2017 Irish Gigs (rumours & confirmed events)

PTH2009 · 25-01-2017 11:37pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Them prices are crazy. There's very few musical artists I would gladly pay that kind of big money to see and Neil Diamond isn't. I mean like I do like his music but no way would I pay that kind of money. What's holding me back from going to see this lad is that the gig is on a Tuesday and mid week gigs don't suit me.

Same goes for Phil Collins. I like his music but I'm not going to pay 90 quid for a pitch ticket. That and it's on a Sunday too.

Celine Dion was mentioned and I like her music too but I'll probably give a gig a miss too.

There's very few I'd pay big money to see.

Iron maiden ,Guns and n Roses and u2 too look forward too this summer is OK for me

Zardoz · 25-01-2017 11:46pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Them prices are crazy. There's very few musical artists I would gladly pay that kind of big money to see and Neil Diamond isn't. I mean like I do like his music but no way would I pay that kind of money. What's holding me back from going to see this lad is that the gig is on a Tuesday and mid week gigs don't suit me.

Same goes for Phil Collins. I like his music but I'm not going to pay 90 quid for a pitch ticket. That and it's on a Sunday too.

Celine Dion was mentioned and I like her music too but I'll probably give a gig a miss too.

There's very few I'd pay big money to see.

Yip Neil Diamonds prices are outrageous .
Any excuse for a tour ,a 50th anniversary tour ,so lets fleece the fans.

I'd say you will have no bother picking up a ticket for Phil below cost the week of the gig.

As for Celine Dion I dont think she will play Ireland.
Judging by the prices for her residency in Paris last year the prices for her upcoming European tour will be astronomical .

Rigor Mortis · 26-01-2017 9:54am

Zardoz wrote: »

Yip Neil Diamonds prices are outrageous .
Any excuse for a tour ,a 50th anniversary tour ,so lets fleece the fans.

I'd say you will have no bother picking up a ticket for Phil below cost the week of the gig.

As for Celine Dion I dont think she will play Ireland.
Judging by the prices for her residency in Paris last year the prices for her upcoming European tour will be astronomical .

The Aviva was a big stretch for that one alright.

Real law of supply and demand stuff here. Older music fans have more disposable income, so the ticket price will always be bigger. Plus if they are still touring on the nostalgia circuit, they are probably a pretty big name. Also there is always the, probably the last time i'll get to see them live, factor at play.

ghostdancer · 26-01-2017 10:08am

Furious-Red wrote: »

New Scottish festival "Trnsmt" has been announced taking place 7-9 July at Glasgow Green

Daily Record says that it'll be headlined by Radiohead, Kasabian and Biffy Clyro, although Kasabian are apparently a UK festival exclusive for R&L, so one of them must be wrong.
R&L have claimed exclusives in the past for acts that have already been announced for other festivals though :pac:

Rigor Mortis · 26-01-2017 10:09am

ghostdancer wrote: »

Daily Record says that it'll be headlined by Radiohead, Kasabian and Biffy Clyro, although Kasabian are apparently a UK festival exclusive for R&L, so one of them must be wrong.
R&L have claimed exclusives in the past for acts that have already been announced for other festivals though :pac:

Scotland will have left by then

fifi28 · 26-01-2017 11:04am

Ed Sheeran in the 3 Arena 12th & 13th April!

Broken Hearted Road · 26-01-2017 11:14am

fifi28 wrote: »

Ed Sheeran in the 3 Arena 12th & 13th April!

Wow! The 12th and 13th are a Wednesday and Thursday. I suspect mkre dates will go on sale for the Friday and Saturday. It's a just a matter of checking his touring schedule online and the 3 arenas calendar. Either way, that won't be long coming about.

ghostdancer · 26-01-2017 11:16am

sold out 4 nights there a few years ago, and not much room for adding extra nights so they will be like gold-dust i'd imagine.
going by the relatively small size of the tour, it looks like a pre-cursor to stadium shows in the summer, presumably after headlining Glastonbury.

e: and I see these dates are with Aiken, so maybe they have the 3rd Croke Park date set for him?

fifi28 · 26-01-2017 11:17am

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Wow! The 12th and 13th are a Wednesday and Thursday. I suspect mkre dates will go on sale for the Friday and Saturday. It's a just a matter of checking his touring schedule online and the 3 arenas calendar. Either way, that won't be long coming about.

Had a look at the tour schedule and would definitely bet on the friday being added if the 3arena is available!

ghostdancer · 26-01-2017 11:20am

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Wow! The 12th and 13th are a Wednesday and Thursday. I suspect mkre dates will go on sale for the Friday and Saturday. It's a just a matter of checking his touring schedule online and the 3 arenas calendar. Either way, that won't be long coming about.

he's already playing Sunday and Monday in Glasgow, so can't see him doing 6+ nights on the trot (and that would be without Glasgow adding another date, as he's playing Newcastle on the follwing Weds/Thurs)
maybe the Friday, but I doubt he'll do the Saturday.

Broken Hearted Road · 26-01-2017 11:21am

Zardoz wrote: »

Yip Neil Diamonds prices are outrageous .
Any excuse for a tour ,a 50th anniversary tour ,so lets fleece the fans.

I'd say you will have no bother picking up a ticket for Phil below cost the week of the gig.

As for Celine Dion I dont think she will play Ireland.
Judging by the prices for her residency in Paris last year the prices for her upcoming European tour will be astronomical .

