2020 Irish Gigs (Rumoured & Confirmed events)

Fortyjocks · 26-09-2019 12:28pm

what the hell! wrote: »

Anyone hear of a venue or date for Celine Dion yet?

Latest rumours are 14th and 15th September in 3Arena, was expecting Summer stadium concert, should be announced soon!

wacotaco · 26-09-2019 12:41pm

Zardoz wrote: »

Very strange announcement for this.
Announced at midnight, and tickets on sale at 9am this morning.
Crazy prices for the UK, £135 for some upper tier seats, £135-185 for lower tier.
Loads of platinum and other packages too.
Prices getting out of hand now.
Ludicrous prices for what's essentially a karaoke act.

Didn't think dynamic pricing has reached UK yet ...however after looking at Queen tickets a regular standing ticket was available for £79 yesterday and the same tickets is now £140. No fancy name such as platinum or VIP tagged with just straight up price increase.

JP Liz V1 · 26-09-2019 1:16pm

Fortyjocks wrote: »

Latest rumours are 14th and 15th September in 3Arena, was expecting Summer stadium concert, should be announced soon!

Would Celine Dion maybe do like Buble with 3 to 5 nights at 3 Arena?

Zardoz · 26-09-2019 1:26pm

wacotaco wrote: »

Didn't think dynamic pricing has reached UK yet ...however after looking at Queen tickets a regular standing ticket was available for £79 yesterday and the same tickets is now £140. No fancy name such as platinum or VIP tagged with just straight up price increase.

Dynamic pricing has reached the UK allright.
Slipknot and Green Day had it for standing tickets ,basically doubled the price overnight .
Nasty practice as Ticketmaster are manipulating supply to increase demand to maximise revenue.

I paid 102 euro for a good seat in Block D last time for Queen in the 3Arena ,they will probably charge 150 euro next year .
I wouldnt go to see them again , Adam Lambert is awful .

MOR316 · 26-09-2019 1:27pm

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Whitneys ghost, I mean hologram, is on tour!

https://twitter.com/mcd_productions/status/1176864187500388352?s=19

Never understood the fascination with this. It must be a bit weird from the audience's perspective. Watching some audience clips from the Roy Orbison one and it's peculiar

I remember seeing a Freddie Mercury hologram on a TV show and there was a Michael Jackson hologram at some awards ceremony. All very strange.

How is the performer mean't to make a connection with the audience? It may as well be a tribute act/band on stage

BullBlackNova · 26-09-2019 2:16pm

Celine Dion in the 3Arena. Surely that'll sell out immediately?

WORLD-RENOWNED GLOBAL ICON CELINE DION ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL DATES FOR

“COURAGE WORLD TOUR”

INCLUDING

3ARENA DUBLIN

14 & 15 SEPTEMBER 2020

NORTH AMERICAN DATES ADDED

INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES REVEALED

HITTING NEARLY 100 CITIES WORLDWIDE

TICKETS FOR NEW DATES ON-SALE BEGINNING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 AT 10AM LOCAL TIME

FORTHCOMING ALBUM COURAGE SET FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 15

MOR316 · 26-09-2019 2:22pm

BullBlackNova wrote: »

Celine Dion in the 3Arena. Surely that'll sell out immediately?

That's The Way It Is

dragonfly! · 26-09-2019 2:36pm

MOR316 wrote: »

That's The Way It Is

:D:D:D
Any idea of prices for this?

Zardoz · 26-09-2019 2:42pm

dragonfly! wrote: »

:D:D:D
Any idea of prices for this?

Wont be announced till next week but I'd expect them to be expensive.
Think they were £45-£170 for the UK last year,so probably 99-170 euro here.

Billy Mays · 26-09-2019 2:46pm

Zardoz wrote: »

Wont be announced till next week but I'd expect them to be expensive.
Think they were £45-£170 for the UK last year,so probably 99-170 euro here.

I'd think twice before paying that tbh

Exclamation Marc · 26-09-2019 2:50pm

MOR316 wrote: »

Never understood the fascination with this. It must be a bit weird from the audience's perspective. Watching some audience clips from the Roy Orbison one and it's peculiar

I remember seeing a Freddie Mercury hologram on a TV show and there was a Michael Jackson hologram at some awards ceremony. All very strange.

