In concert..........who have you seen ?

The Pontiac

JamesTaylorfan wrote: »

One of the best artists I've ever seen was Pierce Turner from Wexford, a great Irish singer/songwriter.
Explore at http://www.pierceturner.com

I saw Pierce in Cork a few years ago. Brilliant he was! He was dancing up on tables and all sorts. Peter Broderick does this sort of thing too. It takes this whole 'interacting yourself with the crowd' to a different level.

8-10

jill_valentine wrote: »

Indulge my nerdy needs here for a second, where and when? And how awesome were they each time, on a scale of fail to Win?

I think you'll find you were at at least 3 of them with me! But ok, in order (but can't be arsed looking up exact dates):

2005:
Rock en Seine Paris
2007:
Olympia Dublin
Olympia Dublin
Oxegen Punchestown
Latitude Suffolk
Phoenix Park Dublin
Phoenix Park Dublin
SECC Glasgow
Metro Radio Arena Newcastle
Cardiff International Arena Cardiff
Nottingham Arena Nottingham
Columbiahalle Berlin
Gasometer Vienna
Tonhalle Munich
Alexandra Palace London
Alexandra Palace London
Alexandra Palace London

Also had a ticket for Manchester but wussed out last minute. As for ratings, they were all well worth going to, great live band, but the ones that really stood out were Rock en Seine 2005, Newcastle (great setlist), and Berlin. And the suckiest by a long way was Oxegen.

X-Calibre

This is including festivals:

Air
Aslan
Audioslave
Battles
Billy Talent
Blur
Bon Iver
Bon Jovi
Boys Noize
Daft Punk
Deadmau5
Deep Purple
Digitalism (2)
Doves
Feeder
Fever Ray
Foals
Foo Fighters (2)
Friendly Fires
Hot Chip
Jimmy Eat World
Justice
The Killers
Kings of Leon
The Maccabees
MSTRKRFT
Muse
Mylo
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Panic At The Disco
Passion Pit
Pendulum
Queens of The Stone Age
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Republic of Loose
TV on The Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Mars Bar

mars bar wrote: »

Update:

Saw Doctors x 20
Waterboys X 2
Bruce Springsteen X 2
Meat Loaf
Elton John
Noelie McDonnell X 15
Stonelakes
Coronas (not by choice...and it was free)
Blizzards (not by choice also, and it was free too)
Boyzone at the Meteors
Westlife at the Meteors
Scouting For Girls
Sinead O' Connor
Republic Of Loose
The Flaws
Without George
A Band Called Wanda
The Government
The Walls

Just edited a few pieces there...

Will be seeing Republic Of Loose again at a festival...I don't even know one of their songs!

fifth

Qotsa
Foo Fighters
Fighting With Wire
The Feeling (haha)
The Kooks
The Blizzards (while waiting for Rage against the machine)
The Kaiser Chiefs
Rage Against The Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Morcheeba
PJ Harvey
The Subways
Halite (drummer from therapy?, derren dempsey from laminate/wilt)
Feeder
(inc festivals)

jill_valentine

8-10 wrote: »

I think you'll find you were at at least 3 of them with me! But ok, in order (but can't be arsed looking up exact dates):

2005:
Rock en Seine Paris
2007:
Olympia Dublin
Olympia Dublin
Oxegen Punchestown
Latitude Suffolk
Phoenix Park Dublin
Phoenix Park Dublin
SECC Glasgow
Metro Radio Arena Newcastle
Cardiff International Arena Cardiff
Nottingham Arena Nottingham
Columbiahalle Berlin
Gasometer Vienna
Tonhalle Munich
Alexandra Palace London
Alexandra Palace London
Alexandra Palace London

Also had a ticket for Manchester but wussed out last minute. As for ratings, they were all well worth going to, great live band, but the ones that really stood out were Rock en Seine 2005, Newcastle (great setlist), and Berlin. And the suckiest by a long way was Oxegen.

