Taylor Swift, Croke Park, June 15/16th 2018 **No ticket sales / requests **

bren2001

but1er wrote: »

that new? was not their for u2

I've no idea. I've never bought seated tickets for a gig before let alone that high up in Croke Park.

hawkelady

bren2001 wrote: »

but1er wrote: »

that new? was not their for u2

I've no idea. I've never bought seated tickets for a gig before let alone that high up in Croke Park.

Well why did you say it then???

bren2001

hawkelady wrote: »

Well why did you say it then???

I've no idea if its new, all I know is you've to tick the box when buying tickets high up in Croke Park for this gig. I bought two for a girl in work and had to tick it.

Wheety

€104 cheapest tickets available now. "Best seats" are lower Davin, opposite end to the stage for €114..

Hoboo

Wheety wrote: »

€104 cheapest tickets available now. "Best seats" are lower Davin, opposite end to the stage for €114..

Standing pitch tickets at the very back too. Thats a new one (for me anyhow). €144 for pitch seated. Just over €300 for two including booking. Now that is a joke! Wouldn't bother with the Davin, might as well be outside.

Wheety

Standing is at the very back in front of Davin. Bit pointless to buy standing if you're going to be that far away from the stage.

Hoboo

Wheety wrote: »

Standing is at the very back in front of Davin. Bit pointless to buy standing if you're going to be that far away from the stage.

Completely. Or you can go to the snakepit to stand at the front for €144.

Zardoz

Hoboo wrote: »

Completely. Or you can go to the snakepit to stand at the front for €144.

Snake Pit are VIP only .

Wheety

Snake Pit are €644 each, €1341.70 for 2 including fees :eek:

Hoboo

Zardoz wrote: »

Snake Pit are VIP only .

Are they? Were on sale earlier for 144 in the shop. Maybe it was a mistake.

BlazingSaddler

Hoboo wrote: »

Wouldn't bother with the Davin, might as well be outside.

Wouldn't necessarily agree with this, for U2 a few years ago I was in the very back row, you do still get the atmosphere and you have the big screens! the wife was quite high up with the girls for one direction and they had a great time. €81 each the Davin tickets cost me and that was the very limit for me, not a chance was I going to pay over €100 per ticket.

bren2001

Wheety wrote: »

Snake Pit are €644 each, €1341.70 for 2 including fees :eek:

Hoboo wrote: »

Are they? Were on sale earlier for 144 in the shop. Maybe it was a mistake.

The snake pit package is 644, I've no idea what extra you get.

The snake pit is 144 itself.

Wheety

bren2001 wrote: »

The snake pit package is 644, I've no idea what extra you get.

The snake pit is 144 itself.

Apologies my mistake.

Had a look and they are indeed €144. All well gone now, probably on reselling sites.

Was offered seating in the stands for €144 instead.

Not that I'm buying just think the prices are crazy.

MadYaker

She’s having a laugh with those ticket prices. The worst part of it is that most of her fans are young kids so it’s the parents having to shell out so the kids won’t be disappointed on Christmas morning. Taylor knows this and is exploiting it, because of course being one of the biggest selling artists ever she isn’t rich enough already. Distustingly cynical.

bren2001

MadYaker wrote: »

She’s having a laugh with those ticket prices. The worst part of it is that most of her fans are young kids so it’s the parents having to shell out so the kids won’t be disappointed on Christmas morning. Taylor knows this and is exploiting it, because of course being one of the biggest selling artists ever she isn’t rich enough already. Distustingly cynical.

She doesn't set the ticket price, she just sets her fee. MCD, Croke Park and other promoters set the price. So if we're gonna call someone disgustingly cynical, at least aim it at the right people...MCD.

MadYaker

She could take a smaller cut. Her prices are the same everywhere

Zardoz

Hoboo wrote: »

Are they? Were on sale earlier for 144 in the shop. Maybe it was a mistake.

Well technically they are 144 euro on their own but Ticketmater said on Wednesday that they could only be bought with a VIP pack.
Perhaps they are selling them on their own but knowing Ticketmaster they probably only released a handful.

She could take a smaller cut. Her prices are the same everywhere

Her wholesome image is quickly being eroded away .

Wheety

Zardoz wrote: »

Well technically they are 144 euro on their own but Ticketmater said on Wednesday that they could only be bought with a VIP pack.
Perhaps they are selling them on their own but knowing Ticketmaster they probably only released a handful.

They'll probably be released closer to the time when the VIP packages don't sell.

Poor_old_gill

Nearly 3 hours in and this hasnt sold out?

Sure fire way of telling that the pricing has been well off.

Will it even sell out? Be nice to see tours get burnt

poundhound

I promised my daughter Id take her the next time Taylor Swift played Dublin.
I didnt think Id have to remortgage the house.
Anyway as my daughter is quite young (7), I decided Row A of the Upper tier on the Cusack Stand would give her a prime view of the overall event.
I opted for e-tickets in the pre-sale. I was advised earlier by ticketmaster that they should be printable this evening or tomorrow. I know other people here had the same issue.

bren2001

poundhound wrote: »

I promised my daughter Id take her the next time Taylor Swift played Dublin.
I didnt think Id have to remortgage the house.
Anyway as my daughter is quite young (7), I decided Row A of the Upper tier on the Cusack Stand would give her a prime view of the overall event.
I opted for e-tickets in the pre-sale. I was advised earlier by ticketmaster that they should be printable this evening or tomorrow. I know other people here had the same issue.

