Starting a thread for 2025 gigs as they'll likely start rolling in.
I'll arbitrarily throw in Rob Beckett playing the Olympia on the 26th September 2025 which went on sale today.
Pulp act 1 review: How didn't This is Hardcore end up as a Bond Theme.
My fave Pulp track, and album. A pretty cool video too.
Well Jimmy Eat World was great craic
Jimmy eat world were outstanding and looked like they wanted to be there!
Great night at Jimmy Eat World. Worth the wait and worth the trip up to Dublin. Hear You Me and Salt, Sweat, Sugar were highlights.
Holy moly Pulp were unreal.
What a set. New albums tunes were brilliant and the old stuff was just top drawer.
Jarvis is such a front man. Incredible night.
Irish gig crowds have come in for a bit of stick recently, including by me, but a big shout out for the Pulp crowd last night. No chatting around me, no up and down to the bar during it and well up for it. Pulp were brilliant great sound, great setlist and Jarvis in flying form.
Common People and Disco 2000 were played to death back in the day, and as a result, I would always skip them since, but hearing them live makes me appreciate what absolute classics they are.
Incredible live. The man is 61!! Everybody on a great buzz and their new stuff is great. Really enjoyed it.
Nation of Language added a second date in Opium - Thursday November 6th
Jarvis is one of the best frontmen in music.
I couldnt make it last night , but hope to see them on the US leg.
Does anyone have an artist presale link for Caribou's 11th of December gig? I'm travelling tomorrow when they go on general release.
Thanks a mil.
Nine inch nails on Sunday now can't come quick enough,
I'm actually buzzing for that one delighted it's the first night of the tour as well no spoilers on the stage design/show and the setlist, many here going to it?
Meryl Streek, The Academy, Wednesday 17 December. Having The Chisel as support has certainly piqued my interest.
Twin Atlantic supporting catfish and the bottlemen in Fairview
I'll be there! Im the opposite i love to know the setlist in advance, I hate surprises ha!
Unrelated to any gigs but very sad to hear of the passing of Brian Wilson. Saw him live so many times. His impact on the music industry was enormous and he really was one of a kind.
Heading myself, should be cracking night. Do like to kinda have an idea of set but they tend to change it anyways, and put on an immense show too.
NewDad about to announce a Vicar Street show (I assume it’s there anyway)
Good to hear, and album #2 enroute in coming months
We're so privileged to have had the option to see him so regularly. Never though I'd ever get to see the man play live even once, and then when he finally came he couldn't stay away. How do you replace the likes of these legendary creators? I don't see many modern peers.
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Saw him in the marquee a few years ago. Legend .The Coronas carry the flame of fantastic acts there these days.
I said this exact thing after Jimmy Eat World last night. The crowd were 100% up for it. No bullshit chatters, no off-their-face messy drunkards, not too many phones, no aggro, just joy. Excellent gig. Even if the band all look like accountants and software developers now. 🤣
In fairness they have always looked like accountants!
TORCHE, Button Factory, Saturday 13th September: https://buttonfactory.ie/shows/2025/9/13/torche-x-helms-alee
You obviously weren't sitting in the upper tier. Lots of chatter going on during less popular songs.
Phone usage was pretty low up there, and apart from two harmless lads, didnt notice anyone drunk.
Thats what happens when the gig is a Tuesday, and the majority of the crowd are older than 35
My theory is that midweek gigs bring out much better crowds, particularly for bands who've had a couple of mainstream hits. The weekend shows bring out the "Sure I know a couple of songs, I'll head along for the craic." They don't tend to be arsed going if it's a Tuesday.
Pulp were fantastic and the atmosphere was brilliant, before, during and after. At least where I was standing.
I think that's a pretty good shout. People at the weekend are more likely out on the tear and are just there for a night out. I will say that there was one girl near us who was beyond irritating because she was drunk and shouting but we moved (as did about three other couples near her). But generally, it was a cracking crowd who were there to have a great night and it was one of the better gig experiences I've had. My only personal complaint was that we were at the front row of the balcony which meant we couldn't stand which was sooooooooo hard not to do for so many tunes.
Outside of her, there was a reverence at the Pulp gig which was amazing to witness and it reminded me in a way of the Nick Cave gig last year when people were just transfixed by every word and every note whether it was a huge song from 25 years ago or a song from 4 days previous that they'd never heard before. It was such a great indicator of the respect the crowd had for the band.
Such a pleasure to see Pulp (a dozen times and counting) and they still mesmerize live. The way Jarvis entered at the top of the stage amongst the cut-outs of his bandmates was iconic.
The string section bringing epics like This Is Hardcore to even greater heights.
The first live performance of their last top ten hit, Help The Aged, since 2012 and the charm of a frontman asking for help from the crowd to sing the high notes in the chorus.
The goosebumps from the second set beginning with just the four core Pulp members performing Something Changed semi-acoustically in front of the curtains. Candida, bless her, looking resplendent in sparkly dress and glass of prosecco in her arthritis-battered hands.
The anecdote about Pulp’s first time in Dublin (although Jarvis didn't speak about the JMTV Show on RTE where the band did a fashion show - check it on YouTube or the RTE Archive page. Has to be seen to be believed).
The fact that seven new songs didn't feel like overload and they just seemed to blend-in amongst the classics. And ending the evening with the extended band out in front of the curtain to play the last song on the album, A Sunset. Which Brian Eno and his family actually sing backing-vocals to on the record!
"Funny how it all falls away" goes that high bit in Help The Aged. With Pulp, it never does. Still out-standing.
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