Cormcolash
Well-Known Member
It shouldn't though, because Belfast has been that way for 10+ years now and has shown no real signs of improvement in that time. I don't have a problem with anyone from Dublin or wherever slagging gigs in Belfast, because the fact is there is an attitude among a lot of the people who go to gigs there that they are just there to get fucked and don't care about actually seeing any bands. That's the way it is and has been for years. I've been doing gigs in Belfast for nearly 10 years, and at the last gig I did there, there were still people trying to sneak in for free and then buying drinks at the bar. That's part of an attitude that's been around over 10 years and would have disappeared in that time except that it's actually been encouraged. I find it ridiculous that there are still people stupid enough to try that kind of nonsense going to gigs in Belfast, and therefore I have no problem if people want to ridicule gigs in Belfast, because the fact is it is a ridiculous situation.
You definitely don't get the same mindset in Dublin, and if you really want to see a difference try going to a gig in Galway.
It doesn't reflect badly on me that I have put on gigs in that situation for nearly 10 years. If anything it reflects favourably, that even despite attitudes like that, I have managed to put on mostly successful gigs over that period of time.
Basically, despite whatever amount of people there are trying to be progressive with gigs, there are still far too many messers that should have been told to wise up by their mates years ago.
I think it's great there are people trying to do something totally different to that now, but it's hardly a surprise at this stage if other people involved in gigs around Ireland think Belfast is not worth bothering with.
You definitely don't get the same mindset in Dublin, and if you really want to see a difference try going to a gig in Galway.
It doesn't reflect badly on me that I have put on gigs in that situation for nearly 10 years. If anything it reflects favourably, that even despite attitudes like that, I have managed to put on mostly successful gigs over that period of time.
Basically, despite whatever amount of people there are trying to be progressive with gigs, there are still far too many messers that should have been told to wise up by their mates years ago.
I think it's great there are people trying to do something totally different to that now, but it's hardly a surprise at this stage if other people involved in gigs around Ireland think Belfast is not worth bothering with.