STEVIE WONDER 3 Arena Tuesday, July 9th 2019

The Princess Bride

Stevie Wonder to play Dublin's 3Arena this summer https://jrnl.ie/4581281

He's been on my list for ages, (don't know why I'm even sharing this with you all.)

Tickets on sale this Friday at 9am
From €99.50

johnnyskeleton

Id love to see him, particularly as a heritage act in a festival, but I find that €100+ is just too much to pay for a gig!

Zardoz

€98.50 - €188.50

Stevie just called to say he loves Irish ticket prices.

rubadub

Don't forget the €7.15 service charge!

the 188.50 might not even be the highest. I think a few gigs have had higher prices than initially declared, pretty sure the rolling stones ones did not declare the price of the best pit tickets.

UK prices for Stevie

https://www.ticketmaster.ie/british-summer-time-stevie-wonder-london-06-07-2019/event/37005666BF6515DE

General Admission TicketGeneral Admission Ticket detailed description
£84.25 ea

Primary Entry TicketPrimary Entry Ticket detailed description
£95.25 ea
SELECT
Gold Circle TicketGold Circle Ticket detailed description
£185.95 ea
SELECT
Barclaycard VIP Summer Garden TicketBarclaycard VIP Summer Garden Ticket detailed description
£251.95 ea
SELECT
The Terrace TicketThe Terrace Ticket detailed description
£324.95 ea
SELECT
Diamond Circle TicketDiamond Circle Ticket detailed description
£324.95 ea

F1ngers

The Princess Bride wrote: »

(9th of July, mods please edit thread title!)

You can edit it yourself.
Edit post > go advanced and edit it from there.

Arghus

The boom is back.

RINO87

Fairly steep prices alright, I just can't see the point.......

whiteshorts

Gold Circle has been over taken now with DIAMOND Circle at 75% over the price of GC!
Boom is back for sure.
€105 for starting Irish price is a bit high all right but once off concert?

Mucky_Tackies

Massive fan for years. Sir Duke and Master Blaster live alone would be brilliant to see live. But 100 snots a ticket and shur, you'd hardly go alone so another 100 for the missus. Thats a lot of money

No chance we can pay him cash for the ticket, slip him 2 twenties and tell him they're 50s?

fryup

I'm not funny.

Pinkman

Legends always charge around this. Bruce has been charging 100 for standing for a decade.

Pinkman

Standing gone already. nightmare:mad:

Censored11

Its sad the way big concerts have gone. Pre-sales and extortionate pricing.
I used to go to all the big gigs & would have loved to go see Stevie but I've been priced out of these events now.
Lucky you to the people who got tickets, have a great night!

Thundercats Ho

I just got 2 GA tickets.

I was there in 2010 and it was an excellent night.

I had no interest this time, but my brother who missed the last gig was looking for someone to go with him so I said, sure why not.

€273.30 for 2 standing tickets. I know i've no right to complain, as i'm the one who shelled out, but that's fúcking madness altogether.

The Nal

Pinkman wrote: »

Standing gone already. nightmare:mad:

No it hasn't. They're just trying to make you panic buy the more expensive shítty seated tickets at the back.

Pinkman wrote: »

Legends always charge around this. Bruce has been charging 100 for standing for a decade.

Not quite. 70 quid creeping up to 90 last time out.

Its the norm now for these big acts unfortunately.

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

€273.30 for 2 standing tickets. I know i've no right to complain, as i'm the one who shelled out, but that's fúcking madness altogether.

WTF? I thought the were 99 each + fees?

Thundercats Ho

The Nal wrote: »

WTF? I thought the were 99 each + fees?

The only €99 ones were the tiered seating at the sides, and they were sold out.
The standing were sold out too, strangely.
Then i got the option to buy 2 no. 3+ GA tickets for €273 incl fees. (GA are standing tickets)

It's possible the 3+ tickets i got were more expensive than the standing tickets in the general sale on Friday, i'm not sure about that tbh.

Zardoz

The Nal wrote: »

WTF? I thought the were 99 each + fees?

Third post in this thread ,prices €98.50 - €188.50

The from 98.50 is just the starting price and extremely misleading as there were probably only a handful of tickets at that price.

Mrcaramelchoc

Good man stevie no wonder its a party and you charging 100 euro a ticket.

Jurgen The German

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

I just got 2 GA tickets.

I was there in 2010 and it was an excellent night.

I had no interest this time, but my brother who missed the last gig was looking for someone to go with him so I said, sure why not.

