2017 Irish Gigs (rumours & confirmed events)

Furious-Red

Bloc Party have been announced to headline the Trinity Ball

hynesie08

scruff monkey wrote: »

Ah, c'mon now, think of all the poor minibus drivers from Longford and Leitrim and the street traders who still have 100,000 pink cowboy hats.... They need him to come back. Ireland needs him to come back.

PTH2009

https://twitter.com/PaircUiCha0imh/status/830888462458949634

The Raptor

hynesie08 wrote: »

Ah, c'mon now, think of all the poor minibus drivers from Longford and Leitrim and the street traders who still have 100,000 pink cowboy hats.... They need him to come back. Ireland needs him to come back.

You said it.

Zardoz

Metallica announced an extensive US stadia tour today .

European dates expected in the Autumn.

hynesie08

Zardoz wrote: »

Metallica announced an extensive US stadia tour today .

European dates expected in the Autumn.

Jesus, Metallica in the AT&T Stadium would be UNREAL.

Big Nasty

Apparently there will be no gigs in Marlay outside of Longitude.

showpony1

Big Nasty wrote: »

Apparently there will be no gigs in Marlay outside of Longitude.

Whos playing longitude?

Furious-Red

ghostdancer

presumably last year's move to the first weekend in July didn't work out too well if they've moved back to August?

Zardoz

hynesie08 wrote: »

Jesus, Metallica in the AT&T Stadium would be UNREAL.

I'm surprised that they are playing stadia ,I didnt realise that they were still so popular.

lc180

ghostdancer wrote: »

presumably last year's move to the first weekend in July didn't work out too well if they've moved back to August?

Seems to be the case. Also not sure if Aiken are involved this year, don't see any mention of them.

peteeeed

badbadnotgood june 26th the sugar club

bennyl10

Zardoz wrote: »

I'm surprised that they are playing stadia ,I didnt realise that they were still so popular.

Seriously?
Their album was number one in America for a few weeks. Along with here and most countries.

They'd play Aviva or Slane hete if it was a summer date.. probably no Irish date if it's autumn though..

Shedite27

bennyl10 wrote: »

Seriously?
Their album was number one in America for a few weeks. Along with here and most countries.

They'd play Aviva or Slane hete if it was a summer date.. probably no Irish date if it's autumn though..

It's the standard response on here to a band who used to be bigger announcing a gig on here.

ghostdancer

bennyl10 wrote: »

Seriously?
Their album was number one in America for a few weeks. Along with here and most countries.

They'd play Aviva or Slane hete if it was a summer date.. probably no Irish date if it's autumn though..

did they not play Marlay Park and the RDS the last few times they were here during the summer? don't think they'd be able to sell out the Aviva, and definitely not Slane.
was Marlay Park sold out last time they played? they had a pretty big support lineup IIRC, Alice in Chains, Mastodon and a few more?

Ferris_Bueller

Furious-Red wrote: »

Castlepalooza is a great little festival, say I will make the trip again this year. It always seems to get terrible luck with the weather no matter what weekend it falls on. Caribou at it last year was probably my gig of the year. Decent first announcement, very happy with Wild Beasts, hopefully the Sunday headliner is strong!

Wrongway1985

bennyl10 wrote: »

Seriously?
Their album was number one in America for a few weeks. Along with here and most countries.

They'd play Aviva or Slane hete if it was a summer date.. probably no Irish date if it's autumn though..

Have to go along with Ghostdancer really,In the 2000s when they were gigging here every other year in which they brought sizable support they had 30-35k tops in the RDS although heard they supposedly had a bit more at the last Marlay show but still didn't sell out as far as I'm aware.

Also Avenged Sevenfold were number one here and on that very tour it was embarassing how few showed up, the correlation between record sales and and the gig goer in the current climate is up in the air.

Metallica would likely have the fact they've been on a right break away from here so assuming there is plenty of anxious fans they'd absolutely sell out 2 nights in the 3arena no bother but guessing it would also mean fans hitting both shows and tickets €90+, however with the scaling back maybe they'll think best to give here a miss and they'll still have much demand for a big summer outdoor show stopover from the inevitable 2018 festival shows.

bennyl10

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Have to go along with Ghostdancer really,In the 2000s when they were gigging here every other year in which they brought sizable support they had 30-35k tops in the RDS although heard they supposedly had a bit more at the last Marlay show but still didn't sell out as far as I'm aware.

Also Avenged Sevenfold were number one here and on that very tour it was embarassing how few showed up, the correlation between record sales and and the gig goer in the current climate is up in the air.

Metallica would likely have the fact they've been on a right break away from here so assuming there is plenty of anxious fans and they'd absolutely sell out 2 nights in the 3arena no bother but guessing it would also mean fans hitting both shows and tickets €90+, however with the scaling back maybe they'll think best to give here a miss and they'll still have much demand for a big summer outdoor show stopover from the inevitable 2018 festival shows.

Ah ya if I'm honest I'm expecting no show in the autumn, probably a travel to London,
And then a big outdoor in 2018..

But a man can dream right?:P

PTH2009

bennyl10 wrote: »

Ah ya if I'm honest I'm expecting no show in the autumn, probably a travel to London,
And then a big outdoor in 2018..

But a man can dream right?:P

We can all dream man. The taught of waking up some morning and checking Facebook etc to see a page titled 'Metallica bring there worldwired tour to the 3arena dublin' would make me very happy indeed

The 2017 autumn tour could only hit 11/12 big cities spread out over September/October then they will return to Europe in the summer of 2018 and play festivals and outdoor venues. They could play Malahide Castle/RDS/Marlay Park or Aviva here in the summer of 2018, dont think there big enough for Croke Park/Slane

Although its early in the year, i have no Autumn trip planned yet so maybe Metallica in the Uk will be my 2017 autumn trip. BTW i dont do sun holidays/piss up trips etc, i work concerts/events around my overseas trips

Mushy

Anathema on 23/24 September in Belfast and Dublin!

aka accounts 2010

Sea Sessions line-up announced

Wile E. Coyote

aka accounts 2010 wrote: »

Sea Sessions line-up announced

The Coronas to headline? Am I the only one who doesn't get all the hype and fuss over them?

Exclamation Marc

Brian Wilson playing the Bord Gais Theatre on 25th July.

showpony1

Wile E. Coyote wrote: »

The Coronas to headline? Am I the only one who doesn't get all the hype and fuss over them?

just go see them down some student bar any week,
why are they headlining festivals :rolleyes:

Shedite27

Wile E. Coyote wrote: »

The Coronas to headline? Am I the only one who doesn't get all the hype and fuss over them?

You're not, but plenty do. That's how music taste works

aka accounts 2010

Aluna George confirmed as main support for Coldplay at Croke Park

Exclamation Marc

Ricky gervais is playing the 3Arena on June 24

peteeeed

ryan adams

08 SEPTEMBER – ULSTER HALL
09 SEPTEMBER – CORK OPERA HOUSE
11 SEPTEMBER – OLYMPIA THEATRE

hettyhoop

Any word on Longitude? Is it likely it'll be in Malahide ?