Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

I'm gutted.

Had no internet this morning so no ticket for me.

Had accommodation booked Monday when it was announced he's coming. So peed off.

In desperate need for 2 tix so please keep me in mind anyone who might sell!! Not going to cancel accommodation yet as I still have a bit of hope.

Is the RDS redevelopment cancelled ?

Got 4 seated for the Friday with no issues using the ticketmaster app, logged in 8am and it put me at about 11,000 in queue, took 15 mins or so to get to purchase point.

Keep an eye on places like toutless and Facebook market places etc

The Bruce fan site 'Backstreets' is pretty good too

I know it's a good stand for Rugby etc but the Angelesa Stand is a wreck. The sooner its redeveloped the better

The more I see on Twitter etc the more my lucky stars were shining. Got tickets for all three gigs, and I even used BOI with no app crashes! Now to buy nothing for the next 12 months

Yep. I'll be refunding two of mine so they'll likely pop up along with others refunded whenever ticketmaster upload them.

The Arlington Hotel is €899 for 1 night for Sunday 7th May

Jesus christ

A friend just nabbed two standingfor Tuesday, about a minute ago, so still a few left

Me!....I won't lie, the price is nuts but as someone else pointed out, this guy always delivers the goods, every single time. He's the only artist on earth (maybe even in heaven...or hell!) who could get me to a stadium gig.

I do think there's an interesting discussion to be had on how he sold out 3 big gigs in minutes at these prices when there's so much doom and gloom in the air regarding the economy/ cost of living etc...theres obviously still bobs out there.

Croke Park sells out 2 All Irelands at 90e a pop and following a season of rugby will set you back a lot more than 130 so it's not really that big a conversation.

130 isn't that steep for a guy that doesn't come round every year and won't be round forever when compared to those events.

Peter Aiken comments on Springsteen ticket prices:

Yes its bull.

65k , thats less than 2 euro a ticket, its a tiny factor.

Aiken is price gouging and so is Bruce, tis hard to make a living as a farmer the last few years.

38,000 capacity x 3 nights x e140 per ticket = €15,960,000

Just shy of 16 million, and with that revenue generated, the thing Peter Aiken could best single out as an extreme expense on the promoter to try justify exorbitant ticket prices is €65,000 for insurance!

Either way you boil the piss off of it, it comes down to greed. People here need to stop equating these crazy charges to Bruce and the E Street Band. Bruce is a treasure we are lucky to see live, we all know how good the band are and how they will put everything into their shows and play for around 3 hours. No more than they did on the Magic tour in 2008, with tickets at €81 a pop. I don't recall Ticketmaster fees back then been 10 to 15 euros per ticket either. But getting fleeced with tickets at 140 to 156 euros each is bonkers!

You would imagine hotels here would welcome the business and be pleased to be full due to the gig and Bruce's worldwide appeal bringing people to Dublin from overseas, but instead they decide to double and triple their prices to fleece people again. There is no justifying it that I can see. Just pure greed again!

To those of you going, I genuinely hope you have a great night, and Bruce and E Street play a blinder. But for me, it's time to draw the line.

I'm jealous