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

Just out if interest, after all this debacle and utter mess, if he was to return in a few years time when the dust settles, would he ever get that massive volume of tickets sales here again, or has he totally **** on his chances of selling out here again?

mikom

Deleted User wrote: »

Just out if interest, after all this debacle and utter mess, if he was to return in a few years time when the dust settles, would he ever get that massive volume of tickets sales here again, or has he totally **** on his chances of selling out here again?

Will people vote FF in the next election?

There's your answer.

Seve OB

Some of God's greatest gifts are unattended gigs

Rucking_Fetard

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/crushed-garth-brooks-confirms-croke-park-cancellations-30430983.html

Garth Brooks has confirmed in a statement that none of the five Croke Park concerts will go ahead.



The country and western singer said he has just received the news that Dublin City Council 'cannot change their earlier ruling to not allow the licences for all five shows’ and the Ticketmaster ticket refunds will go ahead as planned.


“I have always been advised to NEVER send a message in “the moment.” It is said it is best to take a walk, wait awhile, and think about it,” he wrote in a statement through his public relations company Nancy Seltzer and Associates, based in LA.

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He continued; “With that said, I just received the news the Irish council cannot change their earlier ruling to not allow the licenses for all five shows.


“To say I am crushed is an understatement. All I see is my mother’s face and I hear her voice. She always said things happen for a reason and for the right reason. As hard as I try, I cannot see the light on this one.
"So it is with a broken heart, I announce the ticket refunds for the event will go as posted by TicketMaster.”


The singer thanked the Irish authorities ‘for going the distance for all of us who wanted to share the songs and dance together’.
He also thanked ‘the people around the world that continued to think good thoughts that this would actually happen’.


The singer used the statement to thank Peter Aiken and the 400,000 people ‘who believed enough to go through what they have been through to get to this point’.


“I love you, always have, always will,” he wrote.
“I encourage any and all of them that can come see the show, at some point around the world, to bring your Irish flags and waive them proudly at the concerts. I will be looking for you.…Garth,” he signed the note.
The statement comes after almost two weeks of deliberations between Garth’s management, Aiken Promotions and the Dublin City Council to see if the Croke Park concert licensing agreement could be reversed.
Tickets for five of Garth Brooks’ Comeback Special concerts went on sale in January, but it transpired a fortnight ago that only three of the concerts had licenses granted.


Aiken Promotions followed up Garth's note with the statement saying they 'regret to announce that despite pursuing all possible solutions, the five concert Garth Brooks Comeback Special Event at Croke Park is cancelled. No concerts will take place'.
They also confirmed that the ticket return process will begin on Thursday, July 17 at 9am.

http://www.aikenpromotions.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2153-the-garth-brooks-comeback-special-event.html

Aiken Promotions regret to announce that despite pursuing all possible solutions, the 5 concert Garth Brooks Comeback Special Event at Croke Park is cancelled. No concerts will take place.

The ticket return process will begin on Thursday 17 July at 9am through Ticketmaster.
Garth Brooks refund process from Ticketmaster:
Please visit the following link for further information: tinyurl.com/lezamm7

All that's left is to find out who forged the objections, paid off the scaffaldor and fire everyone in DCC.

Sala

I wonder will ticket master have to take the financial hit or GB? They are refunding booking fees so they had to sell then refund 400k tickets without charging for it

John_Rambo

Jim Rockford wrote: »

Brooks doesn't do Irish gombeenism . . . and fair play to him

Do you know what gombeen means? Surely, if DCC's final decision was quashed and the five gigs went ahead THEN gombeenism would have occurred?

Happyman42

Mr.S wrote: »

Aye its a pitty, would have been very good for Dublin too. The minority didn't want the shows the happen and they got what they wanted I guess.

The residents lost out on potentially securing a proper agreement in relation to max number of events / concerts in Croke Park per year, so no doubt we'll see this debacle again in the next few years.

Crazy though. Who's ever going to sell 5 nights in Croke Park again? I can't think of anyone.



Hard to say, i'd so most people would buy tickets again though.

I'd say the residents will get a copperfast agreement. GAA are not stupid, no promoter will touch it without an agreement in place now.

Big win for the small man/woman. And they didn't do anything they haven't done before.
Big expensive lesson for the GAA.

chasm

Sala wrote: »

I wonder will ticket master have to take the financial hit or GB? They are refunding booking fees so they had to sell then refund 400k tickets without charging for it

Surely TM will have made a bit of interest on 400k ticket sales?

ebbsy

Garth Brooks did'nt get to where he is by dealing with idiots who go back on their word and then tell him something else.

calex71

Mr.S wrote: »

I'm no banker but wouldn't they have made quite a bit on interest from ticket sales resting in whatever bank accounts?

