Great to see @StevieWonder just a shame the sound is so bad 😳@3ArenaDublin #StevieWonder pic.twitter.com/PzKFvjGy1I
— Vicky Godolphin (@VGodolphin) July 9, 2019
No surprise to hear that the unworkable sound quality destroyed the Stevie Wonder concert in the #3Arena last night – sound has always been dreadful there. The worst I have ever witnessed was the Steely Dan / Doobie Brothers show a couple of years ago. Top prices, bottom quality.
— Jer Manic (@JeromeCorby) July 10, 2019
Just been back from an indescribable weird and frustrating Stevie Wonder gig. With awful sound as well. He only did less than a dozen of his own songs I’d say
— Michael Cushen (@michael_cushen) July 10, 2019
I thought it was pretty poor. Sound was brutal (I was standing in front of the sound desk). Wedding DJ played half the set… And also during the 12 songs he actually played. Drums, bass and rhythm guitar completely overwhelmed his singing and playing. V disappointing tbh
— Morg (@morgandowney) July 9, 2019
@TicketmasterIre €130 for Stevie wonder and I’ve heard better sound from buskers on Grafton street. I waited a long time to see Stevie and that was not a €130 gig.
— Oscar Finn (@Oscarfinnmedia) July 9, 2019
Seemed to go well.
‘Absolutely devastated’ – Fans hit out over poor sound at Stevie Wonder gig (Independent.ie)
So basically it was a remake of Hear No Evil See No Evil. They couldn’t hear stevie and Stevie couldn’t see them.
Oh I laughed.
Well one tweet describes the tickets as “blindingly expensive”…no…really.
Thanks Blueshirts
What?
He meant to say ‘Blushirts’
€130 for a gig? plus €8 for each pint of beer served in a wobbly plastic cup that spills all over your hand . Serves you right.
Stevie’s not gonna be happy when he sees this..
Ha. I was at the gig and it really wasnt great. The DJ playing cds in the middle of the set for 20 minutes while stevie just sat there was bizarre.
He’s pretty sick, been on dialysis and is undergoing a kidney transplant in a few weeks. So the DJ break in the middle of the set was to allow Stevie a break. It was a bit crap to be fair but he’s just not well enough to do a full 2 hour/25 song show.
Previously: https://www.broadsheet.ie/2017/01/27/a-drummer-writes/
I don’t buy tickets for gigs in 3 Arena for this very reason, the sound is absolutely dreadful. It ruined the Massive Attack gig for me
Ludovico Einaudi in the National Concert Hall 2014 – a life affirming event.
Ludovico Einaudi in the 3 arena 2018 – a frustrating experience with poor sound, crap service and bizarrely hostile security.
“you cant have your phone out.”,..”excuse me” “sir…sir..”.” you cant have your phone out ” “sir….sir.?.sir…sir….sir…….
He was going to play Dublin years ago but couldn’t see The Point
Why cant Stevie Wonder read?
I’d love to know how a modern, purpose-built concert venue is having such a mare with the sound? Is it some quirk of the mix position? Unavoidable issues with the room shape/seating design? Does it have to do with mixers unfamiliar to the venue or bands bringing their own PAs?
I was at a Flight of the Conchords gig there a while back and you could just barely hear the lyrics. Forgivable at a regular gigs where you probably know all the words anyway, but at a comedy gig? Bonkers.
I was at Eddie Vedder last week and the sound was fantastic… apart from the obnoxious people behind us talking [eventually they went outside].
The 3Arena is woeful. On top of the serious sound quality issues it also has no coat checks, which is a huge problem for any night time gig outside of July/August. They claim its for crowd control reasons, but plenty of much larger capacity venues elsewhere have coat checks elsewhere and manage fine.
Its just not worth paying the premium price to go to a gig there.
* much smaller capacity venues you mean.
When gig tickets at the Point became inflated in the noughties (and never deflated post crash), I did wonder about value per €. So I calculated I could see about 4 x nostalgic gigs at the Olympia or about 6 x new band gigs for the price of a Point gig. With no queues or rip-off extras. Nice intimate gigs with a couple of pubs nearby.
No, I mean much larger capacity venues. The o2 Arena in London for example has a 20,000 capacity – versus our 3Arena’s 13,000 – and it has coat checks.
So the argument that the 3Arena couldn’t possibly run a coat check because of it’s “large” capacity, which is what they state, is nonsense.
Not to say the 3Arena in particular isn’t poor on the sound front (I haven’t been since it was the O2 and enjoyed the handful of gigs I was there for) but I feel a big gig never passes here at this point without the media reporting on complaints about the sound.
So while I imagine some of these complaints are legitimate, I can’t help but feel some of it is also because people either don’t really understand how sound works in a gig setting or have unrealistic expectations about it to begin with
The Point? Always produced dreadful sound quality at gigs. Last time I was there I had to use the gents toilet. (reaches).
Retches perhaps – unless you’re reaching for something?
Thought you were recommending a band there. You’re right – retches. Christ the absolute stench of men’s piddle.
Oh and the absolute crap sound as well.
Please refer to my earlier posts ( that got me banned) on the noble arts of gandering and goosing
Ob-seen!
Anyway…Back to Stevie
I hear he is getting a Divorce
He is seeing someone else…
i’ll get my coat