Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

Hotel prices in Dublin are so high, Pearse Doherty told the Dáil today, that some Bruce Springsteen fans from Sligo found it cheaper to book a flight to Rome to see him perform there next year instead 😲

Telling the Dáil about a man named Stephen who had called Ocean FM about his predicament, Doherty said:

“He explained that the cost to see Bruce Springsteen and to stay in Dublin for a night was so expensive that he looked at alternatives.

“He found that it's €200 cheaper for the concert ticket, the flight and a night in Rome than it is to travel up the road to Dublin and stay a night here in a hotel after the concert.

“So Stephen and his friends are flying off to Rome to see Bruce Springsteen in the Circus Maximus instead of the RDS, replacing one circus from another.”

Oddly enough a mate of mine is ending up going to Rome and said it'll be cheaper than Dublin if he had to stay overnight on top of the gig

At least you can get a holiday out of it though, helps justify the cost

There is accommodation cheaper than 320 in Dublin if you are lucky enough to be going in a group. You could get an Airbnb for 3 or 4 for that price.

Also to get to Rome practically everyone outside of Dublin has the hassle of having to go to Dublin cause of our stupid airports

Oh I'm not defending Dublin. The whole thing has been a bit of a shock for me too but 320 minimum is over the top. On a quick search I have found 109, 170 and plenty round 200. Still more expensive than Italy but not when you factor all the travel costs.

To be honest as well I have limited sympathy for Americans traveling to Europe to see Springsteen.

Well I have absolutely utterly 0 sympathy for someone who can afford to do that.

Unless of course you have some sort of obsessive mental condition all I can say is boo hoo who if you can afford that kind of nonsense but have to miss Dublin and also swanning round taking tickets from people who would be lucky to see him once.

I heard about those years ago. Are they still like that? Supposedly massive sense of entitlement. That they are his only fans.

Couldn't do something like that myself. Surly must get boring seeing the same show over and over

A load of bands have these 'mega fans' who as was siad would turn fairly nasty if there experience is ruined. It's an ego thing for sure in there own 'fanclub world'

I saw him in Belfast in 2013 and got a pit pass, when he came on for the acoustic preshow i was greeted with a tap on the shoulder and a question "what number are you", cue a blank stare from me, apparently their number meant that they should be allowed cut in front of me. They seemed very confused when I laughed in their face.

Yep I used to go out with a girl who's parents were these type of people. Bizarre sense of entitlement where their sense of worth seemed enshrined in them having seen Bruce more than the next guy.

That number thing you mentioned rang a bell. I laughed (internally) when I heard of that self governening nonsense from them. They give themselves numbers when queueing and believe they have a right to enforce it because "they're his real fans". Sad, really.

Self policing to ensure that the people who queued the longest have the best spots but can still eat and pee before the gig- No problems, work away.

Thinking having 456 written on your hand means to can buy a beer and a t shirt and can then wander in front of people who got their spot already - fcuk all the way off, write a number on your hand, wait 3 days and then fcuk off again.

I’ve no issue with someone who q’s up all day, they deserve to be first in.

But its the people who rock up, having NOT queed up all day with this totally unofficial number on their hand

- “you have number “1” on your hand”, well brother, that means jack **** to me, as i have “-1” on my hand and have not seen you in the q for the last 4 hours.

on a slightly different tangent :

I was at a Fleetwood Mac at 3 arena a few years back, wanted to get up close, q’d up maybe 3 hours before doors opened,only a handful there, as only a tiny standing area, got to the rail, all good. About 10 minutes before band came on, a security guard came up and said to a few of us “we would have to move”, i said we’ve been here for a few hours, he had 3 ladies with him all done up, holding flutes of champagne, he said, ye’l have to move, “these are VIP’s”, i said well, i am not moving, we have been here for a few hours with a few others, and i definitely did not see these people th ere at the time !

He left us alone !

I couldn’t care less, who they were, they would have had to drag me away !

I think the €96 tickets are for uncovered tiered seating at the very back of the Arena and furthest from the stage. It is seating for spectators behind the goals for Rugby matches.

Obstructed view more than likely

Those stands behind the goals are taken away for concerts etc