How is the performer mean't to make a connection with the audience? It may as well be a tribute act/band on stage

I won tickets to Roy Orbison and whilst I loved the music and the orchestra were brilliant, the hologram varied from bizarre to amazing and back to disconcerting again. On the whole, I found the whole thing enjoyable but very odd and I wouldn't pay for any show like it.

Every four songs, the hologram literally descended into the stage as if some sort of metaphor for him heading back to the grave.

MOR316 · 26-09-2019 2:51pm

dragonfly! wrote: »

:D:D:D
Any idea of prices for this?

Zardoz wrote: »

Wont be announced till next week but I'd expect them to be expensive.
Think they were £45-£170 for the UK last year,so probably 99-170 euro here.

Billy Mays wrote: »

I'd think twice before paying that tbh

Well, her Canadian shows are near $500 Canadian Dollars...
The more expensive seats in the US are $250...

So if we compare to Canada, it would be 300 quid here.
If we compare to the US, the expensive seats will be 220 here

BullBlackNova · 26-09-2019 2:56pm

MOR316 wrote: »

Well, her Canadian shows are near $500 Canadian Dollars...
The more expensive seats in the US are $250...

So if we compare to Canada, it would be 300 quid here.
If we compare to the US, the expensive seats will be 220 here

Standard gig tickets can be pretty expensive in the US and Canada, though.

I went to see James Vincent McMorrow in Canada with some friends. Tickets were in the region of $60-80 dollars (it's a few years ago now so I don't remember exactly), whereas he was charging approx €30-35 for Irish gigs at the time (I also went to see him in Cork on the same tour. Both gigs were crap, fwiw). Both venues were similar size, shape, etc so it is pretty like-for-like.

I'd expect these to be €80-90 for the nosebleeds and bad view seats, and then up to €150-180 for the good seats. Expensive, but not totally off the charts in comparison to other gigs at the moment.

The fact that it's indoors and not a stadium, and that she plays so infrequently will help to bump it up I'd say.

eh i dunno · 26-09-2019 3:06pm

dragonfly! wrote: »

:D:D:D
Any idea of prices for this?

180 I saw

Duffy98 · 27-09-2019 10:40am

Lewis Capaldi sold 65,000 tickets in 10 minutes here , the current state of music its a sad site indeed...

Zardoz · 27-09-2019 10:51am

Duffy98 wrote: »

Lewis Capaldi sold 65,000 tickets in 10 minutes here , the current state of music its a sad site indeed...

Its baffling really how popular that chap is.

Most of the tickets were probably sold in the presale .

Duffy98 · 27-09-2019 11:06am

Zardoz wrote: »

Its baffling really how popular that chap is.

Most of the tickets were probably sold in the presale .

Hes an anomaly hes playing 2 sold out shows in November , 2 sold out shows in the 3 arena and now 3 shows in June. Made €3.25m in ticket sales this morning we are a gold mine to him

The Nal · 27-09-2019 11:07am

Duffy98 wrote: »

Lewis Capaldi sold 65,000 tickets in 10 minutes here , the current state of music its a sad site indeed...

Nah not really. Theres a great live music scene about at the moment and has been for years. As always, its just outside of the mainstream. The best usually well outside. Countless great gigs over the last few years here in Vicar St, Olympia, Grand Social, Whelans, Button Factory, Workmans Club etc.

Theres always been a Lewis Capaldi. Its McDonalds music but theres always a market for that type of thing.

Duffy98 · 27-09-2019 12:51pm

Snoop Dogg coming to Ireland you can sign up for pre-sale on his facebook page

Zardoz · 27-09-2019 4:19pm

Billie Eilish announced a world tour ,playing Arenas .
No Irish date as yet .

Manchester Arena 2 nights ,Arena Birmingham 1 night and the O2 London 2 nights next July

Mushy · 27-09-2019 4:41pm

Zardoz wrote: »

Billie Eilish announced a world tour ,playing Arenas .
No Irish date as yet .

