Slayer - The Academy - 10th June

Furious-Red

mcd_productions

Thrash metals legends @Slayer have just been confirmed to headline @academydublin on June 10th!! Tickets on sale Friday at 9am!!!

Tickets €42.50 incl. booking fee

Heathen

Is Hanneman back in action? and i wonder will Lombardo be back behind the drums after the disagreements?

H

DrumSteve

Will be going to this!

sabrewulf

Tempted! It's been 5 years since I saw them live...
Great venue, not so great ticket price though!

Just Like Heaven

Limelight 12th of June.

scudzilla

As capacity is 850 I'm expecting MCD to put a limit of 12 tickets per person

shed head

capacity is 850? for Slayer!!! thats mad, surely there is somewhere else with a bigger capacity, they should easily get a couple of thousand more

Mushy

Academy is 650 capacity.

Ash.J.Williams

Heathen wrote: »

Is Hanneman back in action? and i wonder will Lombardo be back behind the drums after the disagreements?

H

no to both i'd imagine

Just Like Heaven

Mushy wrote: »

Academy is 650 capacity.

Pretty sure it's 850. Just 650 on the floor.

Mushy

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Pretty sure it's 850. Just. 650 on the floor.

Is it 200 upstairs? But sure not everyone can go there

A V A

wtf?? slayer in the academy?? thats a shocker?:eek::eek: thought they would be wprthy of a bigger venue !!

NIBBS

It's definitely 850 cap Mushy - so must be 200 upstairs, that prob includes standing on the balcony's......

they are playing small venues - I'd love to see it being the full Slayer lineup, but it's just very unlikely - and sad........ will be close to €50 inc fees etc then......smallest venue they've ever played here for the highest ticket price ?

we'll see......it'll set out though I've no doubt on that score....

Just Like Heaven

It's 200 upstairs but I think it's additional. Don't they stop letting people upstairs when it's full?

Mushy

Ive never been able to just go up there anyway. Always seems like its more VIP. Even then, its a tiny venue for them.

Just Like Heaven

Yeah again highlighting the lack of 3,000-4,000 capacity venue in Dublin.

the_doctor199

NIBBS wrote: »

smallest venue they've ever played here for the highest ticket price ?

Fee is likely still the same so needs to be covered somehow.

Chevolution

It really annoys me that this is in the academy, sure it's a great venue but it'll sell out in minutes and I along with a lot of other slayer fans won't be able to get tickets so we'll have to miss this.

rubadub

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

Don't they stop letting people upstairs when it's full?

Yes, usually you need a stamp

Mushy wrote: »

Ive never been able to just go up there anyway. Always seems like its more VIP.

Get in early and ask nicely and they usually let you up, the bouncer at the stairs usually has the stamp, then you can head out of the venue again, or to the bar and go back up later. Though the bar is usually less packed up there.

Ash.J.Williams

would be the perfect gig if the whole band were toggin out!

honru

Tempted... I'd prefer to see them with Lombardo though!

symbolic

See they announced Belfast for the 12th,so no doubt a second Dublin gig on the 11th?

honru

symbolic wrote: »

See they announced Belfast for the 12th,so no doubt a second Dublin gig on the 11th?

Yep, looks like it.

Stuxnet

****, ill be away on holidays

Lucifer31

I believe a second date has been confirmed, but not announced just yet.

rubadub

Lucifer31 wrote: »

I believe a second date has been confirmed, but not announced just yet.

Often a bands website will show the extra dates, while the promoter will hold off on the news so they can be sure 1 show sells out, and then sort of legitimately say its a sell out, so the second sells faster.

Furious-Red

Surely if they have 2 dublin shows booked would they not be better just to book the Olympia for one night?

nomoreindie

Furious-Red wrote: »

Surely if they have 2 dublin shows booked would they not be better just to book the Olympia for one night?

It would be allright, but is the olympia available that night

honru

Furious-Red wrote: »

Surely if they have 2 dublin shows booked would they not be better just to book the Olympia for one night?

Personally I'd be much much more inclined to see them in The Academy than the The Olympia.

Morf

That's ManOwaR territory for extortionate gig prices.

Not sure I could for a band that I haven't liked since the late 80s with two members possibly missing.

Ruudi_Mentari

It's only extortionate in that it's not the proper line-up. They are big rockstars, in the twilight of their career and big acts charge at least €40...... a popular act charging people for an 'intimate' opportunity usually costs more, you'd think they were pullin a streisand. They've only ever really played small venues here anyhow

if they've become such grubbers I'm surprised they are bothering the expenses stopping off here at all for a crowd that small, so work it out.

