Alt J - The Olympia 03/05/13

Easy Rod

Looking forward to this one!

http://http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=2229512&ar=alt-j(∆)&cat=all

Presale tickets can be found here:

http://http://www.artistticket.com/linkage.asp?artist=alt-J&dateonsalefrom=01/09/2012&re|promoter=359&re|promoter|2=1200&n|showname=coming&filler1=artistticket&filler2=link&filler3=id1adirect&orderby=date&resultsperpage=50

Thundercats Ho

My credit card has taken some hammering in the last few weeks, with all the gigs announced, but fúck it, i'll be getting tickets to this one for sure.

Easy Rod

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

My credit card has taken some hammering in the last few weeks, with all the gigs announced, but fúck it, i'll be getting tickets to this one for sure.

Ha ha, me too. I'm the one of my mates who always buys three tickets and tries to get a few mates to agree to go eventually!

red face dave

Feck sake anyone want to buy me a ticket. Bloody hell the amount of gigs lately. May talk nice to the wife :-)

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

may 2013!!! are alt-j that big now that they announce gigs this far in advance

Doinker

Easy Rod wrote: »

Looking forward to this one!

http://http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=2229512&ar=alt-j(∆)&cat=all

Presale tickets can be found here:

http://http://www.artistticket.com/linkage.asp?artist=alt-J&dateonsalefrom=01/09/2012&re|promoter=359&re|promoter|2=1200&n|showname=coming&filler1=artistticket&filler2=link&filler3=id1adirect&orderby=date&resultsperpage=50

Just bought tickets for this gig on http://http://www.artistticket.com/l...ultsperpage=50 . Has anyone any experience of the site - are they legit?

Tickets via ArtistTicket are cheaper anyway. Two tickets cost €46 (€22+€1 BF) compared to TicketsMasters €51.50 (€22.9 + €2.85 BF). Rip-off Ireland well and truly alive eh.

Easy Rod

Doinker wrote: »

Just bought tickets for this gig on http://http://www.artistticket.com/l...ultsperpage=50 . Has anyone any experience of the site - are they legit?

Tickets via ArtistTicket are cheaper anyway. Two tickets cost €46 (€22+€1 BF) compared to TicketsMasters €51.50 (€22.9 + €2.85 BF). Rip-off Ireland well and truly alive eh.

It was the site that was linked from ALt-J's facebook page so i presume they're legit.

Gonzovision

Just got 2 standing tickets. Say this one won't hang around for long.

lordgoat

Doinker wrote: »

Tickets via ArtistTicket are cheaper anyway. Two tickets cost €46 (€22+€1 BF) compared to TicketsMasters €51.50 (€22.9 + €2.85 BF). Rip-off Ireland well and truly alive eh.

Rip off ireland? what are you on about. Ticketmaster is the problem here...

SlipperyPeople

Is this sold out? Ticketmaster lets me search for tickets but says:
Sorry, no exact matches were found, but other tickets may still be available.

Doinker

lordgoat wrote: »

Rip off ireland? what are you on about. Ticketmaster is the problem here...

I thought it was pretty obvious. I'm on about how its more expensive to buy the same tickets through an Irish site compared to an English site, hence Rip off Ireland.

ghostdancer

Doinker wrote: »

I thought it was pretty obvious. I'm on about how its more expensive to buy the same tickets through an Irish site compared to an English site, hence Rip off Ireland.

the prices for the ticket itself are set by the band.
the booking charges are set by the re-sellers. clearly artistticket charge less of a booking fee than ticketmaster. if you bought tickets through the UK ticketmaster site you would be charged the same level of booking fee.

either you have an issue with the band's pricing of tickets, or with Ticketmaster's booking fee policies compared to Artistticket's. not really sure how either of them are an example of "rip-off Ireland".
if you bought a ticket for a UK show from ArtistTicket and compared it with buying the same from the UK Ticketmaster site, the ticketmaster one would be more expensive too. is that "rip-off britain"?

lordgoat

Doinker wrote: »

I thought it was pretty obvious. I'm on about how its more expensive to buy the same tickets through an Irish site compared to an English site, hence Rip off Ireland.

You are wrong on so many levels. Have a read of ghostdancers post.

hurricanefloss

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Silver-Tiger

Many going to this tomorrow?

StickyMcGinty

Silver-Tiger wrote: »

Many going to this tomorrow?

Got sorted on Toutless this week so happy out

FYI, from the Olympia website -

http://www.olympia.ie/whats-on/alt-j/ wrote:

Approximate stage time as follows: doors open 7pm, first support act Hundred Waters on about 7.45pm, second support act Princess Chelsea around 8.30pm, with Alt-J due onstage approx 9.15pm. Show over around 10.30pm/10.45pm. Times subject to change as always.

Easy Rod

Silver-Tiger wrote: »

Many going to this tomorrow?

I'm the OP and I, very reluctantly, had to sell my tickets just there.

Could not get one single mate to come to see them, Leinster match, London and general lack of musical taste have made a rubbish start to my long weekend.:mad:

Gonzovision

Easy Rod wrote: »

I'm the OP and I, very reluctantly, had to sell my tickets just there.

Could not get one single mate to come to see them, Leinster match, London and general lack of musical taste have made a rubbish start to my long weekend.:mad:

Nothing wrong with going on your own! I've done it a few times and always had a decent night.

Rothko

Easy Rod wrote: »

I'm the OP and I, very reluctantly, had to sell my tickets just there.

Could not get one single mate to come to see them, Leinster match, London and general lack of musical taste have made a rubbish start to my long weekend.:mad:

Why not just go on your own?

Oleg Luzhny

Easy Rod wrote: »

I'm the OP and I, very reluctantly, had to sell my tickets just there.

Could not get one single mate to come to see them, Leinster match, London and general lack of musical taste have made a rubbish start to my long weekend.:mad:

As others have already said, why did you not just go by yourself?! If the choice is either go alone or not go at all, it's obvious to me which option to take. I would never even consider missing a concert that I really wanted to go to, just because I had no one to go with.

I know you can do nothing about it now, but if you ever find yourself in this situation again, please go! I promise you that you will still enjoy it.

lc180

So how was the gig? I hope to catch them next time they are here.

Gonzovision wrote: »

Nothing wrong with going on your own! I've done it a few times and always had a decent night.

Yeah I've been let down a few times and decided to go solo, OP you feel a bit weird/awkward at first but after the first couple tunes you won't give a crap. I wouldn't think twice about it now if there was a band I really wanted to see!

If you Really don't want to go alone them maybe check out the link below. I haven't join them yet but they seem like a cool bunch.

http://www.gigonometry.com/

gmisk

Atmosphere was amazing! I wouldnt be the most ardent fan tbh but really enjoyed it.
The crowd were insane in a good way...I was in the circle seating area but I dont think anybody sat down after about the first 20 minutes. The new songs also sounded good with one called Buffalo standing out for me.
The covers were inspired (Kylie Minogue slow and a real hero from the drive soundtrack?!?!).