Manchester Arena 2 nights ,Arena Birmingham 1 night and the O2 London 2 nights next July

Playing some festivals around Europe. Wouldn't be surprised if was second act in Musgrave Park in Cork.

ghostdancer · 27-09-2019 4:48pm

headline Longitude maybe?
first european dates announced so far start the following weekend.

Duffy98 · 27-09-2019 6:02pm

Mushy wrote: »

Playing some festivals around Europe. Wouldn't be surprised if was second act in Musgrave Park in Cork.

I was saying she might be a good act to put in there cause she would sell it out instantly. Would like to actually see a rock act in there

PsychoPete · 27-09-2019 7:17pm

Duffy98 wrote: »

Lewis Capaldi sold 65,000 tickets in 10 minutes here , the current state of music its a sad site indeed...

That's just what most single middle aged women are into these days

DavidLyons_ · 27-09-2019 7:30pm

PsychoPete wrote: »

Duffy98 wrote: »

Lewis Capaldi sold 65,000 tickets in 10 minutes here , the current state of music its a sad site indeed...

That's just what most single middle aged women are into these days

A pished up, funnier Sheerin. Crap.

Dr. Bre · 27-09-2019 9:28pm

Lewis Crapaldi

Exclamation Marc · 27-09-2019 9:32pm

The music snobbery in here is pathetic. He's not my cup of tea at all but he doesn't sell that many tickets by being awful.

So maybe don't look down on people who bought tickets, it's a bit sad.

JP Liz V1 · 27-09-2019 9:58pm

Duffy98 wrote: »

Lewis Capaldi sold 65,000 tickets in 10 minutes here , the current state of music its a sad site indeed...

DavidLyons_ wrote: »

A pished up, funnier Sheerin. Crap.

Ah Lewis is great, funny and talented

Furious-Red · 27-09-2019 11:01pm

I see Billie Eilish has announced a big tour and will be in Europe in July with no Irish Date which prob means she will headline Longitude

Shedite27 · 28-09-2019 8:10am

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

The music snobbery in here is pathetic. He's not my cup of tea at all but he doesn't sell that many tickets by being awful.

So maybe don't look down on people who bought tickets, it's a bit sad.

Its a usual cycle now from the same old posters.
1. Gig is announced
2. Are they really big enough for there?
3. They'll never sell out that.
4. Sold Out
5. It's not really sold out, they're all with touts
6. Music was better back in my day
7. Wish it was ACDC/Iron Maiden/Alterbridge

JP Liz V1 · 28-09-2019 10:42am

Furious-Red wrote: »

I see Billie Eilish has announced a big tour and will be in Europe in July with no Irish Date which prob means she will headline Longitude

Could she do maybe IP Cork?

BullBlackNova · 28-09-2019 10:53am

The timing of Billie's shows don't sync up with the Musgrave Park shows in Cork, I don't think. Lewis Capaldi is playing around June 20 and it was that time of the summer last year too.

Billie's UK shows are July so id say its too late for Cork.

Organisers of Musgrave gigs last year were keen to keep residents on side so I'd say it's easier to do one set up of gear, run gigs for a week and then take it down over the course of a few days instead of running gigs on and off all summer.

BadTurtle · 28-09-2019 12:32pm

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

The music snobbery in here is pathetic. He's not my cup of tea at all but he doesn't sell that many tickets by being awful.

...and 50 shades of grey didnt sell shedloads by being awful either. Err...actually.

Theres plenty of precedent for genuinely poor music selling really well. Westlife, for example. You cant claim they're objectively good - even in the boy band/girl band manufactured pop arena they are dreadful, highly marketed muzak.

You can claim theres no such thing as bad music all you want, but it's a ridiculous argument.

Exclamation Marc · 28-09-2019 1:13pm

BadTurtle wrote: »

...and 50 shades of grey didnt sell shedloads by being awful either. Err...actually.

Theres plenty of precedent for genuinely poor music selling really well. Westlife, for example. You cant claim they're objectively good - even in the boy band/girl band manufactured pop arena they are dreadful, highly marketed muzak.

You can claim theres no such thing as bad music all you want, but it's a ridiculous argument.

Its bad music in your opinion but not in someone else's. Yet your music superiority and apparent genius gives your opinion more weight and legitimacy?? Pfff, that's the only thing that's ridiculous here.

