Blink 182 Tues 31st August All discussion no ticket sales or swaps.

Tenks

Just got off the phone my mate and he said that theres less than 50 people in line...

_sparkie_

ok here is what we do. ring into joe duffy and start a national 'outcry' at the amount of kids skipping secondary school to wait outside the 02. then the schools and parents will drive by the 02 and pick their kids up. all the over 18 show goers can now go to the pub and waltz into the pit at 7:30pm. anybody up for it?

Pierce_1991

_sparkie_ wrote: »

ok here is what we do. ring into joe duffy and start a national 'outcry' at the amount of kids skipping secondary school to wait outside the 02. then the schools and parents will drive by the 02 and pick their kids up. all the over 18 show goers can now go to the pub and waltz into the pit at 7:30pm. anybody up for it?

This is the best idea of all time ha. :D:D

Miguel_Sanchez

Mr.S wrote: »

anyone know what the Audi Club @ the o2 is ?

It's an expensive members bar in the venue I believe.

Free food, less queues - that kind of thing. Costs a bomb to join it though.

Competition winners and the like probably get to go in there.

Frisbee

_sparkie_ wrote: »

ok here is what we do. ring into joe duffy and start a national 'outcry' at the amount of kids skipping secondary school to wait outside the 02. then the schools and parents will drive by the 02 and pick their kids up. all the over 18 show goers can now go to the pub and waltz into the pit at 7:30pm. anybody up for it?

This would probably cause A V A to explode.


Do it.

_sparkie_

Frisbee wrote: »

This would probably cause A V A to explode.


Do it.

i thought he was 19, hardly still in school. if anything he would ring joe.

Pierce_1991

_sparkie_ wrote: »

i thought he was 19, hardly still in school. if anything he would ring joe.

I tell you, I'll have a few drinks in me and I'll be trying to get as close as I can when I get there, I really hope I don't shove past AVA, he will kill anyone who gets in his way of Blink

CMpunked

Tenks wrote: »

Just got off the phone my mate and he said that theres less than 50 people in line...

Queue in front of me..



Queue behind us.

The line has turned on itself a little while ago.

Pierce_1991

Jaysus thats some crowd. Its only Blink 182 like.

brennarr

Had a stroll down there on my lunch from work. Crowd surely building up already at least 2-300 there already.

I think ill go in around 8 if blink are not taking to stage until around 9

Frisbee

_sparkie_ wrote: »

i thought he was 19, hardly still in school. if anything he would ring joe.

He's 19?

Lamb of God...

allen175

wow thats a fairly big line for so early. im not leaving my house till about 7. ah to be young again and queue for hours to get to the front only to get crushed.

Furious-Red

brennarr wrote: »

Had a stroll down there on my lunch from work. Crowd surely building up already at least 2-300 there already.

I think ill go in around 8 if blink are not taking to stage until around 9

Im in the same boat.

I no this has been asked a few times with gigs in the O2 but is it easy to sneak down from the upstairs cause my friends are up there and im downstairs. The plan i had was to tell them to head down to the smoking area and then just walk threw the door into the standing area. If this cant be discussed Mods i aplogies

Frisbee

What pubs are decent for a couple of pints in the vicinity of the O2?

whiterob81

the jury's inn along the quays is grand for a few pints. was in there before iron maiden

the white horse (Possibly called mcdonagh's now) on the opposite side of the river is also a nice spot.

Both are still a good 10 - 15 mins walk away from the o2. don't really know of anywhere closer

Simon201

Wot?...no one at de gig with Internet on their phone?!

A V A where are yers!

hynesie08

Simon201 wrote: »

Wot?...no one at de gig with Internet on their phone?!

A V A where are yers!

If i'm at a gig and i have time to think "i should go on boards and talk about this" it would have to be a pretty ****ty gig.

Simon201

hynesie08 wrote: »

If i'm at a gig and i have time to think "i should go on boards and talk about this" it would have to be a pretty ****ty gig.

Yeah guess that's true! And I'm guilty meself! Posted that last post on the first Luas leaving!

And yeah it was an excellent gig!

