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Last Post 10/9/2009 7:06 AM by  gilligan
Bands you've seen most often
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PeterQuaife
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10/8/2009 8:26 AM

    With the Franks 20th anniversary gig just around the corner, it got me thinking about how many times I have seen them live, and what other bands i have seen most often

    Frank and Walters: 17
    Therapy?: 11
    Hybrasil: 9
    Ron Sexsmith: 8

    what about the rest of ye?

    PQ

    aidan
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    10/8/2009 3:45 PM
    I'd say our U2-obsessed CLUAS gaffer could beat your score, PQ.

    It's rare I go to see a band more than once, perhaps because I get bored easily. Next Wednesday I'm going to see Jonathan Richman for the fourth time and that'll be my record.
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    10/8/2009 3:57 PM
    Mogwai : 14
    Doves: 6
    My Bloody Valentine: 4
    Kraftwerk: 4
    American Music Club: 4
    Mark Kozelek: 4
    The National: 3

    roughly.....
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    10/8/2009 8:20 PM
    Wilco: 6
    Josh Rouse: 3
    The Frames: 5
    REM: 4
    The Eels: 5

    Those I've only seen once and would queue up for again.... Richard Swift, The National, Camille...
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    10/9/2009 1:25 AM
    Posted By aidan on 08 Oct 2009 03:45 PM
    I'd say our U2-obsessed CLUAS gaffer could beat your score, PQ.


    (...bracing myself...)
    • U2 - 34 (as headliners, see note below)
    • Wilco - 5
    • Radiohead - 5
    • Bob Dylan - 5 times
    • Yo La Tengo - 4 times
    Note: the number for U2 increases to 38 when the following gigs outside their official tours are included (at each of which they performed a short selection of songs):
    • Self Aid, 1986
    • The songs they busked outside the Savoy cinema in 1988 the night Rattle & Hum had world premiere,
    • The Belfast Peace gig in 1998 (when Trimble and Hume joined them on stage)
    • Smithfield in Dublin, 2001 (the evening they were awarded the Freedom of Dublin)

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    10/9/2009 2:16 AM
    Posted By aidan on 08 Oct 2009 03:45 PM
    I'd say our U2-obsessed CLUAS gaffer could beat your score, PQ.

    It's rare I go to see a band more than once, perhaps because I get bored easily. Next Wednesday I'm going to see Jonathan Richman for the fourth time and that'll be my record.
    wasnt trying to set a record, hey everybody, check me out! Though, met a married couple @ The Franks Speigeltent 2008 show in Cork  who have seen the band over 90 times, unreal!

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    10/9/2009 4:17 AM
    Damn you Eoghan !! You've beaten my record for U2 - 28 gigs.  (Also not counting those mini - gigs which I also saw.)

    My runner up (or possibly equal, I'd have to dig out my bulging bag of ticket stubs to count ) would be Something Happens. It helps that it's slightly easier to get tickets for their gigs nowadays. :D
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    10/9/2009 5:19 AM
    Posted By eoghan on 09 Oct 2009 01:25 AM
    Posted By aidan on 08 Oct 2009 03:45 PM
    I'd say our U2-obsessed CLUAS gaffer could beat your score, PQ.


    (...bracing myself...)
    • U2 - 34 (as headliners, see note below)
    • Wilco - 5
    • Radiohead - 5
    • Bob Dylan - 5 times
    • Yo La Tengo - 4 times
    Note: the number for U2 increases to 38 when the following gigs outside their official tours are included (at each of which they performed a short selection of songs):
    • Self Aid, 1986
    • The songs they busked outside the Savoy cinema in 1988 the night Rattle & Hum had world premiere,
    • The Belfast Peace gig in 1998 (when Trimble and Hume joined them on stage)
    • Smithfield in Dublin, 2001 (the evening they were awarded the Freedom of Dublin)



    gilligan
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    10/9/2009 7:06 AM

    Hey All

    my own most often reads like this

    The Wedding Present 11 times

    A House 8 times

    and more recently

    The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 5 (with 2 more to come in November & December)

    Ham Sandwich 4 times

    So Cow 4 times

    growing up in and around Tuam I've seen the Saw Doctors numerous times but I'll gloss over that and as for the Franks, only seen them twice but the third time is coming up very soon

    Padraig

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