Seeing as Elton has now rescheduled his Dublin gigs, might be useful to start a 2023 thread as others might start popping up.
The Commitments - 7th - 19th February (Olympia Theatre)
Elton John - 28th/29th March (3Arena)
Tour including outdoor show in the summer in Dublin
£101 for General Admission, £196 for Golden Circle.
I like Billy, missed him when he played the Point as was sick but Hyde Park is a poor venue.
What are the chances fo June 20th in Marley park, so they had to move Arctic Monkeys to new venue??
Oh no another potential Arcade Fire vs Placebo debate
Surely Arctic Monkeys would be more popular then Depeche Mode in this times ?
Not going to be marlay for Depeche mode.
Well I think Depeche mode is more suitable for malahide and Arctic Monkeys for Marley. But the fact it was moved so quickly even before the presale tells me that one of the reasons could be some bigger act booked for that day. Someone whos not big enough for croker (yet or not anymore) like Taylor Swift
Hmmm, it's 150 to see him in the garden so it's not THAT much more for gold circle...... I'll wait till the rest of the line up is announced.
Lucky enough to see Billy Joel in the aviva a few years ago
Brilliant concert and his band are top notch
Sold out instantly this morning. So demand was most definitely there
in response to this
Likely they will do a second date now I would have thought, similar to what they did when The Killers sold out last year.
Sold out in the presale it seems which is mad. Was lucky to pick two up in it.
Second Carly Rae show on the Saturday being added
So AM could have done RDS/Marlay and you probably could have slapped Carly Rae in a reduced cap 3arena.
Normally our complaint is them putting them in venues too big for them.
With shows it’s the last 5-10% of tickets that a promoter makes money on. So with AM mcd May have felt that they could easily 20k, but hitting that 35/40k number to make marley park profitable was tight.
Agree on the first point but Carly Rae isn't anywhere near suitable for the 3Arena. Two nights in a small venue is about right.
Whats the point of doing 2 x 20k gigs when it was 1 x 40k gig originally just 2 day ago. I still think some bigger act booked that day in marley park.
Second show hasn’t been announced yet. Promoter and act trying to figure out demand in a market. Post covid ticket sales across the board have slumped. As just about did 2x 3 arena last time in Dublin they probably decided to play it safe by moving to malahide. Now on it selling out quickly they may add second malahide.
Common enough policy these days, Luke Combs sold out in Presale too, alot of general sales are just a charade.
Arctic Monkeys could be moved back to Marlay Park.
I'm hearing there will a gig in Dublin, next June . . Swedish House Mafia.
Not say that it isn't the case but I'd be surprised if that is case as that would be seriously shít poor management if they're going to have to incur the expense of two venues over one because they 'tried to figure out demand'. If they had common sense they'd do what Zardoz referenced which is move it back to Marlay Park.
could be do to with residents / licence etc. Longitude is usually not on until july so may have thought it was pushing it to have stage setup for 2+ weeks. All the Marlay gigs were within 6 days this summer. But doesnt really explain why it was announced
Marlay does have very restricted number of shows allowed. Another act (that mcd feels can sell 40k) could have magically agreed to a show in the summer so artics got pushed to malahide
If the gig was announced then contracts were signed, you can't then offer a smaller venue because someone you like more comes along. There has to be something more to this.
Depeche Mode for Malahide maybe
Wouldn't mind that tbh, like Malahide as a venue
Nightmare to get out of. St Annes the same
Would kilmainham size suit them more?
Would be happy with Kilmainham or Malahide for Depeche Mode.
Much as I like it as a venue (despite the trek down the avenue at the end of the night), St. Anne's Park is too small for Depeche Mode. I expect it will be Malahide, which is a good fit. The Cure worked well there, and the audience demographic would have some crossover.
Have a feeling The Cure might play an outdoor show here again
The upcoming December gig in the 3Arena is selling out everytime tickets become available
