Just announced very excited about this didn't think they would play outside of England again after what happened in 2019. They played a few shows this summer in Brixton academy that looked really good.
https://mcd.ie/artists/the-prodigy/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXoMKnoNlNc
I am guessing the Belfast and Cork shows are outdoor as well?
Deadly. 30 seconds from my gaff. thought 2016 would be the last time I saw them.
Is the venue the big park near Martins off-licence?
Ya, the park across from it. Marquee along the river.
Grand job worked on a job in that area back in January, handy walk to Connelly station.
What happened in 2019, was that when yer man died?
I went to Páirc Uí Chaoimh to see them support Oasis in '96, thought they were very disappointing. Maybe outdoors in daylight was the wrong setting for them...
Quote from: Carnage on November 08, 2022, 03:55:05 PMWhat happened in 2019, was that when yer man died?
Yep.
Yes and after he died everyone assumed the band was done it was only at the start of this year that they talked about UK shows and now they are even working on a new album.
Is it just Howlett now or are any of the others left?
No Maxim is still in the band as well. The only other person that ever left was Leeroy in the late 90's. All he did was just dance on the stage during certain songs.
Only saw em in thurles and they were brilliant. Audio of it on YouTube somewhere
Got tickets handy enough. Only stupid e-tickets are available for Dublin. That must be down to the venue because you can get physicals for Cork and Belfast.
sorely tempted by this, never seen them live and those shows look great 8)
Saw em in the marquee in Cork - that must have been 2014?maybe 2015.They were quality - the bass was so fucking intense my feet were itching from it reverbing off the tarmac 😂
This is today. Anyone going? Anyone go to the Cork show yesterday? I was thinking about heading to Cork back when these gigs were announced but then the Dublin Suffocation gig was announced so I didn't bother.
One of the lads that I work with was at the Cork show last night - he's in a cruel way today naturally.
He said that it was a good gig. He also ended up at a house party drinking with a load of kids until 0600hrs this morning. So I'm not sure how much faith I'd have in his review.
I live near enough the venue and I couldn't hear it at all last night but, oddly, I can hear the utter shite they're playing at the Marquee series loud and clear even though it's miles away from my house.
Last night was brilliant. Crowd was crazy and Dublin even got a mention on the facebook page this morning no mention of Cork though. First time in that venue and I was so happy when I saw a tent was setup for the show because I hate outdoor gigs especially when it is a band you really like.
I knew from the videos online of the shows last year it was still going to be good without Keith but definitely even better than I expected and probably one of the best times I have ever seen them.
I felt a bit bad myself when I woke up this morning but was fine after 20 minutes. The people sitting beside us on the bus were still talking pills on the way home which was rotten.
Can't wait now for Belfast but going to take it easier than last night as I can't remember a good bit of the Prodigy's set because of how much I drank. We got there early as well and got pit passes so were right up the front.
The Cork show was great, though it did feel slightly like a warm up given it didn't sell out, took place almost entirely in daylight and the crowd were late arriving.
They got a decent crowd in the end though - bearing in mind they were also doing Dublin and Chemical Brothers happened in the same venue a week prior - and it only took until about halfway through Breathe in the opener until there was a big pit that stayed for the whole thing.
They do play very short shows. A lot of the tunes like Everybody in the Place and Out of Space were just minute/minute and a half cuts in between other tunes.
You know what you're getting though. A battering of hits and a chance to pay tribute to Keef.
Dublin ended up selling out which I didn't know until after. Belfast was even better than Dublin weird crowd at it though lots of the short blue haired types. I actually really enjoyed it despite it being fully outdoor.
Going to Berlin for a lads weekend at the start of December and they are playing the day before we go home so will be going to see them again hopefully they change setlist up a bit for that tour. I would love to hear Rhythm of life and more stuff from Experience. The new song they played sounds good.
Quote from: mickO))) on July 04, 2023, 01:39:16 PMDublin ended up selling out which I didn't know until after. Belfast was even better than Dublin weird crowd at it though lots of the short blue haired types. I actually really enjoyed it despite it being fully outdoor.
