Paul Simon and Sting - 3Arena - April 7th

Arne_Saknussem

8-10 wrote: »

yep!

Not sure what's going on with that then.

Check your Private Messages.

In Lonesome Dove

If anyone is looking for a presale code for this I have one.

lc180

anyone else having problems with the three pre-sale? It doesn't seem to be available yet?

SteM

lc180 wrote: »

anyone else having problems with the three pre-sale? It doesn't seem to be available yet?

Worked okay for me in IE.

cruhoortwunk

Worked for me, they didn't add an extra field for it, they just renamed the fanclub one to 3arena presale

Jimdagym

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18004D1BA0181665?did=elaserp

mcd presale, no code. €39 tickets available.

sabrewulf

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/paul-simon-sting-dublin-04-07-2015/event/18004D1BA0181665?artistid=1933184&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1&did=3dublin

o2 presale, if you need a code PM either "In Lonesome Dove" from 5 posts above, or me.

(The seats and options are better in the MCD presale link above though)

horseburger

Does anyone know, if there are even more tickets allocated for the presales for the Three Arena gigs now, with this new option for 3 customers, or is it the same amount of tickets allocated for presales as before, but divided between 3, O2, and MCD.

Are the MCD presale tickets an additional allocation separate from the 3 and O2 presale allocation? Just curious to know are the MCD presale tickets taken from the tickets due to be released on general sale?

Just wondering does it mean, that for every gig that takes place there, - in cases where all the presales may sell out for 02 and 3 customers and on the MCD presale - will there be even less tickets made available when the gigs go on general sale, compared to when the presale was just to O2 customers?

It is very hard to figure out where exactly the best available tickets are, or what tickets remain for any live music gigs, on ticketmaster's site, because of the way it doesn't allow you to see a clear map showing what tickets are and aren't sold.

Often, if you select best available, it may select tickets at the edge of one of the first few rows, but won't indicate that there are more central seats further back.

It is usually only for the theatre type shows and sporting events on ticketmaster's site, where customers have the option of choosing their own seats from a map, where they can see what tickets remain.

poteen

I had talked myself into this gig today but then went to book the tickets. Its a costly night for 2 when you throw all the costs in. Just dont think I like Sting enough to go so maybe holding off for a Paul Simon gig again is the way forward

ts_editor

Odyssey Arena, Belfast added.
Cue some more top-tier ticket prices ....

Thu 09 Apr 2015
£109.50, £99.50, £89.50, £69.50 & £49

Tickets On Sale From Fri 21 Nov 2014 at 9.00am

Sever Tomorrow

Considering going to this. Bit late booking it however and Block P is the only available section at the lowest price at this stage.

Never been in the 3Arena before, what's the view from Block P like?

MisterAnarchy

The gig on Tuesday will be around 3 hours long It seems ,they have been averaging 36 songs a night !

delbertgrady

Paul Simon and Sting:
Brand New Day
The Boy in the Bubble
Fields of Gold
Mother and Child Reunion

Sting:
So Lonely
When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
Englishman in New York
Shape of My Heart
Driven to Tears
Walking on the Moon

Paul Simon and Sting:
Mrs. Robinson

Paul Simon:
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Dazzling Blue (with Martin Hayes)
Graceland
Still Crazy After All These Years
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

Paul Simon and Sting:
Fragile

Sting:
America
Message in a Bottle
The Hounds of Winter
The End of the Game
Roxanne (interpolating Ain't No Sunshine)
Desert Rose

Paul Simon and Sting:
The Boxer

Paul Simon:
That Was Your Mother
The Cool, Cool River
Hearts and Bones
Mystery Train
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al

Paul Simon and Sting:
Cecilia
Every Breath You Take
Bridge Over Troubled Water
When Will I Be Loved?

