Gigs for 2025...who're you going to see?

Just three planned so far;

Madeleine Peyroux in February

John Cale in March

Iggy Pop/In The Meadows in June

Didn't get a ticket for MBV but might keep an eye out for resales/toutless closer to the time. Saw Lana Del Rey last two times she was here so decided to give that a miss this time due to both the ticket prices and the venue (she'd be perfect for a small intimate venue, it's a shame she's too damn popular!)

Jan - The Jesus Lizard : Button Factory

- Rise Against : Olympia

Feb - Stray from the Path : Whelans

- Pantera : 3 Arena

- Touche Amore : Whelans

March - Fat Dog : Opium

- Mark Eitzel : Phil Grimes

April - Lambrini Girls : Whelans

- Primal Scream : Olympia

- The Menzingers : Button Factory

- The Flaming Lips : Olympia

Likely to add to above as announcements made expecially smaller venues

Have some May and summer bookings but holding to see if some of the sub headline acts do some dates around festivals etc

So far ....
Opeth - Amsterdam 22nd Feb
Opeth - Brussels 23rd Feb
Spiritualized - Dublin 20th March
Zappa! Treacherous Cretins ft. Robert ‘Bobby’ Martin - Dublin 11th April
Supergrass - Dublin 29th May
Steven Wilson - Berlin 2nd June
Steven Wilson - Hamburg 3rd June
Iron Maiden - Dublin 25th June
Saxon - Dublin 5th Nov.

Tickets bought for:

The Jesus Lizard, Fat Dog, Spiritualized x 2 (hopefully 3), Lambrini Girls, Chalk, Primal Scream, Supergrass, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine. Plus ATN and EP.

About another 15 to add to that.

Just festivals for us as always. Not a fan of single artist gigs unless it's a small pub venue.

B&S if its on otherwise BTP

Stendhal

A wedding thats also a mini 3day festival!

Beautiful Dayz

Vantastival

BFMV / Trivium 20th anniversary tour

Linkin Park at Wembley

I will try to catch Killswitch Engage and Lacuna Coil as I assume they will be touring later next year after the new albums are released.

I've been gifted tickets to the Libertines in two different concerts in Germany next February. So planning a bit of a gig to gig road trip for that! That's my top goal at the moment. Gonna be smiling ear to ear the whole time I think.

Strangely for me no other gigs planned as yet. Though I think a friend bought tickets on the early sale to next Octobers "Chez Jack L" show. Which will be a blast from the past because I saw him do that tour when he first did it some years ago. But I have not talked to that friend for a little bit so not sure if he got the tickets in the end.

I was offered tickets to the Fontaines but I only just saw them in Munich and was possibly the worst gig I've ever been to. So think I will get that one a miss :( Though they did seem like they should have been better. First time ever really seeing them. And first gig I have ever been to in 30 years of gig going - where not a single fan even tried to shout for an encore. Which might be some theme or narrative with that band and is perfectly expected and normal if you are "in the know". But when they went off and not one person shouted for more I just thought "Yeah I wouldnt either"!

Other than that - I have heard rumors as yet unconfirmed that someone might have bought me VIP Bruce tickets for Frankfurt. I won't get my hopes up just in case. But if confirmed will make me a happy chappy.

I seem to keep getting gifted tickets though. I need to look at 2025 and start buying tickets for others and myself soon. So I will enjoy this thread now for some inspiration!

July 18th - Stray Kids

That's it for now😉