elton john 3 arena

Brid Hegarty · 30-06-2022 1:46pm

He's definitely made this setlist as predictable as it could possibly be. He definitely won't be challenging the expectations of the audience. He will play only the hits. It's like his equivalent of 'Jurassic World Dominion'... that's why Rod Stewart called it a money grab. He definitely will not be revisiting any hidden treasures such as:

Come Down in Time, Where to Now St Peter, Sartorial Eloquence

I suspect he's dropped the piano improv section he used to do before 'Rocket Man' / 'Take me to the Pilot'. And I think one song will be the new remixed rocket man / sacrifice thing!

Also no Nikita, Sacrifice, or Blue Eyes will be played

Zardoz · 30-06-2022 2:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119271335#Comment_119271335

If you are charging people 200 euro then you play the hits, its that simple. Give the people what they want.

I went to see Van Morrison the other night in Cork, 96 euro for ~95 minutes and he played hardly any of his hits or best songs. Infuriating

Strumms · 30-06-2022 2:27pm

I think giving fans what the want should be the number one. Which is why at gigs most fans of any artists always appreciate a few deeper cuts amongst the greatest hits… fans are the ones with all the albums, pandering to the gombeens who own two albums and a best of and whom this is one night out of two nights out a year is a bit pointless.

Brid Hegarty · 30-06-2022 2:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119271524#Comment_119271524

Well then maybe he shouldn't be charging that €200. Never be too cocky about your own opinion btw. Some people look for novelty in a concert. If the audience is full of die-hard fans then they will be going to the concert with an open mind. Assuming the audience is full of people who've been dragged along then yes, they will prefer the hits played. If Elton didn't care about the money, what would he prefer himself I wonder?... I mean lets not forget that he quit music in the 80s because he was sick of singing things like 'Crocodile Rock'. Funnily enough he seems okay with it now.

But a good artist will challenge the expectations of their audience from time to time, as opposed to doing what they're told. Art is selfish. I certainly do hope you didn't go along to Van Morrison show thinking that he was the sort of guy who'd just play what the crowd wanted! That's not his reputation.

PTH2009 · 30-06-2022 2:51pm

For the ticket price I'd expect a setlist full of hits and top notch production

Originally had planned to head to the one of the December 2020 3Arena shows but covid pushed those shows to December 2021. Then sir Elton took a tumble at home and pushed that leg of the tour to 2023. Refund and ticket to Cork it was and never know maybe I'll see him in the 3Arena next year

Got a premium level ticket for tomorrow, not expecting much other than the usual indoor bar/toilets and a soft chair

If covid didn't hit the tour would probably be over by now but the yellow brick road is a long road and Elton could still be on it this time next year

PTH2009 · 30-06-2022 9:50pm

https://twitter.com/PaircUiCha0imh/status/1542599022459994112?t=0iywG9cQjIMccSYPZRUQ_A&s=19

Those Hot dogs and Burgers must be top notch

Cetyl Palmitate · 30-06-2022 9:53pm

would anyone know where would be a good place to park? From going to gaa matches I always remember a fairly long walk to the ground

Beasty · 30-06-2022 10:28pm

He definitely surpassed my own expectations and I have no complaints

Originally I had a ticket 5 rows back on the pitch at the corner of the stage. I then picked up one 4 rows back just to the right on a Ticketmaster resale - cost me £150. It was only when I saw them handing out VIP gear on entry I looked at my ticket and saw the face value was £399 and I was getting a lithograph and a few other bits of tat. But it was a great view made all the better a couple of songs before the encore when they partitioned the access paths between rows 4 & 5 and invited all of those in rows 1 to 4 to congregate in front of the stage! As I said - no complaints from me.

Elton was also in an excellent mood. There was one occasion I saw him at Manchester Arena perhaps 20 years or so agon when he stropped off stage aften not much more than an hour as the press had been going on about his private life

PTH2009 · 01-07-2022 1:44pm

Day finally here, let's hope its a great show

Massive bargain on Toutless now for anyone on the fence about going. Someone selling standing tickets for €40 each and seated tickets €150 for 2

SoundOfSilence · 01-07-2022 2:58pm

Really looking forward to this. Caught him in the point around 10 years ago and he was fantastic.

