Alice Cooper - Olympia - Nov 8th

scudzilla

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

scudzilla

55-70euro Ouch

Wrongway1985

Would be cool but mad prices really

scudzilla

I've already had a pop at the Olympia on FB, they announced the gig on their page, tickets from €55 and then say there is an extra €1 fee for refurbishment, it's a business ffs, they shouldnt have to force punters into paying it

Passenger

Weren't tickets for his co-headline gig in the O2 a few years ago only around €60ish?

PTH2009

he puts on a great show and the Olympia will really suite it but saw him twice before (3arena 2011 and Manchester 2015) and he done all his hits and stage antics those nights. ill skip this one

Level 5 Vegan

Hope this isn't fully seated like the UK dates. Want to go as well but don't know about paying €60+.

Wrongway1985

Passenger wrote: »

Weren't tickets for his co-headline gig in the O2 a few years ago only around €60ish?

I'd imagine thet's correct, a quick search tells me when they did dates with Motely Crue in UK was around £40

run_Forrest_run

scudzilla wrote: »

I've already had a pop at the Olympia on FB, they announced the gig on their page, tickets from €55 and then say there is an extra €1 fee for refurbishment, it's a business ffs, they shouldnt have to force punters into paying it

all venues are doing this now. To be honest with you I don't mind contributing to the cost of maintaining an historic venue like the Olympia but to be forced into paying for the upkeep of a brand new purpose built venue like the 3Arena, well that sickens me :mad:

cruhoortwunk

Anyone know fanclub presale password or how to get one

cruhoortwunk

SICKTHINGS

scudzilla

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

all venues are doing this now. To be honest with you I don't mind contributing to the cost of maintaining an historic venue like the Olympia but to be forced into paying for the upkeep of a brand new purpose built venue like the 3Arena, well that sickens me :mad:

But we're already paying the cost of maintaining it by purchasing a ticket, they make their money from the hire of the venue

Passenger

Where does it explicitly say that they're charging extra for venue refurbishment?

scudzilla

Passenger wrote: »

Where does it explicitly say that they're charging extra for venue refurbishment?

From The Olympia's FB Page

Rock legend Alice Cooper has confirmed a concert date at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on Wednesday 8th November 2017.
Tickets priced from €54.50 including booking fee and €1 restoration levy go on sale this Friday 10th March at 9am via Ticketmaster Ireland

scruff monkey

scudzilla wrote: »

I've already had a pop at the Olympia on FB, they announced the gig on their page, tickets from €55 and then say there is an extra €1 fee for refurbishment, it's a business ffs, they shouldnt have to force punters into paying it

I'm sure they'll get right on that. They've been charging it for the last couple of years (and in fairness, you can see where it's gone)

Passenger

scudzilla wrote: »

From The Olympia's FB Page

Rock legend Alice Cooper has confirmed a concert date at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on Wednesday 8th November 2017.
Tickets priced from €54.50 including booking fee and €1 restoration levy go on sale this Friday 10th March at 9am via Ticketmaster Ireland

Well at least they're being transparent about it. It'd be another thing if they just arbitrarily upped the ticket prices which they've done anyway. :pac:

Peter File

scruff monkey wrote: »

I'm sure they'll get right on that. They've been charging it for the last couple of years (and in fairness, you can see where it's gone)

The €1 is just a cynical way to rip off music fans even more on top of booking fees.

scruff monkey

It's not really ripping them off if the facilities are improved on what was there before, it is an old building and does need maintenance.

applying it to the point is a piss take, but for the olympia i'd say it isint.

poundhound

@ cruhoortwunk, cheers for the presale password.
Standing ticket purchased, 26 years after I last seen him live.

Passenger

poundhound wrote: »

Standing ticket purchased, 26 years after I last seen him live.

Where did he play that time?

poundhound

The point 1991.

Zardoz

Id say there is a good chance he will add a second night

blastman

Standing tickets got, thanks to cruhoortwunk for the code.

Rigor Mortis

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

SICKTHINGS

very kind of you. Tickets got.:D

Lithium93_

November 9th has also been added, so two Alice Cooper shows this year..

rubadub

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

all venues are doing this now.

I only know of 2 slapping on charges like this, olympia and 3arena.

scudzilla wrote: »

Tickets priced from €54.50 including booking fee and €1 restoration levy go on sale this Friday 10th March at 9am via Ticketmaster Ireland

They have ambiguous wording now, so do 3arena. The 1euro is actually included in the 54.50, in the past it was not. There are some gigs in 3arena where it was included too, and others where its not.

This is the ticketmaster checkout page.

Full Price Ticket
TICKET PRICE €54.50 x 2
SERVICE CHARGE €6.80 x 2
SUBTOTAL (Full Price Ticket) €122.60

It used to list out the restoration levy separately and be added on to the 54.50.

As its included I think they would be better off just shutting their mouths about it, it only infuriates some people and others just do not mind -so I see no advantage to declaring it, especially as its causing confusion whether its included or not. Its only a euro, but some will be put off on principle. I would say very few are happy to see it listed, so why do it, and if its such a good idea why not start listing how much of the ticket price goes towards bouncers, light & heat, insurance, owners holiday etc.