Four, thinking about it, and I didn't cop who you were at first.

laoisforliam

Ash
Oasis
Kssabian
Prodigy
Chemical Bros
THe Darkness
The Who
MAssive Attack
Daft Punk
Faithless
Ian Brown
Felix The Housecat
Errol Alkan
Guy Gerber
Tiga
Justice
Sven Vath
New Order
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Razorlight
The Scissors Sisters
Bob Dylan
The Blizzards
Troy Pierce
Richie Hawtin
Calvin Harris
The Saw Doctors
Aslan
Magda
Chris Liebling
Riccardo Villalobos

Thats all i can rem for now

LD 50

I'll try and see if I can get these in chronilogical order.

Korn
Nickleback
Blink 182
Audioslave
QOTSA
Foo Fighters
Red Hot Chili Peppers(x2)
The Darkness
Linkin Park
Stone Sour
sigur Ros
Alice in Chains(x2)
Slipknot
Metalica(x4)
The Killers
Kings of Leon
The Who
Lamb of God
In Flames
Slayer
ChickenFoot
Mastodon
Avenged Sevenfold(x2)

Cant be arsed trying to remember dates though.

Sparkles:)

emm 1. Hi!
2.

busted
mcfly
V
peter doherty
amy winehouse
lilly allan
linken park
duke special
the frames
damion rice
the coronas
lady gaga
take that
bob dylan
bell x1
jerry fish
aslan
the blizzards
coolio
the killers
janes addriction
rage against the machine
metallica
florence and the machine
scouting for girls
plain white t's
christy moore
belle and sabastian
Nine inch nails
super furry animals
ocean colour scene
fight like apes
tracy chapman
calvin harris
the specals

rainbowdrop

Oasis, Kasabian (Slane this year)
Prodigy (4 or 5 times, normally twatted so can't remember exactly how many)
Metallica
Faithless (Creamfields 2002?)
Motorhead (Bulldog Bash, UK)
Status Quo (Bulldog Bash, brutal.. hate them but friends made me go)
Ocean Colour Scene (Indiependence festival last weekend)
Kaiser Chiefs
Chemical Brothers
Kings of Leon
Amy Winehouse (on the barrier at Oxygen, surprisingly good)
Newton Faulkner
Counting Crows
Tracy Chapman (free tickets, thats why!!)
Pink (not mad about her music, but she's a sexy bitch)
UB40 (never seen so many knackers in one place)
The Wailers (supporting UB40, Class)
Dragonforce (went because friends were going, very good)
The Fureys

If we were including big name DJs, I'v seen just about every one of them.... Went through a phase (2000-2005) of travelling the country to see whatever good DJ was on.... Tiesto, Oakenfold, Mauro Picotto, Lisa Lashes, Lisa Pin-Up, Carl Cox, Eddie Halliwell, Fergie, Sister Bliss etc. etc.

In fairness to me, was going to these dance 'gigs' before the scobes got in on the scene. And there were a lot of drugs involved as well:cool:.......
Would'nt go across the road to see one of these DJs now!!

Adiboo

Andrew Bird (Manchester)
The Black Keys (Nottingham)
cKy (2) (Dublin)
Clutch (Dublin)
Deadmau5 (Dublin)
Eagles Of Death Metal (Dublin)
G. Love & Special Sauce (Birmingham)
Jack Johnson (Birmingham)
Jason Mraz (2) (Dublin)
John Mayer (Birmingham)
Joshua Radin (Dublin)
Liam Finn (2) (Nottingham & Dublin)
Linkin Park (Dublin)
Marit Larsen (Dublin)
Mason Jennings (Birmingham)
Metallica (2) (Dublin)
Priscilla Ahn (2) (Dublin)
Republic Of Loose (2) (Tralee & Dublin)
Ray LaMontagne (Dublin)
Stephen Lynch (2) (Dublin)
Stereophonics (Birmingham)
TV On The Radio (Dublin)
Westlife (2) (Tralee)