Going to Berlin for a lads weekend at the start of December and they are playing the day before we go home so will be going to see them again hopefully they change setlist up a bit for that tour. I would love to hear Rhythm of life and more stuff from Experience. The new song they played sounds good.
Experience is mental still. I totally get that they only came into their own with the mass crossover shtick where they sounded heavier than most bands that proclaimed to be heavy whilst still sounding like something you'd hear at the furthest flung tent at a rave, but the kiddy rave stuff on Experience in a way is still way more intense and industrial than anything that followed.
Both of the first 2 albums are amazing in their own right.
The way Break and Enter just layers up and builds gets me every time.
Experience + Jilted over Fat of the Land any day. I thought Invaders Must Die was a decent palette of all their different sounds over the years. The two later ones after that I had no interest in. Just felt like Howlett done them all on his Macbook. Very digital and overly compressed attempts at rave throwback.
Yeah Experience and Jilted are top class albums, some good tracks throughout the rest of their stuff but nothing comes close to them for me.
Fat of the land will always be number 1 for me. Got the tape as a child about a week after it was released. It was one of the first albums I ever owned and to this day is the only piece of music I have owned over the years on tape, CD and vinyl. I was in the cubs and I bought the tape from one of the older lads who was in the scouts on a camping trip to England.
Always out numbered is the only album I don't really like and it was just after that came out when I first saw them live in the point. Last week was my first time seeing them live since No Tourists was released I think the songs from that album come across very well live and the material isn't too far removed from the experience or it is at least the closest thing we will get to that type of stuff these days.
Fat of the Land never did it for me. Too much vocals. Bought the Breathe single on tape when it came out. Was out a good bit before FotL, if I remember correctly. Used to be glued to 2tv on Sundays to see the video as well.
Fully agree on Break and Enter. Unreal start to an album. Jilted Generation was on constant doing pills as a teenager.
Red Hot Chili Pipers played in the venue I work in a while back. Had an album called Music for the Kilted Generation. Got a laugh out of that.
Quote from: mickO))) on July 04, 2023, 07:02:51 PMFat of the land will always be number 1 for me. Got the tape as a child about a week after it was released. It was one of the first albums I ever owned and to this day is the only piece of music I have owned over the years on tape, CD and vinyl. I was in the cubs and I bought the tape from one of the older lads who was in the scouts on a camping trip to England.
Always out numbered is the only album I don't really like and it was just after that came out when I first saw them live in the point. Last week was my first time seeing them live since No Tourists was released I think the songs from that album come across very well live and the material isn't too far removed from the experience or it is at least the closest thing we will get to that type of stuff these days.
Got the Fat of the Land for my 15th birthday. Still absolutely fucking love it. They were the first band I was properly obsessed with. Jilted is deadly as well, though I didn't own my own copy for a good few years.
Saw them live in 2003/4 in the Olympia and they were cracking.
Quote from: open face surgery on July 04, 2023, 07:20:41 PMFat of the Land never did it for me. Too much vocals. Bought the Breathe single on tape when it came out. Was out a good bit before FotL, if I remember correctly. Used to be glued to 2tv on Sundays to see the video as well.
Fully agree on Break and Enter. Unreal start to an album. Jilted Generation was on constant doing pills as a teenager.
Red Hot Chili Pipers played in the venue I work in a while back. Had an album called Music for the Kilted Generation. Got a laugh out of that.
Too much vocals is exactly what I get from it as well. Pity they didn't let the tunes breathe a little bit more. MFTJG and Experience are where it's at with these lads and from the albums that came after I only really like a couple of tunes here and there. Know a good few lads who've seen them the last few years and the reports are always that the gigs are great all the same.
Anyone really into the later albums at all around here?
Quote from: mishima on July 04, 2023, 07:46:32 PMSaw them live in 2003/4 in the Olympia and they were cracking.
I remember that show in the Olympia think it was 04. I was suppose to go to that but from what I remember either it sold out straight away or the people I was going with delayed on getting tickets then by the time they were ready it was sold out.
