Worst Concert Experience

Mister Vain · 17-10-2015 01:20PM

Eminem in Punchestown. He kept saying "Hello Dublin." It's Kildare ye bollix. :mad:

bodhrandude · 17-10-2015 03:00PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Ah here, that's not true... been at many rock concerts where the sound was exceptional and people can still ruin the bloody thing by chattering beside you and so during an acoustic set it can only be even more of a disturbance. I felt like ending the life of a couple of morons who were jabbering away in the RDS during Springsteen's Racing In The Street. For years it was the song I wanted to hear him perform only for it never to make the setlist. Thankfully some biker in front of us turned around and told them to shut their traps and I could at least enjoy the last half of the song.

Housemartins in the SFX back in '88 or so was the most violent gig I was ever at. I was quite young and was quite shocking to see so much blood. Would still be quite shocking I suppose. People say society is more violent today but I think gigs were much more violent back then. Or maybe it was just venues like the SFX and the Olympic Ballroom which attracted those crowds.

The Quireboys didn't turn up for one gig back in 1990. Back in those days there was no way of letting people know either and so if a gig was cancelled on the day, and they weren't a huge act, you generally found out when you got there. Had a massive impact on my life as a life changing event happened me later that night on the way home. The butterfly effect at work right there.

Yeah, the Bob Dylan a couple of years back was deplorable.

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

Was at Billy Joel a few years back and a few arsetits thought it would be a good idea to start videocalling someone in the balcony during Piano Man, and then start jumping up and down when the person in the balcony couldn't pick them out. A few selfies later and they were approached by O2 staff and told to stfu or they would be asked to leave.

Guns n Roses Ax Rose was pretty bad at the O2. After being convinced to come back out, he pretty much just sat beside the drumkit and went through the motions. Total moron but sure we all knew that going in.

Not a worst performance but about audience etiquette. Bat For Lashes at Electric Picnic 2012, Natasha was playing new material, when she done Laura you could hardly hear it for half the Electric Arena audience yabbering away, it totally destroyed the quieter songs of the gig, especially the track Siren Song.

On Bob Dylan, I saw him at Fleadh Mor festival in Waterford in 1993, his voice was still fcuked back then but slightly better, the annoying thing being that he was playing all his hits as a melody piece, one verse of Tambourine Man and maybe one verse of Hurricane and the like so quickly lost interest, didn't go to the gig to hear a sampler of his hits and there was no faulting his band who were pretty tight.

Homer, its alright some of us have had sh1t Picnics too, not me mind, but folk I know who were just not in the frame of mind to go in a blow out for three days and like you say yourself, you had a sh1t week leading up to it. I went with a friend from Galway to the 2009 Picnic, on the day preparing for the journey to Stradbally, my mate received an eviction notice to vacate his flat, what a way to start festivities for the weekend.

0byme75341jo28 · 17-10-2015 05:02PM

Gob****e cúnts drinking pints up the front, giving out when anyone bumps into them.

Fúck off and go air guitar in the corner, ya bollocks.

bodhrandude · 17-10-2015 09:25PM

C'mon keep the thread going, I'm enjoying this.

Cosmicfox · 17-10-2015 10:18PM

Not exactly terrible but Blur at benicassim this year. I know most of their stuff (not the new album) but it just wasn't a very exciting show. I ended up lying on the grass and falling asleep for parts of the set. I'd been looking forward to them, especially as their one of the more well-known acts I've been to see so it was quite disappointing.

And nothing really to do with the acts but during Naughty boys set at the last Oxegen festival I got caught in torrential rain that completely drenched my supposedly waterproof coat from pennys that I just ended up binning. Was absolutely freezing for the rest of the day and had to fork out a fiver for a poncho.

Samsgirl · 17-10-2015 10:32PM

Van Morrison and Bob Dylan in Tramore in the early 90's. Sang a few songs, never interacted with the crowd and shagged off.

bodhrandude · 17-10-2015 10:36PM

Samsgirl wrote: »

Van Morrison and Bob Dylan in Tramore in the early 90's. Sang a few songs, never interacted with the crowd and shagged off.

Was that Fleadh Mor festival, ended up leaving Dylan to go and see the Chieftains in the marquee who were pretty amazing.

17-10-2015 11:40PM

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Chili Peppers, Pixies and the Thrills at the Phoenix Park a few years ago. Gig was not great...athmosphere was terrible. Too many people off their heads looking for trouble.

Not a pleasant experience.

I thought Pixies were great. Never thought I'd get to see them live.

