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Garth Brooks Comeback Special *ALL 5 SHOWS CANCELLED* READ FIRST POST

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    #4232
    Wishiwasa Littlebitaller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭Wishiwasa Littlebitaller


    DCC admit they offered to grant licences for 4 nights, but only if Brooks agreed but would only offer 3 if he didn't!

    That's a disgrace, as it means they were only willing to say they offered 3 licences to save face. If they were willing to offer 4, then they should have made that public, not wait until the GAA / Aitken made the announcement.

    The council's actions are a joke and I believe what Aiken / GAA are saying now, where are had doubted it but the only ones backtracking and contradicting themselves now is the DCC.


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    #4233
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,951 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    superg wrote: »
    Why not have it in Marlay Park. Nobody over there seems to complain and its better suited for transport being close to the M50 etc.

    Wouldnt work since they would need to bring in loads of setting since not everyone going would want to stand


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    #4234
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    superg wrote: »
    Why not have it in Marlay Park. Nobody over there seems to complain and its better suited for transport being close to the M50 etc.

    You're having a laugh surely? Worst location possible for a concert, it's a clusterfck to try and get to and from there.


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    #4235
    CountyHurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,657 ✭✭✭CountyHurler


    superg wrote: »
    Why not have it in Marlay Park. Nobody over there seems to complain and its better suited for transport being close to the M50 etc.

    Garth Brooks is not a fan of the outdoor arena... he was quoted as saying...

    "I'm not big on open spaces,
    They want me to move my show to the Punchestown Races,
    oh I'm not a fan... of open spay .e. aces.. "


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    #4236
    j8wk2feszrnpao
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    Knock Off Nigel wrote: »
    Residents are 100% to blame bitter bitter people
    And there's no bitterness in your post.


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    #4237
    hynesie08
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »
    DCC admit they offered to grant licences for 4 nights, but only if Brooks agreed but would only offer 3 if he didn't!

    That's a disgrace, as it means they were only willing to say they offered 3 licences to save face. If they were willing to offer 4, then they should have made that public, not wait until the GAA / Aitken made the announcement.

    The council's actions are a joke and I believe what Aiken / GAA are saying now, where are had doubted it but the only ones backtracking and contradicting themselves now is the DCC.

    Link?


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    #4238
    Joe prim
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Joe prim


    paddyirish23 wrote: »
    Lord mayor of dublin on TV3 begging brooks to come back to sort this out..

    You can just imagine Garth saying to his secretary "Chris De Burgh is on the phone.?..lemme talk to that guy, i looooooovvvvveee Lady in Red...it's quality music"


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    #4239
    hynesie08
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    SoCal MusicLover wrote: »
    Good, I don't want to come visit your country. Going to Norway & Sweden instead.

    Good luck.


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    #4240
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Knock Off Nigel wrote: »
    Residents are 100% to blame bitter bitter people

    How so?
    DCC canncelled two illegitimate concerts legally.
    Garth Brooks cancelled 3 legitimate concerts.


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    #4241
    latynova
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭latynova


    Reekwind wrote: »

    Did you ever wonder what 'subject to licence' means when gigs are advertised? It means that every major concert follows the exact same practice as Aiken. Logistics, and slow Council responses, dictate this. Yet you'd have us believe that every major gig in the country this summer is "illegal"?

    Any concert which doesn't have planning permission is illegal.


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    #4242
    CountyHurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,657 ✭✭✭CountyHurler


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    How so? DCC canncelled two illegitimate concerts legally. Garth Brooks cancelled 3 legitimate concerts.

    Hi Happyman, I made this point earlier this week... Garth Brooks, of his own volition (and possibly playing a game of brinkmanship), took the decision that he would not play three gigs that he had permission to play and had agreed to do... he had no right to do this... I always thought he was a decent guy, and I have no idea what he thought he would achieve by doing this...


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    #4243
    Harry Angstrom
    Registered Users Posts: 19,351 ✭✭✭✭Harry Angstrom


    Would anybody like to buy one of these? 110% cotton, 40% polyester. I ordered 10,000 of them :o

    231268815644_1.jpg


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    #4244
    Knock Off Nigel
    Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭Knock Off Nigel


    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    Would anybody like to buy one of these? 110% cotton, 40% polyester. I ordered 10,000 of them :o

    You need to send the residents your bill


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    #4245
    SoCal MusicLover
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭SoCal MusicLover


    You folks are lovely people. Really gonna miss these good times.


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    #4246
    Woodville56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Woodville56


    The Dublin Lord Mayor on RTE News pleading - "Gareth", come back, we need you !!
    Jesus wept !! What a load of baloney !!
    Have we no cop on !


