In 2013, I went to....

paulbok

Imelda May, New Years Eve/Day - College greene, Dublin,
Reg D Hunter - vicar St, May
blur - Kilmainham, Aug
Electric Picnic, Sept
Depeche Mode - New York, Sept
Suede - Olympia, Oct
Ludovico Einaudi - NCH, Nov
Little green cars - Vicar St, Dec

Easy Rod

FitzShane wrote: »

Were they any good live? Thinking of going seeing them next year, twice if dates permit & if they are actually good at the first one!

Which one?

Joy Formidable were excellent, really try to put on a show.

1975 were pretty good alright, i wouldn't be their biggest fan but needed a gig to go to in Vienna and had seen them at EP so gave them a shot. Sex is a great tune.

8-10

These were my 2013 highlights:

Arcade Fire
Elton John
Bruce Springsteen
The National x 2
Sigur Ros
Chic
Fatboy Slim

Neil Young in the RDS was disappointment of the year, Arcade Fire were the overall highlight

but1er

two door cinema club
slash
jay z
bon jovi
oxegen
jake bugg
beady eye
blur

edhead

Neil Young - RDS
The Who - 02
Queens Of The Stone Age - O2
Lucinda Williams - Vicar St
Iron & Wine - Olympia
ZZ Top - Marquee, Cork
Black Crowes - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
Black Crowes - Paradiso, Amsterdam (two shows)
Slayer - Academy
Isreal Nash Gripka - Cypress Avenue, Cork
Old Crow Medicine Show - Vicar St
Jason Isbell - Workmans Club
Steve Earle - Vicar St
New Model Army - Crane Lane Theatre, Cork
Mark Lanegan - Sugar Club
Primal Scream - Opera House, Cork
Black Sabbath - Odyseey Arena, Belfast
The Waterboys - Leisureland, Galway
The Waterboys - INEC, Killarney
Kila - Cypress Avenue, Cork
Laura Marling - Olympia
Spiritualized - National Concert Hall
Ennio Morricone - Kilmainham
Bruce Springsteen - Pairc Ui Caoimh, Cork
Ethan Johns - Sugar Club
Avett Brothers - Button Factory
Calexcio - Olympia

Thats a lot of different venues for one year!

edhead

Sugarlumps wrote: »

Good taste in music.

I thought exact same thing upon initial reading.

bodhrandude

May: Life Festival
June: Body and Soul Festival
July: Willie Clancy Week, Miltown Malbay, Clare.
Jungleboogie - One nighter Rootical Sound System party, Barna Golf Club, Galway.
August/Sept: Sundown Gathering, Kinnegad. From a gathering of 350 people to 35,000 people. Electric Picnic.
October: Saints Go Machine, Button Factory.

Loafing Oaf

Eddie Izzard...

that's about it.

symbolic

I don't keep my ticket stubs..must do it next year. Some I can remember.

slayer - the Academy
death to all tour - the Academy
death grips - Whelans
phosphorescent - Whelans
paul banks - the Academy
dads - Whelans
vista chino - Roundhose London
John Grant - O2 ABC Glasgow
the Twilight Sad - Cyprus Avenue
Jape - DeBarras
Naymedici - DeBarras
QOTSA - o2
Sigur Ros - o2
Mac Demarco - Workmans
Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip - Workmans
Mick Flannery - Whelans
Angel Olsen - Whelans
Foals - the academy
Amanda Palmer - the academy
Dylan Fest - the Academy
Lana Del Rey - Vicar St
Why? - Whelans
desaparecidos - button factory
Orange Goblin - workmans club
Ennio Morricone - kilmainham
Slomatics / LURCH - the pint
slash - the Olympia

Oleg Luzhny

Kendrick Lamar - Vicar Street
Daughter - Button Factory
Lianne La Havas - The Olympia
HAIM - Whelan's
Lana Del Rey - Vicar Street
Immortal Technique - The Pav, Cork
T in the Park
Regina Spektor - The Olympia
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The O2
AlunaGeorge - The Academy

jinxremoving

Ulrich schnauss @the button factory
The gaslight anthem @ Olympia
Devin Townsend project @ academy
Alkaline Trio @ academy (matt skiba was v wasted at this one!)

