Why was Garth Brooks so popular in Ireland?

StephenHendry · 06-02-2014 11:31AM

at this rate he will playing for a couple months here, not a fan of his but he has a few catchy songs that kinda stick with ya and you immediately associate with him, to think that he mentioned that he disliked playing here in an interview he gave years ago

Sir Arthur Daley · 06-02-2014 11:45AM

Wont this escapade of concerts make some money for Croker

PippaChic · 06-02-2014 12:32PM

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Yipppeeee

Got the standing tickets I wanted for Monday and Tuesday. Have seats for the Friday.

Yipppeeeeee

Bring it on. Cannot wait.

I am so pleased for you HardLuckWoman, you deserve them after last week!

the groutch · 06-02-2014 12:45PM

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Yipppeeee

Got the standing tickets I wanted for Monday and Tuesday. Have seats for the Friday.

Yipppeeeeee

Bring it on. Cannot wait.

and you need tickets for 3 seperate days why?

Ash.J.Williams · 06-02-2014 12:47PM

WikiHow wrote: »

Wont this escapade of concerts make some money for Croker

€750,000 x 5 i think...plus bar and food!

argentum · 06-02-2014 12:48PM

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Yipppeeee

Got the standing tickets I wanted for Monday and Tuesday. Have seats for the Friday.

Yipppeeeeee

Bring it on. Cannot wait.

I was wondering if you would get more tickets.Nice to see the real fans getting sorted.

Duckworth_Luas · 06-02-2014 12:49PM

StephenHendry wrote: »

to think that he mentioned that he disliked playing here in an interview he gave years ago

Why does he dispise us and when do we start the retaliatory internet hate campaign?

Sir Arthur Daley · 06-02-2014 12:50PM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

€750,000 x 5 i think...plus bar and food!

Not a bad weeks wages.

Ash.J.Williams · 06-02-2014 12:50PM

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

And I bet you remember 'If tomorrow never comes' as well and maybe 'The dance'. 'Ain't goin' down til the sun comes up' is his best very famous hit, an attractive blues/rock hybrid.

Yeah, Chemical Bros, Verve and Prodigy (all that techno was massive) too in the 1994-1999 period. Earlier, there was all that rave stuff with 2 Unlimited and then there was Right Said Fred. Moby was more later on: 1999-2002 period.

Moby started in 1991

Nash Bridges · 06-02-2014 02:55PM

I wonder how many of the first three gig tickets were bought by touts? Touts who are now stuck with tickets probably worth less than face value.

Even with some fans traveling from the UK or Europe I can’t imagine there being 250,000 or 300,000 Garth Brooks fans in Ireland.

Still this is a good news story all around.

Economy gets a bit of a boost.
Real fans will be able to get a ticket.
Touts will get burned.

06-02-2014 03:06PM

Nash Bridges wrote: »

Even with some fans traveling from the UK or Europe I can’t imagine there being 250,000 or 300,000 Garth Brooks fans in Ireland.

I think the capacity is closer to 80k per gig so it's more like 400,000.

That's not far off a 1:9 in the Republic.

When you consider the sectors of society who'd be too young or too old to go then you're talking probably closer to 1:5.

I think it's safe to say a vast number of people are going to 2+ gigs. And also as you state that a number of touts bought groups of tickets to resell.

He might be popular, but no act would get a ratio of 1:4 or 1:5 of the population up to see them.

I think the fact large numbers queued overnight shows, his fans are bit more diehard. I think if you'd wait out all night in the rain, you'd probably buy tickets to 2+ gigs.

Nash Bridges · 06-02-2014 03:10PM

gilberto_eire wrote: »

I think the capacity is closer to 80k per gig so it's more like 400,000.

That was my point, 100,000 or 150,000 from abroad leaves 250,000 or 300,000 Irish concert goers.

Hopefully there are touts who bought 6 tickets for the first three concerts and are now stuck with them. I despise those parasites.

seamus · 06-02-2014 03:51PM

Everyone will talk about the great Garth Brooks bubble of 2014, people buying 6 tickets for each of the five gigs, thousands of euro on the credit card on the promise that you'll easily flip them for five times their worth. People bidding against eachother for tickets on donedeal, spending upwards of €500 on a ticket worth €60 and telling themselves they got a great deal.

