AC/DC Punchestown

Cushla

Absolutely brill gig. Angus is some mental!!
But yeah bus's were a disaster to find & why are they nearly all white!! I don't know how people that were seriously wasted managed. It was all worth it though..

Damn!!

Music was great, Angus rocked.. atmosphere was brilliant, organisation was utter utter rubbish..


the non music high point of the concert for me was the hammered woman trying to get her top off and her teenaged kids pleading with her to put it back on..

lord lucan

Numina wrote: »

That was hilarious. "Goodnight Dublin!" Yeah, we're not in Dublin.

Axl done the same thing with G N'R @ Slane in '92:D

MetalDawg

oustanding show. Was right in the pit. Angus is superhuman! getting out of there was a disaster though I have to say.:mad:

nacho libre

I usually prefer the indoor setting, but this was a savage gig.
One guy was telling me it was the best gig of theirs he had been at- he had seen them seven or eight times since 1981!
AC/DC, although not my favourite band by any means, are without doubt the band i've most enjoyed seeing live. I just hope Sunday does not prove to be their last visit to Ireland!

lil-evil

The organisation was sh!t ... Ended up walking from N7 took an hour & half.

Didn't think it was that great a concert and i lve their music ... Thnk the sound of Punchestown isn't the best.

Should have gone to the O2

Greatest rock gig I've ever been at.

Legends.

Seth Brundle

lil-evil wrote: »

The organisation was sh!t ... Ended up walking from N7 took an hour & half.

Didn't think it was that great a concert and i lve their music ... Thnk the sound of Punchestown isn't the best.

Should have gone to the O2

I was at the O2 and it was brilliant but you can't really compare an intimate gig with a large outdoor venue (especially with the rain, etc.).
However, I have seen several outdoor gigs (Slane, RDS, etc.) and this was much better.
I walked from the Goffs P&R which took over an hour - however, it was all forgotten once I got in. Apparently (according to some gardai) the reason was due in part to people double parking along some of the bus routes!

blastman

And they say the guards have no sense of humour... :rolleyes:

Rented Mule

rarnes1 wrote: »

Greatest rock gig I've ever been at.

Legends.

It wasn't in the Top 10 AC/DC shows that I have seen.

Run_to_da_hills

The only way, to travel to any large gig is by mototbike, I took mine and was right into the heart of it in an hour from South Dublin, no probs leaving, free parking, slice through jammed traffic and also found Gardai helpful with directions etc. Gig was also awesome, they had the best of PA, FX's were second to none and would rate them among the top preformers Ive ever been to.

Cabbaginho

In fairness I thought the sound was brilliant. Crisp and f*cking loud just like it should be.

Didn't think the organisation was all that bad but then again I did end up wanderin around the bus car-park lookin for my coach for over an hour.

I do wonder though, how come I never seem to have hassle getting in or out of Punchestown and all the capitol folk always seem to have a mare?

Why don't people leave home earlier in the day? Surely the extra drinkin time is an incentive?

carrickmore_tec

does anyone know if there will be a DVD made of this? and does anyone have any decent photos of the crowd and stuff??

a gig that i will never forget for good and bad reasons!!


rock on.

lord lucan

Cabbaginho wrote: »

I do wonder though, how come I never seem to have hassle getting in or out of Punchestown and all the capitol folk always seem to have a mare?

Why don't people leave home earlier in the day? Surely the extra drinkin time is an incentive?

In fairness with the Dubs in action at croker there were a lot of people double-gigging so to speak,traffic coming from the city would've been considerably heavier after 18.00 on sunday.

dollydishmop

j2hig wrote: »

Angus's 3 and a half day long solo was insane! The man genuinely 60+ and rockin just as hard as back in the day.

KerranJast wrote: »

If you looked at the monitor you saw a 60 year old pumping sweat tearing up the fretboard. If you looked over at the raised platform you saw an illuminated guitar legend through the shimmering rain who couldn't have been a day over 30.

*cough*....he's 54, not 60, or 60+....*cough*

Credit him back those precious 6 years lads

Dagon

That really was a fantastic gig! The show was awesome, and the traffic problems and rain didn't even matter in the end.

