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Paul Simon - Vicar Street

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  • 11-04-2011 6:05pm
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    lordgoat
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    Paul Simon, Vicar St, June 20. tix on sale this Friday April 15th

    The wonderful foggy notions belting out great gigs this year.

    Well done and thanks to all.


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    greendom
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    lordgoat wrote: »
    Paul Simon, Vicar St, June 20. tix on sale this Friday April 15th

    The wonderful foggy notions belting out great gigs this year.

    Well done and thanks to all.

    Fantastic, I imagine tickets will sell pretty quickly - great venue to have such an icon playing- I presume this is warm up for his appearance in Cork on the 21st


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    indiewindy
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    €81.25 for a ticket:eek:


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    rednik
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    It will still sell out.


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    greendom
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    rednik wrote: »
    It will still sell out.

    And tickets on the black market will go for far higher than that


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    lordgoat
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    greendom wrote: »
    And tickets on the black market will go for far higher than that

    Only if people are foolish enough to buy them.


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    greendom
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    lordgoat wrote: »
    Only if people are foolish enough to buy them.

    I don't buy that - fantastic performer in an intimate venue. If you're a fan and you have the money but no ticket - why not ?


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    saintsaltynuts
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    Good luck getting a ticket for this show.I remember Neil Young playing there a few years back tickets on the black market were going for a grand.


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    lordgoat
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    greendom wrote: »
    I don't buy that - fantastic performer in an intimate venue. If you're a fan and you have the money but no ticket - why not ?

    I just don't support touts in any shape or form. There is no need for them, if everyone had this attitude they would not exist. Simples. If people want to get a ticket badly enough, go to ticketmaster and queue up early on the day they go on sale. You will get a ticket this way. Anyways we can argue all we want over it but i can see what you're saying so maybe Paul Simon from here on!


    But i do agree it will be an amazing show from him and vicar street will only enhance it.


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    bren2001
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    greendom wrote: »
    I don't buy that - fantastic performer in an intimate venue. If you're a fan and you have the money but no ticket - why not ?

    If your a fan you should queue up online or go to an outlet very early to get a ticket. Touting is a horribly thing.

    I'm a huge Killers fan but when I didnt get tickets to Brandon Flowers Guinness show I didnt go looking for touts. A couple of weeks later he announced a solo show. My view is, I'll do all I can to get a ticket but if I don't get it I will try harder next time they come.


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    NickDrake
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    indiewindy wrote: »
    €81.25 for a ticket:eek:

    Are Aiken the promoters??


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    greendom
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    bren2001 wrote: »
    If your a fan you should queue up online or go to an outlet very early to get a ticket. Touting is a horribly thing.

    I'm a huge Killers fan but when I didnt get tickets to Brandon Flowers Guinness show I didnt go looking for touts. A couple of weeks later he announced a solo show. My view is, I'll do all I can to get a ticket but if I don't get it I will try harder next time they come.

    I don't like touts either, but they are exploiting the limited supply compared to the overwhelming demand for special events like this one.


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    lordgoat
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    NickDrake wrote: »
    Are Aiken the promoters??

    foggy notions.


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    run_Forrest_run
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    NickDrake wrote: »
    Are Aiken the promoters??

    they are promoting his Cork gig at the Marquee. Around €70 a ticket I think.


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    nxbyveromdwjpg
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    NickDrake wrote: »
    Are Aiken the promoters??

    Yes


    Aiken Promotions are proud to present…

    PAUL SIMON

    Live at Vicar Street June 20th

    Tickets on sale Friday April 15th @ 9am!



    PAUL SIMON has confirmed today he will play a very special show at Vicar St in Dublin on 20 June 2011 to mark the start of his European Tour. Tickets are €81.25 and go on sale this Friday 15 April at 9am through Ticketmaster and other usual outlets nationwide. Booking Line: 0818 719 390.

    www.aikenpromotions.com

    The Vicar St show will be Paul Simon’s first appearance in Dublin since he played a sold out Show at The Point in November 2006 and will give fans an opportunity to see the legendary songwriter and his stellar band in an intimate and personal setting. Starting his European Tour at Vicar St, Paul Simon adds to the list of other iconic appearances at the Dublin venue including Bob Dylan, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West and Neil Young.

