Top 5 Gigs of 2009

who_ru

for what it's worth the worst gig of the year

U2 1st night in Croke park - absolutely dreadful.

missmatty

I barely went to five gigs this year but would reckon Nick Cave in Vicar Street (October) was the best.

blastman

blastman wrote: »

Bruce Springsteen (2nd night) - RDS
AC/DC - Point
Stiff Little Fingers - Academy

There's a few gigs to go between now and the end of the year, so I'll wait until then before I fill the remaining two spaces

That top 5 in full, then:

Bruce Springsteen (2nd night) - RDS
AC/DC - Point
Stiff Little Fingers - Academy
Marillion - Button Factory
Horslips - Point

Good job I waited

boosh_fan

went to my last gig of 2009 last night (Placebo) and here's my top 5:

1. Pixies (Olympia - Friday night)
2. Modest Mouse (Academy - Monday night)
3. Leonard Cohen (O2 - MOnday night)
4. Dan Deacon (Andrews Lane)
5. Nick Cave (Vicar Street)

Good year for gigs (for me)

dereko1969

Pixies - Olympia
Wilco - Vicar Street
Grizzly Bear - Vicar Street
Amadou & Miriam - EP

There are a few contenders for the 5th spot, Antlers last week were great, Billy Bragg at EP really was amazing, London Symphony Orchestra playing Mahlers 4th might actually make it - mind blowing. Trying to remember the gigs from the first half of the year, when did Magnetic Fields play Vicar St?

Thundercats Ho

U2 - Croker
Muse - O2
Damien Dempsey - Kavanaghs Portlaoise
Australian Pink Floyd - O2
Horslips - O2

deeks

Depeche Mode - O2
Glasvegas - Oxegen
AC/DC - O2
NIN - Oxegen
Arctic Monkeys - O2

Pierce_1991

Green Day - O2
The Killers - O2
Arctic Monkeys - Vienna
Oasis - V Festival (last ever gig)
Arctic Monkeys - O2

rossie1977

green day - o2
ac/dc - punchestown
snow patrol -castlebar
def leppard/white snake/journey - o2
killers - o2

RebelRockChick

Haven't been to too many this year, hopefully next year will be a better one for gigs

Lloyd Cole - Whelans
Editors - Olympia
Bell X1 - Vicar St.
David Geraghty - Pavilion, Cork
White Lies - Cork Opera House

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delbertgrady wrote: »

That probably was the best gig you were ever at, as you've just imagined it!

Only now do i notice my mistake!! forgot it was in punchestown! Wish I was at the O2 gig

callaway92

Pendulum - Oxegen

NIBBS

lets see if the memory can hold up......
no particular order.....damn it, gonna stick 6 into my Top 5 ;-)

Saxon - Academy
Marillion - Button Factory
Metallica - O2 London
Ac/Dc - O2 Dublin
Chris Cornell - Olympia
WASP - Button Factory

other mentions......
Def Leppard/Whitesnake/Journey/Tesla - O2 Dublin
Metallica/AIC - Marley Park
Megadeth - O2 (didn't think the Priest set was great and Testament had awful awful sound which ruined it for me)
Amon Amarth/Entombed - Academy

must actually write down what I've been to this year, more than I thought I'd made....

Baggio

Horslips o2 ....simple as that

yknaa

Horslips - o2
David Byrne - NCH
Priest/Megadeth/Testament- o2
AC/DC - Bercy Paris
Saxon/Doro - Academy

Also ran: WASP, Stratovarius, Beal Tuinne, Booker T

antomorro-sei

Oasis
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Prodigy

holton

Was only at 5 gigs all year.

1. Depeche Mode - O2 Dublin (one of the best gigs I was ever at)
2. Editors - Olympia
3. The Buzzcocks - Academy
4. U2 - Croke Park Monday night
5. Bruce Springsteen - RDS Sunday night.

gernon

Horslips o2
Eagles Belfast

Mushy

Eagles of Death Metal - Academy
Alice in Chains - Marlay Park
Porcupine Tree - Hammersmith
Dream Theater - Wembley Arena
Them Crooked Vultures - Hammersmith

Borneo Fnctn

Faith No More at the Olympia really stood out.

Johann.

1. Metallica
2. Arctic Monkeys
3. Muse
4. Rodrigo y gabriella
5. Muse

All class acts.

creativedrinker

1. Paul McCartney
2. AC/DC punchestown
3. Muse
4. Metallica
5. U2

i still wish i could have seen AC/DC in the o2 :(:(:(:(

tatoo

Baggio wrote: »

Horslips o2 ....simple as that

+ 1 :D:D

fluke

who_ru wrote: »

for what it's worth the worst gig of the year

U2 1st night in Croke park - absolutely dreadful.

Out of curiosity what didn't you like about it?

Aridstarling

Lets see...

Grizzly Bear at Vicar St
Cloud Castle Lake at a house party off Harcourt St.
Howl at Knockanstockan
Lisa Hannigan at Vicar St
Cymbals Eat Guitars at Crawdaddy

That would probably do it, I cant really remember much more. I've been to a lot of gigs this year and its all a little crowded in my head. For instance, can't really remember anything about EP, I know there was something quite special there.

