Adele - 3Arena March 2016 **Discussion Only / NO Ticket Sales / Requests**

mansize

lpool2k05 wrote: »

Anyone supporting Adele?

No. Just her

mansize

She has a very powerful voice, started strongly, dipped, her inane chatter annoyed me, then finished with a towering crescendo ***

Zardoz

mansize wrote: »

She has a very powerful voice, started strongly, dipped, her inane chatter annoyed me, then finished with a towering crescendo ***

Her setlist is pretty short at only 18 songs so she must chat alot .
I guess she probably needs to get her breath back after some songs.
How long was she on stage for ?

mansize

Zardoz wrote: »

Her setlist is pretty short at only 18 songs so she must chat alot .
I guess she probably needs to get her breath back after some songs.
How long was she on stage for ?

8-10 so 2 hours

MisterAnarchy

Doors: 6.30pm

No Support Act

Adele: 8.00pm Sharp.

Please note the Bars serving the seated areas of the 3Arena will be closed during the performance, at the Artist’s request.

Oh this will be controversial .
A concert without drink in Ireland ,what will all the piss heads do now ?

Exclamation Marc

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Oh this will be controversial .
A concert without drink in Ireland ,what will all the piss heads do now ?

Buy the wine by the bottle! It IS an Adele gig!

argentum

Anyone going tomorrow night is in for a treat. Her voice just soars effortlessly around the Arena and she nails every song.Easily the best voice I have ever heard live and she seems to be genuinely a very nice person.She came on at 8.05 singing hello and as usual with the amount of people late arriving they all missed the first couple of songs so get there early. ..Highlight for me Skyfall and When We Were Young

mansize

Hello and Skyfall I loved, I find WWWY too slow and dreary. Rumour has it is her only uptempo song

justback83

She was fantastic live...I think we should count ourselves lucky to have seen this concert, I'm not sure how long that voice will last, judging by other female singers. Highlights for me were Hello, Sweetest Devotion, Chasing Pavements, Someone Like You, Set Fire to the Rain (amazing!!!), When We Were Young. For once, the crowd was amazing, no drunks falling around, everyone seemed to be a genuine fan. No costume changes, no diva antics, no nonsense.

Chocolate girl

argentum wrote: »

Anyone going tomorrow night is in for a treat. Her voice just soars effortlessly around the Arena and she nails every song.Easily the best voice I have ever heard live and she seems to be genuinely a very nice person.She came on at 8.05 singing hello and as usual with the amount of people late arriving they all missed the first couple of songs so get there early. ..Highlight for me Skyfall and When We Were Young

Going tonight so looking forward to it. Roughly what time did it end?

argentum

Chocolate girl wrote: »

Going tonight so looking forward to it. Roughly what time did it end?

She finished at 10 from what I remember

Meauldsegosha

Going tonight, really looking forward to it.

hullabulloo

FYI just got two standing for tonight on ticketmaster now.

dinneenp

hullabulloo wrote: »

FYI just got two standing for tonight on ticketmaster now.

Normal price?

Chocolate girl

She was amazing. What a voice.

MisterAnarchy

Chocolate girl wrote: »

She was amazing. What a voice.

Unbelievable voice, I never knew it was so powerful yet controlled.
She didn't have a note out of place all night.
The sound was superb, it was like listening to an album it was so good.

Funny lady, I like her laid back attitude, no airs and graces.

I managed to pick up two seated tickets on ticketmaster this afternoon and ended up sitting near bono and Colin farrell

Richard tea

Firstly Adele could not be faulted. She sounded great. A few gripes though. In future I'll try for a seated ticket. The standing area was a nightmare. The constant flow of people brushing into you. The amount of phones been held up to take pictures. But by far the worst experience in the standing area was the constant chatter/yapping. Very hard to make out what Adele was saying between each song. It was great when they had Adele on the big screen so God only knows why they didn't use it for every song.

Meauldsegosha

You're not immune from the chatter in the seats either. I had to tell a bunch of auld ones behind me to be quite. Normally at a concert people chattering doesn't bother me but because of the type of artist Adele is people talking loudly around you really effects your enjoyment.

Adele was superb. Great voice but I wonder how it will be after 100 concerts? I'm glad we seen her at the start.

MisterAnarchy

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Adele was superb. Great voice but I wonder how it will be after 100 concerts? I'm glad we seen her at the start.

That's very true,four concerts a week for the next eight months isn't good for the throat.

No problem with chatter in the vip section, only complaint was a few twits standing up for a few songs and blocking my view.
It was hard to clearly see the b stage due to the pitch of the seats near the bottom.

HiGlo

Richard tea wrote: »

Firstly Adele could not be faulted. She sounded great. A few gripes though. In future I'll try for a seated ticket. The standing area was a nightmare. The constant flow of people brushing into you. The amount of phones been held up to take pictures. But by far the worst experience in the standing area was the constant chatter/yapping. Very hard to make out what Adele was saying between each song. It was great when they had Adele on the big screen so God only knows why they didn't use it for every song.

