Taylor Swift - Aviva Stadium June 2024

Whilst Miss Taylor is indeed a very cynical and manipulative woman I think criticising her for those rear view seats is a bit harsh.

They are sold for very little and its a way for fans to see the show that wouldnt be able to otherwise.

I think €60,+ is a very high price, especially to a fan who has paid out for albums, merch fees and the likes. The very least that should be done is selling them like Coldplay infinity tickets. I've seen the restricted view seats and they are literally restricted view and shouldn't be charged for at all.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion.

I've attended multiple concerts over the years, but particularly since covid as my kids are off concert going ages.

If I feel I'm getting poor value for my money, or there's a discussion about a venue or seating, then I will give my account of such. Please don't be so immature as to not accept opinions that don't match yours.

Ireland needs to have a proper big indoor arena like where she played in Paris. Like last time in CP it will only be dark for final hour of it, and I did shiver and shake it off a lot during that gig as it was so cold. Maybe there will be a solar eclipse on the day and we will get a good dark atmosphere throughout to be able appreciate the effect. And hope it will be sunny but in Ireland it rains nearly every day, at least last June it did rain every day. Madrid abd Cardiff have roof closed why cannot we do the same??

But you cannot deny that her gigs in Paris and Madrid were better because it was near dark from the start and you get to enjoy the stage visuals more?? The only plus side I can think of for open roof is the fireworks show at the end.

A: Releasing multiple varying vinyls is predatory. There is nothing stopping her putting all the single bonus songs on one vinyl and saying "here, buy this, it has everything". If you can't see that, then as i said…fools and their money.

B: People are rightly trashing the price of tickets because some of them are extortionate. People went through Coldplay on the Coldplay thread as some of their tickets were WORSE than Taylors. People went through Bruce on the Bruce thread for similar high pricing. And if you can't see that charging significant sums of money like €700 for a standing ticket is extortionate well then again... fools and their money.

Now here's the thing, the above is true and she is still a phenomenonal artist and performer who puts out fantastic music and puts on a great show. People can reflect negatively on things she does and still think she's brilliant. I'm going to see her with the wife and I can't wait!

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

We cannot even build houses in Ireland, so the chances of building a roof on a lob-sided stadium, unless they give the contract to Bob the builder!!

It was bright in Madrid as the roof is see through, light comes in but yes the rest of your post is correct.

August is the best time for outdoor shows in Ireland as the evenings are shorter.

Late waiting list removal is a pain, will have had to give up the hotel options before then.

I recently paid 150 quid for a restricted view seat for Bruce Springsteen at Croker, with no screens and he was on the stage the whole time so could barely see him. Was still really fun but Taylor is hardly the only person doing it.

She is a mighty woman alright there can be no doubt about that. But she needs to do 5hr shows because she has so many great songs, and classics are being left out. I will be very upset if she doesn’t do full version of Long Live and point at us singing she had the time of her life with you.

I mean, those multiple versions are more of a vehicle for her to deny chart success of other female singer she views as rivals, or those who she has petty personal vendettas against.

have to laugh at the person who called the multiple vinyl release as “predatory” I mean **** off like. Go take it up with Marlboro

That was me. Laugh away. I've seen young girls in record stores picking up four variants of the same vinyl (might have been Midnights) because they couldn't bare not having all of them to make a picture on the back. So yeah, driving fans to needlessly spend €160 on four vinyls rather than €40 is fairly shïtty behaviour and preying on their fanatacism. If you think that's a cool approach by an artist, you're deluded and part of the problem.

Also, telling me to **** off? Very mature.

Eh, you clearly haven't looked into the reasoning of a lot of Swifts songs, bitter and angry songs about many people who she has encountered in her career. For such an avid fan of hers, you sure don't seem to acknowledge the history behind some of her stuff.