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Whom did you see in 2005?

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The year draws to a close and I went to a good few gigs, some great and some terrible. Some worth their money and others just brilliant.

I went to see:

Erasure, Support: Piney Gir
Paul Di Anno, Support: Scavenger, Involution
Tears for fears, Support: Fran King
Queen and Paul Rodgers
Duran Duran, Support: The Bravery, Daniel Bedingfield
Elton John, Support: James Blunt, Rufus Wainwright
Royksopp
Alice Cooper, Support: Twisted Sister
Kiss Expo in Nottingham with Eric Singer, Adam Bomb, Jazan Wild

With the exception of Paul Di Anno and Piney Gir they were mostly brilliant and I enjoyed it a lot.

Whom did you see this year and was it worth it?

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gerTheGreat

about ten different stone roses tribute bands, ian brown, oasis (not yet, but on the 22nd), one or two others, can't really remember.

honru

Saw absolutely loads of bands this year, really has been a great year for live music, next year can only be better.

Best concert was The Stooges at London's Hammersmith Apollo.

Worst was The Dandy Warhols' woeful Ambassador gig.

spartacus93

REM in Ardgillan Castle, with Moby.
Coldplay in Marlay
U2, the first night with Snow Patrol
and Oasis in Marlay.

They were all a lot better than i was expecting them to be, especially Oasis and REM. Like the previous poster i'm also going back to Oasis on the 22nd, should be good.

herobear

velvet revolver - the datsuns
megadeth - diamond head
bulls on parade - leeway
dropkick murphy's - the bouncing souls - the god awfuls
feeder
idlewild
ocean colour scene
wendimiller
mudvayne - american head charge
slayer - mastodon
fantomas
arctic monkeys
pixies - kings of leon
the melvins
fozzy - slave zero
dandy warhols
sons & daughters
skyforger
green carnation - primed - fallen
exodus - mass extinction
nevermore - dew scented
nile - condemned
khanate - oak
tyrants fest(sol axis - morrigan - primordial)
cartoon - polar - lotus lullaby - rulers of the planet(as part of hwch)

i only included who i liked

FullBack Jam

Except for Eamon Doran's a couple of times, the only gig I was at all year was Sigur Ros in the Olympia.
Paid well for it too.

However, if I had the choice to forfeit that gig in place of going to 20 gigs of my choice during the year, I would have missed the experience of a lifetime.
Stunning show.

Debating going to Embrace on Sunday night. Have all of their albums but no one I know wants to go.

Going to Bellx1 after Christmas. Must make it a new years resolution to go to an average of a gig a month.

Does anyone recommend any good gigs in 2006. Strokes should be good. The festivals should be good this year. There's a lot of lively bands that were just getting established in the year gone by.

Tusky

Too many to mention or remember, heres a few

2manydjs
erol alkin
jacques lu cont x 3
miss kitten
pixies / kings of leon
oxegen
electric picnic
wolf parade
&
going to robert plant on saturday

Spicy Lauren

Gigs I went to in 2005:

- Mudhoney (my 'Gig of the Year 2005')
- John Spencer Blues Exposion
- Sons & Daughters
- Tori Amos (support: Tom McRea)
- The Kills
- The Pixies (support: Kings of Leon)
- U2
- Sigur Ros
- Deus

Irish bands include :

- Humanzi
- Ch-1
- Mainline
- Earthquake Hair
- Most bands that played at the Hard Working Class Hero festival
- The Divine Comedy, Cathy Davey and Red Kid at the Other Voices gig
- Went to many Ballroom of Romance nights
- Also went to the Ruby Sessions when Jenny Lindsford was playing

Not bad! I must have been to other ones but I can't remember just yet

Ancient1

Grave, Megadeth & Diamond Head, Nile & Dying Fetus, Judas Priest, Pungent Stench, Anthrax, Malmsteen, Slayer, Taj Mahal, Vital Remains, Deicide, Steve Vai, Vomitory & Desecration, Gorgoroth & 1349.

Those are the gigs that i remember, could be a few more that i've been to, but the whole year is a big blur in retrospect. Did Obituary play this year or was it last year?

Miguel_Sanchez

Didn't get to as many gigs as I'd like to have this year due to poverty and being busy working on stuff.

Pixies in Landsowne, Weezer in the Point and Smog in the Roisin Dubh were my favourite of the year though.

Civilian_Target

Offhand, that I can remember now?

System of a Down, Rammstein, Slayer, Deep Purple, Beck, Oasis, Beatsticks, Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson, Turbonegro, Audioslave, Nine Inch Nails, Dropkick Murphys (in Dublin & Boston), Cephaic Carnage, Oasis, Die Artze, New Order, Queens of the Stone Age, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club and loads and loads of others, including lots of local bands, whose names escape me now.

