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Phoenix Park Gigs 2014

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  • 19-11-2013 8:36pm
    #1
    aka accounts 2010
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    Given the announcement from Scotland in the past few minutes that Artic Monkeys will be one of the headliners at T in the Park next July it's pretty safe to assume they will headline a night a Phoenix Park.

    Any thoughts on other potential headliners?

    I'm putting Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon into the frame.


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    dirkmeister
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    Tickets for Finsbury Park are going on sale this week too.


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    aka accounts 2010
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    dirkmeister wrote: »
    Tickets for Finsbury Park are going on sale this week too.

    Hoping to bag myself tickets for Finsbury Park. Was there last year for Stone Roses, great place for outdoor gigs!!


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    Mushy
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    Might go see AM if it happens. Also didnt play an arena show, so would make sense to see them.


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    dirkmeister
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    aka accounts 2010 wrote: »
    Hoping to bag myself tickets for Finsbury Park. Was there last year for Stone Roses, great place for outdoor gigs!!


    Really? I'm trying to figure out where the concert site is on google but I'm not having much luck*

    *I am stupid.


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    HighClass
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    Hopefully it's better than this year anyway. They went for the softest sounding bands and singers, presumably after what happened the year before.


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    Toast
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    aka accounts 2010 wrote: »
    I'm putting Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon into the frame.

    All we need is RHCP and they can call it the "loyalty card" tour. Each band gets a free sub sandwich and a coffee. :D


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    Furious-Red
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    Would'nt rule out Pearl Jam


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    david75
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    Pearl jam are coming to Europe this summer. Real possibility it'll be them.


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    Pierce_1991
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    aka accounts 2010 wrote: »
    Hoping to bag myself tickets for Finsbury Park. Was there last year for Stone Roses, great place for outdoor gigs!!

    Tickets on sale on their website atm, got a few there this morning. Can't wait!


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    karaokeman
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    Foo Fighters would be cool seen as how I missed them last time they played Oxegen.


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    aka accounts 2010
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    Looks somewhat likely that the Phoenix Park gigs are being moved to Marlay Park this year!!

    Thoughts on this?

    I'm guessing we're looking at reduced capacity at Marlay Park.

    Possibly an extra gig or two for the Aviva!!


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    colmufc
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    aka accounts 2010 wrote: »
    Looks somewhat likely that the Phoenix Park gigs are being moved to Marlay Park this year!!

    Thoughts on this?

    I'm guessing we're looking at reduced capacity at Marlay Park.

    Possibly an extra gig or two for the Aviva!!

    No difference in capacity and Marley is a much better venue


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    circular flexing
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    colmufc wrote: »
    No difference in capacity and Marley is a much better venue

    But Marlay Park is much harder to get to than Phoenix Park.


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    colmufc
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    circular flexing wrote: »
    But Marlay Park is much harder to get to than Phoenix Park.

    Well that's just not true , if your a dub then you show know how to get there by bus ,I'm not a dub but know how to and if your driving it's a dream as it's just off the M50 ,it's also less likely to have scum and druggies hanging around outside
    Phoenix Park is a nightmare from the above mentioned scum to the 50min walk from hueston station to the venue to the fact that dublin bus don't even bother with it anymore


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    aka accounts 2010
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    colmufc wrote: »
    No difference in capacity and Marley is a much better venue

    The Phoenix Park gigs in 2012 & 2013 had a 45,500 capacity.

    Marlay Park I imagine will be between 5,000-10,000 less than that!


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    colmufc
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    aka accounts 2010 wrote: »
    The Phoenix Park gigs in 2012 & 2013 had a 45,500 capacity.

    Marlay Park I imagine will be between 5,000-10,000 less than that!

    Depends on where the stage is either top of the hill (35,000) or bottom near the trees (40 to 45,000, capacity has noting to do with which venue is better anyway and for me and everyone I know Marley is streets ahead, I Brough the girlfriend to Florence and the machine and snow patrol in 2012 ,we got parking in the special needs area as she was on crutches and it was a 15 min walk to the venue from there the set up in Marley is much better


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    colmufc wrote: »
    Depends on where the stage is either top of the hill (35,000) or bottom near the trees (40 to 45,000, capacity has noting to do with which venue is better anyway and for me and everyone I know Marley is streets ahead, I Brough the girlfriend to Florence and the machine and snow patrol in 2012 ,we got parking in the special needs area as she was on crutches and it was a 15 min walk to the venue from there the set up in Marley is much better

    I fully agree that Marlay Park is a better venue, I never once said it wasn't.

    I was only raising the issue regarding capacity and nothing else!!


