Croke Park Announcement Monday at 11.45am

Wellyd

Eeeeeeklkkk! He's talking to larry!

SoCal MusicLover

And just as quickly, he's gone again.

RiverOfLove

Amanda7326 wrote: »

ive booked 2 hotels for both nights just in case......

Does anyone know if ticketmaster accept laser?

I suppose you are dead right. Hotels are going to milk this.

SoCal MusicLover

I knew he wouldn't confirm new music, but there will be, don't worry. He's gone over a decade, and there will be a new album to tour.

Shedite27

Clever of them to hold off ticket sales till after payday.

In my experience when bands announce tours, they would schedule, for example, Liverpool on the Wednesday, Dublin Fri and Sat, then Belfast maybe the Tuesday allowing them one extra date to announce if needed (Sunday).

With this tour, there's no other dates, so I reckon he could set up camp in Croker for 4 or 5 nights if the demand is there. There'll be the usual Dublin All Ireland quarters on the following Saturday (Aug bank holiday), but I reckon he'd get the green light to play the Sunday, Monday and possible Tuesday night if they keep selling out.

Shedite27

SoCal MusicLover wrote: »

I knew he wouldn't confirm new music, but there will be, don't worry. He's gone over a decade, and there will be a new album to tour.

He's got a new song out, "The Call".

RiverOfLove

SoCal MusicLover wrote: »

I knew he wouldn't confirm new music, but there will be, don't worry. He's gone over a decade, and there will be a new album to tour.

So are these two dates separate from his tour? Did he announce his world tour today?

SoCal MusicLover

RiverOfLove wrote: »

So are these two dates separate from his tour? Did he announce his world tour today?

Nothing beyond 2 dates in Dublin, and No, these are not part of the World Tour, they are being called the "Garth Brooks Special Event."

SoCal MusicLover

Shedite27 wrote: »

In my experience when bands announce tours, they would schedule, for example, Liverpool on the Wednesday, Dublin Fri and Sat, then Belfast maybe the Tuesday allowing them one extra date to announce if needed (Sunday).

With this tour, there's no other dates, so I reckon he could set up camp in Croker for 4 or 5 nights if the demand is there. There'll be the usual Dublin All Ireland quarters on the following Saturday (Aug bank holiday), but I reckon he'd get the green light to play the Sunday, Monday and possible Tuesday night if they keep selling out.

That is the way Garth usually does it, but do you think they could have secured license for all of those dates? I thought the number is severely limited for these stadiums, and some are already booked by One Direction.

I even thought that One Direction had used up all the allowed dates, which is why nobody expected Croke to be the venue before the past few days.

So, do you 1....think the plan is to add more Croke shows, which would make sense given how Garth does things.

2......Add shows at RDS since more can't go to Croke.

3.....Add shows in other Ireland cities in the hours/days after Croke sells out in a few minutes.

Tazzer

leahyl wrote: »

Loads of hotels sold out already

Im half thinking of opening my house up, and having a big old weekend party!

RiverOfLove

SoCal MusicLover wrote: »

Nothing beyond 2 dates in Dublin, and No, these are not part of the World Tour, they are being called the "Garth Brooks Special Event."

Deadly. So whenever he kicks off his world tour, he'll probably be back again. Perhaps for summer of 2015. There was a rumour last summer from after hours that Garth was due to do similiar to Bruce.

recyclops

got some tkts sorted its great having friends in high (low) places cant wait til the friday

Gemmamc

Any idea if there will be any pre sale?

dixiefly

leahyl wrote: »

Well, it doesn't have to be that hotel specifically, somewhere relatively near anyway.

Try the Maples in Glasnevin.

SoCal MusicLover

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Deadly. So whenever he kicks off his world tour, he'll probably be back again. Perhaps for summer of 2015. There was a rumour last summer from after hours that Garth was due to do similiar to Bruce.

I cannot believe he would bring all that equipment, band, etc., over for just 2 shows, even if they are of this size.

