Gigs for 2008.

[Sam_Heggy]

These guys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqUXDdJ3C-c&feature=related are playing download this year, well worth going to.

[jebus]

Updated Upcoming gigs for Jebus

MSTRKRFT
Saul Williams
The National
Evan Dando
M.I.A.
Leonard Cohan
Daniel Johnston
Electric Picnic

Woohoo!! :)

[NavanBohs]

These guys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqUXDdJ3C-c&feature=related are playing download this year, well worth going to.

I did Download last year but I think they have a rubbish line-up this year so Im not doing it.
But for anyone into the bands there, Id definitely recommend it...ticket is a bit over €230 or so, but its extremely easy and cheap to get to (East Midlands airport is nextdoor to the festival site and we got our flights for about €40), and its a really well organised festival :ball:

[razor]

the Wombats are also pencilled in for Sunday May 25th.Wombats have cancelled for next Sunday in Cypress Avenue, i'm disappointed with that.

Still i've got my tickets for Morrissey in the Marquee and The Fall in the Spiegeltent, can't complain.

[SligoBrewer]

I'll be heading to Cois Fharraige with my mate.
Me = :D

[passinginterest]

Anyone else at Bon Jovi yesterday? They put on one hell of a show. Razorlight were rather disappointing, got the impression they'd rather be some place else. Kid Rock at least made an effort and got the crowd going. Bon Jovi played from 8.30 until 11.05, serious value for money there, had the crowd going mental from start to finish.

[Wolfie]

Anyone else at Radiohead at the weekend?

Thought it was a bit disappointing - crowd very subdued.

[jebus]

Anyone else at Radiohead at the weekend?

Thought it was a bit disappointing - crowd very subdued.

Girlfriend was there Friday, she enjoyed it, but then she thinks everything they do is amazing

[kingdom hoop]

Anyone else at Radiohead at the weekend?

Thought it was a bit disappointing - crowd very subdued.

Leave the pom-pons at home then Wolfie?

[Wolfie]

Leave the pom-pons at home then Wolfie?

They were at the Dry Cleaners :D

The ten pints I'd had beforehand possibly had me in the wrong frame of mind for Radiohead.

It was more a Radiohead performance than an actually gig, if that makes sense? There was no interaction with the crowd and zero atmosphere. Those massive open air gigs tend to be a let down at the best of times, though.

Theres an unauthorised greatest hits at the moment and I think they were avoiding the obvious "Radiohead plays the hits" scenario.

[kingdom hoop]

I'd imagine ten pints might have been four too many. That over-exuberance tends to happen when you're let out for the weekend though. :D


It was more a Radiohead performance than an actual gig, if that makes sense?

Having earlier today read the Irish Times review, it does make sense: "There are problems, however, and it's more with the demeanour of Radiohead than the music; if the music is loose, then the band seem to be coiled up tighter than the elastic in a tennis ball. There is little sense from the stage that this is a communal event; disgruntlement, too, drifts through sections of the notably mature audience like a fog in a Hammer horror movie...."



Those massive open air gigs tend to be a let down at the best of times, though.

That could have a lot to do with it. You just have to brazenly barge, or politely squirm, your way to the front really. Apparently a rainbow appeared just as they were getting started though! At least one moment to be remembered maybe.

[Beavis]

Anyone else at Radiohead at the weekend?

Thought it was a bit disappointing - crowd very subdued.

Were you there Friday or Saturday?Friday was always going to be fairly subdued given most of the audience decided to go as an afterthought, any big fans snapped up the Saturday gigs within the week or so when it was the only date.

I had to go Friday with a wedding Saturday. I had a great time but the impression was that other people were quiet enough. I was quite close up where it fairly tightly packed but by the end had formed a 2 metre freak clearance zone around me:D I specifically left my mates cos I thought the weirdo Radiohead fan might appear and they'd never speak to me again:)

I would be interested to hear how it was the Saturday night. A mate I know said it great, crowd giving it loads, but he was at the front and you can tend to lose perspective.

[NeilMcD]

I'd imagine ten pints might have been four too many. That over-exuberance tends to happen when you're let out for the weekend though. :D



Having earlier today read the Irish Times review, it does make sense: "There are problems, however, and it's more with the demeanour of Radiohead than the music; if the music is loose, then the band seem to be coiled up tighter than the elastic in a tennis ball. There is little sense from the stage that this is a communal event; disgruntlement, too, drifts through sections of the notably mature audience like a fog in a Hammer horror movie...."



That could have a lot to do with it. You just have to brazenly barge, or politely squirm, your way to the front really. Apparently a rainbow appeared just as they were getting started though! At least one moment to be remembered maybe.


Yeah I have a pretty cool pic of said rainbow.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Were you there Friday or Saturday?Friday was always going to be fairly subdued given most of the audience decided to go as an afterthought, any big fans snapped up the Saturday gigs within the week or so when it was the only date... Hmmm ...at which of those gigs do you reckon would I have encountered more people with their eyes closed and arms pointing to ten and two caterwalling "fffffffffaaaaaaaade OUT agaaaaaaaaaaaaain!!!" in any key and none?

Just for future reference. :D

[thischarmingman]

Anyone going to Morrissey on 28th?

[jebus]

Anyone going to Morrissey on 28th?

I aws going to, then heard he was showcasing his new album so I passed

[Flawless]

The script in Whelans on Thursday!!

[Beavis]

Hmmm ...at which of those gigs do you reckon would I have encountered more people with their eyes closed and arms pointing to ten and two caterwalling "fffffffffaaaaaaaade OUT agaaaaaaaaaaaaain!!!" in any key and none?

Just for future reference. :D

I presume you're taking the p!ss in which case I completely accept the charges, I've certainly been known to think far too much about Radiohead related matters! :o

Note to self: They're only a band!:D

[Dr. Ogba]

Just got my tickets for Lollapalooza there. On in Chicago in August. Not relevent to this thread but just wanted to gloat all the same! :o

A few highlights of the line up
Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West Wilco
The Raconteurs Gnarls Barkley Bloc Party Broken Social Scene Lupe Fiasco
Mark Ronson Cat Power The National Okkervil River...............

Only $190 for the 3 days....take that Oxygen! :D

[Wolfie]

Supergrass playing the Academy Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th September.

Heading tomorrow night - should be quality.

[stann]

While to go yet but Mercury Rev are in Waterford at the end of October, can't believe the small size of the venue mind, but the tickets are booked so happy days.

[ken foree]

While to go yet but Mercury Rev are in Waterford at the end of October, can't believe the small size of the venue mind, but the tickets are booked so happy days.

the brother just saw them in switzerland and said he could stand about 4 feet from donohue's feet and there was a sparse but lively crowd. band in good form he said with lots of newer, unrecognizeable (to him) stuff played. noisy-ish electronic elements (bands are finally catching up to Kid A ;) ) are a part of their widescreen neo-americana these days i guess... him and his mate vocally requested "goddess on a highway" during their encore and it was duly and epically played after some "shall we?" looks between the band members. good luck seeing them! me, hope to see sunburned hand of the man in 3 weeks in that hotbed of music and culture: albany, NY :D