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Garth Brooks - Croke Pk Sept 2022

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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,321 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Just had our AirBnBer who has flown in from Europe leave to go to Croker. She is so excited.

    I hope they all have a lovely night and the rain stays away.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭wolfyboy555


    weather doesn't look great for Sunday. I'm in Hogan stand lower row CC. would that be covered or will I feel the wrath of the elements ?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭dobman88


    You're covered. But only just. If its windy, you'd get wet if it rains heavy enough.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,548 ✭✭✭PokeHerKing


    Setlist for the tour is available online, wouldn't be many I wouldn't have known already and I'm not a massive fan.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭glitterIsland




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭glitterIsland


    The weather looks awful for Sunday. If it is raining I am hoping it is just showers. I know they will be heavy but it might jot be too bad.


    For you, it will depend on what way the rain will be lashing in.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭glitterIsland


    Sundays weather looks diabolical.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,409 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    Thanks, sorry I missed your first post!

    I was able to drop them right at Jones Road so very close. I found parking up at Mountjoy Square also, less than 10 minutes walk. Only had to pay up to 7pm too which was nice.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,548 ✭✭✭PokeHerKing


    https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/garth-brooks/2022/nrg-stadium-houston-tx-1bb3a568.html



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,522 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Very impressive stage




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,409 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    I'd say you're not far away from me! 🙂 Are there 3 pink fluffy hats in front of you?

    Cusack stand is less than half full it looks like, with 20 minutes to go.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭chasm


    Thought Garth said it was meant to be elevated?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭spindex


    Is that the view with your premium ticket? I wouldn't be happy with that.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,522 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Yeah 529 row K

    Its grand but I won't be lying back on my seat, suppose it been the same price I can't complain



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,471 ✭✭✭Mrs Shuttleworth


    Commenting as someone who's only ever heard one song of his before:

    He came on at 8pm - a ten piece band approx - atmosphere electric - lovely audience in great form merry but not obliterated - HOWEVER

    The sound is SHOCKING. Muddy and indecipherable. Worst I've heard all summer. I can't make out a word or a guitar riff or solo. I'm in Premium 533 close to the left of the stage. (Yes I've been to gigs in Croker before.)

    Sound engineer needs to sort this out PRONTO before the rest of the run.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Apothic_Red


    Heard issues with the sound so often, was good for Sheeran, was the best I'd ever heard for the U2 Joshua Tree 30 year thing. People walked out of Springsteen. You'd think they'd get the good engineers back in



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,018 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    Coldplay at Croke Park was the best sound I've ever heard at a big outdoor gig, it was crystal clear.

    The stage for tonight looks a bit basic, only 2 small screens.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭SoundOfSilence


    Coldplay at Croker was far better than the 6 times I've seen U2 at the same venue.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,243 ✭✭✭leath_dub


    Football stadiums don't make for good acoustics and Croke Park can be awful



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,409 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    I thought the sound was fine for the songs, but maybe that's just because I knew what words to expect.

    I couldn't understand a word of anything he said to the crowd in between songs. I was in Hogan 329.

    He put on a hell of a show. It was quite a spectacle.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭Redhenrun


    Great concert! Terrible sound. Distorted tones and indecipherable lyrics- to my ears anyway. The man himself was pretty powerful though- lots of energy, emotion and interaction. Lovely crowd- maybe Garth Brooks fans are just extra nice people? 😉



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,409 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    2 fools escorted out by the Gardai where we were. Too much to drink and started acting the maggot.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,428 ✭✭✭AidoEirE


    Hi all, looking for a bit if advice.

    My wife (7 months pregnant) her sister and friend are heading up tomorrow for the gig.

    I'm driving them up from Mayo but I'm wondering where would be the best place to park for ease of access near Croker.

    I won't be going to the gig myself so will just be waiting around by the car till its all over for the drive back.

    Red Route via Saint James avenue on the ticket.

    Any ideas where I could park up for a few hours.

    (The city will be manic for sure but any general areas would help)

    Thanks!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,522 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    First of all took a gamble and changed my ticket to Hogan premium 529 Row K and it backfired a little because of the slight obstructed view with the low roof from that row. Even saying that it still was a great view of the main and B stage . It was frustrating with bloody people constanly coming in and out as well as staff deciding to come out and stand in the aisle blocking the view. For a concert row H-A the best rows in Premium

    The show was great and well worth the wait imo. Setlist very close to the last American show. Stage was amazing and the band were really up for it. Disappointed not to hear 'Much Too Young (To feel this damn old)' but those covers of 'Piano Man (outside of seeing Billy Joel live in 2018 it was the best version of I've heard) and 'American Pie' were fantastic. Favourite out of the Garth songs were definitely 'Friends in Low Places', 'Standing Outside The Fire', 'The River', 'Thunder Rolls' and the Star is born covers with Trisha. Guessed right with him starting with a snippet of 'Ireland'. For once the merch was reasonably priced and that sky-blue t shirt was unreal (went with No 2 myself)

