Limerick91 wrote: » http://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/u2-tickets?adbid=540143755920044032&adbpl=tw&adbpr=20435270&c=SM_U2_20141203_36622027 Europe dates, no Dublin yet
lukin wrote: » The Irish dates will obviously not be indoor as our largest indoor arena is the 3Arena and that only holds 9,500 all seated (or 14,500 seated + standing). Even if they played ten nights in a row there it would not be enough to satisfy demand. More likely that there will be three nights at Croker like they did for the last tour.
paulbok wrote: » Gonna be mid to end of November, a bit parky to be outdoors. Could be a heap of nights in the Point, 11 nights would be the same as 2 Croker gigs.
lukin wrote: » The average attendance at the 3 Croker gigs in 2009 was about 81000. Total attendance was 243,198. That would be roughly equal to about five and a half 3Arena gigs for one Croker gig and 3 Croker gigs is equal to seventeen nights in the 3Arena (I am taking the 3Arena capacity as 14,500). So it will almost certainly be Croker, probably in August as there are no gigs listed for then in the dates announced today. If you were a U2 fan in say Italy or Spain you would probably be a little annoyed that they are playing a lager venue just in Ireland (hence making it easier to get tickets) but U2 have always played more gigs in Ireland on any tour they do.
circular flexing wrote: » Croke Park would not have the capacity for 3 gigs in August.
lukin wrote: » Height of the GAA season I know but I can't see any other way they can do it unless they play The Phoenix Park or The Aviva but The Aviva would only take 50000 for one gig.
Mushy wrote: » they said they playing Dublin at the end of November. That means it won't be Croker!
Special shows are being planned for Dublin for the end of next year to benefit the U2-initiated Music Generation project and details will follow once they are finalised.
johnpatrick81 wrote: » http://www.u2.com/news/title/u2-innocence-experience-tour-2015 Seems it's actually gonna be indoors in Ireland so! When was the last time that happened?!! Ridiculous selling tickets for gigs (london) almost a year early. How is that even allowed? I see it more and more these days. Ticketmaster must be making a fortune on interest in the banks!
lukin wrote: » OK so it looks like it will not be outdoor. But I can see this becoming quite a controversial issue if they play the 3Arena. Demand will far exceed supply and U2 will be slaughtered over it.
johnpatrick81 wrote: » Ridiculous selling tickets for gigs (london) almost a year early. How is that even allowed? I see it more and more these days. Ticketmaster must be making a fortune on interest in the banks!
cometogether wrote: » Hardly! They'll almost certainly do the usual stadium tour in 2016 after the more 'intimate' gigs
bonoman66 wrote: » Just kidding but we just might get a ticket or two if they played somewhere between 5 to to 10 nights (I know that's even mental but as its possible some cities in the USA might get up to 8 dates if all the rumours/fourm chatter plays out correctly, then they might try something similar here)..
johnpatrick81 wrote: » Seems it's actually gonna be indoors in Ireland so! When was the last time that happened?!!
cometogether wrote: » Why wouldn't it be allowed?
SteM wrote: » The Lovetown shows with BB King back in 1999 were in the Point.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vdCzIStGmg The tickets went on sale only through the Point Depot IIRC. People queued up through the night to get them, the car park outside the Point became a shanty town for the night . Myself and some mates left school early, travelled into Dublin and joined the queue. We got tickets for the St. Stephen's Day gig at around 3am (they decided to start selling them early due to the crowd size) and we wandered around the city centre for the rest of the night until we could get a bus home. Walking up the quays from the Point at that hour of the morning with tickets felt dodgy, lots of touts around looking to buy them and offering silly money for the NYE tickets.
SteM wrote: » The Lovetown shows with BB King back in 1999 were in the Point. The tickets went on sale only through the Point Depot IIRC. People queued up through the night to get them, the car park outside the Point became a shanty town for the night . Myself and some mates left school early, travelled into Dublin and joined the queue. We got tickets for the St. Stephen's Day gig at around 3am (they decided to start selling them early due to the crowd size) and we wandered around the city centre for the rest of the night until we could get a bus home. Walking up the quays from the Point at that hour of the morning with tickets felt dodgy, lots of touts around looking to buy them and offering silly money for the NYE tickets.
