Swop!?
I've got 2 tickets, but for different areas of vicar street, one is for ground floor standing, one is for balcony standing.
The balcony ticket is from the recently released batch.
If anyone would be willing to do a straight swop so I could end up with 2 tickets for the same area that would be great.
You can e-mail me: stilllooney@gmail.com

yeah rich, dee is coming along. she hasnt seen sy since 1993..... also trying to get into the pub to see the spurs everton game in the afternoon too!!!!!

Not long now.. for the mesmerizing power... of Sonic Youth's eternal inspiring music!!
And if you can't appreciate what Sonic Youth do!'' then you can't experience what Rock'n'Roll is capable of at its very BEST!!
BUT if you can appreciate Sonic Youth,'' then you get something TRULY SPECIAL with their TIMELESS..... ROCK MUSIC!!!

Guys im travelling down from Belfast for the gig. I have found a car park near by which is open till midnight and its the latest i can find. Does anyone know what time the gig will be over as there are 2 supports and then the big one!!! Cheers in advance for any help!

if you look back about two pages someone posted the times, anyway sonic youth are due on from 9.30-11.30, so your grand, same situation as me, i have to catch a bus at 12

guys. I've just seen SY last night at ATP. if the band going to be in same mood like last night it will be amazing. and I think we can expect DV69 with some noise outro for encore (hopefuly)! see you there!

24 hour parking in temple bar.

Walking out the door now. Ohboy to the nth degree.

brilliant show. ended with DV 69. top class.

Just home. that was amazing. the sound was so good. maybe it was the small venue or the fact that the tour is over but they were on fire. Kim was singing amazingly well. It was so much better than Paris in October. I was in the clouds it was so good

Little short and the crowd were pretty dead except for the asshole Aussies behind me. Antenna spun out really nicely and has become quite the Expressway in miniature, What We Know was noisy, worked well. Malibu Gas Station was a highlight, but Massage the History bounced around the crowd in a sort of bizarre, reverential but ultimately hollow way; Sacred Trickster and Anti-Orgasm were, pardoning the expression, anticlimactic, but the last two songs, Shadow of a Doubt and Death Valley 69 were super. Sounded great and Kim, although her songs were predominant in the second half only, was in fine voice. Cross the Breeze was terrific.

What we know really was deadly wasn't it? gotta disagree about sacred trickster though. I was lovin it

Just back in the UK after a cracking weekend in Dublin.

Fantastic venue, very intimate and the sound was great. I don't know what the crowds are normally like in Dublin, but I thought they were a little dead as well. It only seemed to be 'Cross the Breeze that got anyone going near me, but nothing like the mosh pit in London last month.

Shadow of a Doubt was a definite highlight and it was great to hear The Sprawl as well.

the crowd were definitely dead, around me anyway, a few assholes aswell, but SY were brilliant!
does anyone have the setlist yet?

no way
sacred trickster
calming the snake
stereo sanctity
walking blue
poison arrow
anti-orgasm
tom violence
malibu gas staton
antenna
leaky lifeboat
what we know
massage the history
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the sprawl
'cross the breeze
--
shadow of a doubt
dv 69

Fantastic gig... spent best part of two solid hours standing transfixed in front of Thurston... a kind of religious aparicion for a Sunday night. It was only the second time I've seen SY - the other time was at Pukkelpop a couple of years ago when they did the Daydream Nation thing. On both occasions the crowd seemed quiet - however I think there was a huge element of SY aficionados present last night who tend to take it in a kind of mesmerised trance rather than expressing it via the art of moshing. Dublin crowds are usually very much up for it - although there were a LOT of non-irish people there last night. Going nuts on a Sunday evening is tough when you are trying not to lose your job the next day... as a lot of us are at the moment

I am an Australian, and I find your need to identify the nationality of your neighbours slightly racist and/or patronising Semperet. Particularly considering that after nine years regularly attending gigs here in Dublin I still can't get over the astounding lack of respect Dublin crowds pay to performers by talking at full volume to each other throughout gigs - and as for the background noise you usually get when support bands are playing - it's absolutely disgraceful.

Glass Rock were very good last night by the way

what a great night! pretty much straight forward rock set. no T's freak outs, or prolonged noise parts, which was fine with me. ATP set made up for it. great sound last night. yeah, could be bit more louder but, hahaha. Sonic Sphere, fair play to you! btw. I'd really love that tape (copy would be nice, I'm going to pm you later). nice seeing you all! Pauly don't forget send me that address. pity i have not met Sergi...

one thing that ruined gig for me was someone farting somewhere. so disguisting. I don't know what he or she eat, but man! once or twice I survive, but....fucking hell. who ever you are I hate you!

so last sy gig this year. pity. which one will be next? i hope they'll be back in europe in the summer. or maybe i finally get to see them in their hometown? that would be so, so, great! and yeah, from what I've seen this year, talking about sy audience, spanish are definnitelly winners.

nicely explained. I wouldn't put it better..

walking blue was def. highlight for me. classics as well obviously.

thank for the set list green light :)
i actually didnt realize they played nearly every song from the eternal, and i really enjoyed glass rock's performance,there were pretty good!

very annoying isn't it?