Also, they are going to sell out 2 very quickly, so there has to be a plan for when that occurs. He is going to meet as much demand as possible, which means either more dates in Dublin, or elsewhere in places like Kilkenny, Cork, Belfast, etc.

Either he's going to add more shows in Dublin, and then he's planning on returning for the grand tour in '15, or he will announce the other cities on Thursday morning.

Hollywood130

Is the €65 a starter price, will there be more expensive tickets?? What about tickets for getting right up the front ??

sunbabe08

found a hotel for 99e for a single person. there are out there

JJ

If people don't mind getting the Luas, you could book a room at the Red Cow or Ibis hotels. You could even consider booking a hotel in Tallaght. It might be a bit of a journey but the Luas is handy enough and it seems like all the hotels in town are booked.

SoCal MusicLover

I'm leaning towards more shows in Dublin than a series of cities, because this is being called a "special event," and not part of the World Tour. Maybe they'll go to RDS the following week, but they could also have licence to do more at Croke.

SoCal MusicLover

Secured a home rental about 5 minutes walk from the stadium. Will be bringing some Garth fans over from the U.S.

ghostdancer

SoCal MusicLover wrote: »

I'm leaning towards more shows in Dublin than a series of cities, because this is being called a "special event," and not part of the World Tour. Maybe they'll go to RDS the following week, but they could also have licence to do more at Croke.

No, they won't be going to the RDS the following week.

adelcrowsmel

I haven't been to a concert in Croker before...any tips on the best seats to get if I'm lucky enough to have any sort of a choice when buying...any advice appreciated?

sunbabe08

just because i mentioned there's a single rooms available does not mean i'm going on my own. jeez people. i was just mentioning it. :rolleyes:

Pembily

adelcrowsmel wrote: »

I haven't been to a concert in Croker before...any tips on the best seats to get if I'm lucky enough to have any sort of a choice when buying...any advice appreciated?

Similar questions, I am getting tickets for my parents but I have only gone to hurling matches so will it be seats and standing like the matches and he plays on the pitch or what?

sunbabe08

Pembily wrote: »

Similar questions, I am getting tickets for my parents but I have only gone to hurling matches so will it be seats and standing like the matches and he plays on the pitch or what?

well i've gone to see westlife. but garth brooks is a whole new ball game. he could do anything with a stadium like croke park, he could go out in the middle, he could use the entire lot of hill 16 ( i hope i got that right)

Pembily

sunbabe08 wrote: »

well i've gone to see westlife. but garth brooks is a whole new ball game. he could do anything with a stadium like croke park, he could go out in the middle, he could use the entire lot of hill 16 ( i hope i got that right)

Play on the hill? Where people stand during matches and are behind thick Perspex?

Tazzer

not sure, normally seating and standing on pitch available, as they play one @ one end (where the posts are!! - sorry not sporty at all)

In the 97 concert, as far as I remember, he had the stage on one side (lets say The Hogan stand??)....and so there were no seats there, just on the opposite side and standing on pitch as well.

But croker is done up since then, so who knows!!!

run_Forrest_run

Pembily wrote: »

Similar questions, I am getting tickets for my parents but I have only gone to hurling matches so will it be seats and standing like the matches and he plays on the pitch or what?

depends on the act, for example a U2 gig will have all standing tickets on the pitch and all seated tickets in the stand but for Garth they may have flat seated areas on the pitch, like they did for yer man Buble in the Aviva a few years back.
Depends on the type of act, age demographic etc.

LizT

This is the seating map for one direction


I'd imagine the seating will be similar except for the penis shaped stage.

Shedite27

In 97 the stage was where they lift the trophies in the Hogan stand, but it's changed a lot since then.

Would imagine it'll be the usual concert layour (below), pitch standing, seats elsewhere. A GAA pitch is very long BTW, try to avoid the Davin end.

I saw him in LA in 2008 which was all seated, but that was a basketball stadium, can't imagine they'd even find enough seats to cover the croker pitch