Worse gig youve ever been at

Steve_Carella · 27-06-2015 08:34PM

Aerosmith in Marley Park a few years ago - can't even remember what year it was. Admittedly the sound wasn't great on the night but the band was just appalling. Apart from their awful performance, they left out most of the hits - something they have a tendency to do live, apparently. Awful stuff.

Strumms · 27-06-2015 08:34PM

Birneybau wrote: »

First gig was The Prodigy in the Point, New Year's Eve '94, a fecking baptism of fire I tell ya.

Worst, unfortunately because I used to worship the Clash, was this band called Carbon/Silicon with Mick Jones of the aforementioned and a few others. Bit if a shambles, left not long into it. Was in the Village and I'd say there was less than 50 people there. This was around the time pictures emerged of him, Kate Moss and Pete Doherty doing coke.

I was at that... If I remember Mick was passing cans of beer out to people in the audience. Wasn't the worst gig I was ever at but not near great either... The lack of people in attendance kinda put the kibosh on the atmosphere... As it tends to do...

Speaking of the Clash... I saw Joe Strummer with his band The Mescaleros a few times including the last gig he ever player at Liverpool Uni.. But he played a couple of times at The Olympia and tore the roof off the gaff each time.

donegaLroad · 27-06-2015 08:51PM

wandatowell wrote: »

Deep Purple in the Marquee 5 years(ish) back were absolutely fcuking horse****e.

I was so disappointed.

funny, I remember in 1988 when DP's House of Blue Light album was released, Dave Fanning was saying on his show how he thought we should all dig deep and buy the album so that they could retire in dignity.. and that was 27 years ago.

Dan_Solo · 27-06-2015 08:56PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

funny, I remember in 1988 when DP's House of Blue Light album was released, Dave Fanning was saying on his show how he thought we should all dig deep and buy the album so that they could retire in dignity.. and that was 27 years ago.

Sorry, this thread is about the worst gigs, not the worst DJ...

The Diabolical Monocle · 27-06-2015 08:59PM

heres one gig to miss

pyrotechnics and crowded areas - will we never learn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7TSqFNmMmw

Birneybau · 27-06-2015 09:00PM

Strumms wrote: »

I was at that... If I remember Mick was passing cans of beer out to people in the audience. Wasn't the worst gig I was ever at but not near great either... The lack of people in attendance kinda put the kibosh on the atmosphere... As it tends to do...

Speaking of the Clash... I saw Joe Strummer with his band The Mescaleros a few times including the last gig he ever player at Liverpool Uni.. But he played a couple of times at The Olympia and tore the roof off the gaff each time.

Maybe I should have hung on a bit longer. Yeah, saw Joe in his last gig in the Olympia. Sadly missed.

athtrasna · 27-06-2015 09:02PM

16 pages (on mobile) and nobody has mentioned the dire Police gig in Croke Park??? €130 a ticket to hear Sting elongate every vowel in every song. Eeeverry breeaaath youuuuuuu taaaake, it was painful. No energy, no backing singers, proved how much of their music was heavily produced in the studio. Went from being one of my all time favourite bands to one that I refused to listen to after that.

keith16 · 27-06-2015 09:16PM

Went to see Nine Inch Nails in Manchester years ago. The music and show was phenomenal but the night was tainted by over zealous security guards.

They seemed to treat everyone like an utter criminal and Reznor himself even commented on it during the set.

Constantly shining torches into the crowd and the like. I was seated upstairs and one burly prick was trying to get by and was shouting at me like some sort of dog to get out of his way.

lertsnim · 27-06-2015 09:27PM

Bob Dylan at the Marquee in Cork a few years ago. Awful stuff. He didn't pick up a guitar once and mumbled his way through the setlist. Most of the songs were completely differently performed to how they were recorded. Like the earlier poster I wouldn't watch him live again even if he was in the front garden.

sadie06 · 27-06-2015 09:33PM

For Forks Sake wrote: »

The after party for that was the stuff of legend.

Are you kidding me?

My parents were stung when they went to see The Band on night one of a two-night stint in the Olympia about a decade ago. Gig was so bad (hello London…songs all over the place…bass player wandered off and never came back) that people were refunded.

Next night? Scintillating. Reportedly one of the best gigs they ever did.

efb · 27-06-2015 09:37PM

Katy Perry. Ugh. And the stench of chung wans in the o2... nasty

27-06-2015 09:39PM

Ash headlining in the Point in 96, Jesus H it was god awful....

Still a terrible band IMO....

nyarlothothep · 27-06-2015 09:48PM

Radiohead, Malahide 2008, turned me off them ever since, though I still like the first three albums. Witness, 2003, before it was Oxegen was mostly ****, The Flaming Lips and The Mars Volta were alright though.

Birneybau · 27-06-2015 09:53PM

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Radiohead, Malahide 2008, turned me off them ever since, though I still like the first three albums. Witness, 2003, before it was Oxegen was mostly ****, The Flaming Lips and The Mars Volta were alright though.

I thought that Radiohead gig was fecking great!

LeBash · 27-06-2015 09:58PM

Fun lovin criminals donkey's years ago in the olympia. Walk out after 6 songs. They looked wrecked on the stage.

dublintweety · 27-06-2015 10:02PM

Bon Jovi in Punchestown - can't remember the year but was so disappointed - very bland concert.

dublintweety · 27-06-2015 10:03PM

Bon Jovi in Punchestown - can't remember the year but was so disappointed - very bland concert. Kid Rock played support & he was the hilight.

