The Killers - Malahide Castle - Tues 16th June 2020

Yes but those who had to travel from outside of Dublin have little choice. I looked into the Dart but that would have meant driving through the same Dublin rush hour traffic, trying to find somewhere to dump the car in Dublin, an hour long Dart to Malahide and the same in reverse.

I've been to loads of gigs but this was my first time going to Malahide. I know how to navigate the Aviva, Croker, 3 Arena etc. and the car works fine for the 3 Arena with some queuing but not a lot. The other venues I would make different arrangements for.

The fact that it was a Tuesday night meant that an overnighter with the 2 teenagers wasn't really an option. Malahide for a midweek gig isn't really an option for me in future I would say. Not sure I'd bother with a weekend either to be honest.

You live and learn.

I got the train Northbound after the gig and the frequency of service compared to Southbound trains wasn't great.

If I don't have good sound from here I give up haha

Class gig.

but the public transport was absolutely appalling, just sums up one of Ireland’s many problems. I know it’s for another thread but leaving Connolly to get Dart to malahide yesterday evening you wouldn’t even know there was a gig on, darts weren’t as frequent as they should have been, and the crowds on them were at risk of crushing people and that’s no exaggeration.

zero planning. After the gig was over you physically could not get into malahide station for the dart. Walked for miles and miles and eventually got the other half’s parents to lift us all the way from North Kildare.

by the time we would have waited to get a dart back into Connolly we would have missed all the last scheduled bus and train options home westbound for the night . Shambles

brandon flowers is some showman. I might have liked them on for a little bit longer. Blossoms were fairly good and academic.

queues were a dream, really relaxed gig. I’d say most people were over 25 and you never had to wait more than 3-4 mins for a beer or food.

Sound and staging / lighting was improved for the second night. Small tweaks on the set list were also an improvement (Linger was a nice touch). The 3 song encore set was a better selection then the 2 the previous night. Played a slightly different version of Mr Brightside on the first night where the first part sound different, but when for the full version on the second night.

Can't help wondering was it the same guy who played the drums as the first night 😂

Yep. Argentina Lollapalooza in 2018. A total bluffer came up and was dispatched fairly quickly before another guy came up and nailed it.

I'm always tense when the drummer sits down for this. On Tuesday Sam from Monkstown looked totally disinterested and laid back and I thought "uh-oh we may have a doozy here". He went on to nail it perfectly which shows how good a judge I am!

traffic must have been better organised for the 2nd night ?

Yeah. Keuning and Stoermer are still members of the band but don't tour. The former for creative reasons and the latter due to health.

Ted Sablay who plays lead guitar has been part of the touring band for years and as such is not an official member.

re Traffic (mis) Management.

Was at Malahide for Picture This on saturday night.

Fairly full arena, bu tgot to car 5 mins after the band came off.

Then sat for 45 mins as mayhem/nonsense ensued....

They wont allow traffic move until the arena is emptied as pedestrians have to pass through the car park, to walk to their buses, or taxis.

Then buses are given priority to leave before the traffic from 3 different directions is allowed move....

Terrible system .......

Thats added to the list of places not to go for a gig - Punchestown + Marley.......

Lads, my wife and son are heading to Dermo tomorrow, trying to decide how best to get them there. Predictable anarchy in travel for the last few gigs there it seems. If I leave it late, miss the supports and try to drop them close to kick off, have I a chance of getting them close in the car? Should I look at dropping them a stop or 2 before on the Dart? Any ideas?