Feels like the right time to start a new thread for next year's gigs.
John Mayer playing the 3Arena on 29 March 2024.
MCD advertising 'sold out gigs', imagine could be a few ticket drops if anyone is still looking
The Galway Comedy fest took place seven weeks ago and amongst others the venue booked Emma Doran, Theresa Cahill, the Dirty Circus, Deirdre O’Kane, Taran O’Sullivan, Sinéad Culbert, Jessica Collins, Sharon Mannion, Sinéad Quinlan, Mama na Obrotach, Enya Martin, Serena Terry, Elena Gabrielle and Sally-Anne Hayward.
There’s no boycott. It’s horsesh@t.
There is tickets for all those gigs available.
The Smashing Pumpkins are package crap...but still they won't be conforming to regular tickets at this stage.
Not many acts sell out the Boucher fields.
Out of interest how come Windsor Park is not used for concerts ?
Won't mention the war but if that Stadium is actually built it could make great revenue from concerts etc
Musically there isn't. And their live shows aren't remotely alike either
I never said there was a boycott I said the only thing that looked odd was the lack of big name female comedians, I happen to think the boycott story is also bullshit and the lack of big name female talent is more likely down to mcd and aiken wanting them to sell out shows in dublin first and foremost
Sorry, I hadn’t mean to infer that you thought that. I’m not stating that either you or @Fanirish are accusing the venue of anything. I just worry that anyone online can post some random lies that will gain traction.
Plenty of female talent plays at the venue or at other places they book. All pretty appropriate to the size of the venues. The largest indoor venue here has 1.200 capacity and the two outdoor ones next Summer are 3.5k and 5k. Pearse stadium rarely used and the other sports pitches never. There’s a limit to what acts we can get in the town.
The venue an enormously respected institution here in Galway, with criticism of course, but they get us acts that would usually be beyond the reach of an 80,000 city. There’s also no way that in a student city (circa 35% of the population) a venue would get away with (even alleged) criminal behaviour by a booker without a backlash. If there proves to be any truth to this then I’ll instantaneously hold my hands up but gossip/libel from 4/5 years ago with nothing further since implies that this can be ignored.
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Has Jack Harlow any Irish dates for 2024 yet, could be a possibility for LATM
Would be longitude if anything
Foggy Notions announcement at 10am
Bothy Band, NCH 2 dates in April
Sweet
Australian Pink Floyd at Olympia and Belfast. 2/3/4 December next year
Looks like first Iveagh Gardens artists due out soon
wonder who will play, love that venue
Paloma Faith
Iveagh Gardens
21st July 2024
Often wondered that myself. I presume, with the capacity, it's easier just shoehorning the gigs into boucher with a bigger attendance.
I'm also looking forward to the new stadium to *hopefully attract other artists
Christy Moore for Iveagh too, 11th July
Sugababes too
Just announced!
Sugababes
Friday 5th July
+ Damien Dempsey + pillow Queens.
Weak announcements, just waiting for coronas for the cherry on the crap cake
Damo is annual tradition at this point
Yeah, Damo, Pillow Queens, Christy will all put on good shows and Paloma and Sugababes will have their audience I'm sure but certainly another uninspiring set of announcements to follow the pattern of the last couple of weeks.
Windsor Park don't have an outdoor entertainment licence so can't hold gigs there. They'd have to apply to the council and satisfy a lot of crowd safety requirements for it to be approved if an application was made.
I'd be confident enough that the new Casement would get a licence sorted asap once it's built.
Meant to have been a proposed all purpose stadium at the maze but got shafted as the DUP objected to GAA, they now up in arms at Casement holding a few football matches next summer now! sure it's all of their own doing!
Passenger and Glen Hansard announced there. Think Pillow Queens are great and Damo annual fixture alright. Does seem the same acts have done the rounds of various outdoor gigs and festivals so is getting fairly samey though
Has Peter Aiken been asleep till the week before Christmas, very odd that he waited till the week before Christmas to announce so many shows.
He didn't specify musically and with that there is just a ton really, which obviously plays a huge factor in the current state of things.
Musically though hardly worlds apart, voices different stylistically but both playing a form of alt pop that is thematically similar.
Both artists have a key single from same producer/guitarist fella even.
Olivia is echoed by critics to be more rock but to me she isn't rock enough some tracks obviously touch the periphery that's about it.
Can't claim to know anything about their live shows whatsoever.
opw were seeking public opinion on iveagh gardens usage as recently as October so that would of delayed any announcements. Needed clarity as to how many weekends they can use the park etc
He had to get a new site for the Marquee so maybe that delayed things but that seemed to have been on the cards for a while. Maybe there was some last minute negotiation around cost of rent or something. He had planned to announce acts at start of November so delays may have been out of his control. Would have expected him to try to capitalise more on pre Christmas demand if he had the choice but all that is speculation.
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