Horslips - December 2009

The Lopper · 01-07-2009 09:58AM #1

Anyone else hear the ad on the radio saying they were playing a gig in December? Got excited when I heard on the radio and started jumping round the room so I missed the details, and now I can't find anything on the net.

Beal Tuille · 01-07-2009 11:38AM

I can confirm Horslips will play the O2 in Dublin on 5th Dec 2009 with a gig in The Oddessy in Belfast 3 days earlier.

Fantastic news for lads over 40

The Lopper · 01-07-2009 11:40AM

Still good news for some lads around the 20 mark! :P Zimmer-frame city! Can't bloody wait!

lugodee · 01-07-2009 05:39PM

I was beginning to think the Horslip Add was a figment of my imagination as I could find shag all on net.Thank God for boards.The best news this
decade!!Cant wait! Great news for me(53) and daughter(30)!:D

Professey Chin · 01-07-2009 06:44PM

Im in

(23 btw :P)

GhostInTheRuins · 01-07-2009 07:30PM

Deadly stuff, I'll be at this I'd say.

Bearhunter · 02-07-2009 11:19PM

All confirmed, but drummer Eamon Carr won't be a part of it. his place will be taken by Ray Fean, brother of guitarist Johnny Fean.

delbertgrady · 04-07-2009 04:10PM

I'm f***ing delighted about this, but I'm sorry that Carr isn't with them, 'cos I'd have loved to see them all back doing the twelve-minute version of Furniture.
Oh well, that's what the Dancehall Sweethearts DVD is for, I suppose...

Beal Tuille · 06-07-2009 09:41AM

Take it from me Eamon won't be too far away from the action and I am sure he will don the sticks for a few numbers. The 12 min version of Furniture would be ideal (he did it last year in The Madison in Rathmines at a private function) as would Dearg Doom at the finale.

delbertgrady · 06-07-2009 11:15AM

Yeah, the same thought occurred to me - that he'd sit in for a few tracks. It was great to see the five of them doing an electric set out in RTE for the TG4 special a few years ago. Are they going to bring out the old costumes made of inferior material which have now shrunk?

shebafay · 07-07-2009 05:52PM

o2 priority tickets available now. general release on thur

GhostInTheRuins · 07-07-2009 06:02PM

I really hope they do a proper 'rock' set and not any of that recent acoustic stuff. I wasn't mad about that at all.

Bearhunter · 07-07-2009 10:19PM

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

I really hope they do a proper 'rock' set and not any of that recent acoustic stuff. I wasn't mad about that at all.

Given the noise levels that Johnny Fean has playing at for the last 25 years, I don't think you need have any worries there at all. You'll be lip-reading for a week afterwards. It's a two-hour, non-stop full electric show.

GhostInTheRuins · 07-07-2009 10:28PM

Bearhunter wrote: »

Given the noise levels that Johnny Fean has playing at for the last 25 years, I don't think you need have any worries there at all. You'll be lip-reading for a week afterwards. It's a two-hour, non-stop full electric show.

Excellent!

How exactly do you know for sure? Are you involved with the show?

Bearhunter · 07-07-2009 10:55PM

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Excellent!

How exactly do you know for sure? Are you involved with the show?

Not involved as such, but I do keep in contact with the band. Sadly, I'll be on the other side of the friggin world. C'est la vie...

johnnyseven · 10-07-2009 01:14PM

I reckon this is one NOT to be missed - I've been saying since Horslips split that they WILL be back.
They proved that there was a GREAT music scene (anyone remember the Red Island gigs in Skerries?) LONG before U2, Riverdance and all the 'modern' stuff.

So WELCOME BACK Johnny, Barry, Eamonn, Jim and Charles - thanks for setting the scene !

Although it's still tricky to decide which is the best album -
The Táin ?
Dancehall Sweethearts (think 'King of the Fairies' in The Grove, Artane)?
Book of Invasions ?
Aliens ?

HorseRadish · 10-07-2009 05:36PM

Got the ticket in the priority sale,cant wait now

thedarkroom · 10-07-2009 11:02PM

HorseRadish wrote: »

Got the ticket in the priority sale,cant wait now

I've been looking on the ticketmaster website since yesterday morning at about 9.15 and the only tickets that seem to be left are way up in the back to the sides of the hall. Have all the other sections in the front tiered seated area been sold out already or does ticketmaster have some sort of strange sequence of releasing seats for sale. I'm not prepared to spend the top rate on seats which are in row 50+ and off to the sides and I'd prefer not to stand (I'm at that age!)
Just curious?

HorseRadish · 10-07-2009 11:15PM

Yeah I got Block H,seemed to be the best at the time for 49 euros

thedarkroom · 11-07-2009 02:25AM

HorseRadish wrote: »

Yeah I got Block H,seemed to be the best at the time for 49 euros

I'm holding out for the moment. As much as I'd like to see them, I don't want to be sitting so far back that the sound is synching noticeably behind the video screen. I'll either wait for the next release of tickets or get something from another source. I know I'll get some somewhere, but I'd rather listen to my old vinyl's than be sitting in row 53 somewhere to the side of the hall. Patience . . . . something will turn up . . .

The Lopper · 04-08-2009 02:09PM

Tickets arrived last week...

I'll be standing/jumping. One of the young 'uns, you see...

Beal Tuille · 21-09-2009 12:14PM

Word filtering through that Horslips (inc Eamon Carr) did an impromtu set in Slatterys in Rathmines last Sat night at a party to 'celebrate' the 30th anniversary of the release of their last studio album (in phase I) 'Short Stories Tall Tales'

Youtubers will no doubt be able to see the lads do 'The High Reel', 'Mad Pat/Blindman', 'Trouble with a Capital T' and 'Dearg Doom'.

Roll on the O2s in December.

tatoo · 17-11-2009 03:16PM

Can't wait for this , counting the days down now .

finbarrk · 19-11-2009 08:57PM

Me too.

Beal Tuille · 20-11-2009 04:52PM

The band will play Dearg Doom and chat with Tubridy tonight (Fri 20 Nov 2009)

I have me ticket secured for the audience!

tatoo · 20-11-2009 05:29PM

Beal Tuille wrote: »

The band will play Dearg Doom and chat with Tubridy tonight (Fri 20 Nov 2009)

I have me ticket secured for the audience!

Is tonight not the toyshow ??

CiaranK · 20-11-2009 07:39PM

Brilliant, Thanks for letting me know. I'm counting down the days now. I met Barry Devlin at the music show in the RDS and got my ticket signed. I was at Johnny feans masterclass too. Theres videos on youtube.
Pt 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT6CFy115cQ
Pt 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vsoiUZAcsI
Pt 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAhYBNnXydE

CiaranK · 21-11-2009 02:31PM

They sounded great on the Late Late last night!

tatoo · 21-11-2009 05:42PM

CiaranK wrote: »

They sounded great on the Late Late last night!

Johnny Fean if anything keeps on getting better and better .

finbarrk · 21-11-2009 06:09PM

Missed the Late Late show. I think it's repeated though sometime.

tatoo · 21-11-2009 06:18PM

finbarrk wrote: »

Missed the Late Late show. I think it's repeated though sometime.

If you google " youtube horslips late late " you'll get it now .

Horslips - December 2009

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