Tennent's Vital 2012

grimm2005

Anyone know what the venue is like? forecast for tomorrow is fairly grim, would it be a good idea to bring the wellies?

Mushy

Im hoping its nice cos wanna be in shorts. Its playing fields so itll be mucky at some stage id say.

This time tomorrow i'll nearly be in belfast:-D

Furious-Red

Mushy wrote: »

Im hoping its nice cos wanna be in shorts. Its playing fields so itll be mucky at some stage id say.

This time tomorrow i'll nearly be in belfast:-D

Same , think we are getting the 10 or 11 bus from Busaras

vader65

Rebekahx wrote: »

Would a Garda age card be okay as ID for this and for going out in Belfast afterwards? First time heading up and don't fancy having to bring my passport with me and risk losing it.

No, if your asked for ID for a bar or club in Belfast you would need to have a Valid Student Card, License, Passport they'll not accept any other forms of ID especially one they wouldn't have seen much..

Mushy

Half 9 train for me, sick of buses. Its gonna be an epic day.

Furious-Red

Mushy wrote: »

Half 9 train for me, sick of buses. Its gonna be an epic day.

Hmmm how much is the train vs the bus?

Mushy

Train is 10e single way but was only like 4 seats left when I booked on Friday. I foresee lots of people sitting in reserved seats

Furious-Red

Mushy wrote: »

Train is 10e single way but was only like 4 seats left when I booked on Friday. I foresee lots of people sitting in reserved seats

Cool , do you know how much the bus is?

Mushy

Not off the top of my head, prob like 18 return

the_doctor199

grimm2005 wrote: »

Anyone know what the venue is like? forecast for tomorrow is fairly grim, would it be a good idea to bring the wellies?

Yes, bring wellies. Front is plastic sheeting stuff down, sound desk backwards is playing fields.

Lumbo

Is there anything on in Belfast after the gig or will everything be closed?

ghostdancer

Rebekahx wrote: »

Would a Garda age card be okay as ID for this and for going out in Belfast afterwards? First time heading up and don't fancy having to bring my passport with me and risk losing it.

any time i was up there a few years ago, the Garda card was fine.

the_doctor199

15:30pm – Gates Open
16:00pm – Trucker Diablo
16:50pm – The Minutes
18:00pm – The Cribs
19:20pm – The Black Keys
20:45pm – Foo Fighters

Furious-Red

the_doctor199 wrote: »

15:30pm – Gates Open
16:00pm – Trucker Diablo
16:50pm – The Minutes
18:00pm – The Cribs
19:20pm – The Black Keys
20:45pm – Foo Fighters

Wonder what time the curfew is 10.30 or 11?

Seems Pukkelpop got 2.5 hours

Mushy

Even more excited. Having some mid-afternoon cans blasting some Foos now. Fantastic stuff.

aka accounts 2010

I'm up in Belfast at the moment..Came up from Cork on Saturday for Thin Lizzy at Belsonic and I'm staying until Thursday. Going both days to T-Vital. Met loads over the weekend who are heading to see the Foo's, atmosphere seems to be building nicely today. Met plenty people in the pubs earlier having a few who are all up for the week. It's going to be amazing!!!

Furious-Red

How are people getting to and from the fields , we are staying about 5 - 10mins away from Great Victoria st

aka accounts 2010

Furious-Red wrote: »

How are people getting to and from the fields , we are staying about 5 - 10mins away from Great Victoria st

Train from Victoria to Balmoral. £5 shuttle service!!

Furious-Red

aka accounts 2010 wrote: »

Train from Victoria to Balmoral. £5 shuttle service!!

Nice one cheers dude , Anyone going to this after? Its only 5 min walk from out apartment http://www.facebook.com/events/272094482901726/

EDIT: Looks like curfew is 10.45

aka accounts 2010

Furious-Red wrote: »

Nice one cheers dude , Anyone going to this after? Its only 5 min walk from out apartment http://www.facebook.com/events/272094482901726/

EDIT: Looks like curfew is 10.45

Was thinking of heading here myself after the gig. I would expect Foo's to start as scheduled at 8.45. Full two hour set and if Dave gets his way, he'll play until 11pm. HOPEFULLY!!

Furious-Red

aka accounts 2010 wrote: »

Was thinking of heading here myself after the gig. I would expect Foo's to start as scheduled at 8.45. Full two hour set and if Dave gets his way, he'll play until 11pm. HOPEFULLY!!

