okidoki987 wrote: » How many does it hold for a concert like Duran Duran?
Ricosruffneck wrote: » 20k
okidoki987 wrote: » Driving or walking?
RubyK wrote: » Sorry to hijack deeks - I too am looking for recommendations for hotels, within walking distance.
PTH2009 wrote: » got a ticket to duran duran for june but after watching a few recent gig footage on youtube im meh about it now Lot of dad dancing on stage/prob on the field itself and a field full of drunken middle aged women it will be a laugh by drink will be needed i imagine ha
return guide wrote: » you bought a ticket, then did your research by YouTube? Duran Duran were a band of the early 80's, that is close to 40 years ago, you are going to get Grandad dancing - enjoy, I know I will.
hynesie08 wrote: » Yeah, he doesn't actually like gigs, just obsessed with ticking off some weird bucket list to say he saw them....
PTH2009 wrote: » Yeah I dont like gigs at all, I use my time and what money I have to tick off a bucket list I'll enjoy the gig no matter what
Assuming this gig is the one finally happening next month? :)
Where is the best place to go in the park to hear the concert for free?
Park was completely closed off & surrounding roads were residents only for the last gigs a few years ago - couldn't even walk the dog down Sybil Hill to cut into Furry Park
They're fairly heavily stewarded with Garda back up from what I can remember of the last gigs. The whole park is secured and hanging around the surrounding streets isn't tolerated I'm afraid.
Thanks, presume same applies to the entrances on the Howth Road, Watermill Road etc? Out of curiosity, where exactly is the stage? At the end of the main avenue (opposite end to the main gates)?
The stage is offset to the left of the plateau where the house used to be. So if you're walking on the main avenue from Sybill hill it's to the left at the end after the clock tower. That whole area is for the crowd with food facilities on the Clontarf side. Each entrance is fenced off with people corralled in & out of the venue.
Plenty of prep, engineers, set up crews, sweepers etc.. days before the gigs, so you'd want to be up a tree with lots of cereal bars, water & plastic poop bags a couple of weeks in advance if you're set for free gig!!
Cheers @John_Rambo , don’t worry, I have a new plan. Tunnelling.
Bravo, Sam. Admirable commitment. Keep us posted.
So...eh..is it? Or is this a second gig?
Someone took pity on me and got me a ticket. 🥳
Is it easy to get back to Dublin, how long does it take?
You can walk to GPO in 1h 15min. But apparently MCD did some work with Irish Rail and Dublin bus, so hopefully Darts aplenty and some buses to get back into town after the concert.
Okay but in terms of making bus in city to head back down the country could be a non runner shall we say?
Raheny and Harmonstown would be your DART stations. About 15-20 minutes walking to each I think. 15 minutes into town then.
You might actually be closer to Raheny DART depending on the available exits.
Ignore I read that as Killester and Harmonstown and can’t delete this post.
