The National Irish Shows 2013, Cork, Belfast, Dublin.

Furious-Red

ghostdancer wrote: »

on at the same time as Beyonce, on the 2nd outdoor stage:



the crowd inside the pit wasn't much better.

Matt seemed hammered though from what I remember, so doubt he really cared at the time...

Looking back , they would have been better closing all the stages while Beyonce was on

deisedude

Eod100 wrote: »

Beyonce was playing at the same time so there was only a few hundred at it..

Qoute from one of the lads: ''Ireland is definitely one of the countries where we feel the most connected with our audience. Well, with the exception of the year we played Oxygen – that was when we played at the same time as Beyoncé. To be honest, that gig of ours was a bit of a disaster.”

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2013/0208/1224329780306.html

The average National fan wouldn't be an Oxegen punter

siblers

If that had happened 4 or 5 years ago I doubt there would have been such a poor crowd (imagining The National were as popular then) still seems slightly strange that so many people would opt for Beyonce.

Furious-Red

siblers wrote: »

If that had happened 4 or 5 years ago I doubt there would have been such a poor crowd (imagining The National were as popular then) still seems slightly strange that so many people would opt for Beyonce.

Sadly not when you look at the target market for Oxegen these days

Easy Rod

Anyone got any advice of relatively cheap places to stay close to the venue?

CianRyan

Tickets sold out everywhere, raging I missed them.

jimosterberg

ghostdancer wrote: »

on at the same time as Beyonce, on the 2nd outdoor stage:



the crowd inside the pit wasn't much better.

Matt seemed hammered though from what I remember, so doubt he really cared at the time...

I was at that gig and really enjoyed it but there was a shocking crowd, obviously because of beyonce

seachto7

That crowd in the photo must have had a decent gig experience, as every numpty in the place was at Beyonce.

Corholio

seachto7 wrote: »

That crowd in the photo must have had a decent gig experience, as every numpty in the place was at Beyonce.

Was great when Matt climbed over the barrier and wandered into the crowd during 'Terrible Love' for about 3 minutes.

LowOdour

Myself and the wife went to oxegen, she wanted to see beyonce and I wanted to see the National. Had to stick with her....having the 2 acts on at the same time was just badly planned by the organisers. Got to see the last 4 songs though after beyonce had finished up and was excellent...Mr.November was brilliant. Ah well, she will have to "suffer" when we head down to cork for the gig

iamanengine

LowOdour wrote: »

Myself and the wife went to oxegen, she wanted to see beyonce and I wanted to see the National. Had to stick with her....having the 2 acts on at the same time was just badly planned by the organisers. Got to see the last 4 songs though after beyonce had finished up and was excellent...Mr.November was brilliant. Ah well, she will have to "suffer" when we head down to cork for the gig

Suffer and National simply do not go together, will be an epic gig, can't wait!

KoukiKeith

iamanengine wrote: »

Suffer and National simply do not go together, will be an epic gig, can't wait!

They actually go quite well together but in a good sense. Perfect listening when in the mood for a good sulk & don't wish to be cheered up. A companion to wallow with.

Have my two tickets, thankfully. Seating was all I could get a hold of, however. It's been awhile since I was at the Marquee, does anyone know their policy on going from seating area to standing?

lordgoat

KoukiKeith wrote: »

Have my two tickets, thankfully. Seating was all I could get a hold of, however. It's been awhile since I was at the Marquee, does anyone know their policy on going from seating area to standing?

Yep, you can't do it.

KoukiKeith

lordgoat wrote: »

Yep, you can't do it.

Thanks. Ah well ... Seating will do as long as I'm there!

H8GHOTI

Last time I was there (Kanye West, 2009 I think) I had a seating ticket and was able to get in to the standing area. No checks or anything.

ghostdancer

http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2013/04/05/the-national-ireland-november-2013/

Following on from their upcoming appearance in Cork in June, The National will play Belfast’s Odyssey Arena on November 9 and Dublin’s O2 on November 10. Tickets for both shows go on sale on next Thursday morning at £30 each for Belfast and €39 each for Dublin (plus Ticketmaster fees). The band will release their new album “Trouble Will Find Me” on May 17 and Tom Berninger’s film on his brother Matt’s band, Mistaken for Strangers, will premiere at New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival later this month.

missingtime

Will be going to this as well

lc180

Typical! The one time of the year I get to go away on a nice long holiday The National and Sigur Ros announce they are coming to Dublin!

Talk about bad gig karma! no doubt they'll be great shows. I wonder how quick The National will sell out.

KoukiKeith

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/04/watch-the-national-perform-six-new-songs/

Some songs from the new album.

Eod100

KoukiKeith wrote: »

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/04/watch-the-national-perform-six-new-songs/

Some songs from the new album.

They've posted up a new single too (studio version) :

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/04/listen-to-the-nationals-new-single-demons/

Hugo_Whoriskey

Presale link: http://www.ticketmaster.ie/promo/8lcnub

Still tickets as of a few minutes ago

JaMarcus Hustle

Hugo_Whoriskey wrote: »

Presale link: http://www.ticketmaster.ie/promo/8lcnub

Still tickets as of a few minutes ago

This is why I love boards. You're a star, cheers for that. Wouldn't have been able to log on Thursday morning, and I never trust anyone else to get tickets for me!

Hugo_Whoriskey

JaMarcus Hustle wrote: »

This is why I love boards. You're a star, cheers for that. Wouldn't have been able to log on Thursday morning, and I never trust anyone else to get tickets for me!

You're welcome, glad I could help. Just noticed the note saying max of 4 tickets for the o2 presale, seeing as this is the fanclub presale I hope this doesn't apply to it too, I got 6. Though surely they would just limit the number you could attempt to buy to 4. Fingers crossed my order doesn't get cancelled

one man clappin

Thanks a million Hugo_Whoriskey for the link. Just purchased 2.

JaMarcus Hustle

Hugo_Whoriskey wrote: »

Though surely they would just limit the number you could attempt to buy to 4. Fingers crossed my order doesn't get cancelled

You're correct, if there's a limit to the number of tickets you can buy, the system won't let you purchase any more above that. So your order of 6 is safe

dinneenp

Cheers Hugo_Whoriskey. Just got a ticket too.
if only Sigur Ros were playing the same weekend it'd be an early Christmas as I'll be travelling from Galway so can't come over both weekends.

deeks

Had forgotten all about the presale. Thanks for the reminder.

Was gutted that I missed out on tickets for The Marquee so delighted now

WoollyRedHat

**** it anyway, I'm waiting for money to come into my account and for a new card too... please tomorrow, please!!!

Eod100

Studio session playing some of their new songs. 1st song kicks off around the 1.26 mark - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017fh37

sin0city

Thanks to Hugo_Whoriskey too. Got 2 tickets and cannot wait.

Haven't been to the O2 since it was the point so anyone know if seats in Block F, Row 27 are any good?