Cartman78 wrote: » BTW, would be grateful if anyone could let me know the name of the song that the drummer sang? and the name of the woman in the band (I'm assuming in wasn't Kim Deal?)
Larbre34 wrote: » Probably because most people went out the way they came in if they wanted to get back to where they started. The main entrance adjacent to the manor house was very clearly available for use as an exit.
iamanengine wrote: » Only song I would have likes from AF that they didn't play would probably My Body Is A Cage. Bit bitter about the Pixies set that they didn't play Debaser and played a lot of the new stuff but, ah well , it was great to see them all the same!
Bateman wrote: » Frank obviously only had one guitar. A disappointing end to a decent set I thought.
jill_valentine wrote: » There is possibly nowhere in the world with a higher concentration of spare guitars than an Arcade Fire stage, and that's even excluding the rest of their own guitars visible within his arms length. He was either blatantly fibbing or just couldn't be arsed to make even the minimal effort it would have taken to close out the show. Either way, that's the kind of bollockology that hasn't been cool since the '90s, which made the perfect crown to such a phoned in set.
Catmologen wrote: » Their time was up, I saw the roadie signal to him at 7:30 that they had 10 mins left. They didn't have time to change guitar, retune etc and play the song. He called it, sh1t happens don't let it spoil your enjoyment of great show. You missed one song out of 23 ffs.
Bassjacker wrote: » We took our time at the end and got some food from one of the vans. We went to go out the exit to the left of the stage but when we got there it was closed. We ended up going out the exit at the back and got the Dublin bus into town. We are going to Arctic Monkeys in a few weeks again and was wondering what people think would be the best way to get home, knowing what we know now. Dublin bus or Marathon travel? We had booked the Marathon travel bus back but never used it.
dirkmeister wrote: » I think a problem with Pixies set last Sunday is a fair proportion of the crowd are really only familiar with the radio friendly hits...I'm looking at you Where is my Mind and Here Comes Your Man. Look at the crowd reactions for both. Lots of people not paying attention where we were, it's fair annoying when lads in front of you are looking back at you talking to their friends, it gets hard to avoid them catching your eye. One drunk lad in his early 40s right in front of me took the biscuit spilling drink on everyone. Also we had the distraction of 4 young guys smoking joints and blowing their smoke in our faces. I don't mind people getting up to whatever as long as it doesn't really annoy others at a gig. Would it have been rude if I asked them to p!ss off someplace else? One of them actually took a turn and collapsed 10 minutes into Pixies set, he had to be carted off by his friends. With regards crowd interaction, personally I couldn't care less whether they chat to the crowd, I thought David was having a blast, especially during La La Love you. Would love to see them indoors.
beatrice33 wrote: » It was my second time seeing AF, first time was back in 2006 at the Olympia, unforgettable gig.
jill_valentine wrote: » Marathon were fine to use so long as you knew where they were picked up and left through the exit convenient to it. If you didn't know yourself where they were though, that's where the problem was because staff didn't know, it wasn't well signed, and wasn't obvious from the road.[/quote So to get the Marathon bus back do you go out the exit to the left of the stage and follow the signs for bus pick up. Or is there another exit at the right hand side half way back where the entrance was. If I know I'll be ready the next time by being close to the exit at the end.
jill_valentine wrote: » Marathon were fine to use so long as you knew where they were picked up and left through the exit convenient to it. If you didn't know yourself where they were though, that's where the problem was because staff didn't know, it wasn't well signed, and wasn't obvious from the road.
Bassjacker wrote: » jill_valentine wrote: » Marathon were fine to use so long as you knew where they were picked up and left through the exit convenient to it. If you didn't know yourself where they were though, that's where the problem was because staff didn't know, it wasn't well signed, and wasn't obvious from the road.[/quote So to get the Marathon bus back do you go out the exit to the left of the stage and follow the signs for bus pick up. Or is there another exit at the right hand side half way back where the entrance was. If I know I'll be ready the next time by being close to the exit at the end. When we arrived we went in through the entrance half way down the right side, but after the show the signs pointed to the exit to the left of the stage so we got back to the buses that way. I presume they didn't have security etc. on that gate so it was only used for exit.