Beasty · 01-07-2022 8:44pm

Past the witching hour in Cork - this was taken directly from Elton's piano on Wednesday

T'was only a little camera but it packs a big punch

Bed-time:

01-07-2022 11:44pm

Absolutely sensational gig tonight. What a showman and what a set of lungs on him for an auld lad. Shambolic amount of bars at the venue though.

PTH2009 · 01-07-2022 11:57pm

What a gig tonight by Sir Elton

SoundOfSilence · 02-07-2022 12:19am

That was fuckin fantastic

leahyl · 02-07-2022 1:53am

Absolutely outstanding show - his voice was unreal, was worried about that but it was just a brilliant show, I’m still buzzing after it! Had never seen before tonight and I’m so glad I did now!

PTH2009 · 02-07-2022 2:22am

Those merch prices were crazy but I gave in and bought one of those glasses (and a t shirt)

blacklilly · 02-07-2022 2:25am

Unbelievable show, the best I've ever been to. I'd go as far as to say I feel privileged to have been there tonight

Mars Bar · 02-07-2022 3:00am

That was unreal. That's my 6th time and may be the best. He looked so damn happy.

The organisation was a joke though. They forgot to set up merchandising that was accessible for those at the floor seating🤦🏻‍♀️

Telling people they couldn't use the stadium loos and just the portaloos? One alcohol bar?

Agreed on the merchandise but now have a new t-shirt and a program..

My day started by getting up for work at 8am on Thursday. Finishing work at 7pm. Heading to the airport from Abu Dhabi to Dublin to then go to Cork and we drove back to Galway. I got in 10 mins ago. Almost 48 hours solid on the go (taking in the time difference) to see him. Would do it all Again

delbertgrady · 02-07-2022 7:42am

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Delighted you made it.

delbertgrady · 02-07-2022 8:06am

That was my eleventh Elton show - the third one outdoors - and I thought it was superb. It's sometimes possible to feel a bit detached from concerts on that scale, but it was very engaging throughout, and even the deep cuts, such as Levon and Burn Down the Mission got a great response.

Also, while tickets were expensive, there's no disputing the scale of the show, in terms of the screens and production design. Every cent is writ large on the stage.

Merchandise has got very expensive in general. T-shirts at most gigs seem to be €40 now, with anything more elaborate (long-sleeved, etc.) considerably more, whereas it's not that long ago where €35 for a t-shirt seemed extortionate.

I was in pitch seating (I got right up the front for the last ten songs) and myself and several others had to negotiate to get out to the rear pitch to the merchandise booth. I later discovered a smaller one in the stand, but it was so anonymous - and not part of a main thoroughfare - that I doubt many people realised it was there.

I arrived early and those with pitch seating tickets were directed to that end of the stadium. The set up of the entry gates at that point seemed to corral everyone with pitch seats down there, with no option to double back and explore vendors elsewhere; that may have changed later.

Even so, there seemed to be only one food option there - O'Flynn's gourmet sausages - and (as Twitter outrage will testify) one bar. Now, I'd have thought you could get to the other end, where other options were available, but I got the impression that the people in that section were effectively stuck there, hence the bar debacle. Perhaps others can clarify.

But none of this detracts from what was a really great performance from Elton and the band. I don't care that the setlist has changed little in recent years - and only very slightly during the current tour; Indian Sunset replaced by Have Mercy on the Criminal, Cold Heart wisely added. It's always a great show, and last night really was excellent.

omicron · 02-07-2022 8:24am

Arrived at the orange route entrance at 7.35, to be held in a holding pen 300m back from the stadium for 20 mins, then let straight through, no security check, no ticket check. Arrived in at 8 on the dot, to see the bar closed and a queue as long as the eye could see, so gave the drink a miss for the evening.

Brilliant show though, lucky that the rain held off!

Cetyl Palmitate · 02-07-2022 8:35am

Really enjoyable gig. Elton did seem to enjoy it as well and was very engaged chatting between songs. The band were great also. I really enjoyed the extended finish to rocketman.

