2022 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)

BruteStock · 11-05-2022 08:43PM

Are Arcade Fire expected to be a sell out.. Hmm we'll see.

Placebo haven't sold out and they are better and more popular than Arcade Tap Water 💦

Mollyb60 · 11-05-2022 09:36PM

Got the presale link but no code. Hopefully that works ok but sure we'll see in the morning.

Furious-Red · 11-05-2022 10:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119048276#Comment_119048276

Yup and I wouldn't be surprised if they do two nights. I like placebo but they are nowhere as big as AF

Penfailed · 12-05-2022 06:52AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119048276#Comment_119048276

Arcade Fire have a much bigger following than Placebo.

Duffy98 · 12-05-2022 09:47AM

Arcade Fire MCD Pre-sale link: https://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/197033/946978?did=retomorp&camefrom=CFC_IE_CLI_MCD_SOLUS_MAILOUT_11052022_ARCADEFIRESUBSCRIBERS

BruteStock · 12-05-2022 10:38AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119049453#Comment_119049453

Arcade Fire peaked between 2007 - 2010 and have been stagnant ever since. Placebo are still making career defining albums since forming in 1994. Placebo's two biggest hits are more popular than anything Fire ever out and they have sold more albums to boot.

hynesie08 · 12-05-2022 10:49AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050153#Comment_119050153

Placebo had one great album, 2 decent albums and the rest has been a poor parody of what came before it, There's a reason they're struggling to shift tickets for the 3arena, It's because they're an olympia sized band at best.

And I like placebo.

Still Ill · 12-05-2022 10:50AM

Finally someone's definitively put to bed that age old debate of who's more popular between Arcade Fire and Placebo!

Seriously, who gives a ****?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050153#Comment_119050153

The Nal · 12-05-2022 10:54AM

Yeah ridiculous conversation.

I mean, Arcade Fire peaked in 2005.

BruteStock · 12-05-2022 10:55AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050221#Comment_119050221

The reason for that is because the gig is ages away in December. I looked again and there's not much tickets left. Most of their 15 date tour in the UK is sold out. Arcade Fire will sell out because they have only 6 dates across Ireland and UK. Lets wait and see if AF sells out tomorrow.

BruteStock · 12-05-2022 10:56AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050226#Comment_119050226

You do ,hence the engagement. Or do you have nothing better to do with your life than comment on topics you dgaf about?

Zardoz · 12-05-2022 11:11AM

If I can remember correctly Arcade Fire struggled to sell out the last time they played the 3Arena so 2 nights might be a stretch for them.

GK1001 · 12-05-2022 11:27AM

I thought they did 2 nights last time round no? Anyway I can't wait. Hoping it's another "in the round" setup. It was phenomenal last time. Definitely one of the best live acts for me but i am biased as they're the band that probably most vividly remind me of massive moments in my life - and i wasn't at the EP gig that half the country was at :) What more do you want from music than that 😁

ngunners · 12-05-2022 11:55AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050429#Comment_119050429

I've seen Arcade Fire several times and the 'in the round' gig was by far the worst performance I've seen. Win was pissed off that someone knocked his hat while walking through the crowd and the crowd were very chatty during the one or two quiet songs.

Still, delighted I got tickets in the presale and hoping for a great gig!

FullBack Jam · 12-05-2022 12:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119049453#Comment_119049453

Two very good bands in my opinion.

Don't know why there such a passionate debate about which is better. I don't think they sound anything alike. It's not like they are battling for a patch within the same music genre.

Why did the poster bring Placebo into the mix at all. What's the point?

BruteStock · 12-05-2022 12:16PM

I merely doubted the bands ability to insta sell out three arena. I was told it would be a certainty and I point out how Placebo (a better band imo) had not sold out three arena. Its my belief that fires popularity is over inflated by their constant headlining slots at festivals. We will see how they fare on their own tomorrow 🙂

greenspurs · 12-05-2022 12:24PM

Maybe Placebo and Arcade Fire should play the 'point' together, and then it would sell out?