Morf

Ruudi_Mentari wrote: »

It's only extortionate in that it's not the proper line-up. They are big rockstars, in the twilight of their career and big acts charge at least €40...... a popular act charging people for an 'intimate' opportunity usually costs more, you'd think they were pullin a streisand. They've only ever really played small venues here anyhow

if they've become such grubbers I'm surprised they are bothering the expenses stopping off here at all for a crowd that small, so work it out.

I disagree so I'll leave it at that.

Ruudi_Mentari

agreed, this issue of 90% their earnings going elsewhere is indeed extortionate

and maybe the main reason I won't be coughing up, bad enough as it is lombardo finding himself out of the group over it.

Just Like Heaven

Furious-Red wrote: »

Surely if they have 2 dublin shows booked would they not be better just to book the Olympia for one night?

People won't pay €50 for crap seats at a Slayer gig.

monkeypants

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

People won't pay €50 for crap seats at a Slayer gig.

Seats?

Just Like Heaven

monkeypants wrote: »

Seats?

If it were in the Olympia. I was quoting Furious.

monkeypants

fewtinsoffroth wrote: »

If it were in the Olympia. I was quoting Furious.

Understood. I was just imagining a quiet, seated crowd at a Slayer gig.

Just Like Heaven

I imagine a lot of their big arena shows US have lots of seats >_< That'd suck.

Adrift

Lads, Slayer haven't changed their ticket prices that much over the past 15 years. This complaint comes up every time.

The tickets to see them in the Ambassador in 2005 were €44


To see them in the SFX in 2000 it was €35


Their fee hasn't changed so get over it. To see a similar sized band costs the same here, Megadeth charge around the 44 mark as well. This is hardly news people!!!!!!!!!!


Personally I think seeing them in such a small venue will be the business. Make no mistake, these shows will sell out straight away.

Testament1

Adrift wrote: »

Lads, Slayer haven't changed their ticket prices that much over the past 15 years. This complaint comes up every time.

The tickets to see them in the Ambassador in 2005 were €44


To see them in the SFX in 2000 it was €35


Their fee hasn't changed so get over it. To see a similar sized band costs the same here, Megadeth charge around the 44 mark as well. This is hardly news people!!!!!!!!!!


Personally I think seeing them in such a small venue will be the business. Make no mistake, these shows will sell out straight away.

Exactly!! I was at the Ambassador gig and it was around the same price as this (one of the best gigs I was ever at too )

Anyway if ye think those prices are steep I imagine ye'd die of heart failure at ticket prices out here in Aus, you'd be looking at $80-$100 easily for a mediocre act, Black Sabbaths show in April cost $150 a ticket!!

monkeypants

Adrift wrote: »

To see them in the SFX in 2000 it was €35

I can't remember how much it cost to see them in '94...

Whatever happened to the SFX? That was a great venue for Slayer, really suited their sound.

the_syco

Haven't seen such a good lineup for a Slayer tribute band in a while, so have ticket paid, and hoping it'll be a good show!

scudzilla

the_syco wrote: »

Haven't seen such a good lineup for a Slayer tribute band in a while, so have ticket paid, and hoping it'll be a good show!

:rolleyes:

Motley Crue

I'm looking forward to coming back to Dublin for a few days in the Summer for this one

DrumSteve

Got tickets for tuesday... looks like its selling out quickly.

the_syco

scudzilla wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Tom, Kerry & co? Maybe the tickets should be half price :pac:

DrumSteve wrote: »

Got tickets for tuesday... looks like its selling out quickly.

Northern lads said the Limelight sold out in 2 minutes, so tickets are going slowly in comparison :pac:

DrumSteve

the_syco wrote: »

Tom, Kerry & co? Maybe the tickets should be half price :pac:


Northern lads said the Limelight sold out in 2 minutes, so tickets are going slowly in comparison :pac:

Ah everything is relative aint it?

Morf

Testament1 wrote: »

Anyway if ye think those prices are steep I imagine ye'd die of heart failure at ticket prices out here in Aus, you'd be looking at $80-$100 easily for a mediocre act, Black Sabbaths show in April cost $150 a ticket!!

Everything in OZ is ridiculously expensive. They're in the middle of a big bubble. It's unsustainable but at least they have big natural resources to fall back on rather than the construction industry/property.

Anyway, I wouldn't pay €50 to see half of Slayer.

Chevolution

Well I got my ticket for the Monday, will be seeing them at bloodstock aswell, can't wait

blastman

In case anyone missed this sad news

Ruudi_Mentari

I... can't fcuking believe it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXnjwnuUCRI

RIP.