€273.30 for 2 standing tickets. I know i've no right to complain, as i'm the one who shelled out, but that's fúcking madness altogether.

Legend and all as he is, that's a disgusting amount of money for a concert.

keeponrockin

Just a heads up for anyone trying to guess pricing for this for the morning..was just on 3 presale link and there were single tickets available in blocks N, P and KK..Rows 40,42 etc so right at the back of the 3arena. All of these tickets were priced at ,€159 + booking fees so it seems if you want decent seats in the lower blocks your going to be paying just below €200 a ticket with the fees..crazy!!

chuky_r_law

i was looking forward to seeing him again since he played the last time. i think tickets then were €80ish. it was an excellent night.

but i can't justify going to this at that price. pity

keeponrockin

chuky_r_law wrote: »

i was looking forward to seeing him again since he played the last time. i think tickets then were €80ish. it was an excellent night.

but i can't justify going to this at that price. pity

And it seems a whole load of people thought the same as you this morning..the only seats available in the lower blocks (certainly in the app anyway) were in blocks A and G out at the sides and and at the full €189+ booking price. Of course when i found tickets in blocks C and D they were exclusively in the platinum package and were..wait for it..€450 each..gouging at its finest. Thanks ticketbastard but no thanks!!

chuky_r_law

keeponrockin wrote: »

And it seems a whole load of people thought the same as you this morning..the only seats available in the lower blocks (certainly in the app anyway) were in blocks A and G out at the sides and and at the full €189+ booking price. Of course when i found tickets in blocks C and D they were exclusively in the platinum package and were..wait for it..€450 each..gouging at its finest. Thanks ticketbastard but no thanks!!

jasus...i didn't even spot that! €450.....fuggin hell!!

Zardoz

chuky_r_law wrote: »

jasus...i didn't even spot that! €450.....fuggin hell!!

Well at least you get a seat for that price ,its £324.95 to stand in the Diamond Circle in a park in London .:p

keeponrockin

I just called to say I love You-ro's

spockety

keeponrockin wrote: »

And it seems a whole load of people thought the same as you this morning..the only seats available in the lower blocks (certainly in the app anyway) were in blocks A and G out at the sides and and at the full €189+ booking price. Of course when i found tickets in blocks C and D they were exclusively in the platinum package and were..wait for it..€450 each..gouging at its finest. Thanks ticketbastard but no thanks!!

Platinum tickets are dead, long live Platinum tickets.

rubadub

Currently there are no platinum tickets on sale, and the other tickets are only in the upper seated section or standing. No doubt this will change again.

chuky_r_law

https://www.ticketmaster.ie/stevie-wonder-official-platinum-tickets-dublin-09-07-2019/event/1800568BA1E25EEB

The Princess Bride

I got my single standing ticket with ease this morning, so am delighted.
I don't think anyone is worth paying hundreds for, unless they're gonna perform in my living room, perhaps.

Lucifer31

Got my two standing tickets, and am well happy. Gig is on the night of my birthday too. I didn't want to miss this (potentially last) chance for me to see him live.
The ticket price is very steep though...

okidoki987

I would have gone but not at those prices, over €320 for 2 tickets. :eek:
There will be loads of tickets returned in next few days.
Loads on ***gogo which won't sell and because of the T/M guarantee (which gives the sellers a free get out card), these will be back on sale in a few days.
If the prices weren't so steep, they would have sold more tickets.

keeponrockin

Lucifer31 wrote: »

Got my two standing tickets, and am well happy. Gig is on the night of my birthday too. I didn't want to miss this (potentially last) chance for me to see him live.
The ticket price is very steep though...

Ah youll have a great night..as you say possibly last chance to see him and on your birthday..perfect!..if i was a big fan id pay up..sure its €50 more per ticket than most gigs and youd spend that on a few drinks/meal anyway.I was looking for somebody else who asked me to check for them yesterday. As you say its how much of a value you put on it..Enjoy!!

Mucky_Tackies

Lucifer31 wrote: »

Got my two standing tickets, and am well happy. Gig is on the night of my birthday too. I didn't want to miss this (potentially last) chance for me to see him live.
The ticket price is very steep though...

for the money spent, pretend hes dedicating this to you personally:
https://youtu.be/inS9gAgSENE?t=75

dasdog

Long way from this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc0XEw4m-3w

Pinkman

Hopefully he can still deliver tomorrow night given his health issues. The setlist for Hyde park looks good but it's a shame he's leaving out part time lover, uptight and we can work it out.

It's insane how much of a rip off this gig is though. €136 for standing with no support act. Hyde Park only £69 to see him with an entire days worth of support acts including Lionel Richie.