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    #4247
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Woodville56 wrote: »
    The Dublin Lord Mayor on RTE News pleading - "Gareth", come back, we need you !!
    Jesus wept !! What a load of baloney !!

    He told the same story on TV3 ealier, he was a little more restrained in is begging on RTé :D


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    #4248
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,371 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    SoCal MusicLover wrote: »
    You folks are lovely people. Really gonna miss these good times.

    You however will not be missed. Goodbye.


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    #4249
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    Would anybody like to buy one of these? 110% cotton, 40% polyester. I ordered 10,000 of them :o

    231268815644_1.jpg

    Can I have one please. So I can wipe my a.se with it and sent it to Garth.


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    #4250
    CarrickMcJoe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭CarrickMcJoe


    Nice move by Guinness to announce their sponsorship of the Rugby on the day Garth pulled out and Gay wedding cake controversy.


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    #4251
    GrumPy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    I hear a rumor he is playing EP instead.


    :pac:


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    #4252
    smileyj1987
    Registered Users Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭smileyj1987


    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    Would anybody like to buy one of these? 110% cotton, 40% polyester. I ordered 10,000 of them :o

    231268815644_1.jpg

    Send a bill to Garth because he loves fans so much .


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    #4253
    Woodville56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Woodville56


    And the greedy hoteliers whinging " if tomorrow never comes" for their rip off room rates for the 5 nights !


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    #4254
    Fortyjocks
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭Fortyjocks


    Deafening silence from the Brooks camp - no message for the children he has abandoned for the first three nights! At least we know now it was a threat and not a genuine concern for the fans! Anyway I hope all those with expenses for the first three Licensed concerts are forming an orderly queue at the small claims court!


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    #4255
    smileyj1987
    Registered Users Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭smileyj1987


    Fortyjocks wrote: »
    Deafening silence from the Brooks camp - no message for the children he has abandoned for the first three nights! At least we know now it was a threat and not a genuine concern for the fans! Anyway I hope all those with expenses for the first three Licensed concerts are forming an orderly queue at the small claims court!

    If I was one of the people who where travelling from abroad for his show I would be setting up a website and making him refund them any money they have lost out on because of him cancelling the other 3 shows .


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    #4256
    lertsnim
    Registered Users Posts: 9,771 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    horseburger wrote: »
    I think Garth Brooks didn't want to be in a situation of going along with a ruling where fans going to the 4th and 5th shows would miss out, through no fault of theirs, if the first three went ahead.

    Nonsense. $$$$$ is all he saw. This has nothing to do with concert goers missing out.

    Garth Brooks could have had 3 shows which would have made 240,000 people happy but refuses and still people see him as some kind of Jesus.


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    #4257
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    What ar we going to do..........:eek:..........millions of euro lost......ehh..NO, thats millions of euros not leaving the country...


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    #4258
    Wishiwasa Littlebitaller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭Wishiwasa Littlebitaller


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    Link?

    There is no link. It was announced on the news that they made the offer behind the scenes.

    He was offered four licences but only if he would guarantee to play the four.

    If he didn't agree to accept the offer then they would no longer offer it.

    You couldn't make this crap up.


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    #4259
    miju
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,486 ✭✭✭miju


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    What ar we going to do..........:eek:..........millions of euro lost......ehh..NO, thats millions of euros not leaving the country...

    Your right just you got it backwards. The millions is now starting to leave the country with the first €1.1m being refunded

    http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/moran-bewley-hotel-group-to-refund-all-garth-brooks-bookings-at-a-cost-of-11m-30415882.html

    Unmitigated disaster for Dublin


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    #4260
    Woodville56
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    Rojomcdojo wrote: »
    And everyone who had a ticket for the last 2 nights should seek a refund from the residents?

    This whole fiasco is an absolute embarrassment, crazy decisions made by a civil servant who would probably struggle to land a job in McDonald's were he not making a mint costing the economy 10's of millions in the process. Embarrassing.

    So tell me if this civil servant "making a mint"should have stood by and allow the laws he is paid to uphold be circumvented by greedy promoters ? Is the GAA & Aiken not at all culpable ?? And as for Mr Brooks- mercenary best describes his attitude !


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    #4261
    smileyj1987
    Registered Users Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭smileyj1987


    Rojomcdojo wrote: »
    And everyone who had a ticket for the last 2 nights should seek a refund from the residents?

    This whole fiasco is an absolute embarrassment, crazy decisions made by a civil servant who would probably struggle to land a job in McDonald's were he not making a mint costing the economy 10's of millions in the process. Embarrassing.

    Nope you get your refund from ticketmaster like any other show that is cancelled .
    Garth had three shows that went on sale the first day this is when most of the visitors would have came so he has cancelled them himself so he should refund those people .


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