Quote from: astfgyl on July 04, 2023, 09:08:43 PMAnyone really into the later albums at all around here?
Invaders and No Tourists are great albums. The day is my enemy is good but definitely the worst out of the last 3.
An interview with Leeroy came up on my youtube feed last night from 2018. He was saying the change to a more rock sound is why he left the band because he was fed up of dancing to the same few songs night after night and the more they went in the rock direction the less opportunity he had to dance to something new. He thinks the band are stuck between a rock and a hard place now because if they go back on the rock stuff they will alienate a lot of fans but at the same time what they have become is not what they originally set out to be.
He said Liam keeps asking him to re-join but he doesn't want to. He came back for one show in 2015 he asked Liam could he dance to a few of Keith's songs but again he was just given No good and Out of space. He was supposed to do a few more shows after this but decided not to after that first one. I am surprised he is still able to dance as he is in his 50's now and dancing the way they do is hard enough for someone young never mind a lad in his 50's.
Personally I would love if Leeroy came back as seeing him dancing on stage would really add to the live experience and I never got to see the band while he was still with them. By that time Keith had stopped dancing too he just use to run around the stage and spin around from time to time.
Quote from: open face surgery on July 04, 2023, 07:20:41 PMJilted Generation was on constant doing pills as a teenager.
Same here except I was in my 20s before I started getting experienced, so to speak. Jilted Generation just is the soundtrack to pills for me.
Since ye're talking about newer albums though; I stopped paying attention when Fat Of The Land came out. Just didn't really dig it, not what I was looking for from The Prodigy. But any of the albums later than that worth a listen, given my reason for stopping listening in the first place?
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 05, 2023, 05:01:45 PMSince ye're talking about newer albums though; I stopped paying attention when Fat Of The Land came out. Just didn't really dig it, not what I was looking for from The Prodigy. But any of the albums later than that worth a listen, given my reason for stopping listening in the first place?
In that case, having heard them all except the most recent, I'd say leave it off. You won't find much in there. Invaders has a couple of decent tunes but it's fairly in the fat of the land vein through a more modern lens
Gotta say that last time I saw them Keith and Maxim were annoying enough. The constant shouts and hype were grating. Still a great show though.
Jilted Generation was released 29 years ago yesterday. Hotpress just posted this. Howlett was 23. Mental.
https://www.hotpress.com/music/on-this-day-in-1994-the-prodigy-released-music-for-the-jilted-generation-22977706
Quote from: open face surgery on July 05, 2023, 09:44:36 PMJilted Generation was released 29 years ago yesterday. Hotpress just posted this. Howlett was 23. Mental.
https://www.hotpress.com/music/on-this-day-in-1994-the-prodigy-released-music-for-the-jilted-generation-22977706
Fuck it, on it goes so..
That was an amusing read but the editorial style is hard going. Reminds me of religiously reading Metal Hammer in the 90s and thinking the writers were oh so witty and clever. Hard going as an adult.
I was never big into The Prodigy but I did like them to a degree. Saw them live at Trip to Tip in 97 which was fun. Did Foo Fighters play that day too? I remember drinking around one can at 12 in the afternoon and being pissed all day haha.
I only saw em at the same one! Bought a dud trip and a flagon of devils bit the minute I got my 14 year old arse into the town for it. Got fucked out for surfing during flu fighters but got back in well before the Prodigy. They were the only two good bands on the day really
Ya, I had to go back over a few bits wonder what the fuck they were on about. :laugh:
Kula Shakur, Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Manics, Reef and The Cardigans. Used to have the poster on my wall but was too young to go.
I remember drunkenly standing in the crowd talking to a skin head Metaller about Cannibal Corpse during The Cardigans and growling the lyrics to Stripped, Raped and Strangled while everyone looked at us like we were the stupidest retards in Ireland. I thought it was so cool at the time :laugh: fucking dismal lineup alright but I think Foo Fighters and Prodigy were the draw for me.