RE: My Nazi alter ego and the asshole Aussies.
Was kind of hoping they'd recognise themselves, or that the others around me equally pissed off at the inane hooting and whistling would know which set of assholes to which I was referring. And don't call me racist--I didn't say they were assholes because they were Aussies, I said they were asshole Aussies because it's a fairly efficient way to describe them. I wouldn't dream of calling you racist because you choose to tar all Dublin audiences with the same brush (it is a pretty universal experience you describe), but I will say that throwing the epithet around like this tends to devalue things slightly. It sounds like I would have loved to have stood beside you; if you appreciate the music then that's fine by me.
I don't discriminate according to race, but assholes are assholes. These were Aussie assholes. And if I was patronising I would have slagged the bloke in front of me who played air guitar all through, but at least he was quiet. And white (just kidding).
In short--not all Aussies are assholes; these ones were. I haven't met a huge number so a representative sample would be out of the question in any case.
Not all assholes are Aussies and we Paddys do a more than efficient line in assholity.
And I'm not a racist. God knows I've given out to more Irish people at gigs than Antipodeans. Don't call me one.
Patronising? Probably.

Interesting perspective on the crowd and well put. It was only my second SY gig so can only compare it to the show in London the other month, which seemed to have a slightly older crowd, who were quite prepared to sing along and mosh to the likes of DV69 & 'Cross the breeze. It was just a bit different last night, however I would definitely return to Dublin if SY come back next year.

Once she got over her nerves, i thought Glass Rock were pretty good as well.

WTF was that first band about though??!!!!:confused:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfhIG4KBD0I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZnwU...eature=channel

great vid.!

Good gig, just wish I'd listened to the new album a lot more before, had it on since though and I'm enjoying way more. Was parked right in front of Thurston all night, got a few decent shots

 

 

 

nice pics! cheers!

Well there was plenty of people there who don't really know them that well but they know what bands to like in general. the Hipster contingent was quite high. I was the only one in my immediate vicinity singing along with Eternal songs

Fantastic rocking gig. That was pure rock n roll. loved it. Thanks Sonic Youth. I thought Antenna was the highlight and the sound was good. I had said during the day that I hoped they played it. Seemed to be a good few people who did not know th tunes but its a free world hey! Loved it, yeah they played nearly the entire new album, which rocks so all good. Cant wait for the next time. peace

I'm sure the band prefers the challenge of playing in front of a crowd that doesn't know them that well. How else are they going to expand their fanbase?

Really enjoyed the evening. Sonic Youth sounded as good as ever, the eternal songs sounded really powerful live and all the band were on fantastic form. Blood Stereo were not my thing but loved Glass Rock. Thanks to those above who have posted pictures, you tube links and set list.

slightly off the point but Pavement gig in tripod is already sold out. this sucks.

ooooh, where were you? i was in first row, in front of lee with my girlfriend... i was absolutelly disconnected these days in Dublin from the net, i'm sorry... the show really rocked (DV69, Massage the History, Cross the Breeze, TV, What we know, Stereo Sanctity & No way were my highlights), people too quiet but well, it doesn't matter :), a perfect gig for enjoying the end of the tour

a copy of the show would really nice!!!

if sensational fix goes to Madrid, we can meet there, YES OR YES

wow

yes, yes! good point actually! I need to see sensational fix! so some weekend in Madrid then!!!

an awesome show! didn't get up the front but had a good view nonetheless. the eternal songs were great live. the highlight for me was tom violence as i wasn't expecting to hear it! had the pleasure of meeting greenlight and his flat-mate and paulybee and his wife too which was cool- greenlight i may have 4 or 5 bootlegs on cassette that might interest you! overall a great night and my gig of the year :)

theres loads more vids on youtube now :

What We Know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc1-YX06JXw

The Sprawl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heQ5eMxd97U

No Way and Sacred Trickster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN5c9694Zxo

if anyone has shadow of a doubt, please put the video up, thats the main song i want to see again.

definitely!

yep...great night.... the encores were worth the ticket price alone.. great to catch up with folk that i havent seen in ages.... fucking jammers in the venue tho..oversold???? possibly7...

also why the fuck do i have to be the one at sy gigs with some guy bellowing in my ear throughout the whole show "play bull in the heather,........" dragging his knuckles on the ground... cmon please stop! and i have to agree with semperet with his point entirely.....

the crowd were totally dead and that i believe led to a fairly lacklustre middle part of the set.... as for the racist remark.... you can have an arsehole in any nationality..thats not racist thats just being aan arsehole! finding a racist conontation out of that speaks more for the accuser thaqn the accusee.... anyhoo..... i found a lot of the crownd were more interested in watching the crowd than sy..thats dublin for you and the cooler than thou gig going people..... those who gave a shit about the gig loved it...me included!