Some good memories of that blow up Rosie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nnqKV5YriQ

I still think Iron Maiden and Helloween are the best live bands I've seen, but AcDc are definitely up there in my top 5

fruitbats

I saw ACDC at both venues this year and the O2 was the best Gig i was ever at since i saw Pantera in the Point 92. It was a Pity that such a large venue didn’t do the band credit. 10/10 at the 02 and Punchestown was a 6/10, unfortunately the only difference was the venue/rain etc, ACDC were the reliable professional self’s. On another note Brian Johnson vocals were amazing, His operation paid off!

Copyright

ACDC were amazing, but I didnt enjoy it as much as the one in the 02, I dont like out door concerts that much, especially at punchestown
the show at the 02 was amazing

There my favourite band of all time,
THEY ROCK.


Hopefully its not there last time in Ireland, But It looks like brian johnson is retiring from acdc in december 2010 ( he told a magizine ) then a rumour is they'l take a break for 5 years and do a farewell tour with a new singer :S
But I do know that the tour was set to end in may but they said it will goto december 2010 now, no dates have been added up to then yet, so maybe back to europe?

mikeglee

Metallica wasnt nearly as good a ACDC

fartmaster

im sorry but AC/DC are a broken record, same song over and over and the lead singer looks and sounds like a pissed off farmer

Seth Brundle

troll!

Copyright

fartmaster wrote: »

im sorry but AC/DC are a broken record, same song over and over and the lead singer looks and sounds like a pissed off farmer

well then you just dont know real music son :rolleyes:

fartmaster

Copyright wrote: »

well then you just dont know real music son :rolleyes:

AC/DC are like a bad version of Iron Maiden! Im sorry but I could never get into them.

Max Power1

how could you not get into them? Catchy rock lol

Only one of, if not the, worlds greatest hard rock bands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k816dPQyPAM

Seth Brundle

fartmaster wrote: »

AC/DC are like a bad version of Iron Maiden! Im sorry but I could never get into them.

Nobody is forcing you to like them. However, I think AC/DC and Iron Maiden are quite different in their styles. Chalk and cheese in many ways!

fartmaster

kbannon wrote: »

Nobody is forcing you to like them. However, I think AC/DC and Iron Maiden are quite different in their styles. Chalk and cheese in many ways!

you couldnt force me if ye tried!! ill say this about AC/DC they do deliver on what their fans look for. To me they are a very dated band tho

Seth Brundle

fartmaster wrote: »

you couldnt force me if ye tried!!

I haven't seen anyone trying to force you - you're the one who popped into an AC/DC thread though!

fartmaster wrote: »

ill say this about AC/DC they do deliver on what their fans look for. To me they are a very dated band tho

dated? thats your opinion. However to quote wikipedia:

Since Nielsen SoundScan began to track music sales in 1991, AC/DC has sold over 26.4 million albums, making their sales figures second only to The Beatles, outselling both The Rolling Stones and The Who. Over the last five years, as CD sales have declined in general, AC/DC albums have sold just as well or better. They sold over 1.3 million CDs in the United States during 2007 despite not having released a new album since 2001 at that point.[73]
In 2009 the Recording Industry Association of America upgraded the group's US sales figures from 69 million to 71 million, making AC/DC the fifth-best-selling band in US history and the ninth best selling artist, selling more albums than Madonna, Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson.[6] The RIAA also certified Back in Black as double Diamond (twenty million) in US sales, and by 2007 the album had sold 22 million copies, which moved it into fifth place.[8]

fartmaster

kbannon wrote: »

I haven't seen anyone trying to force you - you're the one who popped into an AC/DC thread though!

dated? thats your opinion. However to quote wikipedia:

lol you cant argue with the facts, though that fact that AC/DC sales continue may mean the people who are buying still havent caught up the internet yet :pac:

Copyright

lol omg if you dont like them, we dont care, this is an acdc thread, its not up to us if you like them or not , but you dont need to come here hating on them