Suede to play three dates in the Olympia.

Pighead

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Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

So did they play Stay Together on any of the three nights?

Nope. Unfortunately not.

Luke G

I really thought there would be more people at last nights 'Coming Up' gig, have never seen the olympia that empty barely anyone up in the 2 circles & ground floor wasn't even full... I really hope they play here again...

Denalihighway

One of the best gigs I've been to recently. I couldn't get over th e quality of Bretts voice. There's so much I'd love to say about the gig, maybe I'll do my first ever review of a gig about it and post it somewhere. I'm not much of a journalist, it'll just be me fawning for a thousand words...so maybe its not a good idea.

I couldn't believe when I found out recently they were gigging again, I feel very lucky to have caught them. They have real SONGS if you know what I mean.

Brett is too cool for school really, not a word to the crowd all night, we might have minded if it was someone else but what a performance.

The musicianship was almost perfection itself - why are so many guitarists today afraid to play their instruments? I know very few people really want Slash/Hammet/Vai/Clapton solos anymore (incl me) and Bernard and Richard's guitar work was admittedly quite glam but yet, for me at least, it stands the right side of being overly bombastic/egotistical while being absolutely electrifying.

On the subject of Neil - I must say I was troubled by his appearance. He looked wheeled out of a nursing home...not to denigrate or joke about the guy at all, cuz his playing was brilliant. I could be wrong, maybe someone who knows more about him can shed some light on it but the guy didn't look well, he looked overly tranqualised. which is a shame if that's the case. he's always been detached seemingly but christ...I dunno, I'm probably making too much of it.

That gig will stay with me for a while. The vocal performance on Saturday Night particularly, the 'straight-into-it' explosion of Trash and the mayhem when Animal Nitrate kicked in.

Marvellous!

CiaranC

Luke G wrote: »

I really thought there would be more people at last nights 'Coming Up' gig, have never seen the olympia that empty barely anyone up in the 2 circles & ground floor wasn't even full... I really hope they play here again...

Lifelong Suede fan here; didnt go. These promoters need to learn that the days of the 50 quid concert ticket are over.

Denalihighway

CiaranC wrote: »

Lifelong Suede fan here; didnt go. These promoters need to learn that the days of the 50 quid concert ticket are over.

Some gigs are worth the premium. Worth every penny in my case.

The acts themselves are responsible for the high ticket prices a lot of the time. apparently we're still seen as a bit of a soft touch over here.

but anyways...i dont think the empty seats were because of the price. if you were to be cynical, its because basically they're a 'has been' band. still brilliant but not current enough and probably never had a massive following here anyway.

Snibbles

Have nothing new to add to the debate on ticket prices, but here just to rave about how great they were on Thursday night. Had an ear to ear grin from the opening cords of trash to the close of Animal Nitrate. Fantastic gig :):)

Snibbles

Denalihighway wrote: »

There's so much I'd love to say about the gig, maybe I'll do my first ever review of a gig about it and post it somewhere. I'm not much of a journalist, it'll just be me fawning for a thousand words...so maybe its not a good idea.

Go for it denalihighway

Table Top Joe

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Snibbles wrote: »

Go for it denalihighway

Indeed,please do,couldnt afford it myself,would have loved to have seen the "Dog Man Star" night,its killing me that i didnt go butit was out of my hands really(im from Cork so would have travelling expenses and all that too)

Luke G

Does anyone reckon we'll see them play here again in the not too distant future???

I know Brett is gonna be concentrating on more solo stuff But hopefully the others will be wanting to gig again after this tour, 8 years was a long long wait....Hopefully won't be as long next time...

Table Top Joe

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Brett did a short interview with Jools Holland a few weeks back,he said theyll be working on new material......but,they wont be releasing it unless theyre 100% happy with it and they feel its up there with their best...



So....thats a maybe theyll be back,tbh i dont think they were ever the same after Bernard left(was fired,whatever!)"Coming Up" had some good tunes but still nowhere near the first two for me,and the later albums?......less said the better


Im hoping to get the reissue of "Suede" in the post today actually(have "DMS" ordered too but its not out till next week)the extras on the reissues look fantastic and like a lot of thought and effort has gone into it,certainly a lot better than 99% of re-releases out there

Luke G

Table Top Joe wrote: »

Brett did a short interview with Jools Holland a few weeks back,he said theyll be working on new material......but,they wont be releasing it unless theyre 100% happy with it and they feel its up there with their best...



