Aslan - Tallaght Stadium, 30th June

CiaranK

Tickets are very steep. I hope it sells well though. Don't think I can afford it. Lots of Irish and international bands playing too. I'd say it'll be a good day/night. Gates opening at 1pm. Tickets on sale now through Aslans facebook bandstand for the same price as Ticketmaster but with some extras.

neil_18_

Going to wait and see who the other acts are first to see if it's worth €50. They are brilliant live, so i still might end up going anyway.

The 2 presenters on fm104 today were saying that if the support acts they were told about are true, that they are big names, but they wouldn't say who. Hopefully it will be announced shortly!

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4

50 euro!!! Insane price considering you could see them in pubs all over the country for max 10 euro or even free

Furious-Red

Bodie Flabby Village wrote: »

50 euro!!! Insane price considering you could see them in pubs all over the country for max 10 euro or even free

If they are clever they wont announce any other big gigs before this gig , because some people will rather go see them for cheaper somewhere else

CiaranK

Bodie Flabby Village wrote: »

50 euro!!! Insane price considering you could see them in pubs all over the country for max 10 euro or even free

Generally their prices are €20 for pubs and €33 for Vicar Street or the Olympia. It's not just Aslan either. The other bands haven;t been announced yet. But seemingly they are big names too. I'm guessing it'll be like a one day festival.

neil_18_

Furious-Red wrote: »

If they are clever they wont announce any other big gigs before this gig , because some people will rather go see them for cheaper somewhere else

They're not doing the Olympia in March this year so that's pretty much their usual main gig gone.

Really hope they get some good bands for this

rock chic

tickeks all bought and cant wait and i dont have far to go lol

RayCon

€50 :eek:

Just to put some perspective on this ... recent-ish similarly priced gigs.

Kiss : €49.90 in the O2 - with a massive stage show.
Rush : €57.90 in the O2 - with an outstanding stage production and a 3hr show showcasing unreal levels of musicianship and craft.

MagicMarker

Jesus, stay away from Tallaght on the 30th June!!

It's good that they're using the stadium for stuff like this though.

thefly

MagicMarker wrote: »

Jesus, stay away from Tallaght on the 30th June!!

It's good that they're using the stadium for stuff like this though.

Well it's not called Tallaght Municipal Community Stadium for nothing.

They even host archery and American Football tournaments there too.:D:D

Grid.

The last time I had the misfortune of being at one of their gigs...Dignam tells everyone to 'watch your handbags and wallets...me mates from Finglas are here' :rolleyes:

but1er

tune into transmission on z103 on 2pm tune into this link

http://www.radiokerry.ie/training/radio.html

might have the support from christys mouth

but1er

so if you missed the show

KAISER CHIEFS ARE SUPPORTING ASLAN WITH ROYSEVEN AND RED EMPIRE!!!

PTH2009

I guess the support will be a lot of Irish bands such as Original Rude Boys, The Coronas, Bressie (yer man from the Blizzards and the voice), The Rubberbandits

Thin Lizzy might also make an apperance because of there Irishness

but1er

PTH2009 wrote: »

I guess the support will be a lot of Irish bands such as Original Rude Boys, The Coronas, Bressie (yer man from the Blizzards and the voice), The Rubberbandits

Thin Lizzy might also make an apperance because of there Irishness

KAISER CHIEFS AND MAYBE ONE MORE

Furious-Red

Kaiser Chiefs???? really? . Hard to believe they are supporting Aslan since they sold out Marley Park a few years ago

neil_18_

Jesus! They've done well there! No wonder tickets were so expensive :P

but1er

i was just as shocked when he said it

Furious-Red

Id nearly just go for KC ha

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

Gridlock wrote: »

The last time I had the misfortune of being at one of their gigs...Dignam tells everyone to 'watch your handbags and wallets...me mates from Finglas are here' :rolleyes:

are you serious?! did he actually say that like it was some funny joke?! at least town will be safe the 30th with this scumbag* magnet out in tallaght

* some fans are scumbags, not all of course before i'm lynched

flyswatter

georgiecasey wrote: »

Gridlock wrote: »

The last time I had the misfortune of being at one of their gigs...Dignam tells everyone to 'watch your handbags and wallets...me mates from Finglas are here' :rolleyes:

are you serious?! did he actually say that like it was some funny joke?! at least town will be safe the 30th with this scumbag* magnet out in tallaght

* some fans are scumbags, not all of course before i'm lynched

You could probably knock a good shade off the crime rate if you dropped a bomb on the place.

but1er

oi lads leave it from finglas myself small minded people

you should be banned

Pepsicass

Yep! Aslan have just confirmed it on their FB page. First named special guests to be the Kaiser Chiefs! Am delighted!!

but1er

and i gave ye the excluisve on monday haha

Pepsicass

So, go on - give us another exclusive! Besides Roy Seven and Red Empire that is!

but1er

Pepsicass wrote: »

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EyesClosed

50 quid was way to much to ask for Aslan see they had to drop the ticket price, if I had bought one I would be pretty annoyed right now
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/1800483398C756E3?artistid=749316&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

beertons

How much are they now?

Professey Chin

25 so cut the price in half

hidinginthebush

beertons wrote: »

How much are they now?