The amount of chattering was absolutely ridiculous..... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........ could barely hear her banter between songs, it was really annoying..... Awesome voice though. I've never heard the like........ Adore her and to have been privliged to hear her live is something I won't forget....

lambayire

Our of curiosity, what songs were people standing for?

I cannot think of any "standing" songs except for Rolling in the Deep where, apparently, she demanded that everyone stood.

Call me Al

I just don't get the way most people seemed hellbent on recording every little bit of the show on their phone, essentially watching the show through a tiny screen.
Plus the phones blocked everyone else's view.

Exclamation Marc

Call me Al wrote: »

I just don't get the way most people seemed hellbent on recording every little bit of the show on their phone, essentially watching the show through a tiny screen.
Plus the phones blocked everyone else's view.

When I stick on YouTube and look for a live performance of someone, I've never once seen decent footage from an amateur recording. It's always awful. Any footage I've ever taken from gigs many years ago is borderline unwatchable due to crap picture or abysmal sound. I've never watched them again

People pay big money to see these artists and then watch it through their tiny screen. And when they get home they'll probably never watch it.

It's baffling.

MisterAnarchy

lambayire wrote: »

Our of curiosity, what songs were people standing for?

I cannot think of any "standing" songs except for Rolling in the Deep where, apparently, she demanded that everyone stood.

The crowd only stood for the last song Rolling in the Deep .

There were a few inconsiderate plonkers who stood up for a few other songs ,notably Set Fire to the Rain.
Very selfish people ,there were 2 in particular in the second row of seating near me and they blocked alot of peoples views for that song as it was on the B stage.
I've nothing against standing at a gig but only if most other people are doing it ,otherwise its not acceptable.

When I stick on YouTube and look for a live performance of someone, I've never once seen decent footage from an amateur recording. It's always awful. Any footage I've ever taken from gigs many years ago is borderline unwatchable due to crap picture or abysmal sound. I've never watched them again

Most clips recorded on a phone will be crap ,as they have no zoom and poor performance in low light.Its a waste of time.
I usually bring a small Canon camera to gigs with me to record a few short clips.
20x zoom and excellent video quality .

dinneenp

Adele, taken on my smartphone by Patrick Dinneen, on Flickr

I have to say I didn't have my phone in the air for 1/2 the gig, just took a few quick shots.

I bought tickets for my wife but I extremely enjoyed the gig; stunning voice, great set/stage, enjoyed her banter (really seemed like a normal person), amazing rain.

I thought we had seating tickets but they were in fact standing, which I preferred in the end. No people chattering around us, only a few walking past but not to annoying levels.

It's mind boggling to fathom how much money her tour will take in- 14,000 people last night so about €1 million euros. I presume many venues will have much larger capacity so should be at least €100 million (minus expenses)

Exclamation Marc

Was anyone lucky enough to get a signed programme?

She signed 5 at every gig and they were just among the usual programmes.

smallgarden

Was I the only one waiting for her to set fire to the rain?

She was phenomenal. Absolutely brilliant live. Definitely glad we saw her at beginning of tour as itll be difficult to sustain.

The bar queue before she started was crazy. Guy telling everyone the bar would be closed and to order as much as possible. People were going away with trays each, if you ordered less than a tray they were double checking a few times you had enough. No other country would be so openly encouraging excessive drinking.

poundhound

I accompanied my wife to the Friday show and I have to say, I enjoyed the show immensely.

My friend however, went the following night with his wife and 2 kids.
He stated his daughter fainted and while being treated, Adele noticed and allowed her sit on the edge of the stage while she recovered.

Can anyone who went to he Saturday gig verify this?

Chocolate girl

poundhound wrote: »

I accompanied my wife to the Friday show and I have to say, I enjoyed the show immensely.

My friend however, went the following night with his wife and 2 kids.
He stated his daughter fainted and while being treated, Adele noticed and allowed her sit on the edge of the stage while she recovered.

Can anyone who went to he Saturday gig verify this?

A girl did faint on Saturday night and Adele brought her up on stage got her a chair and water. Her brother joined her. Lovely gesture from Adele most artists wouldn't even notice.

flasher0030

poundhound wrote: »

I accompanied my wife to the Friday show and I have to say, I enjoyed the show immensely.

My friend however, went the following night with his wife and 2 kids.
He stated his daughter fainted and while being treated, Adele noticed and allowed her sit on the edge of the stage while she recovered.

Can anyone who went to he Saturday gig verify this?

Bit of a doubting Thomas? Sounds like your friend might have a history of "spoofs", and you don't believe him. Or maybe I'm reading too much between the lines.