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

Bannerman7

Corholio wrote: »

Suddenly Garth Brooks is right on everything now LOL, 'he make a good point on this and that'. As ridiculous as the matinee proposal was, he did say he would do 'whatever it takes' to do all 5 shows and he shot it down within hours, even if it probably would never have gone ahead, but he didn't know that. Speaking of not knowing, he doesn't know a whole lot about what goes on here. He should be aiming his anger at Aiken, not 'those people'.

From RTE
In a statement, Dublin City Council said the proposal for matinees was made by Aiken Promotions.

So by not doing the 3 licenced gigs GB would prefer to disappoint 400,000 fans than make 250,000 happy.:rolleyes:

DrPhilG

Happyman42 wrote: »

Fianna Fail are. Quelle suprise.
Enda is against interfering politically.

So does the political intervention suggestion hold any potential water at all?

Like many, I'm fed up with the waffle. Either say they're on or say they're off and give me my money.

It's like the transfer window in football. Rampant speculation and lies non stop until the window closes. Best to bury your head until then!

Happyman42

DrPhilG wrote: »

So does the political intervention suggestion hold any potential water at all?

Like many, I'm fed up with the waffle. Either say they're on or say they're off and give me my money.

It's like the transfer window in football. Rampant speculation and lies non stop until the window closes. Best to bury your head until then!

Enda and therefore, you have to assume, 'the government' seem to be against allowing for political interference or rushing legislation.
Fianna Fail playing to the 400,000 votes I'd imagine. Dead Bill Walking i my opinion.

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy

I mourned and grieved all fùcking day on tuesday at the news of these gigs. News came last night that enda was intervening and more news came about today there was due to be a meeting at 12, moved to 3, then 5pm. News came as well that the croker objectors were happy for the gigs to go ahead now. Giving false hope to people. Like wtf is happening? I want my money back from the tickets I bought at this stage and I never want to step foot in the dirty kip that is dublin again until I step on fùcking plane to get out from this sh1thole of country.

Corholio

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy wrote: »

I mourned and grieved all fùcking day on tuesday at the news of these gigs. News came last night that enda was intervening and more news came about today there was due to be a meeting at 12, moved to 3, then 5pm. News came as well that the croker objectors were happy for the gigs to go ahead now. Giving false hope to people. Like wtf is happening? I want my money back from the tickets I bought at this stage and I never want to step foot in the dirty kip that is dublin again until I step on fùcking plane to get out from this sh1thole of country.

God bless you when you go to another country and take unimportant things so seriously. You might appreciate this little Isle then

sunbabe08

i'm still not giving up hope, but this rollacoaster that we're on is starting to get too much for me at this stage. give us a high please, because there are too many downs atm. ffs just give us the 5 concerts already

Corholio

I hope everyone gets to see the concerts, I really do. It's been a mess from start to finish but the fans are the ones who are losing out, even the ones who have bizarre targets of their abuse and have lost all sense of genuine thinking. I hope something can be worked for all those people, but not at the cost of loss of rights for people.

SterlingArcher

I wanna see him get down on one knee and beg to play. Could be a lot Be more entertaining than the gig.

srm23

looking forward to one of Garth's matinee shows

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy

SterlingArcher wrote: »

I wanna see him get down on one knee and beg to play. Could be a lot Be more entertaining than the gig.

That was some fùcking rubbish he spouted today.

Happyman42

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy wrote: »

That was some fùcking rubbish he spouted today.

Everybody on his side in government seems to have taken a step back since that conference...he shot himself in the foot trying to dictate what hould happen.

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy

Happyman42 wrote: »

Everybody on his side in government seems to have taken a step back since that conference...he shot himself in the foot trying to dictate what hould happen.

I hope his ship is sailed straight back to him.

KoolKid

Happyman42 wrote: »

Everybody on his side in government seems to have taken a step back since that conference...he shot himself in the foot trying to dictate what hould happen.

I'm not sure if that's the case. The meeting was cancelled before the press conference started.

selma patty

So GB had the chance to make his 400,000 fans happy and he decided to kick them in their teeth.

Does he have a fan left here?

I think it would be hilarious if he got the green light for 5 nights and there was nobody there. Lol.

sporina

can someone explain to be about the licenses for the first 3 concerts - where these for defo or was the gig quota for croke park filled after one direction?

or wer the first 3 concerts always gonna have a license?

if so, and the other 2 wer defo never gonna get a license, are all ticket's to be reimbursed or only those that had the license ie the tickets sold for the initial 3 gigs?

8-10

philthrill69 wrote: »

Two matinee's?! Screens useless, fireworks useless and light show useless

This isn't the USA, it's still bright out here at 8-10pm in July

lukesmom

So what's the update? Yay or nay?

amandaf675

Im seriously starting to thinks its a big PR stunt

paddyirish23

Ya just sick of the Yes no Yes no game at this stage ppl have better things to be doing just a simple Yes or No now will do but to leave 350000 ppl of with 70000 were coming into the country is a fairly big f*ck up on governnents part to let it get where it has now

Big Bag of Chips

PropJoe10 wrote: »

I'm looking forward to the day when we no longer have to read about this crap ever, ever again.

