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IDLES - Olympia

  • 19-11-2024 05:41PM
    #1
    fourmations
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭


    3 sold out nights and no thread for this? no love for Idles?

    I'm going tomorrow and looking forward to it, if anyone's there tonight id' be interested in what time they come on and go off so i can organise my way in and out of town

    cheers



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  • #2
    lisabiscuit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 163 ✭✭lisabiscuit


    We decided that Dublin is too expensive for gigs and accommodation these days so we opted to see then in Belfast. Was there on Sunday night. F##king class! Great energy, great vibe. Enjoy the show!



  • #3
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 44,306 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Heading up from the Midlands tonight. Really looking forward!!

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  • #4
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,884 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058381402/idles-olympia

    I'm in tonight buddy, I'll let you know. Think it's supposed to be doors 7, Chalk 7.45, Idles 9. Excited now, Belfast looked great.



  • #5
    lisabiscuit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 163 ✭✭lisabiscuit


    20241117_215814.jpg

    Didn't bother taking many photos.



  • #6
    El Director
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122858503#Comment_122858503

    thanks for this info. Chalk are a great support act! Cannot wait for this tonight, saw them years ago in Iveagh Gardens but they’ve had two (I think) great albums since that. Enjoy everyone!


    look out for “I’m so happy” t shirt and say hello any fellow boardsie



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  • #7
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 44,306 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Third time lucky for me. Last two gigs I'd tickets to were cancelled.

    Didn't realise my tickets were in the gods, but happy enough to be here.

    Chalk showed a lot of promise with their last song, but was very much 'wall of noise' up to that point for me. Sometimes swans, sometimes underworld.



  • #8
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,884 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122859168#Comment_122859168

    MUCH prefer the songs where the electronica backs up the guitar and drums rather than the other way round. There were times when it might as well have been the singer on stage on his own with the little black box. When they get the balance right though, it's powerful stuff.

    Edit: lovely shout out for them from Joe Talbot, very complimentary and heartfelt.

    Post edited by Stillill42 on


  • #9
    T.V Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭T.V Eye


    Jasysus. The Circle is like a Ryan Air Flight. I've swapped seats twice. But all good if everyone is with their mates.



  • #10
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 44,306 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Wow, just wow, I'm wading through a treacle of love coming out of that gig.

    There's very very few who can do that like idles.



  • #11
    El Director
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    lost for words really. All I know is my heart feels so full after that 🥹


    LOVE, really is the FING ❤️



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  • #12
    T.V Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭T.V Eye


    Magic. Exactly what you wanted.



  • #13
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,884 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122859741#Comment_122859741

    Agreed Syd. Masters of their particular craft. An unmatchable singalong mosh. Great stuff, great songs. A lotta love there tonight.



  • #14
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,884 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058381402/idles-olympia

    As advertised fourmations, doors 7, Chalk 7.45 till 8.30, Idles 9 till 11. Great bang for your buck. Queue even for the upper circle at 7! Enjoy it, I'd go again if I could, brilliant night.



  • #15
    Count Hairyfoot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭Count Hairyfoot


    What time would you want to be queuing to get a pass for the pit?



  • #16
    s8n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,751 ✭✭✭s8n


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122860058#Comment_122860058

    I'm down here now, its freezing but will be worth it !!



  • #17
    fillup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭fillup


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122860058#Comment_122860058

    I was in the queue at 5 which was stupid early but I thought there might be more of the fanatical Idles AF Gang queuing early but there wasn't

    At that time I was 4th in the queue

    Some friends arrived at 6 and were only a couple of spots behind me

    But of course could be different tonight

    Though the cold weather will deter people from queuing early I reckon



  • #18
    EyesClosed
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122860058#Comment_122860058

    got there for half 6 and got a pit pass no problem.

    What a show, I'd managed to miss them before this, won't be making that mistake again. The energy and love buzz was unreal.



  • #19
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,331 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    I've never clicked with Idles (despite them being right in my ballpark) but you lot are making me regret that, getting fomo reading these posts 🤣



  • #20
    colmufc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 820 ✭✭✭colmufc


    They were incredible last night, poor crowd at point chatting during some of the newer songs bar gift horse and dancer of course.

    Imo dancer does not work all that well live and will definitely be dropped on the next tour.

    Chalk were okay in parts, seen them a few times in the past 12 months supporting various bands and they are loud as hell each time, to the point of uncomfortable at times even with earplugs.

    As someone said above the last si g was there best



  • #21
    Marty Bird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭Marty Bird


    Excellent gig. Really liked Chalk

    🌞6.02kWp⚡️3.01kWp South/East⚡️3.01kWp West



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  • #22
    FledNanders
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭FledNanders


    For anyone who was there last night, was the crowd generally standing in their seats in the Circle?

    We have tickets for the Circle tomorrow but my wife has a foot injury so not much point her going if she has to stay sitting when everyone else is standing up



  • #23
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,884 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122860305#Comment_122860305

    In the Upper Circle, people were pretty sound about all that. Standing from early at the back, gradually spread forward. I was near the front, everyone up only towards the end, Danny Nedelko. But as I say, nobody I saw being an asshole about it. Being close to the front gives you the best chance of avoiding it obviously.



  • #24
    Granite Head
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 330 ✭✭Granite Head


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122860305#Comment_122860305

    In the Circle last night and all standing from the very start. Saying that a couple in the row in front of me sat for most of the gig (possibly a similar situation as you) but they were on the aisle. You may be able to swap with someone in the front row (no standing there).

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  • #25
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,082 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    There was a long stretch of lesser known songs in the middle of the setlist. I'd consider myself a fan and I was a bit bored to be honest



  • #26
    fourmations
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭fourmations


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122861072#Comment_122861072

    I've been watching and listening to the setlist, i think it does get a bit samey in parts, i've earmarked a few tunes for a couple of bar/loo/smoke breaks, god bless setlist.fm!



  • #27
    T.V Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭T.V Eye


    They've totally written off Ultra Mono. Only one track from it which seems to be the norm.



  • #28
    swededmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭swededmonkey


    Caught them on Sunday night in belfast….Wow! One of the best bands on the planet at the minute. I've done a lot of great gigs this year and idles tops it

    Only downside to the telegraph building is that its always freezing



  • #29
    lbj666
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    Huge fan and first time seeing them proper…

    I don't think anyway one woulda complained if they cut two songs outta the setlist ...or throw some of the slower broodier ones to change it up. That said the setlist was all you could want only thing I woulda loved would mtt 420 rr.

    I dunno why I was so surprised but the sheer wall of sound and noise they produce is mind-blowing.

    Only other critique I would have was if the crowd interactions were a bit more spontaneous.

    Unreal show ...wish I coulda had the chance a few years ago to walk in then not knowing who they were.



  • #30
    Ken Tucky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,269 ✭✭✭Ken Tucky


    My ears are buzzing after that

    Great energy, taught Joe's voice was on the way out. Not surprising on the 3rd night of that but fair play, never stopped giving it his all.

    And if you are reading this and were stood close to the ladies on the left..3 of you..shut the fuk up. It's a problem when folks going to an Idles gig can hear you w#nkers over the band. Morons



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