    Paul Simon’s new single “The Afterlife” is available to download from iTunes now

    Album ‘So Beautiful Or So What’ is due for release 10 June 2011.

    For more info on PAUL SIMON go to www.paulsimon.com


    Another Friday morning scramble it is so..


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    drayme
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    This isnt all standing yeah?


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    lordgoat
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    drayme wrote: »
    This isnt all standing yeah?

    Standing and seated i'd say


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    scudzilla
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    A front row, centre table would be so good for this


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    patchmck
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    Ugh...

    Paul Simon (wonderful as he is) should have enough shagging money to not charge extortionate prices for his gigs. I would love to see him but I just couldn't bring myself to pay that much, it's not right. If you're worth millions then you're surely not doing it for the cash, so why the prices?

    Looks like I'm trying to win tickets off the radio for this one


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    scudzilla
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    patchmck wrote: »
    Ugh...

    Paul Simon (wonderful as he is) should have enough shagging money to not charge extortionate prices for his gigs. I would love to see him but I just couldn't bring myself to pay that much, it's not right. If you're worth millions then you're surely not doing it for the cash, so why the prices?

    Looks like I'm trying to win tickets off the radio for this one

    Doubt he had any say at all in ticket prices, that'll be the promoter, probably a high fee to book him though, hence the high ticket price.


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    sabrewulf
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    I saw Simon & Garfunkel back in 2004 in Cologne, DE.
    They charged me Euro 180 per ticket! Needless to say that Ticket prices increase by about 20% every year, so I don't even wanna know what they would charge in DE for the Duo today...
    I'll try to get a Paul Simon ticket for Dublin, even though I don't like the price.


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    lordgoat
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    scudzilla wrote: »
    Doubt he had any say at all in ticket prices, that'll be the promoter, probably a high fee to book him though, hence the high ticket price.

    In the vast majority of all concert, ticket price is directly related to how much the artist wants and costs to bring over. There's some myth around promoters screwing people over, sure they take a cut but it is by no means anywhere near what the artist takes...


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    scudzilla
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    lordgoat wrote: »
    In the vast majority of all concert, ticket price is directly related to how much the artist wants and costs to bring over. There's some myth around promoters screwing people over, sure they take a cut but it is by no means anywhere near what the artist takes...

    So what does Vicar Street hold, just under 1,000 i'd say, they could have held this at The Grand Canal Theatre, it's free that night, holds 4/5000 and ticket prices could have been a bit cheaper.


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    penexpers
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    scudzilla wrote: »
    So what does Vicar Street hold, just under 1,000 i'd say, they could have held this at The Grand Canal Theatre, it's free that night, holds 4/5000 and ticket prices could have been a bit cheaper.

    Grand Canal Theatre has a capacity of approx. 2000.


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    corm500
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    Just bagged 2 tix...happy man:)...seems to be standing only available


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    nxbyveromdwjpg
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    Sold out?

    I tried for balcony at literally 1 second into 9am and "Not Available", they definitely werent on sale (someone correct me if you got a ticket that wasnt standing)

    Got 2 standing anyway, appear to be all gone now.


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    beartooth
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    Got two tickets too happy enough, I've wanted to see him for a while now. Tickets are now sold out.


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    #28
    nxbyveromdwjpg
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    paulsimon.jpg


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    siscri
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    nm wrote: »
    Sold out?

    I tried for balcony at literally 1 second into 9am and "Not Available", they definitely werent on sale (someone correct me if you got a ticket that wasnt standing)

    Got 2 standing anyway, appear to be all gone now.

    I was getting everything sold out for 2 tickets so searched for 1 and offered a **** seat: the very side of the balcony with restricted viewing so skipped it.

    Every time I searched for 2 standing it said not available so had to buy two singles. Strange. Still happy - got two standing.


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    SteM
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    nm wrote: »
    Sold out?

    I tried for balcony at literally 1 second into 9am and "Not Available", they definitely werent on sale (someone correct me if you got a ticket that wasnt standing)

    Got 2 standing anyway, appear to be all gone now.

    Baclony seated tickets were available online dead on 9am. Blocks a, b and c seemed to be gone (I've never seen block b tix available to buy though). Block d was available for sure.


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    morred
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    Sold out in one and a half minutes.......


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