There is also no reason to say the booking fee is included either, I have never been to a gig or heard of a gig where it was not included. -There is one reason to say it though, to con people into thinking it means all fees are included, i.e. the service charge, and this little scam works as I know several people who were convinced it meant what they saw advertised was the "all in" price. Groups of people will agree to go, and likely not pull out at the last minute when they see the extra 6.85 slapped on.

blastman

Was anyone else at Alice's gig in Vicar St, or did I imagine that?

poundhound

@ blastman

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/alice-cooper/2006/vicar-street-dublin-ireland-43db673f.html

Suff

I just checked, and there are no standing tickets left!

Passenger

Suff wrote: »

I just checked, and there are no standing tickets left!

There are standing tickets currently available for the Thurs Nov 9th gig.

Suff

Thank you got one!

PTH2009

I wonder how restricted this show could be given the size of the Olympia stage ??

Alice has a big band and a lot of props eg big Frankenstein

blastman

The Olympia stage is quite big, certainly in comparison to Vicar St and he got pretty much everything on stage there...

scudzilla

blastman wrote: »

The Olympia stage is quite big, certainly in comparison to Vicar St and he got pretty much everything on stage there...

Was around 6yrs ago that Rob Zombie cancelled his Olympia show on 5 days notice, official reason was he had to return to the U.S to go into pre-production for a movie he was making, the real reason is that his full stage show wouldn't have fitted on the stage, he was asked to scale back but refused to budge an inch, hence why he's never been back here as MCD won't touch him

OhHiMark

I've a post over on toutless if anyone's looking for a ticket for the Wednesday https://www.toutless.com/viewtopic.php?p=187706#p187706

rubadub

Saw on MCD facebook saying tickets for thursday are still out.

Tickets for both nights are still out, and very good tickets. Circle row B or D for wednesday
https://www1.ticketmaster.ie/alice-cooper-dublin-11-08-2017/event/18005263B7E74036?artistid=734811&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

and circle A, B C, D or upper circle for thursday

https://www1.ticketmaster.ie/alice-cooper-dublin-11-09-2017/event/18005263BA284385?artistid=734811&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

Wrongway1985

rubadub wrote: »

Saw on MCD facebook saying tickets for thursday are still out.

These were the ones held back (unsold mental money packages)

rubadub

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

These were the ones held back (unsold mental money packages)

aha, I didn't twig that, and I even saw the expensive packages on the list.

Good to know for future reference.

Danny2580

Sorry to be a pain... just looking at my tickets, and the section is given as "Ground" with a row number and seat number. I'm trying to figure out where these seats are - it's unclear from the layout (I thought ground was standing?) and I'm trying to buy a ticket for someone else to join us. If anyone has any ideas, shout! Thanks.

rubadub

Danny2580 wrote: »

Sorry to be a pain... just looking at my tickets, and the section is given as "Ground" with a row number and seat number. I'm trying to figure out where these seats are - it's unclear from the layout (I thought ground was standing?) and I'm trying to buy a ticket for someone else to join us. If anyone has any ideas, shout! Thanks.

It is just general standing, they just assign numbers to them, even though the morons know it causes phonecalls, emails & confusion.

PTH2009

I imagine the theatrics and stuff will be scaled down a bit cause of the stage size in the Olympia ???

Saw him twice and he puts on a great show, a bit gimmicky a times but that's the style of it

GuitarTown

PTH2009 wrote: »

I imagine the theatrics and stuff will be scaled down a bit cause of the stage size in the Olympia ???

Saw him twice and he puts on a great show, a bit gimmicky a times but that's the style of it

I was looking at some footage from this tour and some of the places have been quite similar sized so I don't think we'll be missing out on anything!

oneilla

Does anyone know if the Olympia box office swaps tickets?

oneilla

PTH2009 wrote: »

I imagine the theatrics and stuff will be scaled down a bit cause of the stage size in the Olympia ???

Saw him twice and he puts on a great show, a bit gimmicky a times but that's the style of it

Yeah probably, I saw him in Vicar St. once and yeah it was scaled down a bit. Both stages are a similar size. WEll, Olympia is a theatre stage so probably a bit bigger?

Rigor Mortis

Great show, still had a fair few theatrics. Great set, only disappointment was a lack of Welcome to My Nightmare which was always my fave.

Also, Nina Strauss.... just wow.

ozzy jr

Really enjoyed it too. Great show.

poundhound

Loved every minute of Wednesday nights show.
Strip away the gimmicks and you have a kick ass band.
In fact, the best special effect used over the 2 nights was Nita Strauss!

corm500

Thursday nights show was pure class. Pure showman as ever and that band was fantastic.

Itssoeasy

Nita Strauss is a legend and a very good guitarist and the fact she is gorgeous helps.

ScouseMouse

Surprised he didnt play ELECTED. That always gets me going.

blastman

Surprised he didn't play Nightmare but delighted he played Pain, which I love. Great band, excellent show....we're not worthy!