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Great review. I'll try to get up close tonight in Dublin, and avoid the yappers.

Yep, the yappers are a **** pox at concerts. Couple of women yapping away in front of me at The Human League. Even during bangers that they should be singing. We did move away from another gaggle of yappers early on but ended up behind those two. How anyone can continue to yap during Don't You Want Me Baby or Together In Electric Dreams is just astounding.

Was at The Chats on Tuesday in the Academy. And no one yapping and very few on phones. People just enjoying the music. It was very refreshing. Probably helps it was Punk and there was a lot of moshing. Not me 😝, I was at the back, but even still very few chatters or recorders.

So, the moral of the story is that you have to go to The Chats to avoid the chatting..

😝

(Directed towards @Fanirish also)

I managed to get right to the front here at Collins Barracks for Father John Misty. If there are yappers near me, I'll have to jump onto the stage...

So far everyone I'm around has been into SOAK and Cass McCombs, who've both been very good.

Outta curiosity were you centre or stage L/R?

That was a a fantastic gig at Collins Barracks (FJM). The material from his latest album worked really well.

Delighted to see the positive reviews for FJM. Heading to Cork tomorrow night and absolutely buzzing for it.

It was the worst gig I've ever been to. If he had any shame at all then he would refund those who went along. I've been at a couple of Dando's gigs that were fairly shambolic but this was on another level.

As soon as I heard his attempt to sing one of the higher notes in It's About Time I got that sinking feeling. Now if the guy had a sore throat then fair enough, but it was his attitude that stank most. The shouting and swearing at the crowd, who were admirably patient with him, was a disgrace.

You're right about the acoustic songs, which I thought would be really really bad but turned out decent. I won't forget the look of disgust on people's faces when it became clear the show was over after little more than an hour.

The irony is I read a piece about Dando in the latest issue of Uncut which leaves you with the sense that he had turned a corner with the new album on the way and he's living a cleaner life in Brazil blah blah. Not on this evidence.

I can't believe I handed over 40 quid to watch that shite. Never again.

P.S. I agree on The Sleeveens. I only caught four or five songs but they were excellent.

How was Ricky's voice? he was struggling for a few songs in Dublin but really picked up in the encore, I was worried he wouldn't make Limerick.

Was that the end of the gig? 😆

A good night out in the 3Arena for WWE Friday Night Smackdown over the weekend

Next up is Lewis Capaldi there in September

Haha this sounded pretty decent to me! Singing was off for sure.

He made an apology on Facebook, he took some Prednisone and it made him "aggro" and he thought he was being funny / ironic but it obviously wasn't coming across that way.

One of the all time best gigs I ever went to was Evan Dando solo in Whelan's in 2001 with Bens Kweller and Lee. He was so good and on top of everything. Pity it's come to the point where you sort of know you're not going to get a good show if you go see him, when it used to be the opposite.

Ah well. I hope they had shut up soon enough.

Father John Misty was absolutely sensational in City Hall Cork last night.

Full disclosure - I went in as a huge fan so the lenses may have been slightly tinted but I was absolutely blown away. Only saw him at Festival sets before (1 x EP and 1 x ATN) so to see a full headline show in such a beautiful venue was an absolute treat.

The band were impeccable and his voice incredible.

A night that wont be soon forgotten.