Leonard Cohen is coming to Sligo

magnumlady

http://www.hotpress.com/news/6418667.html

Essexboy

Perhaps he could dedicate a song or two to the right of way dispute

eg The Law or One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong

Xiney

No ****.

I went to the same Uni as him :P

Essexboy

OceanFM suggests he may not come to Sligo.
The announcement was "premature" and will be removed from his website according to some PR agency.

magnumlady

Yep see that:
http://www.hotpress.com/news/6419006.html

Oh well he might be coming.....or he might not:rolleyes:

Radharc na Sleibhte

Leonard Cohen & Westlife......apparently......!!

Its all very exciting, especially seeing as my holiday is looking like its going up in smoke or ash, whatever the case may be.

Dolman

MikeySligo wrote: »

Leonard Cohen & Westlife......apparently......!!

Its all very exciting, especially seeing as my holiday is looking like its going up in smoke or ash, whatever the case may be.

Sadly Cohen's management company (AEG) have removed Sligo from the list of venues........

Essexboy

As the man himself would say

"Nothing left to do
when you've got to go on waiting
waiting for the miracle to come. "

Basq

Hope he plays that X Factor song...

:P

Basq

Tickets on sale next Monday morning (26th) at 9am from Ticketmaster.

Priced at €80.

bobcar61

Yep it looks like that it's back on now. I heard it was confirmed on Gerry Ryan's Twitter account

starbelgrade

Gerry Ryan has a Twatter account, not a Twitter one.

tuppence

basquille wrote: »

Tickets on sale next Monday morning (26th) at 9am from Ticketmaster.

Priced at €80.

Jeepers is this a definite? Seen him twice and would love to see him on own back door step.........cannot believe if this is really happening. :pac::):)

Basq

Yeah.. it's definitey happening!

Apparently a 10,000 capacity all-seated concert.. tickets are from €80, but still not a bad price considering it's Leonard Cohen.

Link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hiRNDvMYzh6iiKYynYyZjCCg-zRA

(can't imagine them fitting 10,000 people in Lissadell comfortably.. even with using the court-yard obviously!)

tuppence

basquille wrote: »

Yeah.. it's definitey happening!

Apparently a 10,000 capacity all-seated concert.. tickets are from €80, but still not a bad price considering it's Leonard Cohen.

Link: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hiRNDvMYzh6iiKYynYyZjCCg-zRA

(can't imagine them fitting 10,000 people in Lissadell comfortably.. even with using the court-yard obviously!)

His concert is an out of body experience....I never thought the first time could be repeated when I saw him in the stadium years ago he was such an experience, but then at Kilmainham he was even better. Mesmerizing. Gosh what do you reckon, will it be mad trying to get hold of tickets, he has played a few times even more recently........ (Crosses fingers toes and all other appenditures:o:D)

Fizman

tuppence wrote: »

His concert is an out of body experience....I never thought the first time could be repeated when I saw him in the stadium years ago he was such an experience, but then at Kilmainham he was even better. Mesmerizing. Gosh what do you reckon, will it be mad trying to get hold of tickets, he has played a few times even more recently........ (Crosses fingers toes and all other appenditures:o:D)

I got my parents tickets for him at the O2 at gave my dad a buzz when it was finished. He was literally speechless on the phone. Almost emotional. Needless to say he'll be interested in this. Not sure if I'll be supplying them this time mind seeing as I have Bob Dylan tickets for em!

tuppence

Fizman wrote: »

I got my parents tickets for him at the O2 at gave my dad a buzz when it was finished. He was literally speechless on the phone. Almost emotional. Needless to say he'll be interested in this. Not sure if I'll be supplying them this time mind seeing as I have Bob Dylan tickets for em!

God lucky them!! They have brought you up well.
Leonard Cohen does that to people, even the harshest critics end up being transfixed. Women were swooning men were jealous, hes got it all and how old is he now....

r0chf0rt

Is he supposed to be playing Dublin again this year?

Basq

r0chf0rt wrote: »

Is he supposed to be playing Dublin again this year?

Think this is his only Irish gig this year..

r0chf0rt

I am probably too much of a cynic but I would be suprised if there is only 1 gig this time seeing as he sold out 3 nights in 2008 and 4 nights last year. I thought I read somewhere he is playing Dublin again this year. I cant find anything about it now though.

