UCD Ball Acts so far...

ya-ba-da-ba-doo

Why does it say "DJ set" beside Calvin Harris' name? he's gonna be there right?

Konata

ya-ba-da-ba-doo wrote: »

Why does it say "DJ set" beside Calvin Harris' name? he's gonna be there right?

It means that he's going to be there as a DJ, not actually performing his own songs.

ya-ba-da-ba-doo

Hotaru wrote: »

It means that he's going to be there as a DJ, not actually performing his own songs.

thank God for that.. he's the only reason i still have my ticket

mloc

The Subs.

That is all.

Actually:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDRtmF8U8Eg

Is all.

deco1610

mloc wrote: »

The Subs.

That is all.

Suh-weeeet!

phantom_lord

picturehouse are playing? that's interesting; anyone know if they're reforming or are playing any other gigs?

mloc

deco1610 wrote: »

Suh-weeeet!

Only MASSIVELY off-putting thing is the hordes of 18 year old idiots moshing and the like, generally behaving in a very uncool way.

deco1610

mloc wrote: »

Only MASSIVELY off-putting thing is the hordes of 18 year old idiots moshing and the like, generally behaving in a very uncool way.

I don't know if that was directed at me, but I'm 21!

rainbow kirby

deco1610 wrote: »

I don't know if that was directed at me, but I'm 21!

Still a nipper. :pac:

mloc

deco1610 wrote: »

I don't know if that was directed at me, but I'm 21!

Nope at anyone is particular. Just a sad fact, when good dance gets played at mainstream events.

Blut2

Happy enough with the lineup now. Calvin Harris for a bit of good music, the Vengaboys for a bit of cheese and The Saturdays to get plenty of hot freshers in to sleaze on! Perfecto. Prefer the lineup to the Trinity ball actually, especially considering its half the price.

Has anyone read the end of term arrangements from http://www.ucd.ie/building/news/traffic/traf103.htm in that email that got sent around? Looks like services'll be doing their best to completely lock UCD down. Surely not being able to have any guests over all day or bring alcohol home from a shop to enjoy in their apartment for the oncampus housing is some sort of violation of rights? Oh well.

RandolphEsq

Blut2 wrote: »

Happy enough with the lineup now. Calvin Harris for a bit of good music, the Vengaboys for a bit of cheese and The Saturdays to get plenty of hot freshers in to sleaze on! Perfecto. Prefer the lineup to the Trinity ball actually, especially considering its half the price.

Has anyone read the end of term arrangements from http://www.ucd.ie/building/news/traffic/traf103.htm in that email that got sent around? Looks like services'll be doing their best to completely lock UCD down. Surely not being able to have any guests over all day or bring alcohol home from a shop to enjoy in their apartment for the oncampus housing is some sort of violation of rights? Oh well.

Will 8,000 people fit on 1 pitch? The pitch beside Quinn. I want to be able to wander a bit, not squish my way around

Offside

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Will 8,000 people fit on 1 pitch? The pitch beside Quinn. I want to be able to wander a bit, not squish my way around

3 Stages, A carnival and 8,000 people on that one pitch... I don't really see how it'll happen!

Jello

Offside wrote: »

3 Stages, A carnival and 8,000 people on that one pitch... I don't really see how it'll happen!

It's two pitches. From what I've heard the Dance Stage will be on the pitch to the right as if you were heading up to Merville, beside Quinn. The Main Stage will be on the pitch to the left, opposite the bus stops. Dunno where the carnival will be though.

EDIT: Just saw that map and it appears to be different, hmmm..

Notorious

jimi_t2 wrote: »

International DJ - Cost = Four to Eight thousand. Will always sell out and never leave Ents in the red. Rarely Cancels. Top, brandname DJs are usually WILLING to play a University.

Inernational Band - Cost = 10 - 25 thousand+ . Won't always sell out and runs the risk of Ents losing money on the gig. Subject to flight and gear problems.

Fair point. But at the same time you think Ents could pull one or two 'rock/indie/alt' acts from across the water. Take the TCD ball line up (even though most of it wouldn't appeal to me) they bring Mystery Jets, Delorentos and Jap Pop Stars. Even though they're s****, you think Ents could grab an Irish band like Delorentos and still keep the ticket prices down.

