Gigs of the year 2019

Wooderson · 06-12-2019 11:05am

rednik wrote: »

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Palladium

Pretty ****e indictment on Irish promoters that these have never played here once.

RayCon · 06-12-2019 11:18am

Opeth - Olympia Dublin
Opeth - Backstage Werk Munich
Ghost - 3 Arena Dublin
Jah Wobble - The Grand Social Dublin
Viagra Boys - The Grand Social Dublin
Richard Thompson - Vicar St Dublin

rednik · 06-12-2019 11:20am

Wooderson wrote: »

Pretty ****e indictment on Irish promoters that these have never played here once.

Agreed, I have travelled to see Kenny Wayne Shepherd as well, don't know why promoters never try to bring them here.

alastair · 06-12-2019 1:50pm

Bjork - 3 Arena
Viagra Boys - Grand Social
Jon Hopkins - broken projector gig - Vicar Street
Bodega - EP
Johnny Marr - broken amp gig - EP
New Order - Trinity
Kamaal Williams - ATN
IDLES - Vicar Street
Yankari - Sugar Club
Orbital - ATN

purple hands · 06-12-2019 1:58pm

Public Service Broadcasting in the Olympia for me, perfect combination of powerful audio and visuals

War ensemble · 06-12-2019 2:31pm

Steel Panther in Vicar st. Outstanding !

BadTurtle · 06-12-2019 4:19pm

Saw very few gigs this year actually looking back.

7 The Murder Capital (ATN)
6 Massive Attack (3 Arena)
5 The National (ATN)
4 Nick Olivieri (Cypress Avenue)
3 Hot Chip (ATN)
2 Black Midi (ATN)
1 The Good the Bad and the Queen (ATN)

mirrormatrix · 06-12-2019 4:23pm

Janelle Monae (TCD) - Best gig of the year by far
Public Service Broadcasting
Jesca Hoop (Sound House)
Deus (Academy)

maximoose · 06-12-2019 4:37pm

Idles - Vicar St
Marc Rebillet - Tivoli
Cure - Malahide
Tame Impala - 3arena
PSB - Olympia

Wooderson · 06-12-2019 4:37pm

BadTurtle wrote: »

Saw very few gigs this year actually looking back.

1 The Good the Bad and the Queen (ATN)

Fully agree with you here. Stunning show.

LoughNeagh2017 · 06-12-2019 5:59pm

Strumms wrote: »

He attracts a certain kind of knob... the sort who go to about two gigs a year, absolutely mashed by the time he comes on, end up smacking into people and wanting to fight you when you object to you and your other half nearly being shouldered onto the floor....

I saw Oasis here back in the day a few times and as good as they were that sort of fan was always a negative to the whole experience.

Strangely saw them in Paris back in ‘02 and the crowd was extremely diverse...old punks, skater kids, middle aged rockers, all enthusiastic, happy and up for it... I like LG but not so much the circus.

They are an unusual band that attract people from all areas of society. I notice that the millenial hipsters love Oasis too, the types born in 1999 with floppy hair cuts and tight shirts, young women love him and Oasis too. They are very closely linked with 1990s nostalgia and that is why young millennials love them, millenials are obsessed with the 1990s. It is the same reason why they also are obsessed with the TV show Friends, they have all these gatherings for fans of that show nowadays in London for millenials to attend.

partyguinness · 06-12-2019 6:10pm

LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »

They are an unusual band that attract people from all areas of society. I notice that the millenial hipsters love Oasis too, the types born in 1999 with floppy hair cuts and tight shirts, young women love him and Oasis too. They are very closely linked with 1990s nostalgia and that is why young millennials love them, millenials are obsessed with the 1990s. It is the same reason why they also are obsessed with the TV show Friends, they have all these gatherings for fans of that show nowadays in London for millenials to attend.

Oh come on.

That sounds just like the crowd that followed them in 94-96 when I was 17/18- took themselves awfully serious, the big LG hair and general pissed off looking all the time. I did the Leaving in 1996 and the results came out the same day Oasis played in Cork so I was there maaaan and I can think of at least 1/2 my LC class that followed that trend...and the whole Blur v Oasis nonsense.

ps I was not into Oasis (I didn't dislike them but I was into Black Sabbath at that time)

Wrongway1985 · 06-12-2019 6:29pm

LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »

I notice that the millenial hipsters love Oasis too...They are very closely linked with 1990s nostalgia and that is why young millennials love them, millenials are obsessed with the 1990s.

