elton john 3 arena

omicron · 02-07-2022 8:24am

Arrived at the orange route entrance at 7.35, to be held in a holding pen 300m back from the stadium for 20 mins, then let straight through, no security check, no ticket check. Arrived in at 8 on the dot, to see the bar closed and a queue as long as the eye could see, so gave the drink a miss for the evening.

Brilliant show though, lucky that the rain held off!

Cetyl Palmitate · 02-07-2022 8:35am

Really enjoyable gig. Elton did seem to enjoy it as well and was very engaged chatting between songs. The band were great also. I really enjoyed the extended finish to rocketman.

Circumstances meant we arrived to the stadium just at 8. Many others were in the same situation. No one checked out tickets or bags going in to the pitch standing section. While I was glad to get in so quickly it is asking for trouble allowing so many to enter without security. Thankfully there were no issues.

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 02-07-2022 8:56am

Great show! Really enjoyed it and as others said, his voice is still spot on!!

PTH2009 · 02-07-2022 11:39am

Yeah the stage was amazing, it seems to be the same stage as the indoor show. The ticket prices definitely were expensive and you could make the argument it was justifiable

Was up in Premium Level and it was ok. Plenty of bars open but as you can imagine pretty lengthy ques. Food options pretty slim as well (nothing like the Delious options that were advertised on social media). The sound was perfect inside the foyer. Happy I got a more cental block. Feel the views from 201-205 would of been a bit restricted due to the layout of the stage

Mars Bar · 02-07-2022 1:16pm

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You can thank my friend for the small merchandise stand 😂 they set that up because of the fuss she made 🤣

delbertgrady · 02-07-2022 2:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119280192#Comment_119280192

Wow. Well, for something that was quickly thrown together by the merchandise team, that's pretty good, but if it had been there from the outset, its location was not ideal.

Brid Hegarty · 02-07-2022 6:53pm

Good to hear it was a good show. I don’t know why he played ‘have mercy on the criminal’ though? He played that when he was in Cork in 2017 too. Do people enjoy that?

Beasty · 02-07-2022 8:19pm

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They were 2 programmes - think it was £50 for the deluxe one in Swansea!!

Beasty · 02-07-2022 8:28pm

To put some of those prices in perspective, I'm currently at the British GP at Silverstone - £40 for a T-shirt, £55 for a polo, and £150 skywards for a jacket. I took some photos of the merch stall at Swansea to allow me to peruse at the local Starbucks before entering the stadium

Standard price for a "team" baseball cap at Silverstone is £60!!

PTH2009 · 04-07-2022 6:08pm

https://twitter.com/WatfordFC/status/1543867215870537728?t=3yomHD4_eBoky-kr7PJGhg&s=19

The "last" UK and Europe stadium show tonight

Me thinks this won't be 'the last' and he'll do Wembley Stadium to finish it all off next summer after the Arena shows

Beasty · 04-07-2022 10:32pm

Someone else suggested Glastonbury

However the last gig listed on his website is Stockholm on 8 July 2023, postponed from 2021, and that's a Stadium

Anyway, I've a ticket for what is allegedly his last Scottish gig in Glasgow next year, having been at his last Welsh one last week

Alas it will be his penultimate gig in Ireland that I'll also be at

PTH2009 · 04-07-2022 11:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119291118#Comment_119291118

Glastonbury makes sense but as you said not much of a 'grand finale' if dates are coming quickly after. Who knows

Nice list, simply can't afford the high ticket price for the Dublin shows next year (€197 each) but I'll be glued to Toutless and hopefully pick up a ticket below face value but given its a smaller capacity compared to last Friday (tickets going for €40 Friday morning) it's could be a hard task

Beasty · 06-07-2022 11:44pm

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I saw Queen at Maine Road in 1986. I had moved back to Manchester a few months before and just turned up without a ticket. Got there just after they has started and the touts were offloading tickets at about 2/3rds face value. Walked in and found a place not much more than 30 metres from the stage

As I said earlier in this thread I got a £399 Rocket Man VIP ticket for £150, not much more than a week before the gig in Swansea. Given how long it is since the original dates I suspect there will be quite a few who cannot make it

PTH2009 · 11-09-2022 7:38pm

https://deadline.com/2022/09/elton-john-farewell-concert-live-stream-disney-plus-dodger-stadium-1235114627/

Looking forward to this

PTH2009 · 03-11-2022 2:18pm

https://press.disney.co.uk/news/disney%2B-releases-key-art-for-elton-john-live%3A-farewell-from-dodger-stadium

live stream of the 'last ever North American Stadium show' will take place on Sun 20th Nov (Monday 21 November at 3:30am our time) on Disney+ with a Documentary following in 2023

I'm hoping it will be available on demand

PTH2009 · 21-03-2023 4:08pm

Handful of tickets released for the next weeks 3Arena shows

Tuesday 28 March (rescheduled from 4 Dec 2020 & 3 Dec 2021)

Wednesday 29 March (rescheduled from 5 Dec 2020 & 4 Dec 2021)

Although i loved the Cork show last summer, under €200 for a ticket is just too much for essentially the 'same show'

Those going you're in for a treat though as it's brilliant show and the 'last time' the rocketman will play in Dublin/Ireland

Nigel Fairservice · 21-03-2023 6:25pm

Picked up a ticket for Dublin next week. Looking forward to it, never seen Elton John before. Could be my last opportunity as well if he really is retiring from touring.

miamee · 21-03-2023 6:32pm

I saw this tour in Dublin when it was his last ever, farewell tour - in 2019 😂 -he could be going for another while yet. I'm delighted I saw him you will enjoy the show @Nigel Fairservice

PTH2009 · 21-03-2023 7:56pm

Had planned back in 2020 during the Pandemic too see him live and got a ticket for one of the 2021 shows. Then September 2021 the announcement came of the postponement due to Eltons injury. Siad **** it why not go to Cork instead and loved it. He was in great form and the setlist was amazing

Thinking back to the restrictions here back in Autumn/Winter 2021. I'm not sure would the concerts have even went ahead because it would of been a full attendance all seated show

Eire885 · 24-03-2023 3:07pm

I assume they haven't reissued tickets for the Gigs next week - I have my emailed ones dated 2021 but they haven't issued new ones. Can anyone confirm?

Thanks

delbertgrady · 24-03-2023 3:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120396037#Comment_120396037

You don't get a new ticket. You use the original tickets. Just make sure you don't turn up on Wednesday and discover you should have gone on Tuesday. If you check your Ticketmaster account online, it will have updated the new date automatically, and it will outline what the corresponding initial date was.