Slane 2017

Pickpocket

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Can't believe it hasn't sold out. A Slane factor or are a Reformed GNR not a draw?

I suspect that for some people the 'Slane factor' will be completely negated by the Guns n Roses factor. They're an old band that haven't released an album in 8 years, and haven't released a good album in 25 years. They're not a band that people would head along to with a bunch of mates, just for the craic, especially at that price. They're an older person's band, and while older people frequently come out in big numbers that result in speedy sell-outs (AC/DC in Aviva, every Rolling Stones gig), it doesn't always happen. 80,000 is an enormous amount of people. I think it will sell out, eventually.

keeponrockin

AngryDiMaria wrote: »

MadYaker wrote: »

Toilets inside the golden circle at Slane? :pac:

Have you been to a big outdoor gig before? The golden circle is just the pit in front of stage. There won't be toilets anywhere near you.

No toilets near the golden circle at slane? Have you been to a gig at slane before? There is toilets right outside the entrance of GC A

Can you confirm then if Golden Circle A was in front of Golden Circle B or they were beside each other with a seperating barrier?

gooner99

Tickets situation on ticketmaster is odd. I was logged in and checked this evening and could get vip tickets. Then I logged out and checked again for the same tickets, All gone, but got the helpful suggestion that I try their scalping site. Heard on newstalk that the minister plans to investigate these scalpers.good luck I say.

jimosterberg

keeponrockin wrote: »

Can you confirm then if Golden Circle A was in front of Golden Circle B or they were beside each other with a seperating barrier?

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/guns-n-roses-not-in-this-co-meath-05-27-2017/event/1800517EB75EBAFD

seating chart there. A and B are beside each other

askU

Layne wrote: »

Same as that, make a weekend of it, chill with a few beers on the Friday night, huddle round the campfire with the Gunners blasting from the stereo.

I didnt know theres a campsite!

AngryDiMaria

keeponrockin wrote: »

Can you confirm then if Golden Circle A was in front of Golden Circle B or they were beside each other with a seperating barrier?

Adjacent and separated by barriers, there will usually be a catwalk between these. The entrances are at both ends nearest to the stage.

shadow7ml

Not to cause alarm but its sold out when I tried my laptop just now...
If this isnt a glitch touts are waking up to mass sales, but it hasnt been officially announced so disregard this post until further notice, gutted my mates and I left it too long thinking it wouldnt sell until april...

Wrongway1985

shadow7ml wrote: »

Not to cause alarm but its sold out when I tried my laptop just now...
If this isnt a glitch touts are waking up to mass sales, but it hasnt been officially announced so disregard this post until further notice, gutted my mates and I left it too long thinking it wouldnt sell until april...

Try in the morning ticketmaster begins shutting down overnight (which is good for me tbh would be waking up to gig tickets I bought in haste after a few beers )

shadow7ml

Haha Don't i know it ended up going to nickelback because of that...long story. I know they do but it closes down later and give the message error processing request, here it says no tickets match search, the early entry gold circle at 330 still show up... I think its a sell out lads on day one, impressive, but im still hoping to nab a ticket close to the time

Pink11

AngryDiMaria wrote: »

No toilets near the golden circle at slane? Have you been to a gig at slane before? There is toilets right outside the entrance of GC A

Thanks for answering my question sensibly.:D

Apparently it's sold out now guys?

Delighted in one way for GN'R. They deserve this crowd but sickened the scaplers will probably rip off all the people who didn't have money on the lead up to Christmas.

scudzilla

Pink11 wrote: »

Thanks for answering my question sensibly.:D

Apparently it's sold out now guys?

Delighted in one way for GN'R. They deserve this crowd but sickened the scaplers will probably rip off all the people who didn't have money on the lead up to Christmas.

there will be hundreds, if not thousands, if not thousands of tickets flying about in the month leading up to the gig

Pink11

scudzilla wrote: »

there will be hundreds, if not thousands, if not thousands of tickets flying about in the month leading up to the gig

Why do promoters do that? i don't understand?

In the meantime though people will panic and pay those disgusting scaplers for triple face value! Some of the listings on seatwave would make you sick. A ticketmaster 'partner' site. When will this crap be shut down?!

scudzilla

Pink11 wrote: »

Why do promoters do that? i don't understand?