''What are you on about; this is UCD. Look around [near Quinn]; every silly bint in the place will be delighted and the lads are going to go anyway'

QFT.

delta_bravo

Has anyone that bought a ticket online gotten a ticket yet posted to them? I havent received one and I thought that was how they were being issued

Mikeyt086

delta_bravo wrote: »

Has anyone that bought a ticket online gotten a ticket yet posted to them? I havent received one and I thought that was how they were being issued

Im pretty sure you have to print them out. I bought one in an SU shop and it was a paper ticket with a barcode on it.

ironclaw

delta_bravo wrote: »

Has anyone that bought a ticket online gotten a ticket yet posted to them? I havent received one and I thought that was how they were being issued

Dear Ticketholder,

Thank you for your recent ticket purchase. You will by now have received email confirmation from RBS Worldpay regarding your purchase of a UCD Ball early bird ticket. Those in receipt of this email are assured that they have secured their tickets for The UCD Ball, which takes place on the UCD Campus on Friday, 23rd April 2010.

Your tickets will be posted to your address, which was provided at time of purchase, no less than seven working days before the event. All tickets have a secure serial number and individual barcode that is matched to your purchase. If you do not receive your tickets by Friday 16th April, please report it to: ucdball@ucdents.com so we can cancel your ticket(s) and re-issue you with similar.

Regards,

UCD Ball Ticketing Department

I'm still waiting for mine. If they ain't in my post box come Monday afternoon it'll be one hell of a show in the SU.... :mad: I've also emailed them, twice, and got no reply. So frankly this entire thing is utter sh*te and someone should be shot.

parker kent

Mine came as an attached pdf in an email. Wasn't aware of tickets being posted

ironclaw

parker kent wrote: »

Mine came as an attached pdf in an email. Wasn't aware of tickets being posted

I never got anything like that. As the email I got above says, I'd be posted them.

Offside

Haven't gotten mine yet either, gonna email them about it now, it's a shambles if they havent even sent them out yet.

parker kent

ironclaw wrote: »

I never got anything like that. As the email I got above says, I'd be posted them.

Out of interest, what URL did you use to buy the tickets? I just ask as I have heard of other non-student union websites out there. I got mine at http://ucdsu.ticketabc.com/events/ucdball/

Edit: I just re-read your earlier post, you got the early bird tickets. Would explain why there might be differences. Not why they are late or why they changed the format though

delta_bravo

I got the early bird aswell and have no ticket

Mickeyie05

will there be any problem gettin in with out a ucd student with u do u think?

Blut2

Any word on the schedule for the day yet? Calvin Harris is playing in Carlow as well on friday night so I'm guessing he'll be on early. The gig there is meant to start 9:30 so he'll prob be on stage at 11, 90min drive from Dub to Carlow.. hopefully he wont be on before 6pm or so anyway.

Mardy Bum

Blut2 wrote: »

Calvin Harris is playing in Carlow .

Whats on in Carlow? Did not think CH would be playing there.

Konata

Blut2 wrote: »

Any word on the schedule for the day yet? Calvin Harris is playing in Carlow as well on friday night so I'm guessing he'll be on early. The gig there is meant to start 9:30 so he'll prob be on stage at 11, 90min drive from Dub to Carlow.. hopefully he wont be on before 6pm or so anyway.

He's playing in Dublin Saturday night too. (Propaganda @ The Academy).

Hmmm, busy man.

UCD Ball

Regarding the tickets - if you examine the top right corner of each ticket it has a unique 2D barcode similar to an airline boarding pass. On the day of the event each barcode will be scanned before patrons are allowed join the queue to enter the event site.

If your ticket has already been used i.e. you have allowed it to be photocopied the unique barcode will only work once! Anyone presneting after this will be turned away from the event by the Gardaí.

El Siglo

Just got my ticket there from that online thing. Jaysus, only in UCD would early bird ticket mean barely getting a ticket. Total joke so it is.

Jello

Blut2 wrote: »

Any word on the schedule for the day yet? Calvin Harris is playing in Carlow as well on friday night so I'm guessing he'll be on early. The gig there is meant to start 9:30 so he'll prob be on stage at 11, 90min drive from Dub to Carlow.. hopefully he wont be on before 6pm or so anyway.

Well since it's a DJ set I'd imagine it's in a club in Carlow meaning he won't be on stage until around 1am so as headliner of the Dance Stage at UCD I'd say he'll be on around 9:30 or so (Dance Stage is finishing at 10:30pm).

