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  • #842
    chalkitdown1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭chalkitdown1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123989728#Comment_123989728

    Those were real poeple in the crowd dressed as the "white guy". The guy in the gorilla costume was posing for pictures with them before the gig, too. I saw at least 2 of them in the crowd and went home to Cork on the Aircoach at midnight with one of them!



  • #843
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,871 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Lisa O’Neill at her new album launch in Spindizzy Records this evening. I know she mainly plays acoustic guitar but she is totally unique and Cavan’s greatest ever songwriter.

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    BTW people who bring their baby to a record launch should be……… you can fill in the blank.



  • #844
    Choochtown
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124015272#Comment_124015272

    She's a one-off. As you say totally unique whilst also being totally genuine and true to herself.

    A national treasure.



  • #845
    Granite Head
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭Granite Head


    WETLEG @ Olympia - dissapointingly Meh. The gig was literally one hour but I honestly was'nt sorry it ended early. After the first three songs I thought this was going to be a cracker but the rest of the gig descended into boredom, that not even smoke filled bubbles could lift. I see she is charging €67 for her Trinity series gig next year - in my opinion way over priced. In hindsight @ €50 for tonight was a stretch for a two album band.

    2026 Gigs and Events: Bren Berry, Grant Lee Philips, Jarlath Regan, Craig Finn, Westside Cowboy, Magdalena Bay, Neil Delamare, The Streets,The Paper Kites, TJ Baham, Borderline Festival (Fri + Sat), Whitney, Stereolab (Whelans), Antlers, David Byrne, Buck Meek, Bar Italia, Gene, Gorillaz, Thundercat, Belle & Sebastion x2, Jason Byrne, President, Jacob Alon, Robert Finley, Big Thief, The Big Star Quintet, Superfurry Animals, These Charming Men, Kraftwerk, Ray LaMontagne, Sugar, Mack Fleetwood, Pixies, Stewart Lee, Aldous Harding, Royel Otis, The Cure, Florence & the Machine, Beta Band, Forest Fest, ATN, Moby, GOAT, Jack White, Sigar Ros, Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy, Bonny Prince Billy, Death Cab for Cutie, Olafur Arnalds, Reytones, Arab Strap, Arlo Parks, Strokes, Cat Power, Widows Peak, Jeff Tweedy, Ocean Colour Scene, Fat Dog, Interpol & Bloc Party, Madra Salach



  • #846
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,173 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    Getdown Services massive fun in the Button Factory. More a sort of Indie panto than a straightforward gig, huge audience participation but the 2 lads are deadly, great craic, funny, relatable, dead on. Just a lovely vibe there, crowd responded in kind. Nights like that just make me feel better about the human race. God bless us all. Amen.



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  • #847
    dasdog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭dasdog


    Bob Vylan was phucking wild. Glad I was upstairs. The energy level was insane. It will probably make the news tomorrow as he joined in the IDF chants. Call outs to Chuck D though, you know you are on the right side of humanity.

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  • #848
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,173 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022171#Comment_124022171

    With the choice of gigs tonight in Dublin, you might have made the wrong choice there in hindsight, no?



  • #849
    Gloomtastic!
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022222#Comment_124022222

    I was downstairs by the stage. Could take a few days for the ears to recover. Cracking gig.

    https://youtube.com/shorts/D6ez95Agb9g?si=-b8MW4hy4ck4IaHf


  • #850
    Pudsy33
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    Loved Model/Actriz. Way dancier live than on record with a good rhythm section, the place was hopping even to what I would seem the slower stuff. Serious front man who had the place bouncing from start to finish. Interesting crowd. Hope to see them at ATN or BTP.



  • #851
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,173 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    What a seriously great night's music in Dublin tonight.



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  • #852
    LLamachara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 184 ✭✭LLamachara


    Bob Vylan were incredible. Atmosphere was something else. Karla from Sprints was a great surprise

    Life affirming gig. Just class.



  • #853
    LLamachara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 184 ✭✭LLamachara


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    Sums it up. Lovely crowd. Great vibes



  • #854
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,308 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Night 1 of 2 of Hans Zimmer in the 3Arena.

    Superb as always and a very appreciative audience 👏 Highlights for me include finally hearing Chevaliers de Sangreal live, the incredible Gladiator soundtrack, and F1 is an absolute banger live!

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  • #855
    Granite Head
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭Granite Head


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022232#Comment_124022232

    Yeah, You win some, you lose some but if you don't go out you'd never know. I caught Getdown Services earlier in the year in the Workmans and as you say just good fun! - they would have been my choice tonight but I was already committed to Wet Leg.