I don't feel like I'm missing out. I have a lot of their music on my iPod but I'm happy to give their gigs a miss due to the lack of funds. I just don't have the money to spead 90 euro+ on a ticket. I'd only be willing to stretch the boat out for very few. I'll keep an eye out in the week or two coming up to Phil Collins for a ticket but I'm not pushed either way.

Easterly Beasterly · 26-01-2017 11:28am

fifi28 wrote: »

Ed Sheeran in the 3 Arena 12th & 13th April!

Who does that leave for the 3rd night in Croke Park??

SteM · 26-01-2017 11:48am

Easterly Beasterly wrote: »

Who does that leave for the 3rd night in Croke Park??

Rolling Stones?

Easterly Beasterly · 26-01-2017 11:49am

SteM wrote: »

Rolling Stones?

Could well be! There aren't many acts left

scruff monkey · 26-01-2017 11:55am

From the rumour I've heard, it is them and end of May is the time frame.

PTH2009 · 26-01-2017 12:03pm

scruff monkey wrote: »

From the rumour I've heard, it is them and end of May is the time frame.

Interesting

Suckit · 26-01-2017 1:04pm

Tickets go on sale on 2 March in Ticketmaster at 10am @ €70, and at 10:20am on Seatwave @ €1000

JP Liz V1 · 26-01-2017 1:06pm

Broken Hearted Road wrote: »

Yep! The 3 arena is as good as sold out now. On Nathan's facebook, it says it's sold out. I was able to get a standing ticket though. There's a few more single tickets or double seats together here and there but it's as good as sold out now. 9000 on the night according to a Facebook video.

Carter himself always puts up gig sold out yet they always seems to be some tickets left

aka accounts 2010 · 26-01-2017 1:06pm

Friday 14th April is Good Friday. Would an extra Ed Sheeran date be put on that night?

fifi28 · 26-01-2017 1:10pm

aka accounts 2010 wrote: »

Friday 14th April is Good Friday. Would an extra Ed Sheeran date be put on that night?

arrgh didnt cop that.

ghostdancer · 26-01-2017 1:15pm

aka accounts 2010 wrote: »

Friday 14th April is Good Friday. Would an extra Ed Sheeran date be put on that night?

his manager has said that there will be no extra nights for these dates.

going from 4 nights in the 3Arena, to 2 nights in Croker, back down to 2 nights in 3Arena seems odd!

Zardoz · 26-01-2017 2:03pm

ghostdancer wrote: »

his manager has said that there will be no extra nights for these dates.

going from 4 nights in the 3Arena, to 2 nights in Croker, back down to 2 nights in 3Arena seems odd!

I'd say he will do a stadium tour in the summer ,these indoor gigs are just to generate demand for outdoor gigs.

ghostdancer · 26-01-2017 2:12pm

Zardoz wrote: »

I'd say he will do a stadium tour in the summer ,these indoor gigs are just to generate demand for outdoor gigs.

that's what i thought but he has said he's doing stadiums next year apparently. not sure he really needs to generate demand as he did 2 nights at Croker last time.
it's possible that he's doing all 3 nights next year as he sold out those 2 easily enough IIRC.

hynesie08 · 26-01-2017 2:49pm

ghostdancer wrote: »

that's what i thought but he has said he's doing stadiums next year apparently. not sure he really needs to generate demand as he did 2 nights at Croker last time.
it's possible that he's doing all 3 nights next year as he sold out those 2 easily enough IIRC.

I'd say these shows are just to get people used to the new album/tighten up the live performances of new songs. Croke park and Wembley are not the places you wanna play unfamiliar material or find out one of your songs doesn't work live.

ghostdancer · 26-01-2017 3:17pm

hynesie08 wrote: »

I'd say these shows are just to get people used to the new album/tighten up the live performances of new songs. Croke park and Wembley are not the places you wanna play unfamiliar material or find out one of your songs doesn't work live.

only takes a gigs to do that really, he's probably headlining Glastonbury in June so he should be well sorted by then with the gigs he's doing in March/April...

Exclamation Marc · 26-01-2017 3:45pm

I'd say the Euromillions winners are delighted with the news.

They can probably just afford a ticket each to Ed Sheeran once they hit Seatwave.

ghostdancer · 26-01-2017 3:52pm

Manufactured Miracle wrote: »

I'd say the Euromillions winners are delighted with the news.

They can probably just afford a ticket each to Ed Sheeran once they hit Seatwave.

I see he's teamed up with face-value or less site Twickets for the UK gigs for reselling tickets.
http://edsheeran.twickets.co.uk/

billybonkers · 26-01-2017 4:48pm

ghostdancer wrote: »

I see he's teamed up with face-value or less site Twickets for the UK gigs for reselling tickets.
http://edsheeran.twickets.co.uk/

No use to us here though

Exclamation Marc · 26-01-2017 4:53pm

billybonkers wrote: »

No use to us here though

The odds of people reselling at face value is minimal anyway. Much like toutless, for big gigs there are rarely people selling at face. It's a nice idea to have this "hub" but it only works if people are happy to sell at face value which for his gigs will be few and far between.

People who are selling will either be touts maximising their margin on Seatwave etc or they're individuals who'll sell on the tickets at face value to a friend etc.

PTH2009 · 26-01-2017 4:58pm

If there is to be a third Croke Park concert it could be one of the following

The Rolling Stones
The Killers with a big support lineup
Kings Of Leon and Support
Lady Gaga
Celine Dion

Ed Sheeran is doing the 3arena, No sign of Garth Brooks coming here, Metallica won't be touring Europe til the autumn

Possibly May or June date for whoever the third act is

2017 Irish Gigs (rumours & confirmed events)

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