I know you all hate it, I hate it to but it seems these things have to be done. Cant wait to see what ‘up to the minute’ yoke they come up with next but never mind all that, Tickets There is now officially on Twitter
Not sure if anyone really cares but sher, we might say something funny every now and again and it costs nothing (except your soul) to add us as a friend.
Hope to see the numbers go up soon because it recession folks and it costs me nothing 
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Seems to be a proper X-Turn day today. First we had the news about Concerto for Constantine’s new E.P. and now Oliver Cole has announced he’ll be playing a show at Dublin’s Crawdaddy on the 18th of December.
Currently Tickets There doesn’t have any information about ticket prices (because they haven’t been announced), but we’ll update ye all as soon as we have them.
Read our reviews of Ollie’s latest single, What Will You Do?….by clicking that bright orange link 
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March 17th, 2008 was the last day I remember not hearing a loud ringing in my left ear. Years earlier I had damaged the same ear after the sound at a Def Leppard show in the Ambassador had been turned up so loud even the critics sitting in the balcony had to mention it (and make the obligatory jokes of course). Typically enough yours truly was right up the front and after just two speedy hours of perfect hard hittin’ rock n roll classics from Sheffield’s greatest band, young Tickets There was left with impaired hearing and tinnitus for almost four years. One day it suddenly disappeared, after tortuous efforts like avoiding gigs (well, going to the front at least), not using headphones, using personal sound wave techniques and a whole bunch of other crap.
After all that, it only took one hour in the sleazy, dark ‘n’ smelly surroundings of Fibber MaGee’s and one of Irelands most exciting rock groups, Concerto for Constantine to bring it all back again. But hey, it was worth it.
Despite the fact that the band was only formed in mid 2007, by former JJ72 ringleader, Mark Greaney, Gavin Fox (Turn / Idlewild) and Binzer (The Frames / Everyone else), it wasn’t long before they were recording, touring the country, headlining shows, supporting legends and getting up to all sorts of rock ‘n’ roll shenanigans and Tickets There was…uhm, there to see it all. A year and a half after the Fibber’s incident my hearing is finally starting to improve, just in time for Concerto to kick things into overkill and wreak havoc all over again as they prepare to release their very first E.P.
Fans of the band will be familiar with the majority of the material here. Tracks like Cats Cradle, Killing Fields and the belting, fire breathing monster that is Gaps, have been staunch set list standards since the groups first shows together. Now they appear beefed up to the extreme, losing none of their live energy and sounding better than ever thanks to the groups hard out efforts in the studio. The original demo’s of these songs still had traces of the band finding their feet together but these recordings make it very clear that C4C are now very aware who they are and what they want from their sound.
Concerto’s first radio (download only) single, Minsk is also here. The recording is the same as the one that’s been on MySpace for a while…but this is not a problem. Quite the opposite in fact because, out of all the recordings the band did of this track, the current one is hard to contend with. An absolute belter of a song only enhanced in a live environment with the bands attack mode ‘set to kill’.
Not ones to simply release an EP of the same tracks that have been on their MySpace for the last two years, the band are also throwing in two of their lesser known future anthems, Vox Humana and Last Swim. Anyone who was at the bands Radio City show in February will remember Vox Humana. A slick yet raw guitar riff backed by a sublime, tense verse and a full on WAR mode chorus. Mark’s voice sounds incredible and one note of the chorus will see many a hard rock fan out there con-fuckin’-verted.
Last Swim is a song that made its debut when the band played their first headlining slot in Whelan’s last April. Written by Gavin Fox, the song is possibly the heaviest track the band has, despite a very mellow, uneasy (uneasy as in it doesn’t give you a chance to relax. Not that’s its bad ) verse. Marks voice, a repetitive guitar riff and some background rhythm dominate the majority of the track until the massive building, crashing Armageddon styled chorus explodes and sends the track soaring higher and higher before a symphony of guitar and bass solo’s come crashing back together for one final pounding. Think it’s over? Fuck no. Just a minute after the song goes silent, Concerto come crashing back in, full steam ahead.
The bands return may mean Tickets There will have to invest in some much needed ear plugs but god damn it we can’t wait. They are one of the loudest, one of the most theatrical and one of the best bands you can go and see live in Ireland these days. Now the band have a stellar EP under their belts, a large underground following and as fans will know, a whole stack of tracks on par with anything here just waiting for their chance to be recorded. Need we say more about this bands future?