In the meantime though people will panic and pay those disgusting scaplers for triple face value! Some of the listings on seatwave would make you sick. A ticketmaster 'partner' site. When will this crap be shut down?!

probably not promotors but people selling tickets as unable to go for whatever reason, or a mate has pulled out

I bought 2, for my wife and mate, couldn't afford the third for myself until Jan, i'm not worrried in the slightest, i'm 100% confident i'll get one easy enough

Layne

askU wrote: »

I didnt know theres a campsite!

Yes, there is an unofficial one virtually across the road. Stayed there for the Foos. Really chilled with plenty of space. Cost something like €20 per person for the weekend which is decent value imo. Think it was slanecamping.ie.

Birneybau

scudzilla wrote: »

probably not promotors but people selling tickets as unable to go for whatever reason, or a mate has pulled out

I bought 2, for my wife and mate, couldn't afford the third for myself until Jan, i'm not worrried in the slightest, i'm 100% confident i'll get one easy enough

Bullsh1t

tommo22

I got presale tickets for gold circle. Printed them out on tuesday and it just said section: GOLD.
I checked today, and if I reprint them it says section: GOLD A.
So I think all presale will be Gold A.
Tickets are 26.70 (including booking fee) for friday and saturday night camping, available from slanecamping.ie/

Wanderer78

Birneybau wrote:

Bullsh1t

I'd have to complete agree with them, you 'll find tickets handy leading up to it, promoter may even release production tickets. I've bought many a ticket from ticketmaster for sold out shows after the fact including slane

rubadub

Birneybau wrote: »

Bullsh1t

what do you mean by bullsh*t eactly?

You think it will be hard to get ticket, or that tickets are not sold by people who can't go or what?

http://www.hotpress.com/Eminem/news/Eminem--Slane-sells-out-within-hours/2806397.html

Eminem and 50 Cent's double headliner at Slane castle has proven a massive draw card

80, 000 tickets were snapped up this morning under two hours this morning when tickets for Slane Castle went on sale at 8am.

Tickets were 79.50 before fees, likely around 6.85 extra

Now look at plenty being sold on toutless for E40-70
http://www.toutless.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=16417&p=100369&hilit=slane+eminem#p100369

wjm1974

Coming from Belfast, can anyone recommend any good hotels to stay in after the concert?

Wanderer78

wjm1974 wrote: »

Coming from Belfast, can anyone recommend any good hotels to stay in after the concert?

slane is a small village, accommodation could well be long gone in the area at this stage, so id recommend heading back to dublin for the night. should be plenty of buses running to dublin after the gig

Musefan

Drogheda may be an option for hotels, it's about 20 mins from Slane.

wjm1974

Want to try to stay somewhere north of slane to make the return journey shorter - stayed in the carrickdale the last time - it was grand (apart from me boking in the shower) but just wondering if there was anywhere else on the north side?

Wanderer78

Musefan wrote: »

Drogheda may be an option for hotels, it's about 20 mins from Slane.

wjm1974 wrote: »

Want to try to stay somewhere north of slane to make the return journey shorter - stayed in the carrickdale the last time - it was grand (apart from me boking in the shower) but just wondering if there was anywhere else on the north side?

would there be buses running to drogheda? driving to slane would be a pain in the hole

Musefan

Wanderer78 wrote: »

would there be buses running to drogheda? driving to slane would be a pain in the hole

Not sure about that day in particular but the Drogheda-Trim bus goes through Slane every hour as far as I am aware.

wjm1974

Agree with Wanderer78 - a bus from Drogheda to and from the concert would be ideal.

Wanderer78

wjm1974 wrote: »

Agree with Wanderer78 - a bus from Drogheda to and from the concert would be ideal.

surely there is a bus running, didnt realise how close drogheda was to slane. its worth looking into

borderlinemeath

Matthews run buses for events, says on their website they'll have buses for events in Slane. Nice decent coaches too.

http://commuter.matthews.ie/index.php/concerts-a-events

Musefan

Navan is equidistant! Either Drogheda or Navan would be great...but taking a gander on Booking.com tells me many people have had the same idea!

Muahahaha

Ashbourne might be another option for hotels, its about 15 miles from Slane and 10 from Dublin on the same road (N2)

AngryDiMaria

There will be plenty of bus eireann coaches to and from slane serving the surrounding towns, Navan and Drogheda included.