Cardigans were great live. Saw them at the Big Day Out in Galway in '96, the Sabbath covers drew me in but their own stuff went down well.
My Favourite Game is a great tune. Can't really remember anything else by them so went looking. Lovefool and Erase and Rewind are also belters. Back when pop was more band orientated, and good. May even check out an album.
Edit: Carnival is also a banger. Mad how well you can remember tunes that you haven't heard in 20 odd years.
Quote from: open face surgery on July 05, 2023, 10:23:09 PMYa, I had to go back over a few bits wonder what the fuck they were on about. :laugh:
Kula Shakur, Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Manics, Reef and The Cardigans. Used to have the poster on my wall but was too young to go.
I was there. Cracking gig. All were good but Manics, Foos and the Prodigy were all lethal.
Quote from: Carnage on July 06, 2023, 12:18:53 AMCardigans were great live. Saw them at the Big Day Out in Galway in '96, the Sabbath covers drew me in but their own stuff went down well.
Aye they were good that day. Radiohead were immense. Nenah cherry was ok and divine comedy were a bit of a laugh.
Radiohead were mighty alright, right at their peak. I don't remeber Neneh Cherry at all TBH. Was Ian Brown on the same day? I went to two of those and they both blend into one this far on.
Quote from: astfgyl on July 05, 2023, 05:45:50 PMQuote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 05, 2023, 05:01:45 PMSince ye're talking about newer albums though; I stopped paying attention when Fat Of The Land came out. Just didn't really dig it, not what I was looking for from The Prodigy. But any of the albums later than that worth a listen, given my reason for stopping listening in the first place?
In that case, having heard them all except the most recent, I'd say leave it off. You won't find much in there. Invaders has a couple of decent tunes but it's fairly in the fat of the land vein through a more modern lens
Cool, good enough for me. Listened to Fat Of The Land earlier today to double check my sentiment on it. Still much the same, couple great tracks, but too many that just don't do it for me at all.
Went to play The Fat Of The Land earlier and it's scratched, which is a pain. It was reissued with bonus tracks a few years ago, I'll have to nab that.
Must check out the bonus tracks so. Hopefully they're not remixes or alt versions, although the alt versions on the Poison single I bought years ago are fucking class
I think they're remixes and B-sides, yeah.
Edit:
1. Smack My Bitch Up (Noisia Remix)
2. Firestarter (Alvin Risk Remix)
3. Breathe (Zeds Dead Remix)
4. Mindfields (Baauer Remix)
5. Breathe (The Glitch Mob Remix)
6. Smack My Bitch Up (Major Lazer Remix)
Not bothered about them, the album itself will do.
Howlett's Dirtchamber Sessions is top quality, too. One of the best mixtapes/mashups in history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a1rkOsYn2A&t=2s
Quote from: Airneanach on July 06, 2023, 06:25:43 PMHowlett's Dirtchamber Sessions is top quality, too. One of the best mixtapes/mashups in history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a1rkOsYn2A&t=2s
Was just listening to this earlier due to prodigy discussion and apparently this is the original radio one he did but had to take some tunes out of for official release.. the Beatles and others.
https://youtu.be/OPCf65bW7yQ
Quote from: Airneanach on July 06, 2023, 06:25:43 PMHowlett's Dirtchamber Sessions is top quality, too. One of the best mixtapes/mashups in history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a1rkOsYn2A&t=2s
Excellent. I'll check that out later.
Quote from: Airneanach on July 06, 2023, 06:25:43 PMHowlett's Dirtchamber Sessions is top quality, too. One of the best mixtapes/mashups in history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a1rkOsYn2A&t=2s
I know it well and it is indeed great
Was a big fan back in the 90s,caught them twice,96 with Oasis ,and at the Trip to Tipp thing in 97.Love the first 3 albums,but Jilted definitely the one i go to the most!.
I dunno if I can be arsed after the first two
Quote from: astfgyl on July 06, 2023, 11:34:09 PMI dunno if I can be arsed after the first two
Aye. They're both beasts of albums. Jilted just shades it for me.
