Gig of the year 2018 edition

sabrewulf

Did't see a ton this year and nothing stood truly out. I enjoyed this one though (supporting T Swift in Croker):

Charli XCX

The Nal

Top of my head in no particular order

Snapped Ankles at End of the Road
Rolling Stones in Croke Park
Idles at the Button Factory
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard in the Olympia
Nine Inch Nails at Mad Cool
Roger Waters in the Three Arena

phunkadelic

The ones that stand out for me:

Shame in Whelans
Daithi at Other Voices
Unknown Mortal Orchestra in Academy (short, but all killer)
Jon Hopkins at Vicar st (pity visuals failed so early on though)

Breaston Plants

Paul Weller at the Olympia, sensational.

shamtastic

Car Seat Headrest for me in May, was the day before The Rolling Stones played. The setlist was just perfect and because of the lo-fi nature of their records it was great to hear them louder and punchier live. Interpol last month too also in the Olympia was excellent.

RayCon

The Nal wrote: »

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard in the Olympia

D'oh .... forgot that ..... excellent gig

Conor Bourke

RayCon wrote: »

D'oh .... forgot that ..... excellent gig

Me too, it was savage stuff. Had a ball at it!

Mushy

Steven Wilson - Olympia
Pearl Jam - Berlin

Don't get to many gigs nowadays, at least these ones were great!

Dargull

Iron Maiden - Belfast
Nightwish - Manchester
Black Label Society - Tivoli
Corrosion of Conformity - Tivoli
Stones - Croker

machiavellianme

Alestorm at the Tivoli.

Nothing else compares.

Birneybau

Zaph wrote: »

Not just gig of the year, but the best gig I've ever been to - David Byrne at The Point. Like nothing I've ever seen before, or am likely to ever see again. There are no words to describe how good it was.

Up there with mine as well. AND I MET HIM THE NEXT DAY!

That was a cracking week and a half, David Byrne, Parquet Courts (wow) and Johnny Marr.

Nick Cave sold out straight away (massive fan) so bought tickets for Ty Segall instead. Top gig in the Tivoli but I bitterly regret not trying harder to get Nick Cave tickets.

Honourable mention to Ezra Furman in Tivoli as well.

MadYaker

The Nal wrote: »

Top of my head in no particular order

Snapped Ankles at End of the Road
Rolling Stones in Croke Park
Idles at the Button Factory
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard in the Olympia
Nine Inch Nails at Mad Cool
Roger Waters in the Three Arena

A solid year considering there was no glasto!

davef1000

Not Paul Simon anyway.

corm500

For me these stood head and shoulders above the rest:

Rolling Stones - Croke Park
John Fogerty/ Steve Miller Band - 3arena
Van Morrison/ Robert Plant - 3arena

The Nal

MadYaker wrote: »

A solid year considering there was no glasto!

Very much so. Loads more in there too. Too many to mention. Pearl Jam and Depeche Mode didn't even make the list!

Wooderson

Breaston Plants wrote: »

Paul Weller at the Olympia, sensational.

Loved this one too, have to say.

Billy Mays

Nick Cave in Kilmainham

A personal highlight was seeing 3 of the all time great frontmen (Jagger, Cave, Lydon) in the space of 3 months

sally cinnamon89

Nick Cave - RHK
David Byrne - Point Depot
Fontaines DC - First show at Button Factory
Parquet Courts - Academy
King Gizzard - Olympia

Also a random one The Bonk down in Coughlan's in Cork blew the balls of me and herself. Really great stuff

citycentre

Top 10:

David Byrne - 3 Arena
Nils Frahm - All Together Now
Arcade Fire - 3 Arena
Bicep - Forbidden Fruit
The National - Donnybrook
LCD Soundsystem - Malahide
Róisín Murphy - All Together Now
War On Drugs - Forbidden Fruit
Four Tet - Forbidden Fruit
U2 - 3 Arena (night 1)

Say Your Number

Enjoyed Alestorm, Black Stone Cherry and Christy Moore this year, but Volbeat was the highlight for me, great live band.

