Garth Brooks concerts cancelled - **READ FIRST POST FOR MOD NOTES**

A Dub in Glasgo

Lord Trollington wrote: »

It's not a compromise
.

Maybe you should look up the word compromise

Captain Scarlet

Going Forward wrote: »

News just in: CB radios are tipped to be this year's must have gadget.

Yee Haw.

That´s Big Ten Four, Rubber Duck.

But let me say this - if he doesn´t play, my cover band, made up of U.S. Security Personnel infiltrating the former Iraqi ruling party, Ba´ath Gooks, will play five nights running in Baghdad. Screw your planning permission.

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz wrote: »

"and if I press this button General will the Croke Park problem go away"

"Yes Mr. President, but I have to caution you Moneygall may suffer some collateral damage"

"Well General, That's a risk I'm prepared to take"

"Five concerts in three days General, How do we respond"

"Mr. President it's still not too late to press that button. The ship has not entered Irish waters"
"Thanks General hopefully Phil Hogan hasn't left for Brussells yet.
If we can take him out as well it will be an added bonus"

Yellowblackbird

Captain Scarlet wrote: »

Look I know I keep harping on about the 1970´s Boomtown Rats gigs and stuff (the ´70´s were a blast, you had to be there, it was grey, we were poor but happy, etc. etc.), remember the Pope (not the friendly current guy, a former Polish dude) did a gig in the Phoenix Park and there were over a million people there. And then he did I think four more gigs around the country, including one in Galway to young people, who didn´t wreck the place and bottle each other on the beaches. Come to think of it- did the promoters get planning permission?

Wine was being served and they had no licence. John Paul was bombing around the country in a helicopter, and there wasn't a shred of insurance on it.

cena

Seen on Facebook the concerts are going ahead. Posted by a show from 98fm

Little CuChulainn

Wow. The latest proposal is staggeringly stupid on the part of DCC.

Kaizersoze81

Just when you thought things couldn't get any more farcical

CountyHurler

Holsten wrote: »

The level of stupidity around this is insane.5 days down to 3... whoever came up with that should be fired immediately.

Could you imagine if somebody asked the Dublin City Council employees to do 5 days work in 3 days... The union would be out on strike...

Judgement Day

I think that it's about 13 years since his last album - can he still sing?

Santa Cruz

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

Wow. The latest proposal is staggeringly stupid on the part of DCC.

The residents wont have time between shows to clean up their gardens

Muahahaha

Today has to have been to most bizarre day since this whole debacle begun.

I'm lost for words.

devnull

Croke Park brings the city to it's knees at the best of times when there is a large event there, can you imagine what it is going to be like with 80,000 people going there and 80,000 people leaving all at once, all on foot or on the roads. We're going to see gridlock on a huge scale.

Also be interesting to see what is going to happen with hotels and flights! This is the dumbest idea I've ever heard, far worse than the original plan despite all it's flaws. It's clearly now we're just talking about running the concerts by any means possible, to hell if it's actually practical or not, and this idea certainly is not bloody practical, it's going to create even more disruption!

I also can see it causing serious safety issues also.

fta93

‏@gavreilly
Taoiseach reveals that, he would be one of the Garth Brooks ticketholders losing out

So that's why our government are trying to get involved. Vested interests and all that. Embarrassing.

A Dub in Glasgo

CountyHurler wrote: »

Could you imagine if somebody asked the Dublin City Council employees to do 5 days work in 3 days... The union would be out on strike...

Brooks will be getting paid 5 days for working 3 days

Kaizersoze81

Heads need to roll in DCC over this fiasco.

