The day after Marina’s epic Academy gig, all of us at The Clink headed off on a little road trip to Carlow for the Heineken Green Spheres gig. Guaranteed fun times ahead!
Thankfully the drive wasn’t too bad, and I can now tick off visiting Carlow on my life list of things to do. Seriously, what a bizarre & random little town. Now down to the good shit, the event itself.
Free bottle of Heineken on the way in, check. Rush to the back of the Dinn Ri complex to catch the first act – Marina and the Diamonds.
We got treated to Marina and the Diamonds for a second night in a row – sweeeet. She looked amazing as usual, atmosphere was a bit different to the gig the night before, as not everyone knew who she was. But she put on a freakin’ great show once again, and most definitely had a few more Emeralds as fans by the end of the set. Also how amazing was her giant diamond necklace? I want.
Next up were Miike Snow, and the place was packed before they came on. Six guys wearing white masks strolled on to the stage – wait a sec isn’t there 3 members in Miike Snow? Either way that’s pretty irrelevant – they lived up to the hype and rocked it live. Animal went down a storm, along with a few other album tracks & a lot of jamming. Plus a cover of Air’s “Kelly Watched The Stars”, which was pretty cool.
Digitalism were the last to play, and they were in the main area of Dinn Ri. Stayed upstairs for most of their dj set as it was so packed, they were pretty good though. On a side note, how crazy is that Dinn Ri venue? It’s frigging huge. I don’t know where in the venue I spent the majority of the night! If you were to get lost there, you’re screwed. Overall a great night though, hats off to the organisers – the place looked great & was loving the lighting behind the stages. My only complaint was when it came to 2am and they stopped serving I was by no means ready to head home yet.
Next day we left Carlow with a surprising lack of hangovers all round – back to Dublin round 4, and out again that night for round 3. Overall The Clink’s first official road trip = great success.
2 Comments on this post
Leave a CommentWas there, great night. Outragously huge and cool venue for Carlow of all places. Hadn’t heard Marina before but will definitly see her again, amazing both in appearance and performance.
Was right at the front for Miike Snow, they rocked it, Kelly wacthed the Stars definitly a highlight.
Thought Digitalism were brilliant. One of the best DJ sets I’ve been to. Saw them in UCD last year and thought they were incomparibly better in Dinn Ri.
Is it too greedy to expect tickets for White Lies and Neon Indian??
Comment left on 11.25.2009 by ammelio
Yeah it was a great night alright. Marina's one to watch - Her album is due out in Feb next year. Check out neon gold records they've got a good remixes of her tracks on their blog (she released her first single through them).
The Dinn Ri's a bit of a random spot isnt it? V cool venue tho.
Ha, keep an eye out on the blog for White Lies tickets, ya never know ;)
Think people are in with a good chance for tickets over on the greenspheres site seeing as it's being held in both Dublin & Cork, which is a first!
Reply left on 11.25.2009 by Luo
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