Worse gig youve ever been at

David Kitt, Garavogue, Sligo 2001-2002ish. Craptacular. Droney sh1te with 5 minutes of noise and feedback in the end which of course sent the **** watching into delirium. Been lucky really. Never seen much bad apart from that. I suppose I went to gigs I wanted to see rather than random ones like that.

sabat wrote: »

A friend who works crew at all the venues around dublin told me that following any gig by a boyband or similar there's a palpable odour of pubescent vadge in the air.

not really familiar with that smell m8

fatherted1969 wrote: »

Kinda embarrassing seen as ye are comparing actual bands mostly but last year I had the misfortune of having to bring a few service users where I work to see Chris Brown in the O2. My god, what a talentless p!!!k

He hasn't played in Ireland since 2012, has he? I thought he was having visa issues due to his assault conviction.

aislinnb wrote: »

Saw John Legend in Cork on Tuesday, couldn't get over the disappointment of it, not a huge fan but did expect something, left after All Of Me, tickets were free from competition. A lot of people would of paid the €55 to see him, wasn't that full, but still it was shocking. He was too up close to the microphone and speakers were just too loud!

obviously your opinion but your wrong , was at the gig myself with zero interest as my missus likes him, firstly marquee has never had one sound complaint ever its one of the reasons its so successful. bearing in mind most of his set is him signing into a mic from a piano dunno how you though he was too close to a mic, all in all was an enjoyable gig with about 4k at it which isnt bad going for a tues in cork it only takes 5k but is set up way bigger for health and safety reasons.

bloc party at oxegen was the worst gig i was ever at keli was so drunk he was falling all the place and unlike the rolling stones or any band notorious for the party scene that still manage to play live he was in cable of even standing, they broke up ot took a "break" straight after that weekend

KoL and the Pixies in the old Lansdowne Rd. That place should never have held gigs. Could not hear a thing with the wind passing through it. We actually went from the pit to sit in the stand during the Pixies set, did not make the slightest bit of difference.

Also saw the Frames in Vicar St once. Fair enough Glen, you wanted to play new stuff and not your known popular songs, no need to be a complete knob about it when someone shouted up a request.

Deleted User wrote: »

I presume that is a joke, many people complain about the sound at the Marquee.

It's successful as Cork has no other venue for a 3/4,000 size crowd. Even Killarney has a proper events centre.

presume all you want, i was serious,

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

Guns and roses Slane 92. Sucked mules..

Srsly, best part of it was the coca cola cups being thrown in the air bit... Literally, everybody was so bored for the two hours + it took them to go onstage that they started throwing empty cups in the air.

You know I've been hearing people say how amazing that gig was for years and wondered was I at a different gig or something, what a bunch of overated fúcks.

My worst gig was probably Metallica in the point in '92, we were so looking forward to it but what a let down, I spent the last twenty minutes in the foyer. I think that's where my affection for them ended.

Oasis at Slane
Bob Dylan in Galway
Stereophonics acoustic gig in New York.

Snow Patrol in Marlay Park one year. Left after 30 mins.

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

Guns and roses Slane 92. Sucked mules..

Srsly, best part of it was the coca cola cups being thrown in the air bit... Literally, everybody was so bored for the two hours + it took them to go onstage that they started throwing empty cups in the air.

My brother was at this, and although he was a big GnR fan at the time, said it was terrible.

The general consensus is that Faith No More blew GnR off the stage and then some, which I would easily believe as FNM were an incredible live band.

It seems Bob Dylan wins it by a mile( few friends have seen him and the reaction is always the same, awful) me I thought linkin park in 08 were poor just going through the motions and barely interaction to the crowd, Queen's of the Stone age were their support and they were excellent, best id say were mastadon in Marley park supporting metallica, never heard of them till that gig and I thought they were brilliant and rammstein a few years back were amazing as well just the sheer craziness of it