2024 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)

Stevie Nicks your money

I am one of the unfortunate Irish souls who bought Hyde Park tickets so you can say that again

There's another Live at the Marquee announcement tomorrow at 9am. Bit of a dripfeed in announcements this year. Would have expected most/all of the gigs to be announced by end of this month/next month with it starting at the end of May.

No doubt it'll have a great lineup and be a great day (weather permitting) but never would have even considered it had she announced Dublin at the same time, I much prefer indoor venues. Plus Hyde Park requires flights and a hotel so winds up being a lot more all in. Tbh if I had to see her in England I'd have chosen Manchester rather than London.

Would've loved to go to that Tom Petty gig.

The other half is a huge Stevie Nicks fan, and i hope to get tix as a birthday gift.... but chr1st that's pricey 😕 (watch us all buy them anyway 🤭)

Agreed about the pricing, I assume trying to make up for playing in a comparatively small venue. Is it a stretch to say Malahide would've been used, only for SZA playing there the same day?

It's mad that before covid gold circle wasn't wasn't a given at every outdoor gig here in Ireland. Killers at Malahide didn't have it and neither did My Chemical Romance. Generally don't mind paying an extra tenner for it, I actually like the idea of it a lot, but it's crazy how much more expensive gold circle can be. Taylor Swift, AC/DC and Pearl Jam all not far off €200 for gold circle. Like the Wild West out there at the moment, all these money hungry artists doing what ever they can to get an extra penny out of everyone with dynamic pricing, VIP, etc.

The 'later addition' of Irish shows can be frustrating esp if you booked plans straight away to hopefully get better price transport/accommodation etc

80% of the time I'd go for the Irish option although a 'gig holiday' is nice

Her tour is nearly all indoor arenas, only Hyde park is outdoors. MCR at imma had a pit with wristbands. They didn’t charge for it though. Charging for golden circles is relatively new, some shows it’s a tenner but higher end of artist are extracting as much as they can from it

sadly not on likes of this, and sure mcd have monopoly so a loss or two is not end of the world for them

The types of gig which people go abroad for are generally also going to be something to do with LiveNation.

I think to a certain extent we assume promoters are stupider than they are. When a gig sells out straight away technically that means you could’ve charged more. Not to say a lot of these gigs will definitely sell out, but isn’t it possible the goal is 70% of tickets sold and anything more is a bonus (70% purely being illustrative)? Didn’t take a genius to work out Green Day wouldn’t sell out at the same prices charged for Hella Mega for example. Just a thought, no idea how some of these prices are realised but would certainly explain why so many gigs are going on sale for big money and not selling out.

Smaller gigs are great but I suppose there’s a reason they are smaller and much cheaper. The only people interested are dedicated music fans for the most part. Vast majority of people have no interest. Ironic in a way because you get people who go on about how great it must have been seeing Oasis, Nirvana etc. in the early days but turn their nose up at seeing bands starting out today.

I mean I don’t think people go so many big shows they can’t afford to spend 20 quid (or less) on someone playing in Workmans, Whelans etc.

We see the effects of it already, the concept of a 2010s rock band barely exists in comparison to every decade prior. I’ve thought for a while though that labels are aware of that though and that’s why we are seeing new bands a lot more, whether they get to arena level and beyond is another question.

Speaking anecdotally I’ve seen a few small gigs in Galway this year that didn’t have a huge attendance. I have though seen the following pack the Róísín or Monroes - NewDad, Ash, The Clockworks and Shark School. There are many more pre-Summer that are already sold out or will soon - Muireann Bradley, Havvk, Sprints, The Bluetones, Cass McCombs, Jane Weaver, Coach Party, Miles Kane and others. The price range for all above is €8-€24. The smaller venues are in fine fettle I think, subsidised also by the clubs and late-night drinking that take place there (Dolans, Whelans, Workman’s , Cyprus Avenue, etc).

A wide range of attendees also and the stars of tomorrow are getting plenty of essential support. The medium-sized venues (Olympia, Vicar St, Black Box Galway, etc) also seem to be thriving. Thus the venues are there for our emerging artists but, as is oft said, where are the 3k/4k venues in our cities?

Lyra announced for the Marquee playing Sunday 16th June. Tickets on sale Monday at 9am.