And many more bands at festivals I couldn't give a toss about.

delbertgrady

Updated since last time:

AC/DC, A Camp, a-ha (2), Air (2) Tori Amos (2), Laurie Anderson, Anjani, Ash (4), Attic Lights, The Bangles, Beck (3), Belle and Sebastian (4), Tony Bennett, Big Country, Big Star, Stephen Bishop (3), The Blind Boys of Alabama, Blink-182, Blitzen Trapper (2), Blondie (3), The Blue Nile (2), Bon Jovi, David Bowie (2), Paul Brady, Jackson Browne (5), David Byrne (3), John Cale (4), Camera Obscura (4), Caravan (2), Nick Cave (2), Kasey Chambers, Cheap Trick, Leonard Cohen (2), Phil Collins (2), Billy Corgan, The Corrs, Elvis Costello, Cotton Mather, Counting Crows (2), The Cowboy Junkies, Cracker, Crash Test Dummies (2), David Crosby and Graham Nash, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Crowded House, The Dandy Warhols, The Darkness, Ray Davies, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode (3), Deus, The Devlins, The Dirty Three, The Divine Comedy, The Doors of the 21st Century, Duran Duran (2), Bob Dylan (9), Echo and the Bunnymen, Eels (8), Embrace (4), Erasure, Extreme (2), Feeder (2), Bryan Ferry (2), Fleetwood Mac (3), Ben Folds (3), Ben Folds Five, Foo Fighters (5), Fountains of Wayne (2), Fun Lovin’ Criminals (3), Peter Gabriel, Garbage, Art Garfunkel (2), Genesis, The Gentle Waves, Philip Glass, Goldfrapp, Jose Gonzalez, Martin L. Gore, Grandaddy, David Gray, Nanci Griffith (2), Grizzly Bear, Emm Gryner (4), Emmylou Harris, PJ Harvey, Charlotte Hatherley, Gemma Hayes (2), Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus Three, Horslips, The Human League, Iron Maiden (2), Jethro Tull, Jimmy Eat World, Billy Joel (2), Elton John (5), Norah Jones (2), Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Lambchop, Ute Lemper, Sean Lennon, Jenny Lewis, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, The Like, Low, Donal Lunny, Paul McCartney, Kate and Anna McGarrigle (2), Don McLean, The Magic Numbers, Aimee Mann, Massive Attack, Brian May, Brad Mehldau, Natalie Merchant, Mercury Rev (2), The Monkees (2), Scotty Moore, Morcheeba, Alanis Morissette, Van Morrison (2), Mozaik, Múm, Randy Newman (3), Joanna Newsom, Michael Nyman Band, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (2), Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (2), Nerina Pallot, Pearl Jam (3), Joe Pernice (2), Madeleine Peyroux, Phoenix, Placebo, Robert Plant, Planxty (4), The Police, The Pretenders, Queen and Paul Rodgers, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead (2), Chris Rea, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Red House Painters (2), Lou Reed (3), REM (4), Damien Rice, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Rolling Stones (2), David Lee Roth, Roxy Music (2), Todd Rundgren, The Seahorses, Shack, The Shadows, Sigur Ros, Paul Simon (2), Simon and Garfunkel, Smashing Pumpkins (4), Elliott Smith, Patti Smith, Snow Patrol, Spandau Ballet, Sparks, Regina Spektor, Bruce Springsteen (16), Starsailor, Stephen Stills, Sting, St. Vincent, Suede (2), Supergrass, Matthew Sweet, James Taylor (3), Tears for Fears, Teenage Fanclub (5), Television (2), Tenacious D, Richard Thompson (7), Teddy Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, The Thrills (3), Justin Timberlake, Emiliana Torrini, Jeff Tweedy, U2 (4), Velvet Crush, Loudon Wainwright III (4), Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright (5), Tom Waits (3), Roger Waters (3), Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, The Webb Brothers, Jimmy Webb, Weezer, Gillian Welch, Jim White, The White Stripes, The Who (3), Wilco (5), Brian Wilson (3), Yazoo, Yes (3), Neil Young (9).