So....thats a maybe theyll be back,tbh i dont think they were ever the same after Bernard left(was fired,whatever!)"Coming Up" had some good tunes but still nowhere near the first two for me,and the later albums?......less said the better


Im hoping to get the reissue of "Suede" in the post today actually(have "DMS" ordered too but its not out till next week)the extras on the reissues look fantastic and like a lot of thought and effort has gone into it,certainly a lot better than 99% of re-releases out there

Totally agree, Excellent value for money & Not a total rip off like most bands try charging, I Received my Pre order copy this morning, was signed by the band Inc Bernard Butler. I'd deffo love to see them here again soon enough tho, A band that Great shouldn't have a hiatus for that long, Actually like a few songs off the last 2 albums, but there's nothing like the first 3 is there?

Table Top Joe

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Signed by the band?? wtf? did you order it off thier official site or something? i got mine off Play.com for 12 quid,excellent value for the content


Yeah the first three are what theyll be remembered for,i think i only listened to "Head Music" once the whole way through,it was just fairly poor,every now and then i tried a few off it but it did nothing for me,but i did/do like some of it,only know "Positivity" off the last album.....and i actually like it....seriously:o,it got slated but i was happy to see them do something a little out of character,the lyrics for me where the biggest problem by the end,Brett was still writing about the same thing just not as well,only heard a few others off the last but i just felt the game was up,i think they had to take that hiatus,that last one didnt even make the top 20,they knew themselves they had reached a dead end,id love to see them make another great album.....but tbh i think its very unlikely,if i was to do a top 10 or 20 Suede songs 90% of it would be Bernard era stuff,even the Bsides with him tower over the later stuff



Im thinking of getting the deluxe "Coming Up" as well,i never upgraded that one to cd.......and it does have a 1994 gig on it.....and it is very reasonably priced.....

Luke G

Table Top Joe wrote: »

Signed by the band?? wtf? did you order it off thier official site or something? i got mine off Play.com for 12 quid,excellent value for the content


Yeah the first three are what theyll be remembered for,i think i only listened to "Head Music" once the whole way through,it was just fairly poor,every now and then i tried a few off it but it did nothing for me,but i did/do like some of it,only know "Positivity" off the last album.....and i actually like it....seriously:o,it got slated but i was happy to see them do something a little out of character,the lyrics for me where the biggest problem by the end,Brett was still writing about the same thing just not as well,only heard a few others off the last but i just felt the game was up,i think they had to take that hiatus,that last one didnt even make the top 20,they knew themselves they had reached a dead end,id love to see them make another great album.....but tbh i think its very unlikely,if i was to do a top 10 or 20 Suede songs 90% of it would be Bernard era stuff,even the Bsides with him tower over the later stuff



Im thinking of getting the deluxe "Coming Up" as well,i never upgraded that one to cd.......and it does have a 1994 gig on it.....and it is very reasonably priced.....

Hey Joe,

I Ordered it about 3 weeks ago off their official site, was the first 50 orders of each one that were signed, I'm gonna get all first 3, Excellent they are, well worth it, As for the gigs, I'd love to see them again, even if it means going over to the UK, I really hope this isn't it....

Table Top Joe

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****....would have loved to have gotten a signed one,i got my "Suede" in the post yesterday,loving it....but its really DMS im waiting for,got my email it was posted today!

NIBBS

CiaranC wrote: »

Lifelong Suede fan here; didnt go. These promoters need to learn that the days of the 50 quid concert ticket are over.

hey Ciaran, I'd have been to at least one of the nights had I been in the Country, I know what you are saying, but I think we are far from the end of the 50 concert in small venues, there's still a huge amount of denial on this Island about the state of business - so many retailers not understanding that keeping the prices at an all time high won't sell stuff.....

nice to see some recently announced gigs for places like the Olympia are down to 30quid, which is the way they should all go......


Luke - will give you a shout later, glad you enjoyed the gig....