Must go to more in 2014!

Corholio

Everything Everything (twice) - Whelans and The Academy
Foals - Academy
Paul Banks - Academy
Glen Hansard - Blackbird, Ballycotton
Editors - Olympia
The Maccabees - Academy
Biffy Clyro - O2
The National - Marquee, Cork

kryogen

My list is pretty good (from a personal POV this year)

Bruce Springsteen - Limerick - Kilkenny sunday

Roger Waters - Aviva Stadium Dublin

Michael Buble - O2 Dulin

Ocean Colour Scene - The Olympia Dublin

Others include (but I may forget someone)

Biffy Clyro
Stereophonics
Solar Taxi
How can I forget, Fleetwood Mac!

Gigs I wanted to go to and missed, Depeche Mode, Boyce Avenue, Blur

ciaramc

Am in to Pop music so I went to:

Ronan Keating (Support Brian Mc Fadden)
The Script (Support Hudson Taylor)
One Direction
Brian Mc Fadden
Irish Festival (Sydney)
Beyoncé
Robbie Williams (Support Olly Murs)
Rihanna
Justin Timberlake (Support James Arthur & The Coronas)
Michael Buble X 2
Boyzone

bleach94

Villagers - Savoy Cork
Biffy Clyro - O2 Dublin
Billy Connolly - Cork Opera House
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - RDS
Justin Timberlake - Phoenix Park
Happy Mondays - Leopardstown Live
Primal Scream - Cork Opera House
Jake Bugg - Olympia Dublin
Beady Eye - Olympia Dublin
Russell Brand - Olympia Dublin
The View - Cyprus Avenue Cork

Already got 2014 tickets for The 1975, James Arthur (both in Cork) and McBusted in Dublin!

BearThomas131

Slash - Olympia
Eminem - slane
Qotsa - O2

Still to come

Black sabbath - oddesy
Big September - academy

kylezippy

Frank Turner + Larry & his flask - Academy
Slam Dunk festival - Academy
The Gaslight Anthem x2 - Olympia
Bruce Springsteen (Cork)
Bruce Springsteen (Kilkenny night 2)
Jimmy Eat World - Olympia
The Menzingers - Fibber Magees
Macklemore - 02 dublin
Dave Hause + Northcote - Academy 2
Frightened Rabbit + We were promised jetpacks - Olympia
Disclosure - Olympia

Decent year..

Niamh_101

January:
Gary Barlow - Olympia
Ed Sheeran - O2 Dublin

March:
One Direction - O2 Dublin
Girls Aloud - O2 Dublin
The Saturdays - Bord Gais Theatre

April:
Olly Murs - O2 Dublin
Fun. - Olympia

May:
Beyonce - O2 Dublin
The Big Reunion - O2 Dublin
FM 104 Gig - Olympia

June:
Forbidden Fruit (Day 2) - Royal Hospital Kilmainham
Kodaline - Bar near Fleet Street
Robbie Williams - AVIVA Stadium
Mark Owen - Olympia
Robbie Williams - Etihad Stadium, Manchester

July:
Buddy Holly Musical - Washington DC
Wicked - New York
Michael Buble - O2 Dublin

August:
Blur - Royal Hospital Kilmainham

September:
Paramore - O2 Dublin
Macklemore - O2 Dublin

October:
Bastille - Olympia

November:
Robbie Williams - London Palladium
Russell Brand - Olympia
Children in Need Rocks - Hammersmith Apollo
Five - Olympia
Robbie Williams - Heart Radio Secret Gig, Under The Bridge (Chelsea FC)
Childline concert - O2 Dublin
Rent - Bord Gais Theatre
Boyzone- O2 Dublin

December:
Wicked - Bord Gais Theatre

Looking forward to another busy year of concerts in 2014!!

scruffmonkey

In order I think
Aimee Mann
Eels
Electric Picnic
Roger Waters
Manic Street Preachers
Leonard Cohen
Fleetwood Mac
Lloyd Cole
Colin Hay

almost forgot Neil Young too.

languagenerd

Not enough!