You seem to discuss millenials as if you aren't one yourself.

bkrangle · 06-12-2019 6:50pm

Janelle Monae - TCD
Alice in Chains - Olympia
IDLES - Vicar St
Lankum - Vicar St
Just Mustard - Workman's

Hoping Devin Townsend and Fontaines make the list this weekend!

BadTurtle · 06-12-2019 7:44pm

Wooderson wrote: »

Fully agree with you here. Stunning show.

Big fan of Blur and Gorillaz too but that show blew both of them away. Damon was having the time of his life.

dasdog · 06-12-2019 10:43pm

Sleaford Mods - Academy
Probably just a routine set for them but it was a 60 minute indoor explosion of energy.

Kamasi Washington - Olympia
Just glorious, my brother has been calling me a jazz wánker for the last 15 years but I'm not the only one.

Durand Jones & The Indications - Whelans
Re-imagined 60's/70's soul and funk originals by as good musicians as you will see.

Dry Cleaning - Workmans Club
A midnight show and their first outside the UK. Probably about 70 people at it and it was a bit special and flawless.

Bjork - 3Arena
It was completely mental. This could be the future for those who can afford to put on such a production if they have the imagination.

Some of the other better ones were Ronnie Spektor (NCH), Ennio Morricone (3Arena), Hot 8 Brass Band (Button Factory), New Order (Trinity) and I enjoyed my weekend at Slane seeing Metallica. They've come a long way from the Top Hat.

Looking forward to Fontaines DC tomorrow.

casheltipp · 07-12-2019 12:35am

Cherry Glazerr - Whelans
Cure - Malahide
A-ha - 3arena

OwaynOTT · 08-12-2019 2:18am

purple hands wrote: »

Public Service Broadcasting in the Olympia for me, perfect combination of powerful audio and visuals

mirrormatrix wrote: »

Janelle Monae (TCD) - Best gig of the year by far
Public Service Broadcasting
Jesca Hoop (Sound House)
Deus (Academy)

Public Service Broadcasting were brilliant in the Olympia! M
May have permanently damaged the hearing in my left ear. Had an ear infection but got to close to the speakers.
Ear was ringing for days after. Had a medical a month later, told my left ear had the hearing of a sixty year old.
I’m only half that

The Cure in Malahide were good too.

Thrashssacre · 08-12-2019 4:36am

bkrangle wrote: »

Janelle Monae - TCD
Alice in Chains - Olympia
IDLES - Vicar St
Lankum - Vicar St
Just Mustard - Workman's

Hoping Devin Townsend and Fontaines make the list this weekend!

Devins certainly making mine after that performance on friday, them new songs are tons of fun live.

El Director · 08-12-2019 5:13pm

1. Foo Fighters, RDS
2. The Good The Bad and The Queen, ATN
3. Orbital, ATN
4. IDLES, Iveagh
5. Jon Hopkins, ATN
6. A Lazarus Soul, Vicar
7. Loyal Carner, ATN

Delighted to see so many acknowledging the wonderful TGTBATQ. That gig caught me and my mates by surprise, very special gig.

My 2020 calendar filling up nicely now too

AnnaSophia · 08-12-2019 6:15pm

Top three are in order and the rest I just really enjoyed

Jenny Lewis in The Academy was special
Janelle Monae in TCD
Spice Girls in Croke Park
Marina in Olympia
Hayley Kiyoko in Olympia
Squeeze in Vicar St
King Princess in The Academy
The Cure in Malahide were also great, sound was a bit dodge but enjoyed the concert nonetheless!
Oh, forgot Lizzo as well!

poteen · 08-12-2019 10:05pm

Gig of the year forum just turns into people naming every gig they were at in 2019.

Neames · 08-12-2019 10:08pm

The Cure - Malahide Castle

Super gig, still a great Live Act with a back catalogue going back 40 years.

Neames · 08-12-2019 10:09pm

poteen wrote: »

Gig of the year forum just turns into people naming every gig they were at in 2019.

Not me....I was at 2 gigs and only named one!