---

They came on at 7:45. No interval. Finished at 10:45.

whatever_

delbertgrady wrote: »

Brand New Day
The Boy in the Bubble
Fields of Gold
Mother and Child Reunion

So Lonely
When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
Englishman in New York
Shape of My Heart
Driven to Tears
Walking on the Moon

Mrs. Robinson
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Dazzling Blue (with Martin Hayes)
Graceland
Still Crazy After All These Years
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

Fragile

America
Message in a Bottle
The Hounds of Winter
The End of the Game
Roxanne (interpolating Ain't No Sunshine)
Desert Rose

The Boxer
That Was Your Mother
The Cool, Cool River
Hearts and Bones
Mystery Train
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al

Cecilia
Every Breath You Take
Bridge Over Troubled Water
When Will I Be Loved?

---

They came on at 7:45. No interval. Finished at 10:45.

... and that's what I call an excellent concert ...

mojesius

What a gig. The TUC TUC race at the end if the night was the icing on the cake, with all the passengers singing 'you can call me AL' en route to town down the quays. Sting is a RIDE

leakyboots

Any idea who was in the band(s)?

8-10

leakyboots wrote: »

Any idea who was in the band(s)?

Peter Tickell was the violinist, played on a Sting album and has toured live with him since

mobby

Great Concert one of the best i have been at.:)

nialldinho

leakyboots wrote: »

Any idea who was in the band(s)?

It was Paul Simon's usual touring band anyway. Don't know about Sting's.

delbertgrady

Sting: vocals, bass, guitars
Dominic Miller: lead guitar, vocals
David Sancious: keyboards
Jo Lawry: vocals
Peter Tickell: electric fiddle
Vinnie Colaiuta: drums

GerB40

delbertgrady wrote: »

Paul Simon and Sting:
Brand New Day
The Boy in the Bubble
Fields of Gold
Mother and Child Reunion

Sting:
So Lonely
When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around
Englishman in New York
Shape of My Heart
Driven to Tears
Walking on the Moon

Paul Simon and Sting:
Mrs. Robinson

Paul Simon:
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Dazzling Blue (with Martin Hayes)
Graceland
Still Crazy After All These Years
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

Paul Simon and Sting:
Fragile

Sting:
America
Message in a Bottle
The Hounds of Winter
The End of the Game
Roxanne (interpolating Ain't No Sunshine)
Desert Rose

Paul Simon and Sting:
The Boxer

Paul Simon:
That Was Your Mother
The Cool, Cool River
Hearts and Bones
Mystery Train
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
You Can Call Me Al

Paul Simon and Sting:
Cecilia
Every Breath You Take
Bridge Over Troubled Water
When Will I Be Loved?

---

They came on at 7:45. No interval. Finished at 10:45.

I wasn't there but that sounds fúcking amazing.

delbertgrady

It'd be churlish to complain. Even if you were more a fan of one and not the other, and didn't recognise all the songs, you could be pretty sure that something else would be along in a minute that you'd know and like.
On paper, Paul Simon's setlist seems to cater more for the fair-weather fan, 'cos Sting did a few more "obscure" songs, but Sting and his band have a great dynamic and it works very well. Some people don't like the "jazz odyssey" noodling that he does, but when it works (such as his bringing Ain't No Sunshine into Roxanne), it works very successfully indeed.
Personally, I thought that some of the lesser known Sting songs (I say that in the broadest possible sense) were among the best things on the night: Shape of My Heart, Desert Rose and The Hounds of Winter were all phenomenal. Obviously, everyone went mental for the big Police hits, but I really liked his sets, and his rendition of America was excellent.
Paul Simon brings something else, 'cos there's arguably more of a familiarity with his back catalogue. His songs sort of permeate everyone's subconscious. The only real obscure song he did was Dazzling Blue, from his last album, and he was a sly boots by bringing Martin Hayes on to do the fiddle solo and effectively make a highlight out of a song that (I suspect) a large volume of the crowd would not have known.
And You Can Call Me Al is rivaled only by Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer for having the whole crowd singing the horn section part.