Half price

but1er

Any fans who have already bought a ticket should return their tickets to point of purchase, where they will be issued with a new ticket. They will be refunded the cost difference between the original standing ticket price (€49.65) or the original seated ticket price (€54.65) and the new €25 ticket price for all level of tickets. Booking fees still apply. This offer is also limited to ten days as per the purchase offer.
From Ticketmaster outlets nationwide plus 24 hour Telephone Bookings - ROI 0818 719 300/ N. Ireland: 0844 847 2455 / International: +353 818 719 300 and Online Bookings at www.ticketmaster.ieTelephone and internet bookings subject to a service charge of €3.35 per ticket up to €28.50, 12.5% per ticket over €28.50 (Max €6.35) / Outlets €2.25.

Furious-Red

Obviously tickets are not selling well

CiaranK

Was a bit much alright. There'll be a boost in sales now I'd say. Gonna get tickets now. It's only valid untill the 10th of June and then they go back to normal price I think

but1er

id be shocked if they change the price back tbh keep it at 25 no hassle and it will sell out

Savman

Embarrassing, but 50 notes was astronomical for Aslan.

GoldenTickets

"How can I attract you at this craaaaaazy price? It's too high, yeah, it's too high..."

This is a considerable bungle on the part of the promoters. But then again, anyone who actually shelled out fifty blips for the show can now get five or six unexpected bonus pints in at the stadium instead. Bonanza!

Hifiman

This gig has just been cancelled! Poor ticket sales!

Hifiman

Hifiman wrote: »

This gig has just been cancelled! Poor ticket sales!

Here's the link:

http://www.hotpress.ie/Aslan/news/Aslan-cancel-Tallaght-Stadium-gig/8965105.html?new_layout=1


Aslan have been forced to pull their 30th birthday gig in Tallaght Stadium due to poor ticket sales.
“We’re all devastated, making the decision to cancel the show has been incredibly difficult and we are truly sorry to the thousands of fans that were looking forward to celebrating with us on June 30,” rues Billy McGuinness. “It’s a real sign of the times, we did everything we could to make it work. It costs a lot to run stadium shows, you look around and many of the big shows seem to have difficulty selling these days. People just don’t have the spare cash. We tried our best but it just wasn’t to be. We’d have loved to have celebrated our 30 years in such a huge way, but we will find another occasion to do this with the Aslan fans.”
The band last week cut ticket prices by 50% to try and enable fans in difficult economic circumstances to purchase tickets, but sadly their wasn’t enough of a pick up to warrant the gig going ahead

bobbyg

The fact they could cut the prices to €25 shows how much profit they were hoping to make from this, should have sold them at €25 from the start and it would have probably sold out.

RayCon

aaahhhhh ... sanity is restored.

Furious-Red

Not really a shock? They would have been better of doing a big O2 show instead

Halo Kitty

Playing in THE INEC Killarney on the 16th of the month..ticket sales must be poor also as on FB today "buy one ticket get another free promotion..valid until next monday..just might be tempted now,

razorblunt

To be fair they're a victim of their own lower standards (then again they have to make a living), but when you see them playing college balls and pubs on your street corner you're hardly going to pay 25 let alone 50 for them.

rock chic

pissed off its cancelled was soo lookin forward to it cant understand it they a brilliant band live and appeal to the masses :mad:

Furious-Red

rock chic wrote: »

pissed off its cancelled was soo lookin forward to it cant understand it they a brilliant band live and appeal to the masses :mad:

They are nowhere big enough to sell out a stadium , anytime they play Dublin they do Vicar Street(2000 capacity approx) or Olympia (1600) so its a massive jump from that to a stadium which i presume would be about 15,000-20,000 capacity . Also they play everywhere all around Ireland during the year . If they would have only played the Tallaght Show for the rest of the year then tickets could have been better making it more important show . But they did the silly thing of playing loads of places

Professey Chin

rock chic wrote: »

pissed off its cancelled was soo lookin forward to it cant understand it they a brilliant band live and appeal to the masses :mad:

They've been crap the times I've seen them and having 1 well known song isn't appealing to the masses. They're just not big enough for anything bigger then 4000 at a push

squonk

Yeah, their debut album was great but it all went downhill from there. They had a few good singles over the years but put out an awful lot of ****e too. I wouldn't be paying 25 to see them. I saw them for I think it was a tenner here in Galway last year. I have a lot of time for them though. They're a good bunch of lads and work very hard and deserve to have a living out of the business but 50 lids was an unreal price. At least they tried.

DubGibba

Just to note I don't think the price of tickets or the other Acts on the bill had anything to do with the lads,it was all down to the promoter.

Savman

DubGibba wrote: »

Just to note I don't think the price of tickets or the other Acts on the bill had anything to do with the lads,it was all down to the promoter.

Howiyeh Christy!

SerialComplaint

DubGibba wrote: »

Just to note I don't think the price of tickets or the other Acts on the bill had anything to do with the lads,it was all down to the promoter.

Nonsense. If they didn't like what the promoter was doing, they could have walked away.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

DubGibba wrote: »

Just to note I don't think the price of tickets or the other Acts on the bill had anything to do with the lads,it was all down to the promoter.

well when the promoter was going to make huge losses because nobody bought tickets, i'm sure it was their decision. they probably made a big loss already. outdoor, stadium gigs cost a fortune to make happen and no way in the world is aslan a good enough or big enough band to headline one.

sorry christy.