    The farce of 2014 is truly buried now and no doubt the cheesy lad himself redeemed himself even if he did shite talk as usual. That walk to Whitehall GAA felt a lot longer on the way back then too Croke Park. As usual a lot of drunkeness after the concert, bit of a bust up too on the way out of the Drumcondra entrance

    Thinking strongly of heading next weekend if I can but as I siad was brilliant to see him live finally. It really delivered

    BTW Tonight he came on stage at 8pm on the dot but say he could try for earlier starts for the next shows

    Ha somebody took the piss editing the tonights show on setlist.fm


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭ALS




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭KerryM9


    What were the actual start and finish times tonight please? Thanks



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,522 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Came on at 8pm and finished roughly 10pm

    5 min warning called at 7.55pm

    If I were you I'd still take the 7.30pm start as gospel



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,262 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    What a night!! What a concert!!!




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,469 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    Really enjoyed that, perfect "Greatest Hits" playlist. I reckon the 8-10 time slot was planned, he looked dead after that, not sure he could have done more (or had many more big songs anyway).

    Being a once-in-a-lifetime thing, we decided to leave the pub at 5.30 and head in, got there about 5.50 and got in the pit, few beers in there then got very close to the action.

    How the feck do ya rotate photos 😂


    also, if you’re goi by to the effort of making a banner, spell his name right




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,308 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Cavan, Longford, Westmeath, Leitrim etc empty at the moment.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,409 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    I was able to park at Mountjoy Square, just outside a Mexican restaurant (El Grito Mexican). I got there at 5. Less than 10 minutes walk to the Hogan Stand entrance. Free on street parking at the weekend too.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,911 ✭✭✭Citizen  Six


    Saint Alphonsus' Road Upper. 100m from Clonliffe Road, which is closed to traffic. It's pay and display, but if you're waiting around the car you won't have to pay. Some signs up saying residents parking only, but you can ignore that. Just make sure to park legally, as clampers are enforcing illegal parking these days.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,911 ✭✭✭Citizen  Six


    Are you sure it's free? More likely to be Mon - Sat 7:00 - 19:00, unless it's changed recently.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 467 ✭✭paddyirish23


    Great concert loved it, thought he'd go to well after 10 but crowds crazy leaving took ages just to get to the road on cusack stand side.

    Any women going be warned the toilet queues are nuts! Not great merchandise at the stadium was same stuff that they had in carrolls gift shop.

    Back up there next Sat can't wait 🙌



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,409 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,719 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Apart from Toutless anyone know where I can sell two tickets for next Saturday the 17th? Havent sold tickets in such a long time Ive no ideas what sites are out there. Have two hard copy pitch standing I need to sell (face value) as Im not going



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,018 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    Looking at pictures and clips on Twitter it looks like Aiken sold all the seats at the ends of the stands nearest the stage as full view.

    Seems a bit ridiculous as they are side view/restricted view with the stage structure.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭head82


    That last image is the funniest thing I've seen all week. Not only is his name spelt wrong but the flags colours are reversed!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,522 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Yeah and the place looked a bit sparse even with the advertised half 7 start time (which changed to 8pm)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭RedDevil55


    Which pubs around Drumcondra would have some music playing before or after the gig this evening?

    Anywhere that had a good atmosphere last night?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,842 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Im waiting to hear about the robbing spree in the border counties....

    Theres not a redneck left in those counties....

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,018 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    Id imagine traffic would have been insane around the city on a Friday work evening with so many people travelling from outside Dublin.

    Was it delayed due to people stuck outside ?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,522 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Possibly, the PA guy siad 'sorry for the delay were waiting for fans to take there seats'

    Looking back at 2014, that matinee idea would never of worked and would of been hell on earth for the organisers



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Apothic_Red


    Sunday still looking ropey




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,522 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    'The Thunder might roll' (ill get my coat)

    Off topic a bit but The 'Life of Chris Gaines' is actually a great album musically and negativity impacted by the association of it to the failed concept. Should it have been marketed under 'Garth Brooks'




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,911 ✭✭✭Citizen  Six




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭wolfyboy555


    what would view be like from row 302 lower ?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,522 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    be to the side but you will have a good view of the B stage

    I'd aim for a few sections up the stand



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,017 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


    I'm running on 4 hours sleep and I'm a few pints in, but I've convinced myself he's bringing Billy Joel out tonight and now I'm gonna be disappointed if it doesn't happen.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,522 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Maybe Bono as special guest



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