Sam Hain · 28-09-2019 1:18pm

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Its bad music in your opinion but not in someone else's. Yet your music superiority and apparent genius gives your opinion more weight and legitimacy?? Pfff, that's the only thing that's ridiculous here.

Turtle talks, world yawns.

BadTurtle · 28-09-2019 3:33pm

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Its bad music in your opinion but not in someone else's. Yet your music superiority and apparent genius gives your opinion more weight and legitimacy?? Pfff, that's the only thing that's ridiculous here.

So what you're saying is there is no such thing as objective analysis of any form of art, whatsoever? Incredible, the depths people can plumb just to be contrarian.

Lithium93_ · 28-09-2019 3:41pm

Good music is good music depending on the person's tastes, which may not exactly jive with other people's ideas of good music.

BadTurtle · 28-09-2019 4:00pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Good music is good music depending on the person's tastes, which may not exactly jive with other people's ideas of good music.

Right, right. So karaoke by a drunk who doesnt know the words is the same as a classically trained orchestra performing at the peak of its powers if they have the same views on YouTube. Fine, makes perfect sense.

Lithium93_ · 28-09-2019 4:09pm

BadTurtle wrote: »

Right, right. So karaoke by a drunk who doesnt know the words is the same as a classically trained orchestra performing at the peak of its powers if they have the same views on YouTube. Fine, makes perfect sense.

Well if that's what you want to take from my general observation about some of the air of superiority on the thread regarding Lewis Capaldi and his gigs next year. Then go ahead and be my guest.

Shybride2016 · 28-09-2019 4:16pm

Seems like a good time to mention that Jason Donovan is finally returning to Irish shores next year for shows in Belfast, Dublin & Limerick in November.

Tickets on sale on Monday however don’t worry about me I got mine yesterday in the presale ☺️

sally cinnamon89 · 28-09-2019 4:56pm

Getting very busy gig wise I have the following coming up
Oscar Jerome
Deerhunter
Case McCoombs
Fontaine’s DC
Whitney
Villagers
Girlband
Mac DeMarco
Ezra Collective
Just Mustard

Jesus I’ll be an alcoholic

laros · 30-09-2019 9:39am

Simple Minds 22nd April in the 3 Arena

RayCon · 30-09-2019 3:26pm

The Aristocrats - Button Factory. 3rd March 2020.

Nice :cool:

PTH2009 · 30-09-2019 3:31pm

hard to knw will there be any Croke Park shows next summer ??

more of getting an act/acts big enough to fill the stadium, all quite on slane front too but could come when/if ACDC announce tour dates

Eod100 · 30-09-2019 3:37pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

hard to knw will there be any Croke Park shows next summer ??

more of getting an act/acts big enough to fill the stadium, all quite on slane front too but could come when/if ACDC announce tour dates

Was there rumblings of a Bruce gig next year? If they can get someone big enough they will Id say but yeah depends who's touring

dragonfly! · 30-09-2019 4:02pm

Eod100 wrote: »

Was there rumblings of a Bruce gig next year? If they can get someone big enough they will Id say but yeah depends who's touring

It was Nov when the 2018 Croke Park gigs were announced.
Well the Taylor Swift ones.

I think Picture This will play Croker next year

klose · 30-09-2019 9:39pm

Looks like no SOAD next year for Ireland unless they announce anymore dates...

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ByiSDpRGq/?igshid=159gprhv79buw

Degag · 30-09-2019 10:17pm

klose wrote: »

Looks like no SOAD next year for Ireland unless they announce anymore dates...

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ByiSDpRGq/?igshid=159gprhv79buw

Dunno, you’d hope they’d play more than 7 dates though

PsychoPete · 30-09-2019 10:21pm

klose wrote: »

Looks like no SOAD next year for Ireland unless they announce anymore dates...

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ByiSDpRGq/?igshid=159gprhv79buw

They are playing Download, cant see them announcing a date here. No new music in 14 years and probably isn't going to be new music in the future

Exclamation Marc · 01-10-2019 10:54am

https://twitter.com/mcd_productions/status/1178979472697151488?s=19

2020 Irish Gigs (Rumoured & Confirmed events)

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