Then a week before the gig, all of those people who stockpiled tickets will try to sell them at the same time and realise that there just isn't enough demand for 400,000 tickets and they'll barely be able to give them away, never mind get their money back.

It'll be a national outrage, people on Joe Duffy blaming ticketmaster and the media for hyping up the gig even though they knew he was never that popular. Sob stories of people who are left paying back money on the credit card months later for a ticket they were never able to use because nobody wanted it. There'll be talk of debt forgiveness and asking NAMA to step in and refund everyone who paid scalpers massive money for their tickets.

It'll be carnage, I tell ye.

Faolchu · 06-02-2014 04:15PM

"StephenHendry wrote:

to think that he mentioned that he disliked playing here in an interview he gave years ago

Think you might be mistaken because I'm pretty sure he always says the shows in choke park were some of the way he's ever done and the audience participation was better than ever experienced anywhere in the world. Even in recent interviews he's said similar things

wyndham · 06-02-2014 04:33PM

Its all a media driven feeding frenzy.

You won't be able to give these tickets away come July.

kevinmcm · 06-02-2014 04:42PM

This might be the best post ever and also oddly spot on!

fryup · 06-02-2014 05:20PM

this will be the biggest gig since the pope in Phoenix park in 79 (although he didn't play many tunes)

does this mean that Garth Brooks is more popular than the pope??

06-02-2014 05:44PM

fryup wrote: »

this will be the biggest gig since the pope in Phoenix park in 79 (although he didn't play many tunes)

does this mean that Garth Brooks is more popular than the pope??

1.3 million people went to the Phoenix park to greet the pope.

Insect Overlord · 06-02-2014 05:49PM

Harleigh Happy Heap wrote: »

1.3 million people went to the Phoenix park to greet the pope.

And 9 months later a load of 'em were giving birth to an army of little JPs. The country is going to be flooded with little Garths in 2015! :eek:

PropJoe10 · 06-02-2014 05:54PM

Ireland is a country full of boggers. Thats the only reason I can think of.

Kerrydude1981 · 06-02-2014 06:01PM

Residents of Croke Park not happy,

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/croke-park-residents-considering-injunction-over-summer-concerts-621947.html

bockeys jollocks · 06-02-2014 06:05PM

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Residents of Croke Park not happy,

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/croke-park-residents-considering-injunction-over-summer-concerts-621947.html

That's because of the smell of cabbage after the concerts, how would you like 5 days of cabbage "wafting" through your windows?

PropJoe10 · 06-02-2014 06:07PM

bockeys jollocks wrote: »

That's because of the smell of cabbage after the concerts, how would you like 5 days of cabbage "wafting" through your windows?

There'll be an abundance of untaxed cars running on tractor diesel and peoples pants falling down due to bailer twine failure. I dont blame the residents for getting upset.

kona · 06-02-2014 06:07PM

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Residents of Croke Park not happy,

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/croke-park-residents-considering-injunction-over-summer-concerts-621947.html

Don't blame them , between that and one direction it's horrific

Dr Robotnik · 06-02-2014 06:11PM

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Residents of Croke Park not happy,

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/croke-park-residents-considering-injunction-over-summer-concerts-621947.html

Do the residents still get comps?

Silver lining and all that.

Kerrydude1981 · 06-02-2014 06:17PM

Dr Robotnik wrote: »

Do the residents still get comps?

Silver lining and all that.

That's what will probably end up happening,

Find it strange that Croke Park don't meet with the residents each year to go through the scheduled events on in the stadium.

RebelSoul · 06-02-2014 06:18PM

Whingbags

Kerrydude1981 · 06-02-2014 06:23PM

That's a busy two weekends for the residents,the five Garth Brooks concerts and then the following weekend the quarter finals of the football championship are on,they are usually on the August weekend.

Sir Arthur Daley · 06-02-2014 06:25PM

And it might not stop at just 5 concerts

Dr Robotnik · 06-02-2014 06:26PM

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

That's a busy two weekends for the residents,the five Garth Brooks concerts and then the following weekend the quarter finals of the football championship are on,they are usually on the August weekend.

Plenty of time to get in a stock of hats, flags, scarves and headbands.

Why was Garth Brooks so popular in Ireland?

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