Concerto for Constantine’s new EP is available now for streaming from their official MySpace. If you haven’t copped on yet, Tickets There is very much recommending all our readers to go and check it out right now.
Concerto for Constantine have updated their MySpace to confirm that their new EP is ready (and has been for some time) and the group are working on plans to release it.
In the mean time, fans can go to their official MySpace and hear what the band has been up to all this time. Tracks uploaded include,
Comprised of former JJ72 lead singer, Mark Greaney, former TURN / Idlewild bass man, Gavin Fox and current / former every band in Ireland drummer, Binzer, Concerto for Constantine started life in 2007, quickly building up and incredibly strong repertoire of tracks and an ever building fan base of old and new friends. In their short time together, they’ve played Oxegen, the 2FM 2MORO 2OUR as well as shows with the Smashing Pumpkins and Snow Patrol and even a hand full of sold out headlining shows in Fibber Magees, Radio City and Whelan’s.
Tickets There has been following these guys from the start (rare for us) so why not check out our Brief History of the group by clicking here. This article will be updated with the EP news later today.
And yes, you can expect an EP review later today
Ah, it’s late in the day and Tickets There is frustrated. We’ve wanted to do another review since finding the excellent Floyd Soul and the Wolf yesterday and uncover another of Irelands…..relatively unknown…ah no, ye lot know all these acts already. Tickets There doesn’t because here at TTHQ, we don’t believe in radio’s are television. Especially not when shows like the X-Factor are on (fucking pricks . just stop watching that shit or they’ll keep fucking making it!)
Dublin band, Dirty 9s caught our attention (goodish name) and Indie / Rock always deserves a check. Don’t know a thing about this band so without further ado let the review begin.
We’ve never seen the band live or heard their record.
I’m getting sick of this sample shit on loads of bands MySpace these days. Normally TT would pass them over but luckily (maybe not) for them there’s a video of first song Lucy Opus. Hmm, Brian Melko, no make-up singing any one of the pop / rock track out there. About as Irish as the union jack and about as interesting as this review’s gonna be. Catchy in the same way that Snow Patrol is catchy. Like, just because it’s stuck in your head doesn’t mean it’s good, it sometimes means that you heard a really annoying song and you can’t shake it off. They can write, they can play but there’s no imagination here and it may as well have been written by any other pop rock band.
Look to the Left is up next. Another clean living, blandish kind of song. Actually, I’m being far too hard. These guys are much better than most of the crap out there. They just ain’t Tickets There’s thing. The singer sounds very like Cormac Battle on this one and he’s quite a good singer but the music ya know? It’s just on and unmoving-ish. Any band with two guitar players should be able to up the Balls dosage of these tracks but they don’t, much to our disappointment. At least they’re better than that Fight Like Apes, Chongo Pop, Kill Krinkle Club, Grand Pocket Orchestra horse-shit!! (God, we love bashing those bands so much!)
Weeknight Lovers sounds closer to an old JJ72 song, especially with yer mans (voice all high pitched and sounding cleaner than a bar of soap. Quite a nice song actually. Very simple, quiet and atmospheric. Tickets There likes this one.
Well, final opinion. You could do alot worse but we just feel there is enough Snow Patrols in the world without encouraging more. Weeknight Lovers is a very good song and deserves to be heard so for that reason alone, we’re giving the link. Go check them out and make yer own minds up.
It’s not rock or indie though, it’s pop and singer / songwriter
So, it seems the whole story about Steven Tyler leaving Aerosmith was a bust and nothing more than a public bitch fight. Last night, Tyler joined The Joe Perry Project on stage at the Fillmore, New York for a version of the Smiths’s classic, Walk This Way.
From the stage, Tyler announced that he wasn’t leaving the group, despite all the rumors to the contrary. Watch the video below to see more.
…and read the Full story, quotes and all over at Blabbermouth by Clicking Here
Don’t you just love Tickets There? We will always point you towards a reputable site that provides all the details
Moving swiftly along from the disastrous audio spectacle that is Slash’s new single Sahara and it’s totally original B-Side, Paradise City, we can now look on to the happy, happy news that is…drum roll please….the fact that Guns N’ Roses have made the 2010 Tour Dates official.
