Paul Simon - Vicar Street

lordgoat

Paul Simon, Vicar St, June 20. tix on sale this Friday April 15th

The wonderful foggy notions belting out great gigs this year.

Well done and thanks to all.

greendom

lordgoat wrote: »

Paul Simon, Vicar St, June 20. tix on sale this Friday April 15th

The wonderful foggy notions belting out great gigs this year.

Well done and thanks to all.

Fantastic, I imagine tickets will sell pretty quickly - great venue to have such an icon playing- I presume this is warm up for his appearance in Cork on the 21st

indiewindy

€81.25 for a ticket:eek:

rednik

It will still sell out.

greendom

rednik wrote: »

It will still sell out.

And tickets on the black market will go for far higher than that

lordgoat

greendom wrote: »

And tickets on the black market will go for far higher than that

Only if people are foolish enough to buy them.

greendom

lordgoat wrote: »

Only if people are foolish enough to buy them.

I don't buy that - fantastic performer in an intimate venue. If you're a fan and you have the money but no ticket - why not ?

saintsaltynuts

Good luck getting a ticket for this show.I remember Neil Young playing there a few years back tickets on the black market were going for a grand.

lordgoat

greendom wrote: »

I don't buy that - fantastic performer in an intimate venue. If you're a fan and you have the money but no ticket - why not ?

I just don't support touts in any shape or form. There is no need for them, if everyone had this attitude they would not exist. Simples. If people want to get a ticket badly enough, go to ticketmaster and queue up early on the day they go on sale. You will get a ticket this way. Anyways we can argue all we want over it but i can see what you're saying so maybe Paul Simon from here on!


But i do agree it will be an amazing show from him and vicar street will only enhance it.

bren2001

greendom wrote: »

I don't buy that - fantastic performer in an intimate venue. If you're a fan and you have the money but no ticket - why not ?

If your a fan you should queue up online or go to an outlet very early to get a ticket. Touting is a horribly thing.

I'm a huge Killers fan but when I didnt get tickets to Brandon Flowers Guinness show I didnt go looking for touts. A couple of weeks later he announced a solo show. My view is, I'll do all I can to get a ticket but if I don't get it I will try harder next time they come.

NickDrake

indiewindy wrote: »

€81.25 for a ticket:eek:

Are Aiken the promoters??

greendom

bren2001 wrote: »

If your a fan you should queue up online or go to an outlet very early to get a ticket. Touting is a horribly thing.

I'm a huge Killers fan but when I didnt get tickets to Brandon Flowers Guinness show I didnt go looking for touts. A couple of weeks later he announced a solo show. My view is, I'll do all I can to get a ticket but if I don't get it I will try harder next time they come.

I don't like touts either, but they are exploiting the limited supply compared to the overwhelming demand for special events like this one.

lordgoat

NickDrake wrote: »

Are Aiken the promoters??

foggy notions.

run_Forrest_run

NickDrake wrote: »

Are Aiken the promoters??

they are promoting his Cork gig at the Marquee. Around €70 a ticket I think.

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NickDrake wrote: »

Are Aiken the promoters??

Yes


Aiken Promotions are proud to present…

PAUL SIMON

Live at Vicar Street June 20th

Tickets on sale Friday April 15th @ 9am!



PAUL SIMON has confirmed today he will play a very special show at Vicar St in Dublin on 20 June 2011 to mark the start of his European Tour. Tickets are €81.25 and go on sale this Friday 15 April at 9am through Ticketmaster and other usual outlets nationwide. Booking Line: 0818 719 390.

www.aikenpromotions.com

The Vicar St show will be Paul Simon’s first appearance in Dublin since he played a sold out Show at The Point in November 2006 and will give fans an opportunity to see the legendary songwriter and his stellar band in an intimate and personal setting. Starting his European Tour at Vicar St, Paul Simon adds to the list of other iconic appearances at the Dublin venue including Bob Dylan, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West and Neil Young.

Paul Simon’s new single “The Afterlife” is available to download from iTunes now

Album ‘So Beautiful Or So What’ is due for release 10 June 2011.

For more info on PAUL SIMON go to www.paulsimon.com


Another Friday morning scramble it is so..

drayme

This isnt all standing yeah?

lordgoat

drayme wrote: »

This isnt all standing yeah?

Standing and seated i'd say

scudzilla

A front row, centre table would be so good for this

patchmck

Ugh...

Paul Simon (wonderful as he is) should have enough shagging money to not charge extortionate prices for his gigs. I would love to see him but I just couldn't bring myself to pay that much, it's not right. If you're worth millions then you're surely not doing it for the cash, so why the prices?

Looks like I'm trying to win tickets off the radio for this one

scudzilla

patchmck wrote: »

Ugh...

Paul Simon (wonderful as he is) should have enough shagging money to not charge extortionate prices for his gigs. I would love to see him but I just couldn't bring myself to pay that much, it's not right. If you're worth millions then you're surely not doing it for the cash, so why the prices?