Biffy Clyro (O2)
The Gaslight Anthem (Olympia) - went both nights
Jimmy Eat World (Olympia)
Kids In Glass Houses (Academy)
The Vaccines, Imagine Dragons and Bastille (all at the Trinity Ball)

Plus a couple of smaller/informal gigs with a few local bands at each.

Gonna make a better effort next year - I miss always having gigs lined up!!

UsedToWait

Lean year for me..

Andy Irvine - Spirit Store
Primal Scream - Derry
Vantastival - Bellurgan Park
Neil Young - RDS
Body & Soul - Ballinlough Castle
Spiritualized - NCH
James - Olympia
No Place Like Dome - Sligo
Soundgarden - O2
Glen Hansard - Spirit Store
Depeche Mode - O2
The Orb - Button Factory
Jake Clemons - Spirit Store

Lots of gigs I wanted to get to but didn't for various reasons, mostly financial - Bruce Springsteen, Knockanstockan, Electric Picnic etc

Absolute Highlight: Spiritualized - mind blown.

Absolute Lowlight: Jake Clemons - sub-Hootie and the Blowfish pish..

Honourable Mention: The Orb - 20 years on from UfOrb and still melting brains

Disappointment of the year: Body & Soul - having been every year previously, seriously considering giving it a miss in 2014.

Surprise of the year: Depeche Mode - never really into them but a fantastic gig

edhead

UsedToWait wrote: »

Lean year for me..

Andy Irvine - Spirit Store
Primal Scream - Derry
Vantastival - Bellurgan Park
Neil Young - RDS
Body & Soul - Ballinlough Castle
Spiritualized - NCH
James - Olympia
No Place Like Dome - Sligo
Soundgarden - O2
Glen Hansard - Spirit Store
Depeche Mode - O2
The Orb - Button Factory
Jake Clemons - Spirit Store

Lots of gigs I wanted to get to but didn't for various reasons, mostly financial - Bruce Springsteen, Knockanstockan, Electric Picnic etc

Absolute Highlight: Spiritualized - mind blown.

Absolute Lowlight: Jake Clemons - sub-Hootie and the Blowfish pish..

Honourable Mention: The Orb - 20 years on from UfOrb and still melting brains

Disappointment of the year: Body & Soul - having been every year previously, seriously considering giving it a miss in 2014.

Surprise of the year: Depeche Mode - never really into them but a fantastic gig

Agreed on Spiritualized. Hit over 30 shows I think & it was above and beyond the rest.

Rothko

The Joy Formidable - The Academy
And So I Watch You From Afar - The Forum
Grant Hart - Clonmel
The Breeders - Vicar Street
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - RDS
Spiritualized - National Concert Hall
Tame Impala - The Olympia
Manic Street Preachers - The Olympia
Laura Marling - The Olympia
Queens Of The Stone Age - The O2
Pixies - The Olympia

Shorty11857

Widowspeak - The Garrison (Toronto)
Blood Red Shoes - Horseshoe Tavern (Toronto)
Chromatics - The Village
The National - The Marquee
Bruce Springsteen - Pairc Ui Chaoimh
Longitude - Marlay Park
Blur - IMMA
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Sugar Club
God is an Astronaut - The Academy
Russian Circles & Chelsea Wolfe - The Button Factory
The National - The O2
Frightened Rabbit - Olympia
Sigur Ros - The O2
Television - Vicar Street
Yo La Tengo - Vicar Street

Upcoming:
Haim - Academy
Villagers - Vicar Street

I had a pretty good year, a bit of a slow start but seen a lot the last couple of months

NIBBS

I keep a list so I don't forget where I'm supposed to be ;-)

