Kraftwerk (3d), Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Fri 2nd June 2017

Birneybau

Jaysus, there's an intimate venue to see them.

Caught same set at Longitude a few years ago, amazing, would bet my bottom dollar it would be better indoors.

Tickets on sale this coming Friday (30th Sept) at 9 a.m.

http://entertainment.ie/music/news/Electro-pioneers-Kraftwerk-are-bringing-their-3-D-show-to-Dublin-and-Belfast-next-year/385730.htm

ghostdancer

didn't think it was that great at Longitude, but that was more down to the setting/crowd. would be a lot better at the BGET I'd imagine!

DominoDub

I feel I would have better chance of lotto win than trying to get a ticket for this

But I will try and try again.

Only 2,111 capacity at the BGET

Ciaran_B

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be doing my usual trick of Phone App, Work computer and personal laptop trying at the same time.

furiousox

I think they're doing the Saturday night as well.
I saw them in Kilmainham in 2008, well worth going to see.
Should be even better in this venue.

Ferris_Bueller

Would love to go to this but tickets are going on sale at a bad time for me. Would be nice if they added a 2nd gig on the Saturday night before going up to Belfast.

Zardoz

DominoDub wrote: »

I feel I would have better chance of lotto win than trying to get a ticket for this

But I will try and try again.

Only 2,111 capacity at the BGET

Tickets are pricey ,€62.50 - €89.50 ,so you should have a good shot at getting a ticket.

bodhrandude

They were deadly at the Picnic in 2005, one of the gigs of the weekend.

scruff monkey

Seriously tempted to spend ten mins battering at ticketbastard for this

jaysisjames

thought they were amazing at Longtitude, but felt the subtletly and artistry was lost on a lot of the hoi polloi- as you'd expect of an irish festival crowd...
also saw them at EP in 2005- flawless, and back in 2004 at Olympia(2nd best gig i ever attended, and stone cold sober as well!)

will hammer the jaysus outta ticketmaster on friday, and will happily pay the €89 for the ticket if succesfull.
here's hoping.

UsedToWait

jaysisjames wrote: »

thought they were amazing at Longtitude, but felt the subtletly and artistry was lost on a lot of the hoi polloi- as you'd expect of an irish festival crowd...
also saw them at EP in 2005- flawless, and back in 2004 at Olympia(2nd best gig i ever attended, and stone cold sober as well!)

will hammer the jaysus outta ticketmaster on friday, and will happily pay the €89 for the ticket if succesfull.
here's hoping.

I wouldn't really know their stuff beyond the obvious, but was kinda thinking it'd feel dated and a bit puny - lacking a bit of oomph(pa-pa)..

Similar to how I had inklings of wanting to see Jean Michel Jarre in the point, but have doubts as to how much I'd get into it..

Your review has me heading YouTube direction to investigate further though..

jaysisjames

UsedtoWait -clearly I'm biased but if you got to see them , especially indoors you would not be disappointed i promise you that.

they are literally 4 balding blokes standing behind laptops, but the lightshow and general staging of their show is just....breathtaking.

bodhrandude

circular flexing

I've seen them 3 times in the last few years. Only the last show was the 3D show (the first two were during the Minimum-Maximum era) and tbh a lot of the visuals were quite "cold" and quite disappointing.

Take Trans Europe Express for example

Old:

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

vs New:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HfYUAeoCBg

UsedToWait

^ Cheers for that.
I recognise how innovative they were, and how important they were for the development of electronic music, but I won't bother attempting to get tickets..

poundhound

I went to see Gary Numan in Liverpool 2 weeks ago.

Former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flur was in attendance, and mingled with the crowd at the end of the show.

UsedToWait

poundhound wrote: »

I went to see Gary Numan in Liverpool 2 weeks ago.

Former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flur was in attendance, and mingled with the crowd at the end of the show.

How was Numan?

poundhound

UsedToWait wrote: »

How was Numan?

Numan was fantastic. The show was part of his retro tour i.e. He only played songs from his first 4 albums, nothing after 1980.
I've now seen him live 8 times and met him twice.
He's a gent and coolness personified.

UsedToWait

poundhound wrote: »

Numan was fantastic. The show was part of his retro tour i.e. He only played songs from his first 4 albums, nothing after 1980.
I've now seen him live 8 times and met him twice.
He's a gent and coolness personified.

Doesn't he have Asperger's?
I'd imagine meeting fans would be difficult for him.. how did you find him?

poundhound

I found him extremely honest and down to earth.
I met him at a meet and greet before his Cork show last year. I asked what's a pioneer of electronic music doing playing in an opera house during a jazz festival? He signed anything presented to him and posed for photographs.

I also asked was he flying back to the states after the show. It was the last date on the tour and he now resides in L.A? He detailed he was going to see his Mum in the UK as she was battling cancer. He said she had overcome 3 forms of cancer but had now been ravaged by bone cancer. He was visibly down discussing it as he knew the outcome was inevitable. Sadly she succumbed to her illness during the summer.

The cold android persona of the early 80's is long gone.

JJ

Did everybody get a ticket who wanted one? I had my the app and a browser window open. Usually the app wins but strangely enough, the browser was quicker today.

peteeeed

well that was easy and expensive but easy all the same

kmurph

That ticket selection was bizzare.

First of all got row CC at the very back, tried again and brought up row X, tried again a couple of times and got no seats available and finally got row M. Thrilled!!

DominoDub

Got 2 - Went for a circle ticket feeling maybe less demand and thinking that that view maybe better looking down at the guys working away on their midi controllers :cool:

dinneenp

Got 4,seemed too easy!

peteeeed

DominoDub wrote: »

Got 2 - Went for a circle ticket feeling maybe less demand and thinking that that view maybe better looking down at the guys working away on their midi controllers :cool:

me too

Rothko

Might be a silly question but by stalls do they mean standing or will that area be seated too?

cruhoortwunk

Saturday added

furiousox

Got 2 in Row H in the stalls.
Bought them and searched again out of curiosity.
Was offered 2 in Row G in the stalls!
Didn't buy them, just glad to be going!

cruhoortwunk

Suas11 wrote: »

Might be a silly question but by stalls do they mean standing or will that area be seated too?

All seated venue

furiousox

Suas11 wrote: »

Might be a silly question but by stalls do they mean standing or will that area be seated too?

Seated.