Just remembered it was Fleet Foxes and The Flaming Lips. They were pretty epic too. Fleet Foxes would probably take the fifth slot there, maybe over Cymbals Eat Guitars. The XX too, damn good. Leonard Cohen at the Point was a pretty special night too. Been a good year!

Nightwish

1. Nightwish - Brixton Academy, London
2. Epica - Paradiso, Amsterdam
3. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Purple Turtle, Camden
4. Nightwish - Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Didnt make it to my 5th concert as something else came up. None of the shows I went to were disappointing in anyway. Only confirmed gig for next year so far...I better do something about that!

ShotgunblueZ

Isis - Button Factory
AC/DC - O2
Faith No More - Olympia
Nine Inch Nails - Oxegen
The Mars Volta - Olympia

L.T.D

Manics- Olympia

barneygumble

Horslips at the O2.

One of the best gigs I have ever been to.

Jay P

AC/DC at Punchestown
Blur at Oxegen
Fred at the Opra house
Bloc Party at Oxegen
Mick Flannery in the Boole Basement

Bugg

1.Sonic Youth - Vicar St
2.Nine Inch Nails - Oxegen
3.Green Day - O2
4.AC/DC- Punchestown
5.Metallica - Marley Park

sisco

The Fray
Lady Gaga
Lily Allen
Chris Brown
Brintey-Just Good Too See Her

Driver 8

I'd say that Chris Brown gig was a belter :P

christeb

1. Paul McCartney @ The Point
2. Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill @ Whelan's
3. Muse @ The Point
4. dan le sac vs. Scroobius Pip @ Whelan's
5. The Pixies @ The Olympia

grimm2005

if we're including comedy gigs:

1. AC/DC - The O2
2. Kevin Smith - Vicar St.
3. AC/DC - Punchestown
4. Electric Six - Academy
5. Metallica - Marley Park

Predictions for next year would be KISS and Pearl Jam in the O2

Dicksboro_man

The Prodigy, O2, 18/12/09

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Braelynn Teeny Firehouse wrote: »

1. ACDC - Marlay Park
2. U2 - Croker, sat
3. Oasis - Slane
4. MUSE - O2
5. Judas Priest - O2

I think I was only at 5 "big" gigs this year, all I can think of!


I think ACDC was the best gig I was ever at! So much fun, I think the rain made it better!

EDIT!!! I forgot The Vegnaboys during rag week at nuim!!! so much fun! Such a nostalgic gig:D BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

timewilltell

Hmm It's a tough one, really got see some amazing bands this year..but...

At number 5 is.. Snow Patrol intimate gig, Dundrum
4. Florence at the Olympia
3.Corona's ( and support act The Rileys!) at The Academy
2.Florence and The Machine Oxegen
1. Snow Patrol reworked at the Olympia.

Wow!:rolleyes:

Furious-Red

No Particular Order , its tough

Limp Bizkit - Rock Im Park
Kasabian - O2 Dublin
U2 - Croke Park
Pendulum - Oxegen 09
PaPa Roach - Rock Im Park

RolandGoose

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

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R.D.S (SAT)
(better gig IMO, pity about the rain and the messed up sound at the start)

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

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R.D.S (SUN)

Morrissey

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National Stadium

Paul McCartney

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The O2

Bob Dylan

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The O2 (WEDS)

ricero

1. kasabian in the 02 absolutely fantastic performance 10 times better then the arctic monkeys who i saw the night before
2.oasis in slane was great as i was in the pit and the support acts were fantastic.besides the walk home it was a great day
3.u2 first night amazing night what a fantastic spectacle it was to be apart of
4.madness at the 02 great night good solid performance
5.the enemy in the academy was great night and good performance

backstreets

1:Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band(sun night)
2:Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band(sat night)
3:AC/DC(O2 Dublin)
4:Green Day(O2 Dublin)
5:Placebo(Olympia)

sabrewulf

Top 5:
1. Aqua, Tivoli, Copenhagen, DK, 2009-08-07
2. Miley Cyrus, Point Depot, Dublin, IE, 2009-12-17
3. Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), Sheperds Bush Empire, London, UK,2009-05-28
4. Lily Allen, The Academy, Dublin, IE, 2009-03-16
5. Pink, Point Depot, Dublin, IE, 2009-04-20

Biggest disappointments in 2009:
1. Faith No More, Olympia Theatre, Dublin, IE,2009-08-27
(one of my all time favorite bands and I was so looking for ward to see them, just to find out that they dropped my two favorite songs from the set list on that night: we care a lot and from out of nowhere, while they played it on almost every other show on that tour)
2. Testament, Point Depot, Dublin, IE, 2009-10-02
(same reason here, one of my all time favorites, but that night they left out all my favorite songs)

Mars Bar

Only went to two last year:

1. Elton John, Thomond Park.
2. Bruce Springsteen, RDS. (First night).