Radharc na Sleibhte

How the hell are they gonna get people in and out of Lissadell/Carney etc????

ge_ch

they better get a shuttle bus service from sligo or parking will be a disaster

magnumlady

Pre-sale started today:
Leonard Cohen at Lissadell House, Sligo, Ireland - 31st July. On presale now. http://bit.ly/9T7dmc

boosh_fan

anticipate a problem with finding hotels given that it's a bank holiday weekend. Would it be difficult to get from Strandhill to and from Lissadell House? Would it be better to stay in Sligo town do you think?

magnumlady

The Clarion have some rooms left, they are going fast though.
As the others are saying there really should be some sort of bus from the town.

tuppence

So out of curiosity how many here will be trying to get a ticket on Monday?
Am goin to be trying to get 5 at last count.... Gulp :eek:

magnumlady

tuppence wrote: »

So out of curiosity how many here will be trying to get a ticket on Monday?
Am goin to be trying to get 5 at last count.... Gulp :eek:

Did you see the pre-sale:
http://bit.ly/9T7dmc

People are buying tickets today.

Pete M.

Tickets sorted, nice...

And several people I know have also snapped them up already too.
May not be too many left come Monday.

Radharc na Sleibhte

Selling out fast already.
I hope its a great success.
Still no official word on Westlife.

bobcar61

There is loads of B&B's out that part of the country but I'm sure once they heard about the concert they hiked up the prices.
A shuttle bus would be so handy and knowing Sligo it probably won't be provided.

tuppence

magnumlady wrote: »

Did you see the pre-sale:
http://bit.ly/9T7dmc

People are buying tickets today.

Thanks a million for the heads up on this Magnumlady. Phew.

Radharc na Sleibhte

bobcar61 wrote: »

There is loads of B&B's out that part of the country but I'm sure once they heard about the concert they hiked up the prices.
A shuttle bus would be so handy and knowing Sligo it probably won't be provided.

It'll be a welcome boost for them alright.

It will have to be park and ride.
Imagine the traffic around Carney, Ballinfull, Maugherow etc on those little roads, and people trying to get back out onto the N15 at the end.

He may as well do a second night cos everyone will still be there anyway!

Seriously, I'd love to know what the plans are.

Pete M.

MikeySligo wrote: »

Still no official word on Westlife.

And hopefully there won't be any sign of them there either.:eek:
Think I'll be scalping my tickets if they are appearing.
Twud be rather silly to put both of these on the same bill.

And think it's going to be a one way traffic system for the event, in Carney side, out the other.

Fair play to Sligo Co. Co. for facilitating this event....

Basq

Pete M. wrote: »

And hopefully there won't be any sign of them there either.:eek:
Think I'll be scalping my tickets if they are appearing.
Twud be rather silly to put both of these on the same bill.

It'd be a seperate gig obviously..!

I wouldn't imagine the slightest bit of overlap between Westlife fans and Leonard Cohen fans.. it'd be like putting Slipknot supporting of Miley Cyrus.

Mint Sauce

Saturday night sold out within minutes, 2nd night for the sunday has been added and selling

Mint Sauce

MikeySligo wrote: »

It'll be a welcome boost for them alright.

It will have to be park and ride.
Imagine the traffic around Carney, Ballinfull, Maugherow etc on those little roads, and people trying to get back out onto the N15 at the end.

He may as well do a second night cos everyone will still be there anyway!

Seriously, I'd love to know what the plans are.

seen adverts for shuttle buses from the major towns/cities, no mention about services from sligo though

banjobongo

Ive booked tickets for myself and my mother to see the concert. Does anybody know what time the concert starts at? I was hoping to do the triathlon out in Rosses Point the same day?

to answer my own query, from looking up his own website, its 7pm, so I shoudl have enough time to do the triathlon out in Rosses Point, get back to Sligo, changed and off for the concert. Should be a great day.

Xiney

banjobongo wrote: »

Ive booked tickets for myself and my mother to see the concert. Does anybody know what time the concert starts at? I was hoping to do the triathlon out in Rosses Point the same day?

to answer my own query, from looking up his own website, its 7pm, so I shoudl have enough time to do the triathlon out in Rosses Point, get back to Sligo, changed and off for the concert. Should be a great day.

sounds like a tiring day!