12-01 Danny & Ben (from Thunder) - The Braid, Ballymena
31-01 Aimee Mann/Ted Leo - Bord Gais Energy Theatre
09-02 Primordial/Rotting Christ/Winterfylleth/Solstafir/Grave Miasma/Mael Mordha- Button Factory
16-02 Ocean Colour Scene - Academy
03-03 Slash/The Treatment - Olympia
16-03 Enslaved/Winterfylleth/AncientAscendant - The Pint
23-03 FM/Vega/It Bites - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
31-03 Daley/Orla Gartland - Sugar Club
06-04 HRHAOR - Tesla/FM/Danny Vaughn/Romeo's Daughter/Vega/Dante Fox/Spill Sixteen - HRHPROG - The Reasoning/Credo
07-04 HRHAOR - Skid Row/Jeff Scott Soto/Kip Winger/Moritz/Ten/H.E.A.T./Serpentine/Nubian Rose/Barbe Q Barbies/Summers/Buffalo Summer - Magna, Rotherham
17-04 Hypocrisy/AncientAscendant - Button Factory
22-04 Michael Schenker/TwistedWrath - Vicar Street
26-04 Kreator/Evile/Xentrix - Academy
27-04 Big Country/My Pyrrhic Victory - Academy
29-04 One Republic/Sons And Lovers - Olympia
30-04 AudreyHorne/The Mercy House/SAHG - The Pint
01-05 Saxon/Stormzone - Academy
02-05 Lordi/Kaledon - Button Factory
03-05 Cryptopsy/Cattle Decapitation/Decrepit Birth/The Last Shot Of War - The Pint
16-05 Journey/Thunder/Whitesnake - Odyessy, Belfast
25-05 Mike Tramp - DiamondRockClub, Ballymena
10-06 Slayer - Academy
11-06 Walking Papers/Buffalo Summer - The Pint, Dublin
19-07 SHY/IanDanterBand - Asylum, Birmingham
04-08 Ricky Warwick/Trucker Diablo - Diamond, Ballymena
12-08 Exodus/Twisted Wrath/Edenfire - Button Factory
24-08 Suede/James/RunawayGo - Belsonic, Belfast
26-08 Alkaline Trio/BloodAndWhiskey - Academy
09-09 Ed Kowalczyk/LauraElizabethHughes - Workmans Club
12-09 MotionlessInWhite/TheDefiled/GlamourOfTheKill - Academy
13-09 Nile/Ex-Deo/Svart Crown/Pestifier - Button Factory
16-09 Soundgarden/Graveyard - O2
18-09 Roger Waters - Aviva Stadium
20-09 Fleetwood Mac - O2, Dublin
21-09 Y&T/Night By Night - Rock City, Nottingham
22-09 Pretty Maids/CageTheGods/TaintedNation - Camden Underworld, London
27-09 Bitter Ruin/Alfie Bernardi - Whelans
02-10 Alison Moyet/Richard Walters - Olympia
11-10 Cry Before Dawn -Button Factory
12-10 The Answer/Cage The Gods - Whelans
12-10 Argus - The Pint
16-10 Alterbridge/Shinedown/Halestorm - Capital Arena, Nottingham
17-10 Queensryche/Slam Cartel - Rock City, Nottingham
18-10 Firefest - The Magnificent/Eden's Curse/Work Of Art/DARE/Harem Scarem
18-10 Acoustic - Carl Dixon (Coney Hatch) + Newman - Cherry Lounge
19-10 Firefest - Nation/Von Groove/Heavens Edge/Treat/H.E.A.T./Shooting Star/Hardline
20-10 Firefest - Eclipse/Brighton Rock/Prophet/Alien/Baton Rouge/Vixen (JSRG)/Legends - Legends Of Rock - Rock City, Nottingham
20-10 David Mark Pearse/Mark Thompson Smith/David Antonio Saylor - Tap n Tumbler
12-11 Satyricon/Chthonic - Academy
15-11 OrphanedLand/Klone/Khalas/TheMarsChronicles - Voodoo Lounge
27-11 Death/Obscura/Darkrise - Academy
29-11 Buckcherry/Hardcore Superstar/Venrez - Academy
03-12 Avenged Sevenfold/Five Fingered Death Punch/Avatar
07-12 Xentrix/VisceralAttack/Animator - The Pint