I missed The Thrills though and left as soon as Pixies went off stage so missed RHCP too :pac:

BetterThanThou · 18-10-2015 01:26AM

Sea Sessions this year, on the second night I arrived back to my tent to find it slashed open and everything, including my clothes and shower wash gone. Luckily I'd had my wallet and return bus ticket on me, made the best of it and enjoyed the rest of the festival, slept on the ground. Had some fairly expensive clothes in that tent though.

Samsgirl · 18-10-2015 04:11PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Was that Fleadh Mor festival, ended up leaving Dylan to go and see the Chieftains in the marquee who were pretty amazing.

Yep, it sure was. Sounds like you made the better decision!

dublinman1990 · 18-10-2015 10:20PM

I was really young when this happened but my mam, aunt, myself and a few friends got free tickets to a concert in Marlay Park many years ago. It was organised by a radio station in Dublin. As far as I know, The concert had acts like U2, Boyzone, Westlife, B*witched and Spice Girls were all due to perform there at the venue.

But as soon it we came there for one day only. The venue that was due to open on that particular Sunday was closed down as it ****ing waterlogged. A security guard was there at the entrance of the venue was redirecting ticket holders to actually go home for the day as the whole concert was cancelled.

What a right waste of time to go there. We didn't even know beforehand that it was ****ing waterlogged in the 1st place.

My favourite act out of that line-up is U2. But alas; I still never got to see any of their concerts. Maybe I will get tickets if I'm lucky next time round.

Stranger Danger · 19-10-2015 09:21AM

I'd also put in a shout for the Chill Peppers, Pixies and Thrills gig in the Phoenix Park as a truly atrocious event.

First off The Thrills - never bought into the hype that surrounded them back at the time, bunch of chancers I thought and I have been subsequently proved right.

Pixies, probably the band that have influenced my musical tastes more than any other. I was so excited to be going to see them live. Then they appeared on stage, sound was ropey, atmosphere was terrible and the band didn't really look like they wanted to be there. So disappointing.

The layout of the venue was terrible as well. Stage up front. Bar in middle and toilets at rear. If you were at the stage and needed a piss you had to manoeuvre through the people queuing for a pint to get to the toilets and do the same on the way back. I went for a piss at one stage and it must have taken me about 25 minutes to get back to where I was.

The RHCP were awful that day too.

19-10-2015 09:55AM

ygolometsipe wrote: »

boyzone....

I am not a girl

Oxymoron, tbf :pac:

Ash.J.Williams · 19-10-2015 09:58AM

Valentina wrote: »

I thought Pixies were great. Never thought I'd get to see them live.

I missed The Thrills though and left as soon as Pixies went off stage so missed RHCP too :pac:

the pixies were savage that day....barely noticed the chilis

Ash.J.Williams · 19-10-2015 09:59AM

dublinman1990 wrote: »

I was really young when this happened but my mam, aunt, myself and a few friends got free tickets to a concert in Marlay Park many years ago. It was organised by a radio station in Dublin. As far as I know, The concert had acts like U2, Boyzone, Westlife, B*witched and Spice Girls were all due to perform there at the venue.

But as soon it we came there for one day only. The venue that was due to open on that particular Sunday was closed down as it ****ing waterlogged. A security guard was there at the entrance of the venue was redirecting ticket holders to actually go home for the day as the whole concert was cancelled.

What a right waste of time to go there. We didn't even know beforehand that it was ****ing waterlogged in the 1st place.

My favourite act out of that line-up is U2. But alas; I still never got to see any of their concerts. Maybe I will get tickets if I'm lucky next time round.

what year was that? There is no way U2 were playing at that???

hawkwind23 · 19-10-2015 10:05AM

That Tramore gig was brilliant

I was backstage with Dylan, Jerry Lee and Van the Man , ended up falling in with a load of lads who seemed to order a truckfull of Jonny Jump Up.

Bob Dylan is renowned for iffy performances but i seen him a few times where he can easily be forgiven for the crap ones

Worst concert musically was Sultans of Ping in Empire Belfast , about 30 people there and your man was acting the bollox few people there was saying f+&k up and just play wheres your jumper , band walked off. Never seen a band do that

hawkwind23 · 19-10-2015 10:06AM

Oh and AC/DC at punchestown , what a bloody great gig but the organisation was bordering on dangerous
MCD had the contract

Anesthetize · 19-10-2015 10:10AM

Unearthly wrote: »

Guns N Roses 2010 at O2.

Was actually very entertaining for the wrong reasons. Showed up an hour late, booing and whistles from the crowd, then bottles thrown, they left the stage, messages from security that concert was over, people getting angry, then they came back about an hour later to finish it.

Anybody who buys a ticket for a Guns 'n' Roses gig deserves everything they get.