Yea they always like to come on on time or a little before . Yea if i can get my friends to go ill def head over to it

zooropa56

In the queue now, bring your wellies folks it's gonna be a wet one.

littleredspot

Hope last night was great. Any word on how hard it'll be smuggling a crafty naggin in today? Or how were the bar queues? And were they only serving Tennants?

Mushy

Last night was immense but crowd a little poor where I was. They fairly tough on checking bags so could be tough. Bar queues were short, plenty of space for them. Selling Tenents and Bulmers.

aka accounts 2010

littleredspot wrote: »

Hope last night was great. Any word on how hard it'll be smuggling a crafty naggin in today? Or how were the bar queues? And were they only serving Tennants?

Last night was fantastic. Foo's were out of this world. Came on a 8.35 and played until 11.Amazing set and the energy from the band was brilliant. Black keys were also very impressive. The site is well laid out, two very large bars at the back of the arena. Had no problems getting a pint. Choice of Tennents, Magners and wine. I got two nagans in last night. Put one into the sole of each wellie just before I went to security and tried to walk as natural as possible. Gf also got 2 in by putting them in her bra. Her bag was searched but she was not patted down!!

Lumbo

aka accounts 2010 wrote: »

Last night was fantastic. Foo's were out of this world. Came on a 8.35 and played until 11.Amazing set and the energy from the band was brilliant. Black keys were also very impressive. The site is well laid out, two very large bars at the back of the arena. Had no problems getting a pint. Choice of Tennents, Magners and wine. I got two nagans in last night. Put one into the sole of each wellie just before I went to security and tried to walk as natural as possible. Gf also got 2 in by putting them in her bra. Her bag was searched but she was not patted down!!

Do I need wellies?

demixed

Lumbo wrote: »

Do I need wellies?

Yeah, it was fairly muddy last night on the way out.

aka accounts 2010

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I would advise to wear them if you have them. It wasn't bad last night but there are certain patches of mud around and it was cutting up a small bit when leaving last night!!

EyesClosed

Managed to get a pit pass when we got in, we where about an hour after gates and missed the first act, so hang around at the bag search tent there was a guy handing them out, amazing show

Furious-Red

Mushy wrote: »

Last night was immense but crowd a little poor where I was. They fairly tough on checking bags so could be tough. Bar queues were short, plenty of space for them. Selling Tenents and Bulmers.

Yea i felt the crowd for the 1st few songs the crowd where we were was great , but died down a small bit . Few annoying thigs though , we got off the train at balmoral at about 6.30 and i took us nearly 30mins to get in , dont know what they were at with the queing to get into the venue so we missed the start of the Black Keys . Also we went to one of the bars , but every line we tried to get into we were told to go to the other one which we did then the lines were the very same as the other one . didnt seem much people were watching The Black Keys since the ques for the bar was fairly packed .

Apart from that the band were on fire and really enjoyed the gig and the weather was great

Mushy

So Foos ended up with 100+ noise complaints, gig could be heard 15 miles away...brilliant.

Furious-Red

Mushy wrote: »

So Foos ended up with 100+ noise complaints, gig could be heard 15 miles away...brilliant.

Foo Fighters

A wise man once said..
Rock and Roll ain't noise pollution.
Rock and Roll ain't gonna die.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19340766

mackthefinger

Mighty gig from the Roses last night, last show of the tour and you could tell
the band had benefited from being on the road the last few months - very tight
sound and thought Brown didn't sound too bad - although he is certainly
helped by Reni's backing vocals (and what an amazing drummer he is).

Grand place for a gig, though it took a while to get back to the city centre.

Big Game

Brilliant gig from the Roses last night. Some mates of out were staying in the Malmaison last night where the band were based. Managed to blag our way in there and they were having their end of tour party in the residents bar, all of them were mixing with the fans, had all the time in the world for pics and a chat, was absolutely amazing! Met and spoke with Mani, Reni and Ian, all of them well sound and very down to earth, no airs and graces at all. Squire wasn't there when we managed to get in (we'd been turned away earlier as we weren't residents) so it was late enough when we managed to get in but went for a stroll this lunchtime before heading back to Dublin and who do I see walking down the street pushing a buggy with his missus and a few friends only John Squire himself! Stopped for a quick chat and photo and again was bang on, very unassuming bloke.

Still a bit starstruck to be honest, they were the most important band ever for me, was 18 when the first album came out and was obsessed with them, seen them 3 times this summer now but last night just topped it all, absolutely delighted here!