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14-12 Black Star Riders/TheDeadDaises/WesternSand - Academy
17-12 Ricky Warwick - The Diamond, Ballymena
26-12 The Minutes/Funeral Suits - Button Factory (maybe)
30-12 Grace Wilde - Whelans

holton

Villagers
Alt-J
Tame Impala
Pixies
all at the Olympia

Suuns - The Grand Social

Slayer - The Academy

Depeche Mode
QOTSA
both at the Point

All good gigs.

jadie

The National- Marquee

Blur- Kilmainham

Indiepedence festival

Soundgarden-02

Bell X1- Limk

Therapy?- Cork

Kerbdog- Cork.

blastman

Well, I'm no NIBBS, but here goes:

Dropkick Murphys @ Vicar St
eels @ The Olympia
Matchbox 20 @ Vicar St
Billy Connolly @ The Grand Canal Theatre
Saxon @ The Academy
The Lumberjacks (Stewart Francis, Glenn Wool, Craig Campbell) @ Vicar St
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls @ The Academy
Journey/Whitesnake/Thunder @ The Odyssey
Eddie Pepitone @ Whelans
Iron Maiden @ The Atlantic Pavilion, Lisbon
Steve Earle @ Vicar St
Slayer @ The Academy (first night)
The Gaslight Anthem @ The Olympia (first night)
ZZ Top @ The Marquee
Bruce Springsteen @ The King's Hall
PJ Gallagher/Foil Arms & Hog/Lee Mack/Sean Nolan/Barry Murphy @ The Iveagh Gardens
Bruce Springsteen @ Nowlan Park (second night)
Iron Maiden @ Friends Arena, Stockholm
Blur @ IMMA
Beady Eye @ The Olympia (first night)
Dan Baird & Homemade Sin @ Whelans (upstairs)
The Darkness @ The Olympia
Barenaked Ladies @ The Academy
Avenged Sevenfold @ The Point
New Model Army @ Whelans
Steve Hughes @ Whelans
Greg Proops @ The Sugar Club
Black Sabbath @ The Odyssey

Still to come:
Black Star Riders @ The Academy
The Waterboys @ The TLT Theatre

Had tickets for but didn't make:
25 Years Of The Comedy Cellar @ Vicar St
Cut The Transmission Festival @ The Millennium Forum

Slow in patches, but overall not a bad year at all!!

Mo14

Sigur Rós, Paris
And So I Watch Your From Afar, Whelans
3epkano, Fitzwilliam Sq
Lamb of God, Olympia
Sigur Rós, Jodrell Bank, UK
F*ck Buttons, Button Factory
Sigur Rós, Maida Vale, UK
Caspian, The Villiage
Russian Circles / Chelsea Wolfe, Button Factory
Sigur Rós, 02
Múm, Button Factory
If classical music counts, then add the NSO about 10 times too

A good year.

cruhoortwunk

Feels like a show off thread, but I'm doing this to remind myself too.

Eels
Body n Soul
Volcano Choir
Youth Lagoon
Samhain
Longitude
Mark Lanegan
Ft Freddy's Drop
Chromatics
Solar Bears
Spiritualized
Mount Kimbie
Local Natives (twice)
Pixies
Bonobo
Tame Impala
White Denim
Feck Buttons
Grizzly Bear
Iron & Wine
Toro Y Moi
Neil Young
Calexico

Highlights were Fat Freddys Drop in Vicar St (made my way direct from Body and Soul to it, top notch band live) and Pixies in the Olympia (had never seen them, got in early for a pit pass) and Spiritualized in the NCH (partly because the venue is just great but it was great to hear that whole album played live with the orchestra)

Gigs I would have went to if thy weren't in the Point:
Soundgarden
Sigur Ros
Queens of the Stone Age
Bon Iver