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thebaz

My highlight was the Stones at Glastonbury - favourite band , saw them before years ago, and they were very average - they were how I'd hoped many years later at Glastonbury - wonderful

UsedToWait

thebaz wrote: »

My highlight was the Stones at Glastonbury - favourite band , saw them before years ago, and they were very average - they were how I'd hoped many years later at Glastonbury - wonderful

Glad you enjoyed - the truncated set they showed on BBC wasn't great, but I had read that they came across better in the flesh

thebaz

UsedToWait wrote: »

Glad you enjoyed - the truncated set they showed on BBC wasn't great, but I had read that they came across better in the flesh

havn't enjoyed a gig so much since the Sex Pistols played Ireland, another gig many people didnt like - Public Enemy a few years ago at Picnic wernt bad either

deisedude

Villagers at Seapoint, Galway
Longitude
Grizzly Bear at Iveagh Gardens
Indiependence
The National
Russel Howard at Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Frightened Rabbit and Ham Sandwich in Mitchelstown

Niall09

Tomorrowland - Boom, Belgium
Sensation White - Amsterdam
2ManyDJs - UL
Rudimental - The Academy
Will Sparks - Crush87, Limerick

PTH2009

quite year for myself but sure living in Waterford its hard to get to some gigs

Madness Waterford June 28
Bruce Springsteen Cork and Kilkenny Night 1
WWE Live November The o2

For Forks Sake

Dropkick Murphys - Vicar St
My Bloody Valentine - Glasgow Barrowlands
Biffy Clyro - O2 Dublin
Goldfish - Cork
Nick Oliveiri - Bristol
Queens of the Stone Age - Dublin
Kerbdog - Cork

acquiescefc

ASIWYFA, whelans, belfast, button factory, L/Derry.
Nine Inch Nails, Belfast
Pj Harvey, Borris
QOTSA, O2
Parquet Courts, Whelans
Manics, Olympia
BRMC, Pomona, California
Frank Turner, Derry
FWW, Derry
Axis Of, Derry
Glastonbury - Dinosaur jr, Stones, The Bots, Strypes.
Future of the Left, London
Icarus Line, London
windings, several places
Airborne Toxics, Academy
Giveamanakick in Limerick

Still to go
Tenacious D
windings
probably Turn

melekalikimaka

thebaz wrote: »

My highlight was the Stones at Glastonbury - favourite band , saw them before years ago, and they were very average - they were how I'd hoped many years later at Glastonbury - wonderful

I was at Mixhell during most of Stones, it was so empty they gave everyone who was watching them free tshirts... all 4 of us

Jimmy Iovine

I went to Bruce in Nowlan Park (on the Saturday). It was a great gig and only a 5 minute walk from my house. I was basically at the second gig considering I could hear it from my bedroom.

A week ago I went to the Royal Albert Hall to see Carols by Candlelight. It was a Christmas gift to my parents. It was amazing. I didn't think Bruce could be topped but this was better.

I doubt anyone on here has been to it before, but I'm sure some have seen the concert from a few years ago played on Sky Arts. Basically, a world class choir and orchestra perform 11/12 Christmas carols together and then the congregation join in for the other 11/12 songs.

It won't be everyone's cup of tea but I found it to be unreal. You get goosebumps hearing 5,000 other people singing along to tunes that everyone knows.

I really would recommend everyone to go and see it. An actor called Julian Rhind-Tutt read out parts of A Christmas Carol and the orchestra played a soft accompaniment to it.

I will definitely be going back to it next year.

Here's an example of the singing from a few years ago. The English are great for joining in in the singing. I don't think this would work as well in an Irish concert hall. There isn't as strong a tradition of whole-group singing here like there is in the churches and cathedrals of England.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsKGXiewwuE

sabrewulf

My clear favorite was the Millionaires gig in Frankfurt this Summer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rZZcJdUSw

Frankfurt:
Millionaires
Selena Gomez

Dublin:
Lana del Rey
Carrie Underwood
Rihanna
Eminem
Depeche Mode
The Band Perry
Fight like Apes

Furious-Red

These are not in order and chances are i will leave out some because i cant remember ha

Of Monsters and Men
Bloc Party (night 1)
Biffy Clyro
Stereophonics (Olympia)
Slash (Night 2)
Gaslight Anthem (Night 1)
Bon Jovi
Forbidden Fruit (Day 1)
Bruce Springsteen Limerick
Bruce Springsteen Kilkenny (Night 2)
Mumford and Sons
Electric Picnic
Queens of the Stone Age
Stereophonics (O2)
Billy Joel
PaPa Roach

EyesClosed

Dropkick Murphy's - Vicar Street
Conor Oberst - NCH
Everything Everything - Whelans
Slash - Olympia
Biffy Clyro - O2
The Doors Alive - Academy
Frank Turner - Academy
Rush - O2 (London)
Forbidden Fruit - Kilmainham
The Who - O2
Download - Donnington
Glen Hansard - Iveagh Gardens
Bruce Springsteen - Kilkenny
Blur - Kilmainham
Happy Mondays - Leopardstown
Nine Inch Nails - Belfast
Jimmy Eat World - Olympia
Wheatus - Button Factory
Macklemore - O2
Fleetwood Mac - O2
Stereophonics - O2
Queens of the stone age - O2
Pixies - Olympia
Glen Hansard - Vicar Street
Electric Six - Academy
Black Sabbath - Belfast

Fi H

Hummm.....hard to remember them all
Festivals
Download
Leestock
Body & Soul
Castlepalooza
Pukklepop
Fading Light
Belnash

Some of the gigs
Slash
Glen Hansard Clonakilty, Vicar Street
Mark Geary
Pearl Jam Seattle & Vancouver
ed Kowalczyk
Choice Music Awards
30STM

AnnaSophia

In no particular order...
Bruce Springsteen - Kilkenny night 2
Tom Odell -Olympia
Lucinda Williams/Nicole Maguire - Vicar St
Bright Eyes - National Concert Hall
Aimee Mann/Ted Leo - Bord Gais
Longitude - YYYs, Kraftwerk, Maccabees, Vampire Weekend, Kodaline, Hot Chip, Mark Lanegan - Marley Park
Jake Clemons/Nicole Maguire -Whelans
Blondie - Olympia
The National - O2
Roger Waters - Aviva
Girls Aloud - O2
Macklemore -O2
Carrie underwood - Olympia
Jimmy Carr - Olympia
Wicked - Bord Gais
Hairspray - Bord Gais

I feel like I've forgotten some but I probably haven't!

ciaranf92

In order and mostly all in Belfast...

Two Door Cinema Club
The Killers
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Johnny Marr
Biffy Clyro
Radio 1's Big Weekend (all 3 days)
Atoms For Peace (London)
Blur (Dublin)
CSS
We Are Scientists
Happy Mondays & The Charlatans (Feile)
Basement Jaxx (Belsonic)
Jake Bugg (Belsonic)
Electric Picnic
Primal Scream
Queens Of The Stone Age
Electric Six
Coldplay (London)