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    colmufc
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    aka accounts 2010 wrote: »
    I fully agree that Marlay Park is a better venue, I never once said it wasn't.

    I was only raising the issue regarding capacity and nothing else!!

    Sorry, I'm new to this I thought you were the same person going on about phoneix park being better
    Anyway I see there charging€61 for Marley park but if memory serves it was €59 for phoneix park I'm sure they won't be out of pocket ,
    Bring on the arctic monkeys


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    circular flexing
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    colmufc wrote: »
    Well that's just not true , if your a dub then you show know how to get there by bus ,I'm not a dub but know how to and if your driving it's a dream as it's just off the M50 ,it's also less likely to have scum and druggies hanging around outside
    Phoenix Park is a nightmare from the above mentioned scum to the 50min walk from hueston station to the venue to the fact that dublin bus don't even bother with it anymore

    What if you don't drive or want to have a few drinks? The public transport back from Marlay Park has never been great.


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    colmufc
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    circular flexing wrote: »
    What if you don't drive or want to have a few drinks? The public transport back from Marlay Park has never been great.

    There is a bus service beside the car park that brings you back to the city


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    ghostdancer
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    Marlay is awful for getting to/from. At least in the Phoenix Park you can just walk 30mins to the Luas stop, or another 15mins to O'Connell bridge. Leaving Marlay is a cluster**** as all the buses are wedged and taxis are scarce enough. Pretty much no parking worth talking about either.

    As a venue, it's completely bog standard. It's a field with nothing else.


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    RainyDay
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    ghostdancer wrote: »
    Marlay is awful for getting to/from. At least in the Phoenix Park you can just walk 30mins to the Luas stop,
    35 minute walk from Marlay to Balally Luas stop

    http://goo.gl/maps/yoOol


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    colmufc
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    ghostdancer wrote: »
    Marlay is awful for getting to/from. At least in the Phoenix Park you can just walk 30mins to the Luas stop, or another 15mins to O'Connell bridge. Leaving Marlay is a cluster**** as all the buses are wedged and taxis are scarce enough. Pretty much no parking worth talking about either.

    As a venue, it's completely bog standard. It's a field with nothing else.

    It has a full car park and bus depot at the back of the wooded area , thousands of cars and ay least 100 dublin buses ,I honestly don't know what venue you have been to but it's easily the beat outdoor venue in the country


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    Mince Pie
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    I parked no problem at Marley Park on the Saturday of Longitude. Buses were fairly easy as well. Just packed with excited revellers.


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    colmufc wrote: »
    It has a full car park and bus depot at the back of the wooded area , thousands of cars and ay least 100 dublin buses ,I honestly don't know what venue you have been to but it's easily the beat outdoor venue in the country
    Those buses are laid on specially for the concert, just as there are ones that are laid on specially for the Phoenix Park.

    The regular dublin buses are absolutely packed coming to and from Marlay Park. Going out there at 2pm for Longitude several buses were already full before O'Connell St. On 1 of the days of Longitude I left 40mins before the end and the bus was already full at the stop before Marlay Park.

    There most certainly isn't thousands of car spots, and when concerts are on people are advised not to park as the spaces are extremely limited.

    For as long as I can remember people have been complaining about getting to/from Marlay Park and having been to about 10 gigs there in the last 7 or 8 years, this is still the case.


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    Furious-Red
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    I remember going to Kasabian in Marlay and went to get one of the shuttle busses MCD had put on for the day but they didnt say "you had to buy a bus ticket before" since most times ive gotten them buses there was a ticket booth there to buy your ticket on the day . So when we got there we were told no you had to pre-book them and then got on the 16??? bus to Marlay but took us nearly over an hour to get to because we got stuck in traffic.

    Luckily ill have a cousins house across the road to stay in for any Marlay Park gigs


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    #28
    kwat
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    I wonder is it safe to say there won't be any Phoenix park gigs this year? especially seeing as another Marley gig was announced today


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    Celtise
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    After looking at the announcements already made, I'm starting to agree that PP gigs have been moved to Marley. I lived within walking distance to PP so that was quite handy, Marleys location would put me off a bit.


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    bennyl10
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    Celtise wrote: »
    After looking at the announcements already made, I'm starting to agree that PP gigs have been moved to Marley. I lived within walking distance to PP so that was quite handy, Marleys location would put me off a bit.

    It's a bus away. Because it's not across the road puts you Off?.. People from counties far away will go..


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    Celtise
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    bennyl10 wrote: »
    It's a bus away. Because it's not across the road puts you Off?.. People from counties far away will go..

    I said it would put me off A BIT. It was handy living close by the venue for pre/post parties and keeping everyone together more. It helped make the weekend.


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