2fm 2moro 2our - All Ages Show at The Village
At 1:30 on Sunday afternoon I was checking MySpace and saw a bulletin from Ham Sandwich: they were playing a free all-ages show as the final 2fm 2moro 2our in less than an hour’s time. I’d promised to bring my kids ice-skating but took a rain-check due to lack of funds (€14 for a child?! Madness!) so instead we whizzled our way to Wexford Street for my six- and seven-year olds’ first concert: Ham Sandwich, Concerto for Constantine and David Geraghty.
We arrived half-way through the Hambo’s second-last song and the kids were wide-eyed and overwhelmed at the front of stage as Podge, Darcy and John ground out the heavy melodies they’re known for, while Niamh gave good writhing and seems to have adopted a very Dirty Epics style of dancing….
I’m at my wits’ end with the crappy red gels in venues of late. Next time they’re encountered, I’m getting the rifle out.
Upstairs on the balcony (kids in their element swigging Coke from the bottle) we were treated to an absolutely spellbinding show from Concerto for Constantine. Truly a rock supergroup, CfC rose from the ashes of three of Ireland’s most acclaimed bands: Mark Greavey of JJ72 provides guitar and vocals, Gavin Fox of Turn and Idlewild plays bass and ex-Frames and Bellx1 drummer Binzer wraps the package up. I’m ashamed to say I’d not even heard of them before this but by God, I’ll be right up front at their next gig.
Acclimatised to the noise levels, Sar and Ethan made their mammy proud and gave their best headbangs and then commandeered the camera to get some shots. Check out this one Saoirse took:
Not bad, eh?! Here are a few more (my own)
David Geraghty took the stage to wrap up the final leg of 2fm’s nationwide tour. I know he’s a bigger act on account of his career with Bellx1 but think he was too mellow to top the buzz of Concerto for Constantine.
I’ll have more to say about the radio station’s role in this concert in a related post over the next few days. It was excellent to see the high turn-out of youngsters at the show, who all looked very pleased to be in The Village. These gigs could well be the way to salvation of the nation’s youth from the dreaded curse of international trite so many people grow up listening to, unaware of the quality of tunes banging down their front doors. More all-ages shows please, venues!