sisco

Justin Timberlake
Fergie
Timbaland
Mc-Fly
Chris Brown
The Fray
Britney Spears

Am going
Lady GaGa
Lily Allen

RebelRockChick

RebelRockChick wrote: »

Metallica x2
Lost Prophets
Linkin Park
The Darkness
Slipknot
QOTSA
Foo Fighters
Audioslave
Snoop Dogg
The Killers
Green Day
The Presidents of the USA
giveamanakick
Duke Special
Bell X1
The Frank & Walters

Forgetting a good few that I saw at ****** '05.....

May as well add to my list

PUSA (again)
Lupe Fiasco
Meatloaf
Maximo Park
Bell X1 (x3)
Mick Flannery
Lloyd Cole
David Geraghty
Editors

Mars Bar

RebelRockChick wrote: »

May as well add to my list

PUSA (again)
Lupe Fiasco
Meatloaf
Maximo Park
Bell X1 (x3)
Mick Flannery
Lloyd Cole
David Geraghty
Editors

Where did ya see Meat Loaf? Did ya catch him on a good day?
I did last year in Donegal and WOW!

RebelRockChick

mars bar wrote: »

Where did ya see Meat Loaf? Did ya catch him on a good day?
I did last year in Donegal and WOW!

Saw him at the marquee in Cork last year. He was really good! I was only tagging along with someone but ended up being very impressed by the end of the gig

Mars Bar

He was in fine form last summer alright!
Wish I had gone down for that one but settled just for Donegal.

grenache

I've seen only Duran Duran. Five times in total.

siltirocker

Only counting concerts & festival headliners (no gigs or wee bands like the Blizzards or Bell XI, etc.) And only shows in Ireland

Top 5 (not favourite band but shows) would be:

Pearl Jam (2006)
U2 (2005, thought 360' was sh1t poor compared to the last 2 tours)
Pixies (2005)
Metallica (2005)
Primal Scream (2009)

Other Top quality gigs:

Rage Against The Machine (2008)
The Who (2006)
Groove Armada (2005)
Simple Minds (2006l)
The Prodigy (2008)
Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Club (2006)
Leonard Cohen (2008)
The Frames (2005)

Random other ones that come to mind:

The Charlatans (2008)
David Gray (2007)
James Brown (2006, his last performance b4 he passed i believe)
Bruce Springsteen (2009)
Tom Waits (2009)
Bryan Adams (2006)
Slipknot (2005)
Stunning (2006 was the best one i suppose)
Thin Lizzy (2004)
Snow Patrol (2005)
REM (2008)

Disappointing + sh1t ones IMO (not the bands just the concerts):


Ian Brown (2008, just poor from i one i expected greatness)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers (2005 utter sh1t, left during the first encore, although i hear the previous two years they were class)
White Stripes (2006, one guitar & a crap drummer just don't cut it live)
Sonic Youth (2006, a band i loved played catatonic noise and nothing else)
Bob Dylan (2005 crap, plain simple, he didn't want to be there had his back to the crowd)
Jose Gonzales (2008, snooze fest)
Placebo (2006, i actually think their music is poor so it would be unfair to comment justly but my mates who were fans said it was poor)
Damien Rice (2009, useless plain & simple, told the crowd to shut up when they were singing along at one point)
Ash (2006, no life in them, poor setlist)
Muse (2006, €45 for an hour and 10 minutes when i had just seen Pearl Jam in the same venue for nearly 3 hrs a month or two earlier)

blackbetty69

snoop dogg x2/ p diddy/ arctic monkeys/ the game/ 50 cent x2/ lloyd banks x2/ kanye west/ estelle x2/ common/ glc/ kooks/ bon jovi/ jay z/ linkin park/ razorlight/ kid rock/ bloc party/ killers/ kurupt/ tinchy stryder/ dizzee rascal/ oasis/ blizzards/ kasabian/ the prodigy/

sisco

Justin Timberlake
Fergie
Timbaland
Mc-Fly
Chris Brown
The Fray
Oxygen
Britney Spears
Going Lily Allen and Lady Gagas 2 Dates

