n Galway later in the year.
Lankum and The Scratch got very big crowds at All Together Now. I dipped my head in for a minute and moved on from both as not my cup of tea.
Ha! I've had that flung at me for 30-odd years 😂 I genuinely wish i wasn't so hard to please but that just seems to be the way i'm wired when it comes to music. Outside of the guitar spectrum i'm not sure what Irish acts appeal to me. I liked the two reggae acts, Wiggle and Inntinn, years back. KKC also do it for me but they peaked around 2017. There's must be more but damned if i can think of any.
For Those I Love
Sinead O’Brien
Biig Pig
Examples of some outside the guitar arena. Any of interest?
Nope.
Only one i've seen live is Sinead O'Brien at ATN last year and i was bored after 20 minutes. Stayed for her full set but only because it was in a tent and pissing rain at the time.
The other two? A hard NO!😉
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