What other cultural events in Ireland were a clusterfúck and omnishambles?

IvaBigWun · 15-07-2014 07:39PM #1

What other cultural events/things are up there with the recent Garth Brooks shambles?

The last minute cancellation of his Croke Park gig a few years back by Prince came to mind.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0226/128103-prince/

A legal action by promoters MCD against the singer Prince and his agent has been settled at the Commercial Court.

MCD had sued the singer and his agents William Morris Endeavor Entertainment for €1.7m over the cancellation of a concert at Croke Park in 2008.

The details of the settlement have not been disclosed but afterwards Denis Desmond of MCD said he was relieved it was over and that MCD was not out of pocket.

Mr Desmond said he looked forward to doing business with Prince in the future, but said if he was Prince, he would get a good manager.

He said he was still disappointed for the fans over the cancellation, but said systems had not been changed for booking acts as this was a unique situation.

During the case it emerged that Prince had spoken about Mr Desmond and said 'tell the cat to chill, we will work something out.'

Mr Desmond added today that he was 'a very chilled cat'.

What other cultural events in Ireland were a clusterfúck and omnishambles?

No "the 1916 rising" type answers please, this isnt a political thread whatsoever

wazky · 15-07-2014 07:39PM

The 1798 rebellion.

stefan idiot jones · 15-07-2014 07:40PM

Wife Swap - Travellers Special.

Frosty McSnowballs · 15-07-2014 07:40PM

This is going to hit 10,000 posts pretty quick!

Birneybau · 15-07-2014 07:40PM

Boyzone, The Late Late

catallus · 15-07-2014 07:42PM

Joe Duffy welcoming back the Irish team whenever that was was an embarrassment and badly organised and just generally bad.

hynesie08 · 15-07-2014 07:44PM

Does that clock in the liffey count?

ankaragucu · 15-07-2014 07:44PM

Anything featuring Marty Morrissey.

Adamantium · 15-07-2014 07:44PM

I'll tell you a cultural thing...

Amazing how the mass graves of 800 babies in Galway had vanished from the national conversation, gone.

Last article about it, was about a month ago on the web.

hynesie08 · 15-07-2014 07:45PM

catallus wrote: »

Joe Duffy welcoming back the Irish team whenever that was was an embarrassment and badly organised and just generally bad.

Jaysus!!!! I remember that "they saw 3d..... Damien duff dizziness"

IvaBigWun · 15-07-2014 07:45PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Boyzone, The Late Late

The guy has the right idea

2006 in Oxegen when it was particularity bad with skangers and tent robbings comes to mind.

From Wiki

Oxegen 2006

The firm are involved in a legal dispute with an Irish company, boards.ie ltd, over claims users on boards.ie had made about the camp site at Oxegen 2006.Users' claims include alleged random violence and widespread tent burning at the event campsite A, claims that MCD deny.

Campsite A was renamed the Red Campsite from Oxegen 2007 onwards.

A sticky notice was placed at the top of every discussion forum on boards.ie warning members not to create posts mentioning MCD or any events hosted by MCD[5] The Boards warning notice was removed 30 May 2009.

major bill · 15-07-2014 07:46PM

The time they thought it would be a great idea to invite the Orange Order down when O'Connell street was a building site.

gugleguy · 15-07-2014 07:46PM

The Gathering.

I' m now expecting a slew of angry indignant pms as well as rants against me on this thread.:pac:

c_man · 15-07-2014 07:47PM

The "Ireland should be the 33rd country in the World Cup" ****e. People were gone mad.

in_ur_Is icy delight · 15-07-2014 07:47PM

there have been some grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented events all-right.

but then you said this wasn't a political thread

IvaBigWun · 15-07-2014 07:48PM

hynesie08 wrote: »

Does that clock in the liffey count?

Definitely. It only lasted 6 months as far as I remember.

IvaBigWun · 15-07-2014 07:54PM

Guns N' Roses, 2010

Wiki

A Guns N' Roses concert in the O2 was controversial, when Axl Rose stormed off stage 22 minutes into the show, due to booing and plastic bottles being thrown. They had arrived on stage at 10:25pm in a venue that has a 11pm curfew. They later returned to stage after a 40 minute delay (with the house lights on), and played until 12:52am. Despite protests, MCD refused to offer refunds to fans

Birneybau · 15-07-2014 07:55PM

Oh, Swedish House Mafia, the Phoenix Park!

fleet_admiral · 15-07-2014 08:00PM

The thing in merrion square for the olympians in 2012. It was lashing rain and it was obvious nobody wanted to be there

baaba maal · 15-07-2014 08:04PM

Bob Dylan Slane riots

Twink's "comedy" interlude at a Fine Gael ard fheis in 1991

ted1 · 15-07-2014 08:05PM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

What other cultural events/things are up there with the recent Garth Brooks shambles?

The last minute cancellation of his Croke Park gig a few years back by Prince came to mind.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0226/128103-prince/

What other cultural events in Ireland were a clusterfúck and omnishambles?

No "the 1916 rising" type answers please, this isnt a political thread whatsoever

The MTV dance competition on dollymount had full scale riots

Harry Palmr · 15-07-2014 08:06PM

The state deciding that one iodine tablet would save us all from bird flu or was it radiation?

oh wait cultural?

'Fleadh Mor' it was called was a bit of a hash Bob Dylan on one of his shambolic summer tours around Europe ended up on the hill at Tramore Raceground.

IvaBigWun · 15-07-2014 08:08PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The state deciding that one iodine tablet would save us all from bird flu or was it radiation?

Wrong thread.

Balmed Out · 15-07-2014 08:09PM

all those moving statues in the 80's

Daisies · 15-07-2014 08:09PM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

What other cultural events/things are up there with the recent Garth Brooks shambles?

The last minute cancellation of his Croke Park gig a few years back by Prince came to mind.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0226/128103-prince/

What other cultural events in Ireland were a clusterfúck and omnishambles?

No "the 1916 rising" type answers please, this isnt a political thread whatsoever

I'd hardly call Gareth Brooks a cultural event!

IvaBigWun · 15-07-2014 08:12PM

Daisies wrote: »

I'd hardly call Gareth Brooks a cultural event!

"cultural event" does cover concerts etc though.

mr_edge_to_you · 15-07-2014 08:13PM

The time the FAI brought UEFA officials over when they were mounting a bid for the Euro Championships was a personal favourite.

They visited Croke Park which banned "foreign games", the Bertie Bowel which was wasn't built yet and Landsdowne Road which was being knocked.

ThisRegard · 15-07-2014 08:13PM

Seating the England soccer supporters above the Irish in Lansdowne Road on that infamous night when trouble was expected.

Harry Palmr · 15-07-2014 08:13PM

This one is good - The Golden Horde on the range in Longford, cops called, group escorted off the stage

http://thegoldenhorde.org/media/sundayworld-930801-inside.jpg

IvaBigWun · 15-07-2014 08:13PM

Why did Eminem cancel Slane the first time around?

Shakespeare's Sister · 15-07-2014 08:19PM

gugleguy wrote: »

The Gathering.

I' m now expecting a slew of angry indignant pms as well as rants against me on this thread.:pac:

This isn't angry or indignant, but just curious: what is so clusterfuk/omnishambles about the Gathering?
I mean, if people aren't into the idea, totally fair enough, but there was this collective disgust and anger in relation to it, and I never actually heard of or read a decent reason - just seemed like a bandwagon.

What other cultural events in Ireland were a clusterfúck and omnishambles?

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