3DataModem

Highlights;

Bob Marley in Dalymount
Ride & Oasis in the Tivoli Theatre (three weeks apart)
Blur at Mile End
Johnathan Richman in Whelans
Metallica at the point in '92
Prodigy at the Trinity Ball (1994ish I think)

KungPao

Blur 1997, Point Depot. Great gig.

Blur 2003 I think, Olympia.

Verve 1998, Slane. + Manic Street Preachers.

Bloodhound Gang! 2004 I think, TBMC

Metallica, 2000, Point Depot.

Juniper (Damien Rice/Bell X1) 1998, Olympia.

Deftones, forget the venue, 2005...somewhere in Dublin.

And many, many other small shows with not so famous bands.

*the above dates are approximations.....I'm terrible with dates.

Grantosol

Dan Dare wrote: »

The first was Slade, in the National Stadium. The best was Roger Waters in the Marquee, though Massive Attack were great in the same venue. John Cale in the early '80's, Souixe and The Banshees, Dr Feelgood, Genesis with Peter Gabriel (supporting Lindesfarne), the Rats, The Radiators From Space, John Cooper Clarke, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Clash, Roogalator etc etc.

Any idea when Slade played in The National Stadium? I believe it was early 70's. It crops up in a book Im working on. Would be very grateful if anyone knows

Thx G'Sol

MsJenjers

Going to Taylor Swift on Sunday for a friend's birthday... can't say I'm all that enthusiastic about it!...It'll be my first ever concert unless you can count the Celtic Tenors ? Lol

trashcan

Two great gigs last year - Teenage Fanclub at the Academy in Dublin and Belle & Sebastian at the Grand Canal Theatre in December. Fond memories of Trash Can Sinatras at Whelans on a couple of occasions, Elvis Costello solo at the National Stadium in 1996, and Billy Bragg on 4 or 5 occasions(Vicar St and The Olympia).

JBnaglfar

Past gigs include, Opeth, Kraftwerk, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Steve Vai, Metallica, Amon Amarth, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Joe Bonamassa, Iron Maiden, Gorgoroth (and lots more metal bands particularly).

So far I have tickets for Roger Waters, Rush and Children of Bodom (mainly going for Ensiferum) gigs this year.

WakeUp

Best gigs Ive been too in no particular order all were amazing:)

Guns N Roses - Slane' 92
Nirvana - Point' 92
Pink Floyd - Earls Court' 94
The Verve - Slane 98'
Oasis - Lansdowne Road 2000 ( Supergrass were really good aswell )
Eric Clapton - Point 04'
David Gilmour - Grand Rex Paris' 06 ( tickets cost a small fortune:D)
Rage Against the Machine - 02 Arena 2010

Paul Weller & Ocean Colour Scene always put on a good show in the Olympia seen them a good few times:)

Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Leftfield and Faithless all quality - Paul Oakenfold@ Creamfields, when he was a real DJ:D

Johro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASyIwqaJaI0

Yes I was in love.

BornToRun88

Arctic Monkeys twice
Manic Street Preachers twice
Snow Patrol twice
Paul McCartney twice
Oasis
Blur(at oxegen 09)
Paul Weller
Coldplay
Green Day
Ray Davies
The Script(at oxegen 09)
Ocean Colour Scene(at oxegen 09)
Eminem(at oxegen 10)
Madness
Prodigy and Kasabian(support to Oasis)
Eagles of Death Metal