The bands MySpace and Facebook were updated with the dates today so all eyes on are on the gunsnroses.com website for the final confirmation.
Lead singer and living rock super god, Axl Rose and the band have yet to make any comment about the dates but all’s looking good so far. With any luck the band will start to announce further dates in the US and Europe soon.
Check Tickets There’s previous post for a full list of the dates and the official tour video by Clicking Here (Dates) and Here (Video)
Guns N’ Roses – gotta love em!
Tickets There knows full well we should not be reviewing this, so we’ll keep it brief. Let us tell you right now, we hate both of these songs (yes, even Paradise City. It’s not a classic anymore. Instead it’s become…well, let’s save that for a little further down).
Sahara, featuring Koshi Inaba from Japanese hard rock outfit, B’Z (who’ve actually had something like forty odd consecutive number one singles and sold 78 million albums in Japan alone!!) Is one of the worst songs Slash has ever been associated with. We say one of the worst but honestly, we can’t think of anything else as bad, as boring, as shit as this track that Slash has worked on. It’s sooo boring, it doesn’t have any trace of rock n roll about it and the whole thing just reeks of ‘Gimmie Mo Money bitches!!’. With this single, Slash has sold out almost every ounce of credibility the famous living room guitarist had left. There isn’t even that many guitar moments in the bloody song so what’s the fucking point!!
As for the B-Side!. For a man complaining and whining about being asked about Guns N Roses all the time, it’s a wonder he didn’t stop and think that a cover of Guns N Roses classic, Paradise City would stir a few more GNR relaxed questions and conversations into the mix. Then again, let’s be honest. Slash was a great guitar player in Guns N Roses when he had Izzy, Axl and Duff helping out with the song writing, the singing, the composing, the attitude, the balls to pull it off and the chemistry to make it all work. On his own, with this album and it’s 1,000 page list of ‘guest musicians’, he’s just lost the plot.
Actually, I take that back. The plot for this album all along has been ‘Cash In!’ and that’ll probably work. Unfortunately it might just push Slash out of the musical limelight only die-hards and X-Factor viewers hold him I now.
Tickets There says shite but doubtless enough there’ll be some twat complaining about how unique, special, warm hearted, diverse and spiritual these mockeries are. Let me tell you right now, Tickets There doesn’t want to hear it.
Oh and Koshi, Hard Rock singers aren’t meant to sound like a guy who just got kicked in the balls with steel toe boots. They’re meant to sound like the guy that kicked him. Ask Lemmy!
In other news, the Christian faith seeking to replace Jesus as the primary character in the new testament. Well, both things are about as possible as each other aren’t they?
It’s a sad day. Joe Perry has brought the rumor mills near closing with his latest remarks that Aerosmith are looking for a new vocalist. Although not 100% official (on top of claims that the band are being seriously misquoted) , Perry did post the following comment on his Twitter page earlier today,
“AEROSMITH is positively looking for a new singer to work with. You just can’t take 40 years of experience and throw it in the bin!”
Despite all the commotion caused by Stephen Tyler’s comments to Classic Rock Magazine earlier this week, the main man himself has still to issue and update to the media or fans. Fans are hoping that before any rash actions are taken, the band sit down and work out their differences and get back to being Americas premier rock n roll before their fortieth anniversary next year.
Tickets There is one of those fans. Come on guys, work it out and stop being babies. You’ve known each other for over four decades!! Don’t piss away everything because of a bitch fight.
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I’ve tried several bands over the last few days and none of them, not fucking one of them caught my attention in any serious way. Since Tickets There has to be all ‘happy, friendly and bollocks’ from now on, I wasn’t allowed to cut into any of them like I wanted but today, today I’ve found a band that relives my aching, maniac serial killing styled murderous heart, Floyd Soul and the Wolf. I’m sure they’re well known because they’re too damn good not to be but since no one at Tickets There actually listens to a radio, we don’t find these acts as quickly (but we do find them in the end – Ed).
Nice to have a band from Waterford in the MySpace review section for a change. On their MySpace under ‘Sounds Like’ they’ve written ‘Why Don’t You Tell Us’ so, Tickets There is gonna try but after a couple of pre-listens, we still haven’t nailed it. We just know we like it, we like it very much.
