What would you like to see more of at shows?

[Blizzard Beast]

No phones.

[The Heretic]

No more cunts trying to push their way to the front

[Thorn]

Have things changed that much because ten/twenty years ago this would have been an unanimous chorus of 'WOMEN!'.

[The Heretic]

Headliners that play at least 90-100 minutes, fuck this 60 minutes stuff

[ldj]

I can forgive it for local/upcoming bands or package tours with a great lineup, but the likes of Mgla for example wrapping up after 50 minutes on a headline tour is a bit cheeky.

[jpm4]

Have things changed that much because ten/twenty years ago this would have been an unanimous chorus of 'WOMEN!'.

Lots of women at Carpathian Forest in Dublin for whatever reason.

[Squigs]

I'm gonna guess they like Carpathian Forest.

[open face surgery]

I can forgive it for local/upcoming bands or package tours with a great lineup, but the likes of Mgla for example wrapping up after 50 minutes on a headline tour is a bit cheeky.

Bands of that ilk, black or death, def shouldn't be playing more than 60 minutes and that's a stretch for a lot of bands.

[jobrok1]

Have things changed that much because ten/twenty years ago this would have been an unanimous chorus of 'WOMEN!'.

Lots of women at Carpathian Forest in Dublin for whatever reason.

I'm gonna guess they like Carpathian Forest.

Zing!   

[jpm4]

I'm gonna guess they like Carpathian Forest.

Probably, smart arse! I guess what I meant was am not sure why they would attract a more gender diverse crowd.

[yknaa]

Cheaper merch would be nice to see. Some bands can still make a few €€ with shirts at €25. These arena bands charging €45+ is just crazy - total rip-off for fans. As an oul lad I appreciate gigs ending before my last train home :-)

[StoutAndAle]

As an oul lad I appreciate gigs ending before my last train home :-)

There's a lot to be said for hopping on the last bus home after a gig. I'd much rather spend that extra €20 at the merch stand than pay the same for a taxi home.

I echo the sentiment of those that suggest set times should be printed/posted more often and in more places. Even if not exact times then something like;

Doors 7pm/Support 7.30pm/Stage curfew 11pm.

Being one of the very few lads in my friend group who is child-free - I end up going to a fair few gigs on my own these days, I don't need to be standing around like a spare prick for 90 minutes waiting for something to happen. Stage times also help the lads who do have kids to think about - they can figure out if the rugrats will be in bed or whatever before the main band comes on.

[Jward]

Allow a band play an extra song if the crowd give a rapturous response/roar

[open face surgery]

Defeats the purpose of giving set times.

[mickO)))]

I don't have much interest in local shows but for gigs in general the decline in physical tickets for shows is very annoying. Tickets.ie stopped doing them a few weeks ago using caring for the environment as the excuse. In Canada at least and possibly the US you can't get physicals from ticketmaster at all so only a matter of time before that shite starts here. The current shitty paper tickets they give you for a physical in Ireland are bad enough but better than nothing at all. Sound Cellar still have the old style proper cardboard tickets but they only do MCD events so no Aiken or non TM shows.

Also agree with set times in advance as most of the time I am only interested in one band but in some cases isn't not giving times in advance to get people into the venue early so they spend more money. For non DME related shows MCD rarely give stage times.