2014 Reeling in the Years will have us all entertained all over again.

(on repeat!)

secman

sporina wrote: »

can someone explain to be about the licenses for the first 3 concerts - where these for defo or was the gig quota for croke park filled after one direction?

or wer the first 3 concerts always gonna have a license?

if so, and the other 2 wer defo never gonna get a license, are all ticket's to be reimbursed or only those that had the license ie the tickets sold for the initial 3 gigs?

The conditions of the planning permission almost guarantee 3 events once all usual criteria are met. There after they can apply for more but these ones are subject to more hoops to jump through, the main one being the original planning permission allowed 3 due to the stadium being in a residential area. This is also the reason why it appears as a 3 sided stadium. The authorities at the time really wanted GAA to build a big stadium on a greenfield site to avoid all the crap we are going through at the moment.

secman

paddyirish23 wrote: »

Ya just sick of the Yes no Yes no game at this stage ppl have better things to be doing just a simple Yes or No now will do but to leave 350000 ppl of with 70000 were coming into the country is a fairly big f*ck up on governnents part to let it get where it has now

And how exactly has the Government fcked it up?

Billy86

ghostdancer wrote: »

i respect him more for not caving-in and doing some ****ty 2pm show where no-one can see the screen, lights, fireworks, etc.

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paddyirish23

secman wrote: »

And how exactly has the Government fcked it up?

By sitting and watching all this unfold letting the concerts get cancelled turning away the much needed tourism and money lads its a sizeable amount of ppl going to this it's not like a regular cancellation the law allowed for this to happen surely this should be fixed now and as the residents have relaxed their protest against these concerts they should be allowed to happen as it's an extraordinary circumstance and will never happen again once the law is amended

selma patty

paddyirish23 wrote: »

By sitting and watching all this unfold letting the concerts get cancelled turning away the much needed tourism and money lads its a sizeable amount of ppl going to this it's not like a regular cancellation the law allowed for this to happen surely this should be fixed now and as the residents have relaxed their protest against these concerts they should be allowed to happen as it's an extraordinary circumstance and will never happen again once the law is amended

1. Garth Brooks' concerts are a private business. Why should the state sort out the mess that the managers of the private business made?

2. The people have withdrawn objections because they were terrified of the masses, who were too stupid to intelligently accept that they had the legal right to object, and that they were justified in doing so.

3. We do not know that it will never happen again, this is Ireland, after all. However, it would mean three weeks of suffering for the residents *now*. We have to respect our fellow citizens and show condsideration for them. They have already had 3 1D concerts this year. The area cannot be expected go cope with more than that.

4. Planning laws should not be circumvented. That is called corruption and we are trying to improve our international reputation on that front. Only a banana republic would ignore its own laws. That is the most awful and embarrassing aspect of all of this.

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy

paddyirish23 wrote: »

Ya just sick of the Yes no Yes no game at this stage ppl have better things to be doing just a simple Yes or No now will do but to leave 350000 ppl of with 70000 were coming into the country is a fairly big f*ck up on governnents part to let it get where it has now

I'll answer this. These shows are definately not going ahead. Don't be listening to the media today, that'll will drive you insane with hope and there is none. Make alternative plans for the weekend that GB was due to be here. Plan something nice for yourself but avoid Dublin in your plans.

barney4001

it all shows just what brooks thinks of his fans,ireland and its economy,the business people etc, he is an egotist my way or no way ,ban him from Ireland ,he is long past it anyway ,just sorry for the fans and business people who will lose heavily because of this mans stubbornness

miju

barney4001 wrote: »

it all shows just what brooks thinks of his fans,ireland and its economy,the business people etc, he is an egotist my way or no way ,ban him from Ireland ,he is long past it anyway ,just sorry for the fans and business people who will lose heavily because of this mans stubbornness

Simple question for you. Do you believe its actually safe to have 80,000 leave a venue while another 80,000 are trying to enter it over a 2 hour period????

batman_oh

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy wrote: »

I mourned and grieved all fùcking day on tuesday at the news of these gigs. News came last night that enda was intervening and more news came about today there was due to be a meeting at 12, moved to 3, then 5pm. News came as well that the croker objectors were happy for the gigs to go ahead now. Giving false hope to people. Like wtf is happening? I want my money back from the tickets I bought at this stage and I never want to step foot in the dirty kip that is dublin again until I step on fùcking plane to get out from this sh1thole of country.

Get a grip like! You clearly have little idea of what actual grief and misery is. You still have it better than most of the worlds population and almost any human that ever lived before this time. First world problems ftw!

leahyl

Mr.S wrote: »

You don't know that, as it stands now it's certainly very possible the shows will happen.

What? He's just after refusing an offer put to him after saying he'd do "anything" to make them happen. So, what makes you think they'll still go ahead?