I normally 'soak' myself with a bands songs in the coming weeks to a gig on the van CD player and then after, I dont really want to hear the stuff. But tomorrow the Greatest Hits is going straight back on!

Also maybe I'm gettin a bit old but what is it about these people that just bump into you as they're going by? Is it a teenage thing or what? I dont even think it's like they're drunk or whatever...

ah.. now home for me cocoa and slippers!

Basq

As I said to my friend before the encore, if they play Carousel and Dammit, I can die!

** dies **

Yes, Tom's voice was patchy at times but they still had a helluva stage presence. I was dreading hearing his
voice but it wasn't that bad!

Travis's encore solo was astounding!

Plenty of great stuff - thought 'Feeling This' was great live. If they played again, I'd go in a heartbeat.

I'm fecking hoarse now. Hearing all those songs I grew up with really put a smile on my face and I shouted from the top of my lungs - Josie was a nice addition too.

VERY young crowd.. But can't say I didn't expect it!

Time for a shower and an early night.

Futurecrook

Currently waiting on a bus home. Thought it was a fantastic gig. Really enjoyed it, despite the fact that at one stage I was surrounded on all sides by sweaty shirtless teenage boys. Why can't people just keep their clothes on?

Tenks

Speechless.

Amazing experience. Cant believe how great they were. Lined up at about 5.30 and had abit of a buzz in the line, chilled about and got a shirt. As in like the third row for Twin Atlantic and got ****ed about throughout it. Couldnt even move.

When the curtain dropped the athmosphere was unreal. Never felt such a buzz. My mate fainted half way through Dumpweed due to the heat and pure amazement. Had to drag him out, was pretty bummed at first but you get a great view no matter what in the o2.

Setlist was amazing, they were tight as ****. Funny too.

Delighted with the night.

Basq

Yeah, I knew Dumpweed would open it..

., but you couldn't pick a better opening song!

seanaor

CMpunked wrote: »

There's a few nut jockeys standing beside us just shouting and making funny remarks out of everything. Wrecking my head!!
The rest of the queue is grand, WHY have I to be beside these?

I'd nearly move back further just so I don't have to listen to them.:mad:

Was one of em in a Rancid t-shirt?

allen175

Well that was just simply amazing! The drum solo was insane, never seen anything like it, i was sitting and the frickin speakers were blocking alot of my view.

But overall fantastic, all the popular songs from childhood, brought back alot of memories!

calex71

Was anthem pt 2 played like in the last few shows? Kicking myself for not going :mad:

Simon201

Blink 182 - o2 Dublin!

seanaor wrote: »

Was one of em in a Rancid t-shirt?

ah jeez did you get that as well!

johnny_ultimate

A V A wrote:

It was OK I guess, no great shakes

I agree

Nah, good fun. Felt a bit weird being 'old' in the crowd - I'm 22 ffs! - but the band were on form, plenty of energy. Great opening few songs: What's My Age Again so early got me pumping. I was a bit bored during what my cousin dubbed 'the boring emo songs' (e.g. stuff from self-titled, which was after my obsessive 182 fandom) but they kicked it into overgear with the likes of Man Overboard, Anthem Part II and Don't Leave Me. Dammit encore was great, although left reeling after they didn't play my all time favourite Blink song, ya know that one about Adam.

A night of nostalgic fun for all the family then. Apart from those slightly forced moments of banter, but generally the interaction was energetic if a wee bit childish. It is a Blink 182 gig after all.

However, Twin Atlantic are officially the worst supporting band I've ever sat through. I really felt old listening to that cack!

seanaor

Simon201 wrote: »

ah jeez did you get that as well!

Nah that was me. Sorry.

_sparkie_

that was amazing! tom was a lot better then i expected, even from the reading and leeds videos i was a bit scared but he pulled it off in the end. i am dripping sweat at the moment, time for a shower and bed.

they really should have put a pit in. it was just plain unsafe at some points, the amount of people getting thrown around was crazy.

ktulu123

Unreal gig, travis's drum solo was amazing!! Does anyone know if that is a him and DJ AM song? Really wana get it!