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SOAD with QOTSA supporting!

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  • #62
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,064 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    Unreal band of course but still amazing SOAD are selling stadiums out on multiple days, ultimately being a metal band.

    Post edited by Beasty on


  • #63
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,024 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Close this thread and use the other one, can't stand two threads on the same topic.

    Post edited by Beasty on

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #64
    Fanirish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,842 ✭✭✭Fanirish


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123825551#Comment_123825551

    nah it’s more like that they know they are vastly underplaying the uk market so can charge a premium and it will sell out

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  • #65
    Zardoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,412 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123825740#Comment_123825740

    Its bizarre, even at the height of their powers they were playing arenas with the top level curtained off for 30 pounds.

    Now they are playing stadia and charging 6-10 times the price, I cant get my head around it at all.

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  • #66
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,064 ✭✭✭✭Degag


    Ah i don’t think that’s right. 20 years ago they sell out the 3 arena no bother.

    But Aviva or Croker? Nah

    Post edited by Beasty on


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  • #67
    hynesie08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,488 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123825948#Comment_123825948

    They only played here once as part of a festival so we'll never know what they could have/would have sold.

    Serj did sell out the ambassador though.

    Post edited by Beasty on


  • #68
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123822065#Comment_123822065

    close, €70, but that was including Amyl & the Sniffers (which didnt happen :/ )

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  • #69
    CrabRevolution
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,026 ✭✭✭CrabRevolution


    There's few bands I actively follow in the hope of gig announcements, but SOAD are one of them and given the rarity of their gigs (particularly in Europe) these days I'm willing to stomach the steep price.

    On a side note is there a particularly big SOAD following in Scotland….? While's there's obviously plenty of the usual "Shame they aren't playing X country" stuff online, I can't help but notice that some Scots were particularly offended by the lack of a Scottish date. Lots of "They're playing England, not the UK", or "Scottish people forgotten about again".

    SOAD only played 4 gigs in the 350 million person USA, 2 in 70 million France, 2 in 80 million Germany etc. but they feel entitled to a specific gig in a nation of 5 million? Or is it just political posturing?



  • #70
    Penfailed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,862 ✭✭✭Penfailed


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123826198#Comment_123826198

    I wouldn't say they feel entitled, just disappointed. I'm very disappointed that they're not playing in Ireland.

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Pixies, Ride, Therapy?, Public Service Broadcasting, IDLES, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '25 - Spiritualized, Supergrass, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Queens of the Stone Age, Electric Picnic, Vantastival, Getdown Services, And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gigs '26 - Stereolab, Franz Ferdinand, Big Thief, Stendhal Festival, Electric Picnic



  • #71
    Fanirish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,842 ✭✭✭Fanirish


    it people being entitled.
    Both Ireland and Scotland punch above our weight on major tours given our respecting populations and the added travel needed.
    As you pointed out SOAD have not toured anywhere extensively in decades. They cherry pick a handful of major cities, make a ton of money and enjoy the tour



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  • #72
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,658 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123825740#Comment_123825740

    or maybe all involved know, they ll get away with it, and ta hell with the fans!

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  • #73
    Fanirish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,842 ✭✭✭Fanirish


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123827216#Comment_123827216

    well yes as they set the prices/packages and allow or not allow dynamic etc.

    some countries/cities are seen as the cash cow for a European tour and helps cover less financially appealing cities/locations.

    Post edited by Beasty on


  • #74
    Ekano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭Ekano


    Got 3 standing tickets in Paris for the Saturday. Delighted I waited. Very reasonable price too.



  • #75
    Zardoz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,412 ✭✭✭Zardoz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123825948#Comment_123825948

    I was talking about the UK arenas.

    They used to play them with the top tier curtained off.

    Post edited by Beasty on


  • #76
    fofo90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭fofo90


    Got a ticket for London through live nation sale. 55 euro for return flights, 100 for two nights, tickets 130. I’m happy enough with that.

    I **** love system of a down.

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  • #77
    fofo90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭fofo90


    Got London ticket for 130 yo-yos, flights 55 return and hotel 100 for two nights.

    Happy enough with that. Off spring and system of a down will tie me over for a while



  • #78
    El Inho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭El Inho


    Off to Dusseldorf! €150 pp for two tickets. It'll be an expensive enough trip, but still - bucket list band for me. Glad I didn't cave and see QOTSA for the millionth time this year at Kilmainham.

    Was a weird purchase - could only use PayPal for the German gig. Didn't have the money in my Revolut so it failed, as I was adding it - the transaction went through via PayPal and Ticketmaster sent me the tix. I wasn't charged until two days later when PayPal took the money. Bizzare. Seemed to be a bank transfer in the end. Was sure the tix were going to vanish.



  • #79
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,658 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    any luck with tickets today?

    Post edited by Beasty on


  • #80
    ironictoaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,228 ✭✭✭ironictoaster


    I was able to hit gold circle on general sale at £184..Ticketmaster was pushing VIPs packages during the presales during presale.

    Post edited by Beasty on


  • #81
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 78,485 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    I've just merged the two threads



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