Jilted for me as well but Experience is also class. It probably shouldn't be because it's so dated but nah fuck it, it's undeniable
Jilted is mighty. Met a mate this evening who was home from London, we were pure fiends for that album back then and were both in mourning for those days when we realised how far back they were.
The Prodigy are back again next April for Belfast and Dublin shows. Pre-sale are available now and general sale on Friday.
What do they do about the vocal parts live these days?
Cringe?
Quote from: astfgyl on June 25, 2025, 12:40:03 PMWhat do they do about the vocal parts live these days?
What do you mean? For Keith's parts? Maxim has always done the majority of vocals and the only songs I can think of that are distinctly Keiths are Serial Thrilla, Fuel My Fire and Firestarter. The first two I don't think they have played those live since they toured The Fat Of The Land and what they did on the reformation shows was they used Firestarter as a tribute to Keith kind of like the Pantera tribute to Dime. They just play the music from the song for a minute or two with a big silhouette of Keith on a screen dancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Uy4fGvLRlrs
As I probably mentioned here before they are better live now than they have been for years. The shows back in 2023 were brilliant and I also managed to catch them in Berlin that year indoor which was even better than the Dublin and Belfast shows.
All vocals of Prodigy live are and always have been fairly annoying. Carl Cox supporting as well so a good night for a few of yips.
I've only seen them the once back at the trip to Tipp in 97 and I thought they were great. It's actually on YouTube but it's just the audio iirc. Yeah the vocals are not really the most important thing in it at all to be fair
Looks like standing for Belfast and Dublin are sold out.
For now :laugh:
Quote from: astfgyl on June 26, 2025, 03:11:33 PMI've only seen them the once back at the trip to Tipp in 97 and I thought they were great. It's actually on YouTube but it's just the audio iirc. Yeah the vocals are not really the most important thing in it at all to be fair
I was at that, too. I went down, 15 years old, stepped off the bus and someone handed me and my mate a can each of Bud. I was drunk all day on it :laugh:
That's a lot of Bud, but sure it'd take that much to have an effect. ;)
Ah, lightning quick on the edit!
I bought a flagon of devil's bit cider off a fella sitting on the ground the second I got off the bus as well and my 15 year old self was as sick as a fuckin dog after it :laugh:
Quote from: Carnage on June 27, 2025, 11:30:48 AMThat's a lot of Bud, but sure it'd take that much to have an effect. ;)
Ah, lightning quick on the edit!
I probably went through a van-load or ten of booze in the subsequent decades :laugh:
Quote from: astfgyl on June 27, 2025, 11:42:58 AMI bought a flagon of devil's bit cider off a fella sitting on the ground the second I got off the bus as well and my 15 year old self was as sick as a fuckin dog after it :laugh:
I was drinking cans of Devil's Bit on the bus up to the fest. I only had 4 cans but I fell flat on my face as soon as I stepped off the bus!
The cans were always a bit posh for me so strictly flagons and not the fancy linden village or bulmers either. 3 pound 15 for 2 litres and 4 pound 50 for the 3 litre, couldn't go wrong.
Bought a few cans of the new devils bit cider a while back and it tasted like fuckin vinegar. Absolutely awful.
God I miss flagons
Quote from: open face surgery on June 27, 2025, 11:25:32 AMFor now :laugh:
Yep they will prbably reappear now with something like premium standing gets you in an hour earlier than everyone else for 3 times the price.
Got tickets sorted in the pre-sale on Wednesday and the Dublin tickets arrived to the house yesterday. I've never had tickets show up that quickly before.
Think I mentioned it on here before but was that 97 show the one were they had no setlist and they just played the requests people shouted out? My mates older brother was at the show with no setlist and he said it was awful.
Quote from: astfgyl on June 27, 2025, 12:12:16 PMThe cans were always a bit posh for me so strictly flagons and not the fancy linden village or bulmers either. 3 pound 15 for 2 litres and 4 pound 50 for the 3 litre, couldn't go wrong.