I’ve never seen them live or heard their album (if they have one).
Absinthe, not just a drink but a song title. On any other day Tickets There would argue that only Lemmy could pull of a title like that but here we go, proven wrong once again. It’s a strange song to say the least. Like relaxed indie with dance, with rock, with silent melodies, hushed instruments and just a general good feeling n buzz about the track. It’s catchy, it’s upbeat, it’s soulful and it’s good. Have listened to it about ten times and every time just gets better and better. Next one!
Same vibes appear on second track Battle of Booze except this one sounds more rockfish than indie. Lead singer Floyd Soul has a great dry kind of voice. Oh hang on, banjo’s and Beatles styled beats half way through. Good change and back to the up down beat tippin’, toe tappin’ niceness of chill-axed, rock ‘n’ mojo roll a-hoi-hoi. Short, interesting and also, quite good.
Tickets There loves good old fashioned classic rock n roll. We like ZZ Top, we like the Smith! (Aero, not vegan fest 1989), we like The Stones, The Kinks, Zeppelin, The Doors and we like the blues driven riffs, cow bell drumming’, classic eighties American highway vocal styling’s, smacked all over Floyd Souls thirds song, Give It A Chance. Great track, full on rock with some poppy moments. What more could you want?
Now this one’s a little easier to nail down. Life in Time is classic Neil Young and a damn good job of it. I’m not heading into too many details because well, no matter how much shit I write and no matter how many nice, flattering things I can think off to put down on this review, it won’t change the fact that this band are deadly and you have to go and hear them. So stop worrying about reading this drivel and go over there and give them some spins. Then go out there and buy whatever the hell you can from them and then finally, smack yourself for still reading this after I told you not to!
Check out Floyd Soul and The Wolf’s MySpace by Clicking Here.
You will hear more about these guys on Tickets There in the future.
That’s right folks, after almost a year of no updates, the Tickets There gig guide is returning. Not only that, but it’s coming to the Tickets There WordPress for the First time!.
Starting this weekend, Tickets There will provide fortnightly updates of the best gigs (according to us) taking place in the capital and, when possible, around the country.
Check Back on Sunday the 15th to see the first installment of this new series.
Until then , take care ya’ll
Tickets There!.
As you may have read, Tickets There managed to secure an exclusive interview with Mr. Tim Vital of Neosupervital fame.
The Interview is currenty being writte up so pop back on Thursday to read all about the changes in the band, how work on their second album is progressing and Tim’s plans for the future.
Once again Tickets There is stealing news (but at least we’re not lying about it) from our Twitter updates. Hot Press have just reported that IMRO has released the short list for it’s Live Music Awards 2009.
The can be viewed below and the Winner will be announced on December 1st and IMRO’s Dublin HQ. All IMRO members can vote for their choice.
Hop on over to Hot Press to read about the HP Readers Venue Award.
2009 Shortlist:
Dublin:
Rest of Leinster:
Munster:
Connaught: (Three venues from Galway and not one from Sligo or Leitrim??)
Ulster (Donegal, Cavan & Monaghan):
Just read on Blabbermouth that Iron Maiden have officially started working on their fifteenth studio album. Janick Gers (lead guitars) was speaking to BBC news and he confirmed that the band have been writing new material for the album and are heading of the Paris for three weeks to work on the new tracks.
Maiden’s last album, A Matter of Life and Death was release in 2006. They caused some controversy when the announced they’d be playing the album in it’s entirety on tour and ignoring most of their back catalogue.
Read the full story on Blabbermouth by Clicking Here.
On a total Ash buzz today and can’t wait until Monday to review the next single. Song has been heard, words must be written and bitches must get their rock!! The third release from the A – Z Series is titled Arcadia and it’s due out on November 9th. If you’ve been following the band recently, you’ll know all about the 26 singles being released every fortnight for the next year. If you haven’t been following them, you know it now!
So far we’ve seen some disco. Then we got some monster eighties mash up. Then we saw some featherweight rock ballady work. Arcadia notches things up a wee bit in all respects. I haven’t heard the studio recording so this review is just based on a live video on You Tube.