Why people bother with them these days when there are countless younger bands coming to Ireland regularly who are far more deserving of peoples money is beyond me.

mahoganygas · 19-10-2015 10:39AM

bnt wrote: »

Muse at Dublin Castle, May 2002. The band was very good, but it was a daytime gig, and so not as atmospheric as e.g. The Point in 2009. That wasn't the problem, however: I was at the front of the second section back, and some guys tried to turn it in to a moshpit. (Never mind that Muse is not a Metal band, and their music sounds better if you actively listen to it.) I got walloped several times, and had girls using me a human shield, unable to get out of the section due to the crowding.

I was at many Muse gigs around 2002 and all of them had mosh pits.
Muse gigs used to be bonkers back in the day.
Then the music went crap.

I challenge anybody to stand still when the Plug in Baby riff kicks in.

dublinman1990 · 19-10-2015 06:24PM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

what year was that? There is no way U2 were playing at that???

I don't know about the year. I may have mixed U2 up with some other less known pop band. I think the station who was one of the organisers or sponsors may have been 98fm or something.

It is very strange though. The weather on that particular day was only overcast. No rain at all to speak of to ruin it whatsoever.

PTH2009 · 19-10-2015 06:57PM

dublinman1990 wrote: »

My favourite act out of that line-up is U2. But alas; I still never got to see any of their concerts. Maybe I will get tickets if I'm lucky next time round.

they are playing Dublin 23/24/27/28 November this year

MAJJ · 19-10-2015 07:47PM

Patww79 wrote: »

Smashing Pumpkins, Point, some time around 1996/97. Someone was killed down the front early on.

Was at it too a real tragedy and unknown until after. Really sad to hear what happened and will never forget itit. Filter did support and they drove people wild and then Pumpkins came out and bedlam. I was well used to crazy gigs, moshing but the surge of people and lack of control was nuts. We used the ladies as our excuse and went back from the front.

Bit heavy for this thread methinks

PTH2009 · 19-10-2015 09:39PM

Why do people always leave concerts before the encore when it's obvious the band are coming back

the evasion_kid · 19-10-2015 09:43PM

R.E.M ardgillan,after queing ages to use a portaloo one finally was available,locked the door and turned around and there was a pair of sh*tty jeans on the ground,someone literally crapped themselves and just stepped out of them and left them there.

Dozen Wicked Words · 19-10-2015 09:47PM

Worst experience.

Idlewild at the Roadmender in Northampton, can't remember the year. They were due on at nine but because they were recording top of the pops that day they ended up arriving on stage after half eleven, entire crowd p*ssed and angry, so that made for a lovely ambience. The band were sh*t and my sister locked herself in the ladies toilets and wouldn't come out for nearly an hour, then when she did, she puked up everywhere imaginable. And I lost 20 quid.

Johnny Jukebox · 19-10-2015 09:49PM

Johnny Thunders at the New Inn (its all gone now) circa 1990 maybe. It was a total car crash as Johnny was totally out of his bin and could barely sit, let along play. Some of the Golden Horde tried their best to hold it together and back him but it was all in vain. So not a bad gig, just very sad and tragic. Saw him a couple of times in the TV Club (all gone too) and he was amazing.

La_Gordy · 19-10-2015 09:53PM

I was at a gig and fairly squashed up against the barriers and this horrible man kept rubbing his erection into my arse. I was a fair bit younger and just too embarrassed to do anything (there was also a language barrier as I was in foreign). He finally moved on when my handbag blocked him. Actual boak.

Joe prim · 19-10-2015 09:59PM

I recently attended a performance of Il Trovatore at Covent Garden, and I was appalled;the soprano singing Maria, Felice Di Salva, was a semi-tone off on most notes above high C, while the tenor , Olav Palmuski, while excellent on the high notes and in the mid-range, was noticeably weak on the bass register, and a poor actor to boot. As if this performance was not sufficiently unsatisfactory, our champagne at the interval was verging on flat, having been poured inexpertly, and the caviar hor-d'oeuvres were over-chilled.
Oh, and my second worst experience was this time at Oxegen when some lads from Finglas set fire to my tent and pissed on my girlfriend.

19-10-2015 10:07PM

I remembered another awful concert experience - Witnness, the second year it was held. My friend and I were camping and went to see Muse. They took ages to come out on stage and when they did the crowd surged forward. My friend and I got separated and I got knocked to the ground and crushed under 4 or 5 people. I just remember the pain in my legs thinking they were going to break and how if I died my mum would kill me.

Thankfully someone pulled me out from the bottom but when I turned around to say thanks there was no one there.

philstar · 19-10-2015 10:40PM

Valentina wrote: »

I just remember the pain in my legs thinking they were going to break and how if I died my mum would kill me. .

that sounds so irish :pac:

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