Looks like I'm trying to win tickets off the radio for this one

Doubt he had any say at all in ticket prices, that'll be the promoter, probably a high fee to book him though, hence the high ticket price.

sabrewulf

I saw Simon & Garfunkel back in 2004 in Cologne, DE.
They charged me Euro 180 per ticket! Needless to say that Ticket prices increase by about 20% every year, so I don't even wanna know what they would charge in DE for the Duo today...
I'll try to get a Paul Simon ticket for Dublin, even though I don't like the price.

lordgoat

scudzilla wrote: »

Doubt he had any say at all in ticket prices, that'll be the promoter, probably a high fee to book him though, hence the high ticket price.

In the vast majority of all concert, ticket price is directly related to how much the artist wants and costs to bring over. There's some myth around promoters screwing people over, sure they take a cut but it is by no means anywhere near what the artist takes...

scudzilla

lordgoat wrote: »

In the vast majority of all concert, ticket price is directly related to how much the artist wants and costs to bring over. There's some myth around promoters screwing people over, sure they take a cut but it is by no means anywhere near what the artist takes...

So what does Vicar Street hold, just under 1,000 i'd say, they could have held this at The Grand Canal Theatre, it's free that night, holds 4/5000 and ticket prices could have been a bit cheaper.

penexpers

scudzilla wrote: »

So what does Vicar Street hold, just under 1,000 i'd say, they could have held this at The Grand Canal Theatre, it's free that night, holds 4/5000 and ticket prices could have been a bit cheaper.

Grand Canal Theatre has a capacity of approx. 2000.

corm500

Just bagged 2 tix...happy man:)...seems to be standing only available

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Sold out?

I tried for balcony at literally 1 second into 9am and "Not Available", they definitely werent on sale (someone correct me if you got a ticket that wasnt standing)

Got 2 standing anyway, appear to be all gone now.

beartooth

Got two tickets too happy enough, I've wanted to see him for a while now. Tickets are now sold out.

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siscri

nm wrote: »

Sold out?

I tried for balcony at literally 1 second into 9am and "Not Available", they definitely werent on sale (someone correct me if you got a ticket that wasnt standing)

Got 2 standing anyway, appear to be all gone now.

I was getting everything sold out for 2 tickets so searched for 1 and offered a **** seat: the very side of the balcony with restricted viewing so skipped it.

Every time I searched for 2 standing it said not available so had to buy two singles. Strange. Still happy - got two standing.

SteM

nm wrote: »

Sold out?

I tried for balcony at literally 1 second into 9am and "Not Available", they definitely werent on sale (someone correct me if you got a ticket that wasnt standing)

Got 2 standing anyway, appear to be all gone now.

Baclony seated tickets were available online dead on 9am. Blocks a, b and c seemed to be gone (I've never seen block b tix available to buy though). Block d was available for sure.

morred

Sold out in one and a half minutes.......

indiewindy

SteM wrote: »

Baclony seated tickets were available online dead on 9am. Blocks a, b and c seemed to be gone (I've never seen block b tix available to buy though). Block d was available for sure.

Blocks a,b and c are only go on sale if there is seating on the ground floor, for this gig as there was standing downstairs they are available to the people who bought standing tickets so are not sold seperately

musicmania

scudzilla wrote: »

A front row, centre table would be so good for this

Indeed it would. Those were the tickets I had for Art Garfunkel there. Have our tickets though!! We will just settle for standing front centre stage

s8n

musicmania wrote: »

Indeed it would. Those were the tickets I had for Art Garfunkel there. Have our tickets though!! We will just settle for standing front centre stage

That's my spot.........

musicmania

s8n wrote: »

That's my spot.........

Sharing is caring so we can all stand together. Only a couple of us here got tickets so we can keep it secret from everyone else

dixiefly

For some reason there seemed to be no tickets available for the first few minutes yesterday but then I got the standing one I wanted.

My own Paul Simon concert experiences actually started with the Central Park concert in 1981 andthen the following summer in the RDS. I had a ticket for the last show but had to give it up as I was away with work.

So really looking forward to this, was planning to go to Cork otherwise.

dixiefly

morred wrote: »

Sold out in one and a half minutes.......

Did it actually sell out that quickly or was it something to do with the Ticketmaster site?

musicmania

dixiefly wrote: »

Did it actually sell out that quickly or was it something to do with the Ticketmaster site?

Not sure to be honest. I saw a comment on TM website after an hour or so but that was just the time I checked the website. My friend bought out tickets from a TM agent as we felt that was our best chance since it is such an intimate venue.

I'm surprised Cork isn't sold out. I mean how many people can fit in a marquee?? Considering it went on sale a few weeks back this baffles me.

larry1

A mate just rang with 2 spares... Yeeeeeeeeee ha!

2cool4school

hope he plays dont call me al and feelin grovey both top tunes

so excited about this gig cant wait

larry1

Can't wait for this tonight. Any idea of an accurate on stage time anyone?