El Siglo

Jello wrote: »

Well since it's a DJ set I'd imagine it's in a club in Carlow meaning he won't be on stage until around 1am so as headliner of the Dance Stage at UCD I'd say he'll be on around 9:30 or so (Dance Stage is finishing at 10:30pm).

My guess is that he's probably playing in the Foundry Carlow, and that would start till at least 11.

Jello

El Siglo wrote: »

My guess is that he's probably playing in the Foundry Carlow, and that would start till at least 11.

'The Temple' according so his myspace, there's support acts too so I can't see him being on that early.

Gingy

Saw today that Mundy has been added to the posters.

Pigwidgeon

and they've finally fixed iglu and hartley's name. Not "igly and hartley" as it was on all of them last week.

Eoin18

do u have to be a ucd student to go ?

Jello

Eoin18 wrote: »

do u have to be a ucd student to go ?

No but you need to go in with a UCD student, who can bring 3 non-UCD people. I'm sure you could just ask someone in the queue to bring you in if you're stuck.

ironclaw

Ents FaceBook:

Early Bird Tickets can be collected in The Astra Hall in the Student Centre on Thursday 22nd April between 10am and 2pm. An email with more information will be sent to all students who purchased UCD Ball early bird tickets online

I'll once again say, absolute joke.

delta_bravo

ironclaw wrote: »

Ents FaceBook:



I'll once again say, absolute joke.

I dont know why i expected anything different. I posted on the page saying it was a ridiculous idea and we should just be emailed them. It was swiftly removed

blackalicious

anyone have any idea wat time it will be finished at???

Offside

blackalicious wrote: »

anyone have any idea wat time it will be finished at???

Think it said half 10 in the email they sent out about traffic arrangements.

The Agogo

General Arrangements here: http://www.ucd.ie/building/news/traffic/traf103.htm

and updated list of acts here:

http://www.universityobserver.ie/2010/04/10/the-saturdays-to-headline-ucd-ball/

blackalicious

thanks, do you say they will be strict with the 'nobody gets in after 5pm' because one of my mates has a ticket but is working until 5

Sierra Oscar

They are erecting the compound today, not exactly as huge as rumours were making it out to be! . . .

timo87

jesus is it just me or is the area tiny?
i thought either the merville or roebuck gaa pitch would be used, by the look of the map it's only the soccer pitch and a bit of the car park.
Is that not too small for the crowd that's gonna be there?

MuddyDog

timo87 wrote: »

jesus is it just me or is the area tiny?
i thought either the merville or roebuck gaa pitch would be used, by the look of the map it's only the soccer pitch and a bit of the car park.
Is that not too small for the crowd that's gonna be there?

It's the other pitch too where they are laying the wood chippings. It's actually a massive area all combined. You enter over at the car pay and display car park outside of Glenomena on the main UCD entrance and one stage and carnival will be on pitch outside of Merville (opposite bus stops) and the other stage is across the road on the pitch beside the Quinn.

deco1610

MuddyDog wrote: »

It's the other pitch too where they are laying the wood chippings. It's actually a massive area all combined. You enter over at the car pay and display car park outside of Glenomena on the main UCD entrance and one stage and carnival will be on pitch outside of Merville (opposite bus stops) and the other stage is across the road on the pitch beside the Quinn.

I assume the thing they're building in the car park is the headphone disco.. the main stage is on the quinn school side of the road and the dance stage is the one opposite the bus stop then?

Chucky the tree

Will the rest of college still be open during this piece of ****? I still have work that I need to do and it would be handy if deadulus was going to be open.

El Siglo

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Will the rest of college still be open during this piece of ****? I still have work that I need to do and it would be handy if deadulus was going to be open.

Yes. I've never went to a ball when I was in UCD because I was always too busy, but the rest of the place runs normally. This is my first time going and I'm not even in college there.;)

Jello

Anyone know if you'll be able to go from the Ball area to the student bar once your ticket is scanned?

Konata

Jello wrote: »

Anyone know if you'll be able to go from the Ball area to the student bar once your ticket is scanned?

Your ticket can't be scanned more than once - if you leave the arena at any time, you won't be able to get back in. Once you're in, you're in for the day/night I guess.