Bob Dylan + Flaming Lips gig!!

sterculelum · 05-06-2006 03:57PM

For the Nowlan Park gig, the only tickets left on ticketmaster.ie are the €65 and €70 ones. I can't really figure out from the site if the €65 ones are standing or seated?

Also, is it hard to get into the standing section with a seated ticket?

Sean7 · 05-06-2006 04:46PM

I believe the €65 ones are standing, I think mine was about that €60 at least I think and it's standing. But it should say on ticketmaster.

sterculelum · 05-06-2006 08:20PM

But surely standing is standing... like free for all kinda. How can they charge different prices? I don't understand the Ticketmaster stuff...:(

tracert · 05-06-2006 08:25PM

Eh, on the ticketmaster site, "pitch standing" is a standing ticket. :rolleyes: The only price under "pitch standing" is €65.

Sean7 · 05-06-2006 11:10PM

PITCH STANDING
€50.00 - €65.00

Ticketmaster are bastárds

tracert · 06-06-2006 06:01PM

If you click on section, and then select pitch standing from the list, the only tickets you can buy in that section cost €65. You can also buy Wheelchair area tickets, though, for €50, which is probably where the ticketmaster fúck-up comes from.

Peyton Manning · 17-06-2006 05:50PM

Anyone know if youre allowed bring an inflatable sofa type thing? Because it is quite a long day.... And what time are you allowed in at?

voltamadan · 19-06-2006 03:38PM

is anyone having as hard a time as i arranging transport?

i've been looking for a special service bus or train from dublin to kilkenny but can't bloody find one anywhere. can't stay the night so i want to be sure the last train or bus won't be leaving well before the gig is over. i think the last train is at 9 or something ?!?!

comet · 19-06-2006 03:41PM

there's a special train http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18003C98C45AF9D7?artistid=734972&majorcatid=10003&minorcatid=227

Sean7 · 20-06-2006 03:46AM

comet wrote:

there's a special train http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18003C98C45AF9D7?artistid=734972&majorcatid=10003&minorcatid=227

€45 is completely fúcking outrageous!

ButtermilkJack · 20-06-2006 08:50AM

I know it's very late but does anyone possibly know where we could get accommodation in Kilkenny at this late hour? We need Friday night as well but Saturday night would be great if we could get it.

voltamadan · 20-06-2006 11:52AM

free enterprise my friend!

Nightwish · 20-06-2006 12:38PM

ButtermilkJack wrote:

I know it's very late but does anyone possibly know where we could get accommodation in Kilkenny at this late hour? We need Friday night as well but Saturday night would be great if we could get it.

List of B&B's and hotels

ButtermilkJack · 20-06-2006 02:39PM

Thanks Nightwish, but I've been making my way through that list all day but with no joy!

Ah well...

Redegg · 20-06-2006 04:45PM

can anyone access the line up and times on hotpress.com?? . Can't believe they make us pay for this.

honru · 20-06-2006 04:54PM

Aiken have the scheduele up:

Clayhill - 13:30
Tiny Dancers - 14:30
Ray LaMontagne - 15:30
Mundy - 16:30
Violent Femmes - 17:30
The Flaming Lips - 18:45
Bob Dylan - 20:30

comet · 20-06-2006 04:56PM

€65 for that lineup is great value, we're getting Bob in Cork the next night with what looks now like no support for €59.50

Redegg · 20-06-2006 04:58PM

i thought simple kid is supporting no?

honru · 20-06-2006 04:59PM

Ah yeah, but the Cork show is tiny.

comet · 20-06-2006 05:01PM

nope simple kid supports David Gray, yeah in fairness we do get the advantage of seeing him indoors and a smaller crowd, fingers crossed they add someone decent even at this stage (not Mundy please!)

tracert · 20-06-2006 11:28PM

Clayhill - NO!
Tiny Dancers - Meh
Ray LaMontagne - Legend
Mundy - It's Mundy, tbh
Violent Femmes - New Wave Disco ftw!
The Flaming Lips - Should be great
Bob Dylan - YES!

comet · 22-06-2006 12:10PM

Sean7 wrote:

€45 is completely fúcking outrageous!