Yeah wonder what the interest is on 32 million and change.

titchy

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Of course ya did

Here's result of a very quick search...why would I lie?

cython

chasm wrote: »

Surely TM will have made a bit of interest on 400k ticket sales?

Mr.S wrote: »

I'm no banker but wouldn't they have made quite a bit on interest from ticket sales resting in whatever bank accounts?

calex71 wrote: »

Yeah wonder what the interest is on 32 million and change.

So many people have been posting this theory, but by and large (AFAIK) most companies don't keep money like that in interest bearing accounts, and plenty of banks wouldn't offer them in any case, so there may well be effect no interest to be earned. Sorry to disappoint the conspiracy theorists.

leahyl

titchy wrote: »

Here's result of a very quick search...why would I lie?

Wow that looks lovely :-P

miju

Something must have happened as this morning rosters had been circulated.

Also on a lighter note the Hotel that confirmed he was playing is getting dogs abuse https://www.facebook.com/CharlevilleLodgeHotel

calex71

cython wrote: »

So many people have been posting this theory, but by and large (AFAIK) most companies don't keep money like that in interest bearing accounts, and plenty of banks wouldn't offer them in any case, so there may well be effect no interest to be earned. Sorry to disappoint the conspiracy theorists.

Awwwwwwwwwwwww

Oh well back to bashing Aiken and Brookes it is so :pac:

Sala

Mr.S wrote: »

I'm no banker but wouldn't they have made quite a bit on interest from ticket sales resting in whatever bank accounts?

Would the money only be handed over at the last minute? I presumed some of it would go towards productions costs in the early stages but you're probably right. What would interest be? At 2% it'd be 70c per ticket for half the year (sorry very crude calculations) that wouldn't cover the operational costs of printing selling and refunding them I would think

Gael23

stevieob wrote: »

that hotel is in for a right pasting!!

They are getting it down their neck on Facebook

calex71

miju wrote: »

Something must have happened as this morning rosters had been circulated.

Also on a lighter note the Hotel that confirmed he was playing is getting dogs abuse https://www.facebook.com/CharlevilleLodgeHotel

lmao you could hardly call that a hotel , gloried B&B even would be a stretch, what have they 10 rooms maybe????

Copper_pipe

Bought a Garth Brooks USB memory stick yesterday,it was meant to have 5 gigs but when i plugged it in it only showed 3 gigs.Today it wont even work at all

EyesClosed

At least I get my refund, happy days

mikom

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Bought a Garth Brooks USB memory stick yesterday,it was meant to have 5 gigs but when i plugged it in it only showed 3 gigs.Today it wont even work at all

Probably Fat32.
Sounds about right.

titchy

leahyl wrote: »

Wow that looks lovely :-P

At least some one believed me

Tipsy McSwagger

titchy wrote: »

Here's result of a very quick search...why would I lie?

That's €367 not €199 and it's for October when the place will be dead.

bumper234

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Bought a Garth Brooks USB memory stick yesterday,it was meant to have 5 gigs but when i plugged it in it only showed 3 gigs.Today it wont even work at all

Made me snarf water out of my nose

leahyl

Gonna get my refund from ticketmaster but think i might keep my bus ticket with aircoach and take a day trip to Dublin anyway - go to the zoo, eat out, see a show - sounds good :-)

titchy

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

That's €367 and it's for October when the place will be dead.

€367 for two people....and no deader than Dublin will be in July

leahyl

titchy wrote: »

At least some one believed me

Well I just thought it looked nice :-P

Rucking_Fetard

leahyl wrote: »

Gonna get my refund from ticketmaster but think i might keep my bus ticket with aircoach and take a day trip to Dublin anyway - go to the zoo, eat out, see a show - sounds good :-)

F*ck the Zoo. Sh1thole.

You'd be tired walking round that looking at the few depressed Animals they have drenched in the smell of their own p1ss and sh1t.

hynesie08

leahyl wrote: »

Gonna get my refund from ticketmaster but think i might keep my bus ticket with aircoach and take a day trip to Dublin anyway - go to the zoo, eat out, see a show - sounds good :-)

Croke park skyline tour should be back on.

leahyl

hynesie08 wrote: »

Croke park skyline tour should be back on.

Lol perfect thanks!