The Dogs Bollix · 27-06-2015 10:03PM

Garth Brooks summer 2014

Shane Filan was the support act. He was awful. Garth Brooks didn't play any of his songs at all. Tickets were a nightmare to get. Worst €200 spent on done deal.

Dard23 · 27-06-2015 10:14PM

mapaco wrote:

Paolo nutini last november-so disappointed.......BUT its very subjective cos a girl near me at the show was losing the plot at how amazing he was so.....its only my humble opinion!

Don't say that! Going to see him next weekend.

Chris_Bradley · 27-06-2015 10:46PM

Not at it but watching the worst ever. Kanye West at Glasto.

Shocking.

meolwan · 27-06-2015 10:52PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Clapton at Malahide. Not the best gig but right at the end I managed to get into the pit and he just started playing the hits and then the PA system went. The band kept playing even though nobody could hear anything. No apologies or refunds for that. Took over 2 hours to get out of the car park then to round it off nicely.

+1 on this and it pissed rain most of the time as well

razorblunt · 27-06-2015 10:54PM

Chris_Bradley wrote: »

Not at it but watching the worst ever. Kanye West at Glasto.

Shocking.

That's not the point of the thread though.
We could all look up youtube and post things.

FWIW, I thought Kanye started well, went a bit **** for the last couple of songs, but he seems to have the fans on his side.

Mars Bar · 27-06-2015 11:03PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Meatloaf somewhere, can't even remember where it was, Fundoran maybe. Think he is consistently bad live though.

Was that the one that wad postponed for 24 hours? I was at that and thought he was great!

Dt. Hook for me. They weren't bad but the drummer was loose.

perrier · 27-06-2015 11:03PM

I've seen Dylan many time times over the years, some good some horrendous. If you've already seen him you know it can go a bit pear shaped (also stand up Mr Ryan Adams).

But last year in the 3Arena finished it for me. Just awful. Went to the toilet and the missus rang me to say she'd couldn't take any more and was already on her way to the car park.

Badly Drawn Boy, Olympia in the early 2000's he was pissed and came across as a total twat..

Streetwalker · 27-06-2015 11:05PM

Jesus watching a bit of that Kayne West Glastonbury gig. Glad im not at it utterly useless

David086 · 27-06-2015 11:07PM

RHCP in Croker a couple of years ago wasn't great. Always find the sound there shíte

Afroshack · 27-06-2015 11:08PM

Foo fighters at slane. It went a little something like this
1. Queue
2. Purchase alcohol that tastes a bit like piss
3.queue for 45 minutes.
4. Toilet.
5. Rain.
6. Queue for 20 minutes to purchase alcohol that tastes like piss.
7. Queue for 45 minutes for the toilet.
8. Rain

Shame because the foos do such a great show but slane is just a total mess.

Vojera · 27-06-2015 11:26PM

The Blizzards somewhere in Dublin (I think maybe the Academy or somewhere like that). I didn't even really like them but a friend gave me and another friend a pair of tickets as a thank you for helping her with something so we had to go to say we used them.

They didn't create an atmosphere or get the crowd going at all and what's his face Bressie just sounded pissed off. After about three songs Bressie said they'd be filming the crowd for their latest music video so everyone should be excited. When their perform failed to elicit that response he roared, "Come on to fcuk and clap." We decided to leave at that stage.

I saw Mundy at a bar ex in the NUIM SU as well and it was shocking. The way the bar is set up is that once you're in you can head to the venue part where bands play or go to the main bar and dance. The gang of us stuck our heads in the door to see how the Mundy gig was going. It sounded just like the recorded version, which seemed a bit strange until we realised that it was the recorded version - he was miming, which he clearly demonstrated when he stopped mouthing the words and started twirling his guitar around but the song kept going. Allegedly he was unimpressed that it wasn't a sit-down gig where the bar would be closed during the performance. At a bar extension. In a college.

Retrovertigo · 28-06-2015 01:40AM

conorhal wrote: »

One of the worst gigs I was ever at was the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in the Phoenix Park. Well I wasn't there to see them actually, I was there to see the Pixies, who had just reformed (for the cash).

So was the rest of the crowd.

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers died the death, they'd been upstaged by their support act and a disinterested crowd treated them like a pub cover band.

Boy they looked pissed.

I was at this gig and what actually happened was half of the PA system went down during the Pixies set (with an audible bang) and it wasn't fixed. You could barely hear the Chili Peppers while they were on unless you were directly in front of the stage. Complete waste of time and money.

Another terrible gig involving ****ty PA systems and engineers was Ian Brown and Supergrass in Barcelona. Ian Browns auto-tuner kept cutting out which was hilarious as he'd go from sounding half decent to absolute ****e throughout his set. Supergrass sounded like they were playing in a tunnel which was fairly disappointing.

Best gig, Faith No More in the Olympia. Absolutely electric atmosphere and incredible performance. Saw them in London last week and just as good.

Eeden · 28-06-2015 01:49AM

UB40 in Leisureland Galway years ago... first time I realised a gig could be ****, even if you liked the band.

Worse gig youve ever been at

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