Maxav

banjobongo wrote: »

Ive booked tickets for myself and my mother to see the concert. Does anybody know what time the concert starts at? I was hoping to do the triathlon out in Rosses Point the same day?

to answer my own query, from looking up his own website, its 7pm, so I shoudl have enough time to do the triathlon out in Rosses Point, get back to Sligo, changed and off for the concert. Should be a great day.

Swim straight across to Lissadell:D No problems with traffic..............

Radharc na Sleibhte

Pete M. wrote: »

And hopefully there won't be any sign of them there either.:eek:
Think I'll be scalping my tickets if they are appearing.
Twud be rather silly to put both of these on the same bill.

And think it's going to be a one way traffic system for the event, in Carney side, out the other.

Fair play to Sligo Co. Co. for facilitating this event....

Westlife are gonna be on the Friday night.
Whats the capacity?

LostCovey

Got tickets for Sat, but bit worried.....will it be concert of the year or Streisand Mark II

Nice to have the Westlifers as guinea pigs on the Friday, get all the wrinkles sorted before The Man touches down. Queuing to get out of Westlife would be a special type of hell for some.

LostCovey

bobcar61

MikeySligo wrote: »

Westlife are gonna be on the Friday night.
Whats the capacity?

Where did you hear that? As far as I know it's only a rumour at the moment and it's hoped that they will play again in Sligo sometime in the near future.

james08

Hi all,
Just to clear up a few questions..

This concert is a 10000 all seater concert (outdoor on the lissadell estate) which is half way between bundoran and sligo ... about 5min drive off the N15 road.

Traffic restrictions will be in place... no news on that yet only that link buses to and from the venue will be in operation.

2nd night has been confirmed for sunday 1st of August tickets on sale

Most hotel accommodation has been provisionally block booked by all hotels, this is in relation to where the stage crew, management, etc are staying..

Hotels will make all extra rooms available once they recieve confirmation of these block booking's. (Hopefully this weekend)

Hotels which may have availabilty from next week are: in order of closet to Lissadell house first:
Raddisson blu Hotel 10 min
Yeats Country 10 min
Pier Head Hotel 10min
Beach Hotel 10min
Clarion Hotel 15min
Sligo Southern Hotel 15 min
Sligo Park Hotel 15 min
keep an eye on all hotel websites and most importantly facebook pages/groups...

bobcar61

james08 wrote: »

Hotels which may have availabilty from next week are: in order of closet to Lissadell house first:
Raddisson blu Hotel 10 min
Yeats Country 10 min
Pier Head Hotel 10min
Beach Hotel 10min
Clarion Hotel 15min
Sligo Southern Hotel 15 min
Sligo Park Hotel 15 min
keep an eye on all hotel websites and most importantly facebook pages/groups...

There is no way that the Radisson and the Yeats Country Hotel are within 10 minutes of Lissadell House. It's almost a 10 minutes drive from Rosses Point where the Yeats Country is located to the centre of town and then you have to drive out to Lissadell House, probably roughly another 15 minutes drive.

LostCovey

bobcar61 wrote: »

There is no way that the Radisson and the Yeats Country Hotel are within 10 minutes of Lissadell House. It's almost a 10 minutes drive from Rosses Point where the Yeats Country is located to the centre of town and then you have to drive out to Lissadell House, probably roughly another 15 minutes drive.

Distances don't matter - it will take four hours on the day anyway!

LostCovey

james08

The Raddisson Blu Hotel is no further than 15min max to Lissadell house, any good sat nav will take you through Rathcormac and then turn off for Carney. There is no need to travel towards Sligo Town.

The Same with the Yeats Country, possibly 3 - 4 minutes longer.

All of the Hotel's North of Sligo Town are close to the concert.

dinneenp

Does anyone if it's just him or will there be a few supporting acts like Slane?
I'm guessing not or only 1 supporting seeing as it's all seater.

Is anyone else planning to camp/will there be camping facilities nearby?

Essexboy

There may be a problem for the concerts.

Sligo County Council intend to cut off water supplies in North Sligo from 8pm to 8am the following morning. http://www.sligococo.ie/News/Name,16629,en.html