Thanks.

dixiefly

This was a fantastic concert in the best venue in Ireland for a concert like this. I was standing about 3 or 4 back from the stage and it was so personal and intimate. The band were absolutely superb, really felt like a hometown band jamming away at times.

From the moment that they got into the Boy in The Bubble they had us. The great thing about this concert is that it didnt matter the many great songs that he didnt play ....what he did do was superb. Several songs I didnt know but many many of the old favourites, some with a slightly different slant / approach. The songs from the new album fitted in seamlessly with the old favourites.

This is not last nights setlist but an indication from a previous concert


The Boy in the Bubble
Dazzling Blue
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
So Beautiful or So What
Vietnam Play (Jimmy Cliff cover)
Mother and Child Reunion
That Was Your Mother
Hearts and Bones
Mystery Train (Elvis Presley cover)
Wheels Play (Chet Atkins cover)
Slip Slidin' Away
Rewrite Play
Peace Like a River
The Obvious Child
The Only Living Boy in New York (Simon & Garfunkel song)
Afterlife
Questions for the Angels
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Gumboots Play
Encore:
The Sound of Silence Play (Simon & Garfunkel song)
Kodachrome Play
Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles cover)
Late in the Evening
Encore 2:
Still Crazy After All These Years
Crazy Love, Vol. II

He played additional songs during the two encores including Late in The Evening. The band really seemed to enjoy themselves.

Big contender for gig of the year.

2cool4school

so disappointed with this crap gig

i hardly knew any of the songs and he never played dont call me al!

how can he do a concert and not play his best tunes? why didnt he do feelin grovey and mrs robinson? ridiculous

i feel really stung that i paid so much to go to this i thought hed play some classics but it was all obscure stuff he even played a beatles song why?

totallytrees

Did he not play You Can Call Me Al? Driving to Cork later to see him.

corm500

It really was a class gig. He seemed to really get into it last night

greendom

2cool4school wrote: »

so disappointed with this crap gig

i hardly knew any of the songs and he never played dont call me al!

how can he do a concert and not play his best tunes? why didnt he do feelin grovey and mrs robinson? ridiculous

i feel really stung that i paid so much to go to this i thought hed play some classics but it was all obscure stuff he even played a beatles song why?

I think any true fan of Paul Simon would have loved that set-list. Apart from the covers - I agree that he should have stuck to his own material

2cool4school

totallytrees wrote: »

Did he not play You Can Call Me Al? Driving to Cork later to see him.

no he didnt its mental! hope you get to hear some proper classics tonight mate to make your trip worth it

he must know what the real fans want to hear!

beartooth

2cool4school wrote: »

no he didnt its mental! hope you get to hear some proper classics tonight mate to make your trip worth it

he must know what the real fans want to hear!

real fans?????

As one of the other posters said contender for gig of the year. He was excellent and the band were great too

corm500

no he didnt its mental! hope you get to hear some proper classics tonight mate to make your trip worth it

he must know what the real fans want to hear!

Sounds Of Silence
Late In The Evening
50 Ways to leave your lover
Only Living Boy in New York
Mother & Child Reunion
Still Crazy After All These Years
Slip Sliding Away
Diamonds on The soles of Her Shoes.......

I could go on but these are some that even a non fan would know. It was a great gig from an artist that is still recording great music (new album at no.3 in the charts this week)

delbertgrady

2cool4school wrote: »

how can he do a concert and not play his best tunes? why didnt he do feelin grovey and mrs robinson? ridiculous

Best tunes? Or most well-known, 'cos that's not the same thing.

It wasn't billed as a Greatest Hits show, and it was hardly "all obscure stuff". If you're dismissing the set list on the basis that you didn't know a lot of the songs, I'm guessing your entire Paul Simon/S&G collection amounts to a couple of "Best Of" compilations. He's just released a new album, so of course he's going to be playing at least two or three songs from that. You've mentioned three songs in your post, all of which are real fair-weather fan favourites. I'm wondering if you even own a copy of Graceland.

dixiefly

2cool4school wrote: »

so disappointed with this crap gig

i hardly knew any of the songs and he never played dont call me al!

how can he do a concert and not play his best tunes? why didnt he do feelin grovey and mrs robinson? ridiculous

i feel really stung that i paid so much to go to this i thought hed play some classics but it was all obscure stuff he even played a beatles song why?

I am shocked that you didnt enjoy the concert. I understand what it is like to go to a concert and not get songs you like, happened me at Tom Waits (I have 5 albums & he played 2 songs I knew!).

He was never going to play many songs from the Simon & Garfunkel days, it is 30 ago since the were together & there may be contractual difficulties. Paul has had many great albums since such as Here Comes Rhymin Simon, 0Still Crazy After All These Years, Graceland, Hearts & Bones etc. I dont know his new album but the material played from it last night sounded v good.

Also, Vicar Street was a great venue for that band , they were really in the rhythm. But horses for courses and it was a lot of money to spend if you are not really in to him. An artist like that has so much material that he could play a totally different setlist tonight and the fans would love it.