Motley Crue

The Datsuns Point Theatre Jan 05
Velvet Revolver Point Theatre Jan 05
New Found Glory Point Theatre Jan 05
Green Day Point Theatre Jan 05
Fightstar Ambassador Theatre Jan 05
Taking Back Sunday Ambassador Theatre Jan 05
Diamond Head Ambassador Theatre Feb 05
Megadeth Ambassador Theatre Feb 05
Metallita (2nd Time) Temple Bar Music Centre May 05
Ocean Colour Scene (2nd Time) Ambassador Theatre May 05
Killing Joke Manchester EN Arena June 05
Motley Crue Manchester EN Arena June 05
Fozzy Belfast, Northern Ireland Oct 05
Bullet For My Valentine Carling Arena, Manchester Oct 05
All That Remains Ambassador Theatre Oct 05
It Dies Today Ambassador Theatre Oct 05
Trivium Ambassador Theatre Oct 05
Life of Agony Temple Bar Music Centre Dec 05
Dropkick Murphys Point Theatre Dec 05
The Pogues Point Theatre Dec 05

Obviously not the last three yet though

Black Crowes played with Megadeth, might go to see Snakes of Desire in the TBMC next week, forget who supported Fozzy and BFMV to be honest but they werent major/minor of any note that im concerned with with. I also went to Pavorotti but the least said about that the better

GIG OF THE YEAR
1. Motley Crue (like u needed to ask!)
2. Megadeth and Diamond Head
3. Green Day and NFG (more so just Green Day)
4. Velvet Revolver and The Datsuns
5. Trivium

WORST GIG
1. Fightstar/Taking Back Sunday
I swear to god, there were 14 people in the Ambassador that night, and they were all 12!

Creamy Goodness

hmmm a lot

jimmy eat world (olympia)
idlewild (ambassador)
biffy clyro (voodoo lounge)
José González (crawdaddy)
weezer (vicar street)
weezer (the point)
brendan benson (the village)
brendan benson (vicar street)

and tomorrow night

biffy clyro (tbmc)

and monday night

José González (the village)

Bip

Devendra Banhart ~ The Village
Brendan Benson/Magic Numbers/Interpol/ Josh Ritter etc... ~ Oxegen
Brendan Benson ~ Vicar St.
Turn ~ ucd, hwch
Ian Brown ~ Ambassador
Kt Tunstall ~ Olympia
Sigur Ros ~ Olympia
Cartoon, Delerentos, Idlewild, Jape ~ hwch
Jamie Lawson ~ Doyles
The G.grotto, ~ Ucd

Basq

I'd a very quiet year for gigs:

Green Day @ The Point (support: New Found Glory)
U2 @ Croke Park (support: Ash)
David Gray @ The Point (support: Rodrigo Y Gabriela)

Still.. enjoyed all 3 gigs!

Nightwish

Nightwish twice in London (February and September)

John

This year I went to:

Low, The Village:
Good gig, warm response from the crowd. The new album sounds even better live, the faster songs have more energy and thump. Glad I saw them whilst Zack was still playing with them.

Damo Suzuki with E+S=B, support by Z'ev, Crawdaddy:
I've always wanted to see Z'ev as he's been a staple part of the industrial and experimental music scene for the last 25 years or so but he didn't do much for me that night. Damo Suzuki was good but not mind blowing.

Einstuerzende Neubauten, Berlin
Einstuerzende Neubauten, Vienna (25th Anniversary show)
Einstuerzende Neubauten, Paris:
Saw EN three times over their 25th Anniversary tour. Amazing every night. Played a lot of material that they've either never played live before or just haven't played in 20 years. Best show of the three was the Paris gig where Warren Ellis from the Dirty 3 joined them for two songs. Vienna was memorable because I got to go backstage and have birthday cake with the lads.

Raul Malo, Whelan's:
Raul Malo from the Mavericks. I don't really like the Mavericks but my mother had a spare ticket for his solo show and I'd nothing better to be doing that night. I was very impressed. He's very similar to people like Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak. A pleasent surprise.

Isis and Jesu, TBMC:
Everyone I knew at this gig either really liked Isis and hated Jesu or vice versa. I quite liked both. I was delighted to see Jesu because I missed out on Godflesh.

Thighpaulsandra, Crawdaddy:
Perhaps the weirdest gig of the year. Thighpaulsandra sings songs about having the sleaziest, scummiest sex you can imagine. To weird freakout music. Think Yes but instead of Rick Wakeman you had a sex dwarf with a mohawk. His band consisted of two guys in red burkas and two guys in gold shorts (think Rocky Horror Picture Show). Absolute mind**** of a gig.

