got tix for The La's, Fretwell & Jimmy Cliff. How about Stephen Fretwell for 10 euros ! cant top that !

Got me tiks for Beck and British Sea Power/Sons and Daughters too - Yay!!!!

I got tickets for Weezer and Beck. Apparently Weezer was sold out in half an hour, I was stuck in traffic during that time. But the girl behind the desk had two extra tickets so I was lucky - cheers if she reads this. Might get Magic Numbers and Stephen Fretwell during the week.

30 yoyos for jimmy cliff: somebodies havin a laugh! (jimmy cliff, mcd & ticketmaster actually) saw him at oxegen last year, was really lookin forward to it but had to leave after 20mins. complete crap. watered down corporate reggae. would make you want to listen to radiohead

Im really looking forward to Jimmy Cliff actually, havent seen him before. A couple of lads from work saw him at The Vilage last time out and said he was awesome. Could be a better venue for him too at The Ambassador.

Joley, I'll buy ya a pint if you see me at any upcoming gigs. Cheers again!!!!

I've always ignored British Sea Power for some reason. Are they worth unignoring?

is Weezer the only Aiken gig on this MCD 'festival'?

The new British Sea Power album 'Open Season' is good, a real grower but worth a few listens. I wouldn't ignore them though. Not sure about the Aiken thing.

My Bud Rising picks (for what they're worth) 1. dizzee rascal 2. whitey 3. magic numbers 4. the kills 5. jacques lu cont who dares to disobey?

I never knew The Kills were playing, hopefully they play Oxegen aswell. But I'd go for: - Weezer - Beck - Magic Numbers - Stephen Fretwell - Duke Spirit

I don't get why Weezer are playing Vicar St, they should be in the olympia. Then again, the sound is better in VS.

There's a massive thread dedicated to the Weezer gig over on thumped, someone suggested that Aiken thought Weezer weren't big enough and would struggle to sell a large number of tickets. Aiken are obviously idiots.

haha. what we know now, we knew before

How big do you reckon they could have gone? Olympia definately, the point perhaps (first ever Irish gig and all, although had they the gig could well have been poo). Actually this is happening during the summer, Dublin Castle?

no, not the Point at all, they couldn't fill it, especially with so many gigs coinciding with them. But, I reckon the could've stuffed the Olympia easily. I'd imagine it's something to do with the promotion allocation rather than an imagined attendance/capacity. Yeah, Green Energy Dublin Castle muck is happening: Paddy Casey, Black Eyed Peas, Faithless. Good lord.

yeah, ive always gone to the Heineken Green Energy from the very first one, god I remember seeing Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros @ The Olympia the first year, f**king electric so it was ! best gig ever ! Morrissey @ Dublin Castle last year was another highlight. This year is total s**te altogether !!!

yeah, one night i saw the white stripes and evan dando in one night in different venues. great night so it was. the heineken green energy schtick is old now... its for office workers who want to get pissed. the bud rising is a little better it seems, but again - the big acts won't allow local support on the the gigs so that doesn't help out local bands very much...