    2026 Gigs and Events: Bren Berry, Grant Lee Philips, Jarlath Regan, Craig Finn, Westside Cowboy, Magdalena Bay, Neil Delamare, The Streets,The Paper Kites, TJ Baham, Borderline Festival (Fri + Sat), Whitney, Stereolab (Whelans), Antlers, David Byrne, Buck Meek, Bar Italia, Gene, Gorillaz, Thundercat, Belle & Sebastion x2, Jason Byrne, President, Jacob Alon, Robert Finley, Big Thief, The Big Star Quintet, Superfurry Animals, These Charming Men, Kraftwerk, Ray LaMontagne, Sugar, Mack Fleetwood, Pixies, Stewart Lee, Aldous Harding, Royel Otis, The Cure, Florence & the Machine, Beta Band, Forest Fest, ATN, Moby, GOAT, Jack White, Sigar Ros, Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy, Bonny Prince Billy, Death Cab for Cutie, Olafur Arnalds, Reytones, Arab Strap, Arlo Parks, Strokes, Cat Power, Widows Peak, Jeff Tweedy, Ocean Colour Scene, Fat Dog, Interpol & Bloc Party, Madra Salach



  • #856
    Stillill42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,173 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022368#Comment_124022368

    Absolutely. Saw most of Wet Legs set at Green Man this year and they were great but if I could have, I would have been at Bob Vylan or Model Actriz tonight.



  • #857
    Dreamweapon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,048 ✭✭✭Dreamweapon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022305#Comment_124022305

    I was also at Model/Actriz in Whelans. Don't know if it sold out on the night but it was damn close to full. I was expecting it to be noisier and a lot more intense live tbh but it was good fun nonetheless. To my ears the frontman's vocals veered between Marc Almond and Erasure's Andy Bell. I suspect this is what Chalk think they sound like. Agree that they're another one to add to the festival list. Would definitely get a crowd moving.

    I enjoyed Null Club, which was Gilla Band's guitarist doing his thing with added keys, knobs and laptop. The vocals were samples only. Operating in a similar area to F@ck Buttons i guess.

    Very busy weekend coming up if i can summon the energy.

    …^……<…./?::;;:::@"! ((((((*))))))#=)))))~



  • #858
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 45,439 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Just back from bobby V in vicar Street. Man I need more gigs like that in my life. Energetic high tempo from the start. Loud, angry, articulate, kind, young man telling it as it is. Whether it's RATMesque funk metal guitar, prodigy-like rave breakbeats or simple 4 chord punk those London boys can really hit hard.

    Big shout out to Meryl streek as support too. I was impressed. If he's at a festival near you you should check him out.



  • #859
    geotrig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,014 ✭✭✭geotrig


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022340#Comment_124022340

    great shots



  • #860
    colmufc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭colmufc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022171#Comment_124022171

    No idea what gig you were at last night, wet leg were superb from start to finish, also its a band so ''she'' is not charging €67 they are



  • #861
    BAABAA96
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭BAABAA96


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022171#Comment_124022171

    wouldn’t agree with you there, thought they were brilliant. For a two album band they gave full value by playing almost every single one of their songs! First time seeing them but I will likely see them next year as I think outdoor gigs might suit them better



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  • #862
    colmufc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭colmufc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022594#Comment_124022594

    100% agree, myself and the OH talked on the 2 hour drive home about next July 1st, kings of leon a 20min drive neil young and elvis costello 75mins or back to wet leg and we think its back to wet leg, hopefully a decent support is added cause they have english teacher on the uk summer shows



  • #863
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,728 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022398#Comment_124022398

    I was at it too. Big industrial vibes, NIN vibes, mid 90s Marylin Manson, Dave Gahan. Band are great. Really enjoyed it.

    It was sold out for weeks. Whelan's oversell gigs. Too many people there.

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  • #864
    Zardoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022340#Comment_124022340

    He has gotten rid of alot of the Orchestra for this tour it seems.

    Going tonight, hopefully its good.



  • #865
    Jaffa3000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭Jaffa3000


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022594#Comment_124022594

    Agreed, thought it was a great show. A lot heavier than the recordings too.

    Loved the smoke bubbles haha



  • #866
    SQ2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 803 ✭✭✭SQ2


    First time seeing Bob Vylan last night, loved the music and plenty of crowd noise and energy for a Wednesday! Felt too much like an political rally at times though for too long, chanting etc. As I said, 1st time seeing them live, maybe that's what you sign up for going to his gigs? Bloody nice guys though and heavy as fcuk.



  • #867
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,728 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124023651#Comment_124023651

    There was a load of free Palestine shite at Model/Actriz too.



  • #868
    Dreamweapon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,048 ✭✭✭Dreamweapon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124023651#Comment_124023651

    Not sure what you expected tbh. The band are well known for the political stuff. To paraphrase the singer a few years back in the Button Factory, if we didn't do the chat from the stage it would be an extremely short gig.

    …^……<…./?::;;:::@"! ((((((*))))))#=)))))~



  • #869
    Dreamweapon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,048 ✭✭✭Dreamweapon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022399#Comment_124022399

    Just a heads up that Mery Streek is in the Academy, Wednesday 17th December. Support is from The Chisel, who are definitely worth a look (though i prefer their less melodic material).

    …^……<…./?::;;:::@"! ((((((*))))))#=)))))~



  • #870
    SQ2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 803 ✭✭✭SQ2


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124023836#Comment_124023836

    Like I said, it was my first BV gig, I hadn't done more than listen to the music since they popped up on my radar after Glasto. Yep, he explained it was 50% chat also at the start. Loved the music, thought there would be better momentum with continuous music, Karla from Sprints cameo was savage too by the way.



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  • #871
    boomdocker
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124022171#Comment_124022171

    Assuming it's correct, hard to see how they'd get through that setlist in an hour….??

    https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/wet-leg/2025/3olympia-theatre-dublin-ireland-5b45d7c8.html



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