Stillill42 · 08-12-2019 10:16pm

Shout out for Robert Forster at the Button Factory. Something more low key, befitting my advancing years. A deeply satisfying evening.

selassie · 08-12-2019 10:27pm

1. IDLES - iveagh gardens
2. Denzel Curry - the helix
3. The Chats - academy

sabrewulf · 09-12-2019 2:31am

Garbage at Iveagh Gardens was my favorite, however, the joy in my daughter's face during the Ariana Grande gig made it a close runner up.

sydthebeat · 09-12-2019 10:53am

Jonny Marr. EP
Bjork. The Point
The Cure. Malahide
Pixies. Olympia
Liam and Neil Finn. Olympia
David Gray. Bord Gais
Sharon Van Etten. Vicar st
Michael Kiwanuka. EP
Duff McKagan. EP
Echo ATBM. EP

Homesick Alien · 09-12-2019 12:21pm

1. James Holden and the Animal Spirits @ It Takes a Village
2. Luluc @ the Grand Social
3. The Strokes @ EP

phunkadelic · 09-12-2019 12:40pm

Gigs of the year:
The Cure - Malahide
Fat White Family - Button Factory
Thievery Corporation - Vicar St
Murder Capital - Whelans
Stereolab - Vicar St
Bell x1 with Dowry - Wexford Opera House

Underwhelming of the year:
Hot Chip - Olympia

Eod100 · 09-12-2019 1:07pm

Sharon Van Etten was definitely up there!

PTH2009 · 09-12-2019 3:32pm

Underwhelming gig of the year for me would have to go to Bon Jovi in the RDS. They weren't all bad but Jon's voice is not what it used to be. Maniacs were great as support although the sound issues took away from it a bit

Stiff Little Fingers at slane was just a mess by MCD and really didnt suite the day imo. A lot of it was to do with the timing. They should of been on after Fangclub and not 3rd before Ghost

kennyu272 · 09-12-2019 4:37pm

The Cure - Malahide Castle
Idles - Glastonbury
Fontaine’s DC - Vicar St
U2 - Sydney Cricket Ground
Sinead O’Connor -Wexford Spiegeltent
Patti Smith - ATN

D.Q · 09-12-2019 4:39pm

Hot Chip @ ATN

s8n · 09-12-2019 5:23pm

Tool @ Rock Werchter

Prophets of Rage @ London Brixton Academy

Neil Young + POTR @ Antwerp Sportpaleis

Lotus Flower · 09-12-2019 9:56pm

Alice In Chains, the Olympia. Nothing comes close

hetuzozaho · 10-12-2019 5:38am

Lotus Flower wrote: »

Alice In Chains, the Olympia. Nothing comes close

It was so good, the whole place belting out the classics! What a band.

larry1 · 10-12-2019 11:27am

Bob Seger - Farewell tour - Toronto
Lewis Capaldi - Olympia
Hall & Oates - Iveagh Gardens

Cuttlefish · 10-12-2019 8:24pm

OMD - Olympia - Andy's dad dancing was brilliant
Squeeze - Cork Opera House - the entire band were amazing and you could purchase double CD of the concert you were at 5 mins ago and I did!
Robert Forster - Cypress Avenue - Was a real treat to meet co-writer of one of the best songs EVER - "Streets of your town"
and
Peter Broderick - Triskel Arts - he was brilliant

grudgehugger · 10-12-2019 9:49pm

Girl Band @ Vicar st
ATN: Kojaque, JonHopkins, TGTB&TQ
EP: Billie Eilish, Kneecap, DJ Seinfeld, Let’s eat Grandma, Courtney Barnett

I’m sure I’m forgetting stuff from earlier in the year....

Poorside · 10-12-2019 9:55pm

Johnny fücking Marr at Ep
Eddie Vedder
Billie Eilish at EP

redzor · 10-12-2019 11:08pm

Lotus Flower wrote: »

Alice In Chains, the Olympia. Nothing comes close

Was a fantastic gig,knew it would be special and it was , my gig of the year by far too

rubick · 12-12-2019 12:35pm

Busy year for it:

1 – Bjork: Cornucopia (3 Arena, Dublin)
2 – Sons of Kemet (Cosby Stage, Electric Picnic)
3 - The Cure (Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival)
4 – Patti Smith (Main Stage, All Together Now Festival)
5 – Kamasi Washington (Olympia Theatre, Dublin)
6 – Lamb (Body & Soul Stage, Electric Picnic)
7 – New Order (Trinity College, Dublin)
8 – Massive Attack (3 Arena, Dublin)
9 – The Comet Is Coming (West Holts, Glastonbury Festival)
10 – The Streets (Electric Arena, Electric Picnic)

I think the recent Bjork gig is probably the best show I have ever witnessed, will be hard to top.