Tag Archives: O2

Competition Closed: Jeff-fah-fah Dunham in the O2 Dublin

  By Darren Byrne | May 1, 2012 - 11:40 am | Competitions, Featured Post, The Culch
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*** Competition Closed - Winners will be notified shortly *** *** Congratulations to Colin, Gary, Dave and Caroline *** I am a huge fan of Jeff Dunham. Yes, like everyone else, I fell in love with that cookie little go-getter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, long before I knew that Jeff Dunham likes to stick his hand up a variety of characters, but he has grown to become one of my all time favourite comedians. I love his Comedy Central specials, I own the DVDs and I even have an Achmed doll. Yeah, I’m that guy. So…I was thrilled to hear he’ll be in the O2 Dublin this Saturday on his Controlled Chaos tour with all of his usual friends Walter, Bubba J, Achmed, Peanut and José the Jalapeño on a Steeeek and a few more besides. I can’t wait. If you fancy joining us on Saturday, I have a … There’s more →

Ad Nauseam: Terrible Song (for a mobile phone ad)

  By Éilish Burke | May 5, 2011 - 12:32 pm | Adverts
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You know when you really like a band and then one of their songs gets used in an ad and you feel kinda cheated? Well that’s how I felt when I saw the new Vodafone ad which uses the song Terrible Love by The National. It’s partially (okay well, mostly) the music snob inside of me rearing her ugly head. “How dare they…” she humourlessly pontificates “…use a song with such depth of meaning to soundtrack an ad for a mobile phone company”. What Little Miss Music Snob actually means is “Oh no, this vaguely non-mainstream band which I have loved for years will now become known by lots of people with generally worse taste in music than me and they’ll refer to them as ‘that band who had that song on the Vodafone ad’ and my previous love of them will somehow become diluted by this bigger audience of … There’s more →

The Black Eyed Peas Kick Off The E.N.D. World Tour

  By Darren Byrne | May 4, 2010 - 2:01 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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I really didn’t know what to expect from the Black Eyed Peas gig on Saturday night. A friend enticed me along with a free ticket, so I thought, why the hell not. Even the allure of Cheryl Cole as support didn’t get me overly excited about the O2 gig. I’ve never been a BEP fan - I like some of their songs, but I don’t own an album and probably wouldn’t know any of their tracks beyond the big singles. So, imagine my surprise to be completely blown away by an insanely hyper, visually incredible and musically brilliant night out…well, apart from the Cheryl Cole bit. We arrived at the start of Cole’s set. The best we could muster was - “she wasn’t terrible“. The choreography was very poor, the dress change was weak and while a couple of her songs were fun, the live gig added very little to … There’s more →

Ricky Gervais at the O2 Dublin

  By Andy Gaffney | April 27, 2010 - 9:52 am | Comedy, Events, The Culch
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The very first time you see Ricky Gervais’s face at the gig, it’s on a large video screen puking semen into a toilet and then asking for more. It’s this charming image (I hope your mental pictures are sticking by the way, dear readers) that sets up Gervais’s mission statement for the rest of the night: he is going to do and say whatever he wants and there isn’t much we can do about it (not that we would want to because he’s rather funny is that Gervais fella). The thing about Gervais is that he seems to fit into the ‘either love him or hate him’ bracket more than any other comedian in recent memory, well maybe apart from Bernard Manning, though you would have to excuse the ‘love’ part from that. I, however, see Mr. Gervais as a bit of a hero, and feel that The Office is … There’s more →

We Will Rock You, It Will Drive You Ga-Ga

  By Lottie | January 26, 2010 - 3:06 pm | Music, The Culch, Theatre
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Ah yes, I remember the good ole days when The Point Theatre, now the O2 (although certain generations will never acknowledge the change) would have a big stage musical every other year. I would scrimp and save my pocket money and live for the big trip to Dublin to see Chicago, Jesus Christ Super Star or Les Miserables. And while Mama Mia didn’t overwhelm me I am a huge Queen fan and thought I’d give “We Will Rock You“, the latest big show to hit Dublin a go. Written by Ben Elton with music and lyrics by the band Queen “We Will Rock You” opened in the O2 Theatre, Dublin last Wednesday and runs to Sunday 31st January 2010. Unfortunately I do not come bearing good tidings of a foot-stomping, rip-roaring good time. Heavy with irony that I’m not convinced is intentional ,the plot is mediocre to say the least … There’s more →

Silver Surfer Awards

  By Niamh | September 2, 2009 - 2:20 pm | Events, The Culch, The Internet
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The first ever Silver Surfer Awards were announced by Age Action recently - awards to celebrate older people who are enthusiastic users of information technology - computers, internet and mobiles. There are some great prizes including a laptop and a year’s mobile internet from O2 for the overall Silver Surfer of the Year winner There are several categories for nominations

And She Dreamed Of The Circus

  By Lottie | April 1, 2009 - 2:41 pm | The Arts, The Culch
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The show was perfect, from start to finish. From the moment Zoe’s parents started levitating in their chairs, it was obvious that this was a show like no other. The level of skill and obvious dedication those performers have is extraordinary. The balance of humour (with John the clown) and breathtaking stunts (my favourite being the Banquine) was impeccable, the music creating the perfect atmosphere, and background performers ensuring that there was always something to look at. Check out Daily Daydreamer’s full review of Cirque Du Soleil over here.