Penfailed

My highlights -

Public Service Broadcasting, The Limelight, Belfast
Beck, The Breeders and Courtney Barnett, Titanic Slipway, Belfast
Feeder, Shore Front, Buncrana
Kasabian, Custom House Square, Belfast
Stiff Little Fingers, Custom House Square, Belfast
Biffy Clyro (Unplugged), Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Wooden Shjips, Empire Music Hall, Belfast
Kurt Vile, The Limelight, Belfast

Mrs Shuttleworth

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

1. Queen & Adam Lambert in Marlay Park in July, I didn't shut up about it for two months after.

Adam Lambert is, as Brian May said, a gift from the Gods.

2. David Byrne at 3Arena in October.

3. Tom Misch at Electric Picnic.

Gutted I missed Dweezil Zappa.

Roll on 2019.

Edit: Honourable mention to the Roy Orbison Hologram at 3Arena in April.

Far more than the sum of its parts and looking forward to Maria Callas and Amy Winehouse on the way.

Rothko

Roger Waters - 3 Arena
Beach House - Vicar Street
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Olympia

Wooderson

Bang for your buck = Idles Button Fac
Stagecraft = NIN Madrid
Pleasant surprise = Gomez debut album at EP
Take me back Mr Timemachine = Pearl Jam Madrid
Better return in ‘19 = King Gizz Olympia

Wooderson

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Edit: Honourable mention to the Roy Orbison Hologram at 3Arena in April.

Far more than the sum of its parts and looking forward to Maria Callas and Amy Winehouse on the way.

Place around me went nutso for Running Scared.

whelzer

1) Fever Ray at B&S
2) Shane McGowan Birthday gig - especially seeing Cait O Riordan playing and discovering Lisa O Neill
3) Nick Cave at RHK

Biggest miss of the the year for me was The Blaze at EP - had to offload my tickets last minute, next time....

I am still undecided where to place Lauryn Hill in y overall list - but it pretty good!

Arghus

Went to a few this year but probably the best for me was Lankum back in March in the Roisin Dubh in Galway. Great performance by the musicians, appreciate crowd, just an all round great gig.

delbertgrady

Hmmm. In order of appearance...

Public Service Broadcasting, The Academy
The Rolling Stones, Croke Park
a-ha, Cork Marquee
Taylor Swift, Croke Park
Paul Simon/James Taylor/Bonnie Raitt, RDS
Biffy Clyro, The Helix
Suede, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
David Byrne, 3Arena
John Fogerty/Steve Miller Band, 3Arena
U2 (first night), 3Arena

Some great runners-up: First Aid Kit, Kacey Musgraves/Soccer Mommy, Robert Plant/Van Morrison, Steven Wilson.

It was a really superb year for concerts, probably the best in a decade or so. Very difficult to come up with a top ten, but I've settled on this fairly diverse batch, which I've listed in chronological order, as it's impossible to rank them. I've decided to vary it a bit, in terms of both artists and venue size.
Other than the Croke Park shows, I was on the barrier for a lot of them and I'd a seventh row seat for David Byrne.
If I had to choose one as my gig of the year, I'd probably go for Suede, which was absolutely phenomenal. This might be a shock to anyone who thinks anything could be better than David Byrne, but while that was obviously a great show, I probably enjoyed Suede more. Plus, there's an element of absence makes the heart grow fonder; I've seen David Byrne several times in the last fifteen years, but the last time I saw Suede was nearly twenty years ago.
An amazing year, though.

adrian522

For me (from what I can remember):

8. Nightmares on Wax - District 8
7. Jon Hopkins - Vicar Street
6. Beck/Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs - 3 Arena
5. Beach House - vicar Street
4. Gorillaz - Malahide, despite the venue
3. Suede - Bord Gais Theatre
2. The xx - The Tivoli - Great to see them in such a small venue.
1. Nick Cave with Patti Smith in Kilmainham

Most disappointing - LCD Soundsystem in Malahide and Arctic Monkeys in 3 Arena.

Dyr

dasdog wrote: »

. And unfortunately Scientist didn't make it due to flight delays but the undisputed heavyweight dub champion is coming over next year.

Any dates set?