They'll be printable before Christmas (if that is your worry). There is a delay sometimes for the larger gigs, I've no idea why.

Zardoz

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Nearly 3 hours in and this hasnt sold out?

Sure fire way of telling that the pricing has been well off.

Will it even sell out? Be nice to see tours get burnt

She has added the Saturday night in Dublin,Manchester and London,no surprise there.
On sale next Friday

Wheety

Jesus. An extra date added and the first not sold out yet. At those prices the 2nd night will be fairly empty.

Poor_old_gill

ah flip- I'd have bough them for the saturday night as opposed to the friday if i'd known there was a second gig

Ciaran_B

Gonna have to get tickets for the second night as well now. Go Tay.

ghostdancer

ticketmaster.co.uk have a 3rd night listed for Manchester (Thursday 7th) and London (Sunday 24th), with the first Manchester night not even sold out yet.

TCDStudent1

Wheety wrote: »

Jesus. An extra date added and the first not sold out yet. At those prices the 2nd night will be fairly empty.

Seems strange. I was going to buy tickets this morning as an Xmas gift. However, looking at the layout, I couldn't justify spending that amount on a Taylor Swift gig (especially when I am not sure just how much my gift recipient would actually like to go!). I was offered 2 tickets in the snake pit which came to > 300€!

Zardoz

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Seems strange. I was going to buy tickets this morning as an Xmas gift. However, looking at the layout, I couldn't justify spending that amount on a Taylor Swift gig (especially when I am not sure just how much my gift recipient would actually like to go!). I was offered 2 tickets in the snake pit which came to > 300€!

You threw back 2 Snake Pit tickets ,oh dear

TCDStudent1

Zardoz wrote: »

You threw back 2 Snake Pit tickets ,oh dear

I can accept doing it for a Taylor swift gig and at that price! :-)

what the hell!

Still good tickets left for the Friday. Very strange.

Wheety

what the hell! wrote: »

Still good tickets left for the Friday. Very strange.

It was obviously planned anyway. Why not just sell both nights from the beginning? Probably didn't want both nights being half empty.

MadYaker

Lol they added a second date? That’s going to be empty. Wtf are they thinking?

bennyl10

what the hell! wrote: »

Still good tickets left for the Friday. Very strange.

Not a bit strange..
The ticket prices are extortion!

She’s been bleeding her fans dry at every single corner with this album, it’s despicable!!

Nice to see her getting burned on this, second date is gonna be empty!!

enfant terrible

Zardoz wrote: »

You threw back 2 Snake Pit tickets ,oh dear

Was it actually possible to get snake pit tickets for €150?

Was this when the tickets went on general sale?

Wrongway1985

MadYaker wrote: »

Lol they added a second date? That’s going to be empty. Wtf are they thinking?

You'd hope so scandalous prices! but it would be wrong to underestimate the summer event junkie & weekend warrior combined with kids with a shallow depth of music, Christmas looming.

The promoters know what they are doing, no coincidence Saturday is kept under wraps so panic buys are made for initial day which a Friday isn't exactly the most precarious day for a risk anyway. Have the big fans half fill the place a small (very small given ticket price you'd think) percentage will do the both dates, make no mistake come showtime the casuals will have run amok giving a healthy crowd it's what is banked on...Wished it flopped though

TCDStudent1

enfant terrible wrote: »

Was it actually possible to get snake pit tickets for €150?

Was this when the tickets went on general sale?

Yep, it was. Because I didnt know what "Snake Pit" meant so I had to go looking at the layout to see what it was. They were something like 144 + 6 euro. Unless I was looking at it wrong (very possible).

enfant terrible

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Yep, it was. Because I didnt know what "Snake Pit" meant so I had to go looking at the layout to see what it was. They were something like 144 + 6 euro. Unless I was looking at it wrong (very possible).

Thanks good to know i'll give it a go for Saturday show

michellie

I was chancing my arm this morning seeing if I could get tickets to bring my 9 year old daughter. But when the only ones came up were 300 for the 2 of us or 160 for davin stand i just left it off. Crazy prices!

hawkelady

Hope she/ promoters get stung. Greedy scum. I see joe.ie are saying pearl jam might play Croker. No idea what that's about

TruthEnforcer

I thought Croke Park were only allowed 3 Gigs in the year ? so that would mean with Buble and these 2 that's their 2018 Quota ..

mind you ... with the amount of unsold tickets for Buble .. Pearl Jam may be lined up as his 'Support' ???

bennyl10

TruthEnforcer wrote: »

I thought Croke Park were only allowed 3 Gigs in the year ? so that would mean with Buble and these 2 that's their 2018 Quota ..

mind you ... with the amount of unsold tickets for Buble .. Pearl Jam may be lined up as his 'Support' ???