Weezer, Vicar St.:
It was a good gig but it seemed a little empty for me. After waiting all these years to see them there it was a little bit of a let down. The songs I spent my teenage years listening to didn't sound so sharp now and the new songs weren't the Mae West.

Fantomas, The Village:
Insanely good gig. Comprehensive review here.

Wolf Eyes, Whelan's:
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Thirty minute set with more power and fury packed into it then ten back to back riots. Incredible stuff.

Jerry Fish, Vicar St.:
Another gig that I got given tickets for because someone else couldn't go. It was entertaining at the time but not very memorable or impressive. More like a night out at a pub band.

Devendra Banhart and Sir Richard Bishop, The Village:
Sir Richard Bishop was deadly. I like the Sun City Girls but solo he's far more interesting. Some of the best guitar playing I've ever seen. Banhart was exactly what I was expecting yet not what I was expecting at the same time. I didn't expect a full band but they really added to the songs. Although I did like the way he kept a couple of songs for himself solo at the end. Comprehensive review here.

Presidents of the USA, TBMC:
Forget Weezer, this was the gig of my youth that never happened. It was hot and sweaty in the TBMC and the band were on top form. I felt like I was 14 all over again. I can say nothing about this gig apart from hooray!

Chemical Brothers and Sonic Youth, Marlay Park
I had seen Sonic Youth before and left after two songs. However I really dug Sonic Nurse and have missed the Chemical Brothers every time they've played here so I decided I'd head to this. I was glad I did, Sonic Youth were much better this time. Chemical Brothers were non-too-shabby either. Best light show I've ever seen.

Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson and Turbonegro, RDS:
Turbonegro were better than expected. Pretty funny too. Mansons was another of my teenage years catching up with me. He was entertaining but didn't have the impact that he would have on me eight years ago. Iron Maiden were great but the sound wasn't great.

Electric Picnic, Stradbally Hall:
Great weekend, much better then Oxegen. Bands of the weekend were the Flaming Lips, Kraftwerk, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and LCD Soundsystem. Biggest disappointments were the Arcade Fire and the fact that James Blunt didn't die.

Meat Beat Manifesto, TBMC:
Good gig but not much of an atmosphere because no one turned up. Comprehensive review here.

Damo Suzuki with the Jimmy Cake, Speigeltent:
This was a far better show by Suzuki compared to the one earlier in the year. With the Jimmy Cake backing him I closed my eyes and imagined I was in Cologne during the 70s at a Can show. It was one of the best gigs the Jimmy Cake have done and Damo Suzuki looked like he was having a great time. Comprehensive review here.

Githead, The Sugar Club:
My first time in the Sugar Club, nice place. Githead were good, the venue suited them. Met them afterwards, very nice guys, gave me a cool badge. Comprehensive review here.

Sigur Rós, The Olympia:
What would have been a fantastic gig was taken down a peg by an awful, disrespectful crowd. Amina Strings were deadly, great to listen to and to watch

. Sigur Rós weren't quite as good as they were in the Ambassador and I was disappointed they didn't play Haffsol.

Dirty Three and Josh Pearson, The Village:
Dirty Three never disappoint. Great gig. Josh Pearson was great, much better than with Lift to Experience. Comprehensive review here.

Supersilent, The Sugar Club:
I was led to believe these guys were life-changingly brilliant but I thought they were fairly dull. Comprehensive review here.

Khanate, Oak and Wreck of the Hesperus, Whelan's:
Oak sucked. Wreck of the Hesperus were pretty good. Khanate slayed. They ****ed up my hearing for a couple of days but it was worth it. Comprehensive review here.

Antony and the Johnsons, Vicar St.:
Magical gig. I missed him the last time he played (luckily I had seen him with Lou Reed before) so I was delighted to get tickets for this. The man simply is unbeatable vocal wise. Comprehensive review here.

Tar.Aldarion

slayer
slipknot
shadows fall
helmet
mastodon
john spillane :v:
rodrigo y gabriela
lots of little metal bands and that's all i remember...

comet

Mylo, The Chalets
The Frank and Walters, Fred, John Spillane, Ian Whitty
Wedding Present, The Betamax Format
The Chalets, M.J. Hibbert
Beautiful South, Ian Broudie
Gemma Hayes, Monoband
Declan O'Rourke
Hal, Fionn Regan
JJ72, Chuzzle, Dylan and My Evil Ex, The Fallen
The Futureheads, Sylvia Saint
Duke Spirit, Exit The Street
The La's, Hybrasil
British Sea Power, Sons & Daughters
U2, Athlete, Idlewild
Glastonbury
Nick Cave
Josh Rouse, Joe Chester
Devendra Banhart
The Editors, Vesta Varo
Malcolm Middleton, Windings
Hal, Fred, Fionn Regan
Super Furry Animals
Mundy, Pugwash
Bloc Party. Mitchell Brothers
Simple Kid, Republic of Loose