The start is similar in ways to the last single, Joy Kicks Darkness. However everything kicks in a lot faster. The guitars are louder and heavier. The drums are wilder and Tim’s voice is more classic Ash. There’s no quiet moments and the harmonies sound like they’ll be killer on the studio version. Its shit catchy and sung at this speed just increases its catchiness. What can I tell ya, it’s probably my favorite along with Return of White Rabbit.
The only thing missing (and maybe I’m just missing it) is a full on Guitar Solo like they had in Joy Kicks Darkness. Tim is the most unlikely rock guitarist since Rivers Cuomo but when he rocks; he fucking rocks the place (just listen to that riff in Uncle Pat…which I’ve just stuck on because it rocks so fucking much!). Still a pretty sweet track and one Tickets There hopes they include in the set.
I’ll add the video when they release the official one. Until next Time, Happy Halloweennnnnn…..belated
UPDATED – 09/11/2009: Just heard the studio recording of this track and it’s savage. Go and check it out by Clicking Here.
Third single this year from Tickets There’s choice for Irelands leading alternative rock group, Ash and the third style we’ve seen from them. From the hard fueled disco styling’s of Return of White Rabbit the Co. Down boys moved onto some classic eighties era synths and pop with True Love 1980. The second single of their A-Z Series. Joy Kicks Darkness is more along the lines of restrained loud rock! And TT likes this.
Beginning with a slow, muted guitar intro and some light military style drumming on the snare, Joy Kicks Darkness is one of those builders Tickets There likes to discuss so much. It explodes in traditional Ash patented excessive, cathy pop style. The verse is a little slow at first but it grows on you once you hear the grandness of the chorus, not to mention the monster guitar solo’s and leads towards the end.
After a few listens it seems the for the second (third really) time in a row, Ash have pulled it off. Joy Kicks Darkness isn’t their best work but it’s pretty damn good and if we had a few more like it in the charts, the music world would be a lot more fun.
Single number one of the A-Z Series of singles Ash will be releasing fortnightly for the…well, the next 52 weeks. True Love 1980 is a totally different vibe from the disco styling’s of Return of White Rabbit. It’s more along the lines of New Order but a little more upbeat. They’ve still managed to keep that traditional Ash poppy feel and only added some classic eighties era drums, keyboards and even the vocals in places. Despite the hark back to the retro style, the band pull it off quite well. It’s no Angle Interceptor but then again, it’s not meant to be.
On First listen Tickets There wasn’t overly impressed but after a few goes it really starts to sink in. Similar to Walking Barefoot or Candy, this is just a nice song. Take it for what it is.
…and yes this review is short. Only so much you can say about a band when you know you have another 26 more things to write about them over the next year (26th is the gig review )
Tickets There is on a major ASH buzz of a late. We’re resisting the extreme temptation of making them our favorite Irish act because we feel the position should go to one of the lesser known bands we love. In reality, ASH are our favorite Irish act currently on the go and their ability to write some of the catchiest and most perfect pop rock / alt-rock / grungy tracks in the history of the country never seems to diminish with the years.
Last year the band announced they would no longer use the traditional album format to release music and instead, were only going to release singles. Now they’re living up to their promise and are have just released the second single from their famed A – Z Series of singles. Every fortnight for roughly the next year, a new single will be released on limited 7” and for download.
Tickets There has decided to turn our attentions to this so we’ll be updating this post every two weeks when a new single is released. Please click on the song names below to read each review.
C: Arcadia
D: Tracers (Coming 23/11/2009)
Just reading Hot Press and what pops up, only the news that legendary legends Deep Purple are playing Cork on June 30th.
The British classic rock / Heavy Metal pioneers are performing as part of the annual Live At The Marquee Festival which has seen the likes of Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Slayer, Elton John, The Who, Eric Clapton and Meatloaf (not to mention many, many more) grace it’s stage over the years.
Tickets are on sale Thursday, November 12th and prices range from €50 – €65.70
Tickets There will bring you more about next year’s line-up as we hear it.
Check Hotpress.com for the full story.
As previously reported on Tickets There, Blaze Bayley is coming to Dublin and we are now delighted to confirm the venue.
Blaze will play Fibber Magee’s on the 6th of March. The Belfast venue for the 5th still has to be confirmed and I haven’t been able to find any price for the tickets yet. Don’t fret though, TT is on the case!
Fans of Iron Maiden, show Blaze the love!
CLICK HERE to visit the Tour Page from BlazeBayley.net
