*** Dublin, Ireland Fanviews Here 6.22.24 ***

TheGMan

tdawe said:

TheGMan said:

tdawe said:

We (9 people in our group in total) pulled off a pretty great concert trip:

Thursday: landed in the morning and everyone was luckily able to check into our hotel rooms early. Took a couple of hours to rest & refresh, then explored the GPO Museum, followed by a one-pint-per-pub crawl back across the town before dinner. A couple of more pints near the hotel after dinner pushed us to a very jet-lag-friendly bedtime. 

Friday: we split up in the morning - I headed up to Portmarnock for a round of golf at Jameson Links, where I was paired with a pair of local Irish brothers (one of whom was a pro!) who were really delightful to play with, even if I didn’t exactly hang up a respectable score in my first real links round ever. Others from our group took a day trip down to Wicklow/Glendalough, and a couple of others just hung around the city. Regrouped for a few touristy pints in Temple Bar before dinner, then wrapped up the night with pints & music at O’Donaghue’s, where it suddenly got very late. 

Saturday: slept in a bit, then took care of the souvenir shopping for wives and kids. Did the Guinness storehouse/gravity bar, then a late-ish lunch at Brazen Head. Back to the hotel for a quick refresh, then hopped on the 6 pm bus to Marlay. The bus had no AC and our driver got lost, but all’s well that ends well - we got there in time to hit up a near-empty merch tent with plenty of t-shirts, posters and tea towels by the coach lot, then in to the venue for the last three songs from Richard Ashcroft (thank you, Golden Circle!). Enjoyed a fun show with a great crowd - of course I could complain about the setlist, but the new songs played great, the band seemed to be having fun and like I said the crowd was fantastic. No beers at the show due to the insane lines, but that was probably for the best (especially considering the toilet lines). Back in the city in time for one last pint.

No issues with the Sunday morning flight home. All in all a really great trip. 

Sounds like you had a lovely trip @tdawe Where were you travelling from/to?

Everyone was coming from the NY/NJ area. 

Brilliant. Delighted you had a great time and got here and back safely.

rey

Who is Glen?

lastexitlondon

Hansard 

Seanie

I'm am still pumped after Saturday. The set list was amazing. 
Highlights :  
Release
Wreckage
Upper Hand
Jeremy
Elderly...
Low Light
Setting Sun
Eddie talking about the Dublin march in solidarity with Natasha.
Lovely tribute to Amelia who had Black played at her funeral.

I could go on.

rey

lastexitlondon said:

Hansard 

Interesting that he would reference him in the song Release 

wolfamongwolves

rey said:

lastexitlondon said:

Hansard 

Interesting that he would reference him in the song Release 

I reckon he was just thinking about someone who was absent who he wished could be there to "see this now".

TheGMan

Another review here.

https://www.hotpress.com/music/live-report-pearl-jam-kick-off-european-leg-of-dark-matter-tour-with-mega-dublin-show-23033165

BrainofBGA

Could end up being the best set of the tour! 😉

Innocent Bystander

I've been to my share of PJ shows, including Dublin, and listening back to the boot I can honestly say this show was up with the best PJ shows I've been to. Leeds 2014, Amsterdam 2022 which were highlights for me and fantastic shows, Marlay Park energy is fricking nuts; Dark Matter is ridiculous, Corduroy blew the roof off and hands down the tightest, best version of DTE that I've heard yet. Band were clearly having a great time as well. Recommend not to sleep on this boot because it's a 'hits' setlist

TheGMan

Innocent Bystander said:

I've been to my share of PJ shows, including Dublin, and listening back to the boot I can honestly say this show was up with the best PJ shows I've been to. Leeds 2014, Amsterdam 2022 which were highlights for me and fantastic shows, Marlay Park energy is fricking nuts; Dark Matter is ridiculous, Corduroy blew the roof off and hands down the tightest, best version of DTE that I've heard yet. Band were clearly having a great time as well. Recommend not to sleep on this boot because it's a 'hits' setlist

Tentatively Listened to it last week worried the show wouldn't come through like the memory. Thankfully I was wrong. Absolutely electric energy throughout.

Celticskemba8

Innocent Bystander said:

I've been to my share of PJ shows, including Dublin, and listening back to the boot I can honestly say this show was up with the best PJ shows I've been to. Leeds 2014, Amsterdam 2022 which were highlights for me and fantastic shows, Marlay Park energy is fricking nuts; Dark Matter is ridiculous, Corduroy blew the roof off and hands down the tightest, best version of DTE that I've heard yet. Band were clearly having a great time as well. Recommend not to sleep on this boot because it's a 'hits' setlist

I listened to the boot & thought it was awesome! Would have been a great show!

Pap

My third show of the Dark Matter World Tour after the two incredible Home Shows Met Magda (from Poland), as well as Rob and his wife (from Philly) on the bus to Marlay Park. Beautiful people! We quickly bonded with each other over some very interesting Pearl Jam stories from the road, and made it together to the 4th/5th row (Jeff's and Mike's side) I really enjoyed Richard Ashcroft's set I didn't realise that I'm familiar with so many songs from his catalogue Release gave me some serious goosebumps right from the start Very strong rendition of Small Town (captured on video ) Eruption and Fugazi's Suggestion as a tag on Daughter?! Dublin was already, by the end of the main set, a memorable night in my book And then Eddie decided to take it to another level with a cover of Warren Zevon's Keep Me In Your Heart (another great moment I was fortunate enough to capture on video ). Thank you to everyone who signed my Greek flag on the bus back to Dublin Here are some of my pics:

Pap

Dublin, Ireland / Marlay Park

June 22 - Early Bird Set

A few days following kick-off at Euros, Pearl Jam arrives in Ireland. In a tip of the hat to Hansard, “oh dear Glen” is woven into “Release” for the Leg 2 kick-off show. Eddie tells the tale of Pearl Jam’s first show in the city with Neil Young. Van Halen’s “Eruption” and a solo undertaking of “Keep Me in Your Heart” add extra shine to this Irish set. 

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