Standout gigs in bold

Toast

Ah lovely. A show off thread but hey Ill go with the flow.

festivals : Glastonbury, Oxegen, Electric Picnic.

gigs: Bloc party (twice), Kaiser Chiefs, Slint, Weezer (twice), Warlords of Pez (three times), Sleater-Kinney, Duke Spirit/Vhs or Beta, Iron Maiden/Marilyn Manson, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers/Sonic Youth, Sigur Ros, Underworld, Pixies/Kings of Leon, Wolf Parade, Josh Rouse, KMFDM, Hayseed Dixie.

Probably a whole load others I cant remember.

klingklang

Saw very few gigs this year but Kraftwerk at The Electric Picnic did it for me.

Pjays

the Chemical Brothers were amazing in marlay park. Good Charlotte i must admit were really good in the olympia they really interacted with the crowd.

tj-music.com

klingklang wrote:

Saw very few gigs this year but Kraftwerk at The Electric Picnic did it for me.

One can tell by the name "klingklang". Just bought the Minimum-Maximum double DVD at HMV for € 28,- and it is more than worth it.

Went to "Chapters" recently and they have this book "1001 albums you absolutely have to hear before you die". Guess who is on the cover: Kraftwerk!!

They r great

John

tj-music.com wrote:

One can tell by the name "klingklang". Just bought the Minimum-Maximum double DVD at HMV for € 28,- and it is more than worth it.

Went to "Chapters" recently and they have this book "1001 albums you absolutely have to hear before you die". Guess who is on the cover: Kraftwerk!!

I want to get the notebook version of the DVD set but I think it's quite expensive.

Saw that book in chapters too, it looks kind of interesting in a "if I got this for christmas I wouldn't complain but I'll probably only read it once" sort of way.

Closing Doors

Headliners:

Damien Rice (X2), Mark Geary, REM, Stereophonics (X2), Guggenheim Grotto (6 or 7 times), Bell X1 (4 times I think), Vyvienne Long, Gemma Hayes, The Frames, Rodrigo y Gabriela (X2), David Gray (X2), Bob Dylan, Steve Vai & Tom McRae.

Supports etc:

Interference, Emmett Tinley, Now It's Overhead, Jenny Linfors (sp?), The Daisy Okell Quartet, Ben Christophers, Kate Earl, Dave Geraghty solo, The Chalets, Damien Rice, Rodrigo y Gabriela, David Kitt, Ali Whitton, The Maladies and a few others I forget....

Hmmm, a singer-songwritery year!

gm1984

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spiderlegs

Pixies
Kings Of Leon
Weezer
Rodrigo y Gab
Prodigy
Jimmy Eat World
Oxegen
Robert Plant
Babyshambles
All were deadly in their own way!! I had a great gig year!

moshmonkey666

Behemoth, Supreme Lord, Exmortem
Nile, Dying Fetus
Destruction, Amon Amarth, Scavenger, Cruachan, Dawn, Dominus, 20 Bulls Each, Triggerman, The Dangerfeilds, Era Vulagrus
Runecaster, Ground Of Ruin, Era Vulgarus
Triggerman (about 10-15 times)
Kreeper
Hayseed Dixie
Abaddon Incarnate, Putrefy, Mass Extinction
Accept, Nightwish, Hammerfall, Kreator, Tuatha De Danann, Dissection, Oomph, Apocalyptica, Candlemass, Machine Head, Sonarta Articua, Within Temptation, Obituary, Finntroll, Dragonforce, Zyklon, Marky Ramone, Van Guard, Suffocation, Ensiferum, Turisas, Primordial
Clutch, Fivehorse Johnson
Iron Maiden
Green Carnation, Dead Hero's Club, Primed
Mael Mordha, Epoch, Hexxed, Zombie Safari Park

overall a slow year in comparison to last year, bands that blew me away are in bold!

tj-music.com

John2 wrote:

it looks kind of interesting in a "if I got this for christmas I wouldn't complain but I'll probably only read it once" sort of way.

That´s exactly why I only bought the double DVD and not the set.

Shellie13

Due to lack of cash and parental controls only made two!

Oxygen of which the best act was the Foo Fighters
Budrising- Franz, Maroon5 and SissorSisters

Both so worth it!!!

Piste

Shellie13 wrote:

Budrising- Franz, Maroon5 and SissorSisters

Ditto, and Jem was there too! (Maybe I'm amazed by Jem...)