Mountainlad

Independent a bit behind? http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/taoiseach-rules-out-emergency-legislation-to-allow-garth-brooks-concerts-to-go-ahead-30418362.html

Red Nissan

Going Forward wrote: »

News just in: CB radios are tipped to be this year's must have gadget. Yee Haw.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Ah, breaker one-nine, this heres the rubber duck. you gotta copy on me, pig pen, cmon?
ah, yeah, 10-4, pig pen, fer shure, fer shure. by golly, its clean clear to Dublin town, cmon.
yeah, that Big 10-4 there, pig pen, yeah, we definitely got the front door, mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a 160,000 commuter convoy... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Flem31

There has been a lot of talk about compromise over the past few days with the latest proposal being five concerts on three days. This is now being rejected on forums such as this........the next step then to appease the concert goers is for the five concerts on the five nights as per the tickets sold........ does compromise just work one way ?

If it suits me....to hell with anyone else attitude seems to be alive and well in this little country of ours......sad really

Rasheed

Jesus would he be able for 5 shows in 3 days? He's not young and I think you'd want to be at your finest to manage all that leaping and roaring.

Lord Trollington

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Brooks will be getting paid 5 days for working 3 days

24 hours work over 2 days and 24 hours work over 4 days is still 24 hours work.

RoyalCelt

devnull wrote: »

Croke Park brings the city to it's knees at the best of times when there is a large event there, can you imagine what it is going to be like with 80,000 people going there and 80,000 people leaving all at once, all on foot or on the roads. We're going to see gridlock on a huge scale.

Also be interesting to see what is going to happen with hotels and flights! This is the dumbest idea I've ever heard, far worse than the original plan despite all it's flaws. It's clearly now we're just talking about running the concerts by any means possible, to hell if it's actually practical or not, and this idea certainly is not bloody practical, it's going to create even more disruption!

I also can see it causing serious safety issues also.

i'd love it. i think it's great when the people take back the city. i'd actually go up for the banter if they squeezed 2 into the 1 day.

Mrs Garth Brooks

All the bus drivers, busing it up and down the country all day. I pity them.

thelad95

According to this link http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0710/629717-garth-brooks/ there will be a matinee show from 2pm to 6pm and an evening show from 8pm to 11pm. What cretin thought this would be a good idea? How in the name of f*ck could the crowd be controlled? Apparently the Gardaí have given it the go ahead as well! The mind boggles.

devnull

RoyalCelt wrote: »

i'd love it. i think it's great when the people take back the city. i'd actually go up for the banter if they squeezed 2 into the 1 day.

You wouldn't love it if you got involved in some accident or incident because there is far more people in place than the city can cope with.

The Garda should hang their head in shame if they have really approved this.

A Dub in Glasgo

Lord Trollington wrote: »

24 hours work over 2 days and 24 hours work over 4 days is still 24 hours work.

Tell that to CountyHurler

thelad95

Rasheed wrote: »

Jesus would he be able for 5 shows in 3 days? He's not young and I think you'd want to be at your finest to manage all that leaping and roaring.

Coke and hookers. Be grand.

fta93

thelad95 wrote: »

According to this link http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0710/629717-garth-brooks/ there will be a matinee show from 2pm to 6pm and an evening show from 8pm to 11pm. What cretin thought this would be a good idea? How in the name of f*ck could the crowd be controlled? Apparently the Gardaí have given it the go ahead as well! The mind boggles.

What cretin thought of it? Aiken of course. The same Aiken who started the whole shambles.

Kaizersoze81

thelad95 wrote: »

According to this link http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0710/629717-garth-brooks/ there will be a matinee show from 2pm to 6pm and an evening show from 8pm to 11pm. What cretin thought this would be a good idea? How in the name of f*ck could the crowd be controlled? Apparently the Gardaí have given it the go ahead as well! The mind boggles.

This has to be a joke. Again I will say, if my night is scheduled to a matinee, I'll be turning up at the night show regardless demanding to be let in, as I'd imagine thousands more will.

Happyman42

My name is URL wrote: »

Up until an hour ago they were saying it would be impossible and illegal to alter the decision whatsoever :rolleyes:

I'd imagine that the the Event Management Plan is probably given for a particular day, so having two gigs on the one day keeps it within the law.
It is quite obvious there is some legal constraints here...suggestions that Keegan is doing it for the craic or stubborness are ridiculous.

emo72

its the "End Of Days". the city will explode