Gig of The Year [So Far]

CiaranK

Coming up the closing of a year that seen many great gigs here...

So what was your top gig(s) of 2012 so far?

lordgoat

Still loads of gigs left this year.

CiaranK

lordgoat wrote: »

Still loads of gigs left this year.

Yeah thats true, some cracking ones coming up too. We'll say best so far for now then

homeless student

stone roses, deadmau5 and kanye west/jay z

sabrewulf

Just checked my calendar... can't believe I was only at 12 gigs this year.
Very good ones in there, but the one that stood out was

Rammstein
 

Pudsy33

Watch the throne by a distance

frantic190

Bon Iver was something special!

Skill Magill

Blown away at this gig

paddymayoman

homeless student wrote: »

stone roses, deadmau5 and kanye west/jay z

Was deadmau-five any good?

Rothko

Japandroids at the Workman's Club. However, I do have one more gig coming up before the end of the year.

davywalsh7

Kasabian @ Ibiza rocks or if its only Irish gigs then would have to be muse @ the O2. Amazing!

handsomecake

watch the throne was incredible .

it was that good that i was willing to put up with the wall to wall degenerates that attended it.

davywalsh7

handsomecake wrote: »

watch the throne was incredible .

it was that good that i was willing to put up with the wall to wall degenerates that attended it.

Raging I missed that gig. Say it was incredible!

Squelchy

Rammstein.

0utandAbout

Black Keys was probably my fav

But Father John Misty would be a surprise second!! Great gig!!

karaokeman

Standouts so far would be;

1) Leonard Cohen at Kilmainham
2) Muse at the O2
3) Stone Roses at Phoenix Park

steve_r

Didn't get to very many this year so this list is pretty short and sweet!

1. Radiohead @ Optimus - Cause I'd never seen them before and they are a very special band
2. Bon Iver @ O2 - Cause it was a great gig, even if I was down the back and got lost coming back from the bar.:o
3. Joe Pug @ The Sugar club - a real wholehearted performance by a singer I love, he's not big here (or anywhere really) but seemed like he was really happy to be here.

old gregg

Lamb of God - Academy, Dublin
Devin Townsend - Roundhouse, London
Rammstein - Point, Dublin

dvck

My top 5 until now:

1- Radiohead @ Optimus Alive (Portugal)
2- Beach House @ Vicar Street
3- Bon Iver @ The O2
4- Bombay Bicycle Club @ Olympia Theatre
5- Gomez @ The Academy

Looking forward to The XX @ Olympia Theatre

McChubbin

Rammstein. Hands down the best gig of the decade for me. The production value, the stage presence, the pyrotechnics, the raw intensity of the band's performance-everything came together in one night of perfect mayhem.
Definately at the top of my "must see again at nearest opportunity" list.

After that, KoRN in the Olympia in April. The opening act was a load of bulls'hit dubstep featuring a horrible mangling of System of a Down's "Chop Suey" that almost made my ears bleed. Fortunately, I got there late so I was only waiting 5 minutes before Korn graced the stage. Seeing that iconic mike stand go up sent shivers down my spine. Then, coming towards the end, the entire pit got down on the ground. Jonathan growled "Aaaaaaarrrrrre....yooou....RRRRREEEAAAAAADDDDDDY?!?!?!" and the whole place went absolutely bat**** crazy as they lauched into a blistering remdition of "Blind". Nearly got crushed in the moshpit from all the slamdancing.

Lastly, Tenacious D in The O2 was my most recent gig. Great audience participation and a varied setlist of new and old stuff. I was close enough to actually touch Jack's hand and it was glorious. Sweaty, but glorious. XD
Only downside was that they didn't play Master Exploder.

Davyhal

Best gig this year that I was at had to have been The Black Keys at the O2.

If we are including festivals, some brilliant sets at Forbidden Fruit as well by Wilco, Grimes, Little Green Cars, and above all else, Booka Shade. The standard of music at Electric Picnic was very weak in comparison

blastman

Rammstein at the Point was far and away the best gig of the year for me. Other highlights were Gary Numan at the Button Factory (I'd waited a loooonnng time to hear Are 'Friends' Electric live) and Dan Baird & Homemade Sin at Whelan's (it was probably too loud and the crowd was definitely too small, but they rocked the house down).

cometogether

Has to be the Stone Roses

corm500

1. Bruce at the RDS
2. Tom Petty at the O2
3. Paul Simon at the O2

JJ

It can only be...

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce!

RayCon

Haven't been to many this year - for whatever reason ... but my favourite was :

Opeth / Anathema - Vicar St, 14th Nov.

Lumbo

Swedish House Mafia




















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Easy Rod

1. Wu Lyf - Whelans
2. The Cure - EP
3. Maccabees - Birmingham Academy
4. Muse - 02
5. New Order - Benicassim

I feel like i've forgotten loads as well, it's been my most prolific year for music.

Dub Ste

Bruce 2nd night at the RDS
The Saw Doctors 24th Nov at the Olympia.

Miguel_Sanchez

Off the top of my head:

Dirty Three (Button Factory)
Mumblin' Deaf Ro (NCH)
Bonnie Prince Billy (Vicar St.)
Chromatics (Primavera)
Yo La Tengo (Primavera)
Jack White (02)

BronsonTB

Anthrax - Great vibe, great set...Joey rocked the place...