We have Oasis for two nights in Croke Park, so that leaves 4 nights free i think?
So who will we see filling those slots (maybe Oasis x 2 more?)
And the Aviva - who are the likely candidates for there?
Eminem maybe?
With Joe Duffy as support act 🤣
Will Mylie Cyrus be back touring in 2025 I wonder? She could sell out croker
thankfully Wolfe times are retiring now so no further sonic annihilation to peoples ears
It would be half full, if even
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Thought I read they wished they could support Oasis.
When are they departing?
2024 is last year of them touring
Would Foo Fights sell out a stadium at stadium prices? I have my doubts. Marlay maybe
they would do the aviva at 50k ish capacity
I disagree
The Wolftones are seemly approaching Oasis for a support gig. Have heard Liam and Noel talk about them before. Might not be as mad as you'd think.
Those 'Farewell tours' are some gimmick
I'd love to see U2, but not Slane. Slane is a pain in the hole.
72,000 attended, perhaps some were comps etc but not sure how it lost money. Think it’d sell very well, they ultimately are one of the biggest stadium acts in the world now and one of the last big rock bands remaining really.
Aviva potentially still a better fit though currently. Especially with the 2 night thing they are currently doing.
Hard to see U2 playing the city center unless there is a ceasefire in Gaza given their support for and investments in Israel. There would be a massive risk of protests against their business interests given they make far more money from that then their music.
Possibly Slane but most likely they will keep their heads down.
Also, The Cure were playing the same day to 20k or so i think. There would be a fairly significant crossover there i think so deffo took a few k off the Slane attendance.
The breakeven for shows is anywhere between 90% -95% sold. metallica audience was in the 60k range.
Wow, you do seem to just pull stuff out of the sky at times,
In fairness you often get things right but it's just common sense and basic math that people generally don't have the time for and simply not thinking of other aspects of putting on large scale shows but to claim 90 to 95% being what's needs to sell for mcd to make a profit from the metallica show is just downright dumb, first off over 68k paid in and a few thousand comps brought the attendees to over 72k on the day, the ticket sales are not the only revenue stream for mcd on the day, food and novelty stalls pay set rates, bars pay to be the brand and in some scenarios a cut of sales(5% OR less) is typical for bar sales.
There are more income streams besides and I can tell you now mcd did not lose money on metallica at slane
Yeah, i wouldn’t think that if MCD expected to sell 70k tickets that they would put themselves in a position to be at a loss if they sold less than 66.5k tickets (95%).
Believe the gross that day was somewhere north of €7m (obviously i guess at 100+ per ticket). Metallica’s fee is/was around the 2m - 2.5m figure so a lot left in the apple tart.
ask any promoter and they will tell you that the breakeven point for shows from olympia to stadiums is as humanly close to sold out. promoters generally make 5% profit on a standalone show. They have the cover all the costs including artist guarantees that are priced on sold out capacity. A Slane or stadium show only doing 80 -85% can easily result in a loss of a million or so. Whereas a sold out Slane can generate a million plus profit for the promoter from all sources.
They definitely would if it was a one off gig.
Ya fanirish just talking rubbish again, he seems to think ticket sales are the only income the promotors have for these out door shows
To be fair, i enjoy his contributions on here and he gets alot of undeserved flak IMO. Gets alot of things right i think as you mentioned but this seems off the mark to me. But hey ho.
The breakeven point for shows is in 90-95% range. Metallica gross was closer to €5.5m. €2m fee, €.5m vat, security, staging, rental etc. it all adds to a precarious breakeven point.
there are not but if a big show is 5,10,15% under capacity those other income sources like bar and food splits are severely hampered. If you have 10,000 less people on site this can be the make or break point for a shows profit. promoters aren’t making 15-20 %profit on sold out shows, so if overall revenue is not in the close to sold out range the promoter is losing money.
Over 8 million dollars according to this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWired_Tour#Tour_dates
And while i presume you are talking generally, they brought their own stage.
Maybe Foo Fighters will play here now as Dave might need the $$$ 😄
dua lipa is one of the aviva shows next summer. Friday 27th June
Prob extra date be added
Saw a bit of her set at Mad Cool, it's a decent show
doubt she could sell 100k tickets for aviva. 50k for one night seems realistic as she sold out two nights in 3 arena on last album.