The train fares they are a-changin'

A TRAIN to take Bob Dylan fans to this weekend's concert in Kilkenny will cost twice the normal fare.

But concert promoters Aiken Promotions say they will make no profit from it.

The promoters hired the train from Iarnrod Eireann because the concert on Saturday is expected to finish late and normal trains will have ceased running.

However, the event train tickets cost €45 (not including €5.65 booking fee) while CIE day return tickets from Dublin range in price from €21.50 to €27.50.

"Aiken are not making any profit on this," said a spokeswoman. "You have to remember hiring a train is expensive and there are extra costs such as the nine level crossings to be manned late at night and security on the train.

"We are not doing this to make money, we are doing it to provide rail transport at a time when there wouldn't otherwise be any."

With 300 seats on the train and the basic ticket price of €45, Aiken will take in €13,500 if they sell all tickets available. Another €1,695 will be taken in booking fees.

Iarnrod Eireann refused to reveal the cost of train hire.

sterculelum · 23-06-2006 04:18PM

So who are Clayhill, Tiny Dancers and Ray LaMontagne?

honru · 25-06-2006 01:36AM

The Flaming Lips really upstaged poor ol' Bob.

monomaniac · 25-06-2006 02:18AM

Finally got to see the Fearless Freaks - "ol' bob" wasn't even in the same league!
My friend got the drum sticks from Wayne after the gig in exchange for a herbal ciggie. Such an amazing lead man! Man he looks like he really enjoys travelling across the crowd in that bubble!

What about the rumour that wacko jacko was there?

Sean7 · 25-06-2006 02:23AM

Yeah Flaming Lips completely stole the show but I think they made a lot of people forget how good the Violent Femmes were before them. Those 2 bands were the only ones that really got the crowd going

maquiladora · 25-06-2006 10:43AM

Violent Femmes and The Flaming Lips stole the show, 2 incredible live performances. Bob who?
Met and shook hands with Wayne before the show and the drummer afterwards when he came down to sign autographs and take pictures with the fans for a good 45 mins.

quickbeam · 25-06-2006 10:45AM

Knew nothing about Violent Femmes or Flaming Lips prior to the gig. I figured they'd just be the acts I'd suffer through until Bob came on.

How wrong was I. Violent Femmes were fabulous - really liked their music and they were energetic and had a real rapport going with the crowd. As Sean7 says, I think people forgot how the VF were by the sheer entertainment of the Flaming Lips afterwards. I'm still not sure about the FL's music, but it sure was entertaining! Travelling the crowd in a huge bubble, giant party-poppers going off, dancing Santas and Aliens - just pure enjoyable craziness all round.

Then Bob Dylan came on. He stayed at the back of the stage so he was nearly impossible to see (some people off to the side couldn't see him at all). He had no rapport with the audience, he didn't even speak, except to introduce his band, and he finished his set twenty minutes early. Very disappointed in HIS performance, but a great concert all round thanks to the previous acts.

Edit to say: Big cudos to the event staff - the stewards up front were the most friendly and helpful I think I've ever seen at a concert. Well done guys and girls.

honru · 25-06-2006 11:26AM

On paper, a Flaming Lips/Bob Dylan gig sounds great. However, when the support goes all-out crazy with colours, projectiles, and sing-alongs, and the headliner is a real solemn affair, then it really puts things into perspective.

I enjoyed the Violent Femmes, although I found them much better in smaller venues for the atmosphere. All the same, great to see Gordon and the boys again.

This is the third time I've seen Bob and I've think I've had my cut of the Dylan pie. He was good, but I've had my fill.

monomaniac · 25-06-2006 12:00PM

Did anyone get any good pics? Please post if you have any at all.

Bob Dylan + Flaming Lips gig!!

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