But who would headline ................. 😉

hynesie08 · 12-05-2022 12:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050630#Comment_119050630

Arcade are using the full setup, placebo are not, so it's not even a like for like comparison.

BruteStock · 12-05-2022 01:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050693#Comment_119050693

Placebo are a pretty small unit and deliver a phenomenal live show. Tickets aren't a rip off either.

https://youtu.be/TsA1IaPoA3E

Arghus · 12-05-2022 01:12PM

I'm not going to debate who of the two is "better."

But in terms of popularity, Arcade Fire are absolutely a bigger and more popular band than Placebo. Their last three albums have all gone straight to number one here, in the uk and the us. It's borderline delusional to claim that Placebo are more popular.

PTH2009 · 12-05-2022 01:22PM

https://youtu.be/aoATnTk32Xw

0-34 in These gigs agree on Arcade Fire

hynesie08 · 12-05-2022 01:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050853#Comment_119050853

No, I meant they're not using the full capacity of the 3 arena, Arcade fire are.

BruteStock · 12-05-2022 01:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050984#Comment_119050984

How do you know that?

hynesie08 · 12-05-2022 01:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119051001#Comment_119051001

Because tickets for the upper tier aren't on sale, which means a curtain job.

Duffy98 · 12-05-2022 01:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119051001#Comment_119051001

None of the top tiers look to be available to purchase but the decent tier seating A-G are.

When you book tickets for arcade fire both rows of tiered seating are available, thats how you know if one act is using the whole arena or not.

Nowadays live nation throw any act in the 3Arena and judging by the size of the act the top tiers are either curtained off or not.

Arcade fire announced a show 3 months away and they'll sell pretty well. That placebo show was announced months ago and you can still get tickets in decent seats and even standing thats the difference between the two, also i would imagine Arcade Fire's music has a wider appeal than Placebo.

Nowadays its not about who the better artist is that decides what fills an arena its all about commercial appeal / radio plays etc. Theres bands that can only fill the olympia that may be objectively better than another band that fills the 3Arena but thats how it is, stop complaining people like what they like

BruteStock · 12-05-2022 01:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119050877#Comment_119050877

Not delusional at all because you're not allowing for circumstances.

For example placebo's brilliant new album was on track to reach #1 but it couldnt get here because they were up against Mick Booblay and Machine Gun Kelly. Fires new is on track to reach #1 because the competition is much lower - sigrid and Soft Cell.

Furthermore, the music scene was stacked, loaded and at an all time high when placebo released their first 4 albums. The talent pool for music was far deeper at that point in time. Would Fire have reached #1 back then? Maybe, maybe not. I know at at the late 90s / early 00s Placebo had commercial hits that were bigger than any hit released by Fire.

Oh and when Fire broke through, placebo had hit a major slump in their career. So if your talking about certain time periods then yeah but overall no

BruteStock · 12-05-2022 01:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119051024#Comment_119051024

Perhaps they are sold out

Arghus · 12-05-2022 02:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119051054#Comment_119051054

Look, like I said, I'm not going to going to get into the argument about which of the two bands are better, because that's all very highly subjective and there's no end to it.

But, at this present moment in time, Arcade Fire sell more records, sell more tickets and are a bigger draw generally than Placebo. That's a fact, whether they would have hypothetically been as successful in an earlier time is irrelevant to the question about which band is more popular right now. If that's something you don't agree with, I can't say much more to you on the matter tbh. There won't be many - if any - on here that would share your opinion.

Mind you, I can see their - AF's - appeal wavering as the years go on and the mediocre albums pile up. And I do respect Placebo for keeping the show on the road for a long while and they've always maintained a healthy fanbase.

BruteStock · 12-05-2022 02:19PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119051196#Comment_119051196

I respect your argument as an opinion, but not as a fact. I'll monitor the ticket sales in the upcoming days, if I'm wrong I'm wrong.

hynesie08 · 12-05-2022 02:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119051350#Comment_119051350

You will be.

2022 Irish Gigs (Confirmed & Rumoured Events)

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