I
PEarl Jam wouldnt be headlining in croker atm.. look at the tour.. biggest venue is the o2 in London and then a festival or 2 in Europe...

Maybe an Aviva date at absolutle best..


Staying on topic, a 2nd date here makes no sense.. it’s a waste., surely the stones or someone could take it?!

rubadub

MadYaker wrote: »

Lol they added a second date? That’s going to be empty. Wtf are they thinking?

Ed Sheerans 2 croke parks dates tickets were about the half the price of these. So if not a single ticket sold for the second Taylor date they would still be making a lot.

Setting out seats must cost a fair bit and so might be sensible to add a second date, even if it does not sell well.

urbangoo

enfant terrible wrote: »

Was it actually possible to get snake pit tickets for €150?

Was this when the tickets went on general sale?

Somebody asked Ticketmaster the below question before the pre-sale and got this answer:

Hi @TicketmasterIre can we buy pit tickets without the VIP package? Thanks

Hi Nicole, pit tickets will only be available with the package. Thanks

And then they turn around and put non vip snake pit tickets on sale for the general sale. I got seats in the pre-sale but would have tried for snake pit tickets in the general sale if I knew. The pre-sale was a joke. They didn't even have a seating chart up when tickets went on sale.

ozzy jr

Are these tickets really called the snake pit, or is that just what people here are referring to them as?

I've been in the snake pit at Metallica concerts. I would expect it to be a world away from a Taylor Swift concert.

Zardoz

urbangoo wrote: »

Somebody asked Ticketmaster the below question before the pre-sale and got this answer:

Hi @TicketmasterIre can we buy pit tickets without the VIP package? Thanks

Hi Nicole, pit tickets will only be available with the package. Thanks

And then they turn around and put non vip snake pit tickets on sale for the general sale. I got seats in the pre-sale but would have tried for snake pit tickets in the general sale if I knew. The pre-sale was a joke. They didn't even have a seating chart up when tickets went on sale.

If they released snake pit tickets in the general sale then they only released a tiny amount ,you wouldnt have had much of a chance of getting them.

I agree with the presale ,there was no seating plan when it started and I'm sure alot of people bought standing tickets thinking that they would be near the stage ,only to find out afterwards that they were in a little pen at the back of the pitch .Despicable.

delbertgrady

ozzy jr wrote: »

Are these tickets really called the snake pit, or is that just what people here are referring to them as?

I've been in the snake pit at Metallica concerts. I would expect it to be a world away from a Taylor Swift concert.

They're calling it the Snake Pit to tie it in with some of the imagery being used for the album and tour, including the snake ring she wears on the tour poster. I doubt if anyone involved realised that Metallica have been using that term for their pit standing section for years.

urbangoo

Zardoz wrote: »

If they released snake pit tickets in the general sale then they only released a tiny amount ,you wouldnt have had much of a chance of getting them.

I agree with the presale ,there was no seating plan when it started and I'm sure alot of people bought standing tickets thinking that they would be near the stage ,only to find out afterwards that they were in a little pen at the back of the pitch .Despicable.

Yeah I'd say I would have had a very slim chance of getting them. I think they actually had that ticket option available a few hours after the pre-sale started. So there could have been a few people who managed to get them in the pre-sale. But why weren't they available from the moment the pre-sale started?
I think Ticketmaster were purposely being vague about the seating layout. I saw people asking them on twitter about the seating chart before the pre-sale started and they were all being ignored. They probably knew people wouldn't want those general standing tickets if they knew they were at the back.
How come the minute Michael Buble was announced, it was advertised as a fully seated concert. But they were giving out no information about Taylor Swift?

Zardoz

urbangoo wrote: »

Yeah I'd say I would have had a very slim chance of getting them. I think they actually had that ticket option available a few hours after the pre-sale started. So there could have been a few people who managed to get them in the pre-sale. But why weren't they available from the moment the pre-sale started?
I think Ticketmaster were purposely being vague about the seating layout. I saw people asking them on twitter about the seating chart before the pre-sale started and they were all being ignored. They probably knew people wouldn't want those general standing tickets if they knew they were at the back.
How come the minute Michael Buble was announced, it was advertised as a fully seated concert. But they were giving out no information about Taylor Swift?

The Snake Pit option seemed to appear some time on Thursday in the presale ,it wasn't there Wednesday at all.

When the concert was initially announced last Friday it was billed as all seated.
The initial seating plan had no standing section ,it was changed sometime Tuesday night.

All these concert announcements are a rush job ,its done intentionally to create a frenzy and confuse the public ,its very shady.

hawkelady

Mr.S wrote: »

hawkelady wrote: »

Hope she/ promoters get stung. Greedy scum. I see joe.ie are saying pearl jam might play Croker. No idea what that's about

Stung in what way? They'll be laughing all the way to bank.

The second date will sell fine. Crazy prices for sure though.

Really , I'm sure they will make dollars but the fact the first night isn't sold out , how do you figure the 2nd night of a 80k stadium will sell just fine ??

ozzy jr

Will there be a presale code knocking about for the second date?