ACDC Croke Park Sat Aug 17th

Just looking at some videos from Electric Picnic there, absolutely rank. No matter what money was paid for ACDC Saturday night, it was worth it.

Well the FOMO forced alot of peoples hands, it "sold out" on the day of general sale after all.

Well apart from the extra 5-10k tickets they released over the following months.

I wouldn't be too harsh on consumers, they bought full view seats , those seats were not sold as restricted view, that is fraudulent selling.

Heres a picture of the Aviva show, they didnt sell alot of the seats closer to the stage and of those they did they were marked as restricted view.

I choose my tickets in the Upper Hogan on the day the sale opened based on the fact I've been there for shows before with no issues. I could have stood but I'm too old!! I would never had bought them if they were sold as restricted view.

I was in the far corner of the Cusack stand for the Rolling Stones and the view was much better even though it was so far from the stage.

I enjoyed the show on Saturday but can't help feeling shafted by MCD.

…the industry is just sh1te, very few fcuks shown for fans, and a whole pile of greed by those that simply can, industry is just a load of shite, and it wont change….

…glad folks had a good night though

Maybe hold off on Liveline until at least the promoter is given an opportunity to rectify the problem. @griffin100 I would definitely contact the promoter, they are shocking seats and especially on the basis that it wasn't flagged as restricted view. This seems nearly too obvious that they won't put up a fight and if they do, then talk to the overpaid lad on Radio1.

I totally agree…but first port of call would be to contact the promoter, this seems like a no-brainer…they have some neck charging that much for that view. Surely it was an oversight? yeah I know, I'm presuming the promoter has a conscience.

Its skirting dangerously close to false/misleading advertising.

Unfortunately MCD, Aikin, Ticketmaster etc. don't care about bad form. Their only concern would be - does bad form have any standing in court. I'm not a legal expert, but I don't think the courts care too much about morals. Only legislation. I would imagine that Ticketmaster and the promotor will be covered off when one reviews the small print - ticket bought at buyers own discretion, promotor not responsible for anything etc. etc.

I don't mean for this to come across as smart-ass, but why didn't ye move. There were plenty of seats around the stands free, It would only have taken 10 minutes of your time max, to get up, and have a look around. Or at least say it to a steward that getting a view like that is not on, and threaten that you were going to make an official complaint unless something is done about it. They would have accommodated you if you pressed hard enough. They have vacant seats set aside on the lower decks for people that get vertigo from being up in the heights.

A smaller issue in the overall mix is our willingness to take whatever is given to us, and just suck it up. I know the seats shouldn't have been sold in the first place and the blame list with the promotor and ticketmaster. But if I arrived at croke park, all excited for the gig, after paying a fair few bob for the seats. And if I was given those seats, there is no way I would just take it on board. I would create a huge fuss, until I got a respectable viewing point for the money that I spent.

Went along with my brother in law. I wasn't really looking forward to it as i'm not the biggest AC/DC fan, but was blown away by the gig. The crowd were great too, very responsive.

We weren't drinking but fancied a couple of Guinness zeros, but nowhere seemed to be selling them? Water it was!

Glad we were on the dry as the queue for all the bars was insane. It must have taken an hour for people to get served.

I really enjoyed the gig. My expectations were not set crazy high, nothing was going to top seeing the classic line up from the pit at punchestown in 2009, also the sound in croker is always poor unless you are very close to the stage. They were on a little earlier than what I was reading online, we were on the pitch just as they were half way through if you want blood. I thought they were on stage at 8:30.
Its also was the first gig I seen in croke park where everyone in the stands were standing for the entire gig.

I'd like to second - or third that - Punchestown in '09 was such an organisational disaster that to this day I've never gone back to a big outdoor gig that isn't in a big city. Never again would I ever go to a big gig in a field down the country in Ireland.

The band were decent on the day from what I can recall of it. But the day itself was a load of cack. What mainly sticks in my mind is the absolute mess that was leaving the place. I also remember the crush at the guarding rail - it was getting scary, you could let yourself go completely limp and you'd still stay upright because everyone was packed in so tightly - and people eventually knocking them down to get free.

It was total anarchy trying to get a bus out of the venue. There was zero control from security, the guards, whoever, just totally every man for himself. Eventually got back to Dublin at about 7AM the next morning. As an overall experience it was probably the worst gig I was ever at - and I've been to a lot.

Whatever about people's complaints about queues or organisation at CP on Saturday it's literally impossible that it could have been worse than that.

Ha ha. That was some shambles alright. I remember sitting in a bus soaked to the skin. And sitting in it for hours and hours trying to get back to Dublin. Got home at 4am. Would have been quicker walking from Punchestown. The band were grand and we enjoyed singing along , even in the rain. But as a form of entertainment, that was definitely the worst event I was ever at.

Just thankful it wasn't in Slane like the rumour of yesteryear

Is there a decibel limit in Croker?! Halfway through the first tune it occured to me that it was at least twice as loud as Bruce in May. At least.

I think you might have been at the wrong gig… did you not expect it to be loud?

It was definitely the loudest concert I've ever been too. The intro with the car on screen nearly blew my ear drums. Head was ringing all night after it.

**** brilliant. 😂

I genuinely feel privileged to have seen AC/DC on 8 occasions, including twice in the last 5 weeks 🤘😎🤘

Incredible gig!

Was there a gig poster for the Dublin date or was it just the Demon Fire tee?