Bought a few cans of the new devils bit cider a while back and it tasted like fuckin vinegar. Absolutely awful.
God I miss flagons
Devil's Bit used to be 6% and you'd get 4 cans for a fiver but they changed the alcohol content to 4.5% and now they're 4 for €8.
Anyone remember Inch's cider? Pure rocket fuel in a silver can.
I remember going up the Dublin mountains with 2 flagons of the cheapest cider I could get from the offie in Rathcoole, White Dragon or something I think it was called. Downed the first one, halfway through the second one it all came back up. Absolute piss it was. Haven't touched cider since, and that was in the mid-'90s.
An offie in Rathmines did 4 pint bottles of Anvil for a fiver at the time, happy days. Especially when I was in a house full of stoners and I didn't smoke, sure that put me to sleep most nights.
Quote from: Maggot Colony on June 27, 2025, 12:31:43 PMQuote from: astfgyl on June 27, 2025, 12:12:16 PMThe cans were always a bit posh for me so strictly flagons and not the fancy linden village or bulmers either. 3 pound 15 for 2 litres and 4 pound 50 for the 3 litre, couldn't go wrong.
Bought a few cans of the new devils bit cider a while back and it tasted like fuckin vinegar. Absolutely awful.
God I miss flagons
Devil's Bit used to be 6% and you'd get 4 cans for a fiver but they changed the alcohol content to 4.5% and now they're 4 for €8.
Anyone remember Inch's cider? Pure rocket fuel in a silver can.
I remember the Inch's Stonehouse very well! Didn't notice it was gone though as I don't really drink cider at all these days. Stomach can't handle it.
Last cider I bought was up in Belfast and I got 3 flagons of some strong shit called frosty jacks iirc. Was pure delighted bringing them back to Tipp and they blew the fuckin head and the guts out of me
I think the first one was White Lightning and would be similar to that Frosty Jacks. Both absolute poison but it always felt that upping a litre to 3 could only be a bad idea so makes sense that they were petrol. As a kid 13/14 I could drink a flagon and go home and talk to the parents but since my early twenties a flagon would have me scuppered. Something in that there plastic.
Getting all misty eyed here thinking about getting absolutely broke up drinking flagons on a summers evening such as this evening. Just beautiful really.
They're on Glastonbury right now. And it's fucking banging :abbath:
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Quote from: astfgyl on June 27, 2025, 02:14:53 PMQuote from: Maggot Colony on June 27, 2025, 12:31:43 PMQuote from: astfgyl on June 27, 2025, 12:12:16 PMThe cans were always a bit posh for me so strictly flagons and not the fancy linden village or bulmers either. 3 pound 15 for 2 litres and 4 pound 50 for the 3 litre, couldn't go wrong.
Bought a few cans of the new devils bit cider a while back and it tasted like fuckin vinegar. Absolutely awful.
God I miss flagons
Devil's Bit used to be 6% and you'd get 4 cans for a fiver but they changed the alcohol content to 4.5% and now they're 4 for €8.
Anyone remember Inch's cider? Pure rocket fuel in a silver can.
I remember the Inch's Stonehouse very well! Didn't notice it was gone though as I don't really drink cider at all these days. Stomach can't handle it.
Last cider I bought was up in Belfast and I got 3 flagons of some strong shit called frosty jacks iirc. Was pure delighted bringing them back to Tipp and they blew the fuckin head and the guts out of me
Stonehouse! I couldn't remember the full name. You can't get it anymore. I used to drink 4 of those and a bottle of Buckfast before hitting the pub. That would be followed by pints, vodkas, and a few yokes. I can barely drink 4 cans nowadays for fear of a hangover.
Quote from: Ollkiller on June 29, 2025, 10:02:46 PMThey're on Glastonbury right now. And it's fucking banging :abbath:
Twas' a great set
Where can you watch the full set? I can only find 1 and 2 min clips on Youtube.
It's only available via iPlayer so likely unavailable outside the UK?
I think that iplayer is region locked and won't work here.