The Nal

Its not a rip off if people keep paying it.

nc6000

It looks like there are plenty of tickets are still available.

The Nal

nc6000 wrote: »

It looks like there are plenty of tickets are still available.

At those prices they can sell half the tickets and still earn the same money.

Jimmy Conway

Did they not do a sound check before, sound is rubbish

but1er

Was the gig as bad as people saying?

Wooderson

AN ABSOLUTE ****SHOW.

Birneybau

Wooderson wrote: »

AN ABSOLUTE ****SHOW.

I'd say he saw yee coming, but sure, you know yourself.

I believe there was a DJ set half way through while Stevie and the band just sat on the stage?

Wooderson

Birneybau wrote: »

I'd say he saw yee coming, but sure, you know yourself.

I believe there was a DJ set half way through while Stevie and the band just sat on the stage?

Depressing how bad it was. I feel so low now. Ten fifteen min version of Imagine? Wtf was that??? Not right.

bodhrandude

Stuart Clarke of Hot Press gave him a reasonable review. https://www.hotpress.com/music/stevie-wonder-hotter-july-3arena-22781345?fbclid=IwAR1rSEgIGbOOQpPUGaOin7GwAv-3nL5Xf8rxLYcKRKKtzjZ5SIhCgPiF5aM

Bellerstring

Stevie was excellent, especially on Livin for the city, I wish & Sir Duke.
DJ was on for 50 mins before Stevie, but stayed on.
For about 30 mins in the middle of the set the DJ played tracks from Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin.
Stevie didn't sing any of these.
This was possibly to give Stevie a rest, but at €160 a ticket, it was a swizz.
Then he introduced his backing singers (7 of them), and the all sang a solo song.
But it took the biscuit when he sang Imagine and Mrs Ribinson, when he has such a vast back catalogue to pick from.
However, the audience were up dancing and whooping and a hollerin for everything.
So maybe I just didn't get it.

Bellerstring

bodhrandude wrote: »

Stuart Clarke of Hot Press gave him a reasonable review. https://www.hotpress.com/music/stevie-wonder-hotter-july-3arena-22781345?fbclid=IwAR1rSEgIGbOOQpPUGaOin7GwAv-3nL5Xf8rxLYcKRKKtzjZ5SIhCgPiF5aM

Stuart Clarke is a knob

Pinkman

As someone who was at the show in 2010 which was incredible, this clearly wasn't on the same level but definitely wasn't bad. When he was belting out the classics be was fantastic and the band are unreal but there was way too many breaks and the DJ set which kept stopping the momentum. It's understandable though given his health issues. Alot of big hits left off tho which is a shame. Amazed how packed it was given how expensive the tickets were.

Mrs Shuttleworth

Did he sing anything from The Woman in Red soundtrack - I Just Called or anything else?

I only like 80s funky Stevie.

Thundercats Ho

Pinkman wrote: »

As someone who was at the show in 2010 which was incredible, this clearly wasn't on the same level but definitely wasn't bad. When he was belting out the classics be was fantastic and the band are unreal but there was way too many breaks and the DJ set which kept stopping the momentum. It's understandable though given his health issues. Alot of big hits left off tho which is a shame. Amazed how packed it was given how expensive the tickets were.

Agree with all of this.

The amount of people that were properly drunk was mad, and the amount of chatter during the quieter times was pretty annoying. All in all it was a great night.

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Did he sing anything from The Woman in Red soundtrack - I Just Called or anything else?

I only like 80s funky Stevie.

He played I just called.

The Princess Bride

It was called The Stevie Wonder Song Party, so no surprise really that it was slightly different to what one would usually expect at a gig.
I thought he was excellent, I don't regret spending >€120 to hear him, great voice and the music was fantastic.

But yeah, would have loved more Stevie.
I think we can all agree that we could have done without the solos from each of the backing singers, and the DJ was okay but preferably in small(er) doses.

As if you read my mind
Master Blaster (Jammin)
Don't you worry about a thing
Higher Ground
You are the sunshine of my life
For once in my life
Overjoyed
Living for the city
I wish
You and I
Signed sealed delivered
Sir Duke
My Cherie Amour
I just called to say I love you.
Imagine
Superstition


I've probably forgotten something, would love to have heard Lately and I ain't gonna stand for it, but you can't please all the people all of the time.
Still a great gig.

Lewis_Benson

I thought it was an incredible gig, well worth the money.

The sound was a but iffy during the first song, but they got it sorted pretty quickly.