Circumstances meant we arrived to the stadium just at 8. Many others were in the same situation. No one checked out tickets or bags going in to the pitch standing section. While I was glad to get in so quickly it is asking for trouble allowing so many to enter without security. Thankfully there were no issues.

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 02-07-2022 8:56am

Great show! Really enjoyed it and as others said, his voice is still spot on!!

PTH2009 · 02-07-2022 11:39am

Yeah the stage was amazing, it seems to be the same stage as the indoor show. The ticket prices definitely were expensive and you could make the argument it was justifiable

Was up in Premium Level and it was ok. Plenty of bars open but as you can imagine pretty lengthy ques. Food options pretty slim as well (nothing like the Delious options that were advertised on social media). The sound was perfect inside the foyer. Happy I got a more cental block. Feel the views from 201-205 would of been a bit restricted due to the layout of the stage

Mars Bar · 02-07-2022 1:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119278916#Comment_119278916

You can thank my friend for the small merchandise stand 😂 they set that up because of the fuss she made 🤣

delbertgrady · 02-07-2022 2:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119280192#Comment_119280192

Wow. Well, for something that was quickly thrown together by the merchandise team, that's pretty good, but if it had been there from the outset, its location was not ideal.

Brid Hegarty · 02-07-2022 6:53pm

Good to hear it was a good show. I don’t know why he played ‘have mercy on the criminal’ though? He played that when he was in Cork in 2017 too. Do people enjoy that?

Beasty · 02-07-2022 8:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119278768#Comment_119278768

They were 2 programmes - think it was £50 for the deluxe one in Swansea!!

Beasty · 02-07-2022 8:28pm

To put some of those prices in perspective, I'm currently at the British GP at Silverstone - £40 for a T-shirt, £55 for a polo, and £150 skywards for a jacket. I took some photos of the merch stall at Swansea to allow me to peruse at the local Starbucks before entering the stadium

Standard price for a "team" baseball cap at Silverstone is £60!!

PTH2009 · 04-07-2022 6:08pm

https://twitter.com/WatfordFC/status/1543867215870537728?t=3yomHD4_eBoky-kr7PJGhg&s=19

The "last" UK and Europe stadium show tonight

Me thinks this won't be 'the last' and he'll do Wembley Stadium to finish it all off next summer after the Arena shows

Beasty · 04-07-2022 10:32pm

Someone else suggested Glastonbury

However the last gig listed on his website is Stockholm on 8 July 2023, postponed from 2021, and that's a Stadium

Anyway, I've a ticket for what is allegedly his last Scottish gig in Glasgow next year, having been at his last Welsh one last week

Alas it will be his penultimate gig in Ireland that I'll also be at

PTH2009 · 04-07-2022 11:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119291118#Comment_119291118

Glastonbury makes sense but as you said not much of a 'grand finale' if dates are coming quickly after. Who knows

Nice list, simply can't afford the high ticket price for the Dublin shows next year (€197 each) but I'll be glued to Toutless and hopefully pick up a ticket below face value but given its a smaller capacity compared to last Friday (tickets going for €40 Friday morning) it's could be a hard task

Beasty · 06-07-2022 11:44pm

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I saw Queen at Maine Road in 1986. I had moved back to Manchester a few months before and just turned up without a ticket. Got there just after they has started and the touts were offloading tickets at about 2/3rds face value. Walked in and found a place not much more than 30 metres from the stage

As I said earlier in this thread I got a £399 Rocket Man VIP ticket for £150, not much more than a week before the gig in Swansea. Given how long it is since the original dates I suspect there will be quite a few who cannot make it

PTH2009 · 11-09-2022 7:38pm

https://deadline.com/2022/09/elton-john-farewell-concert-live-stream-disney-plus-dodger-stadium-1235114627/

Looking forward to this

PTH2009 · 03-11-2022 2:18pm

https://press.disney.co.uk/news/disney%2B-releases-key-art-for-elton-john-live%3A-farewell-from-dodger-stadium

live stream of the 'last ever North American Stadium show' will take place on Sun 20th Nov (Monday 21 November at 3:30am our time) on Disney+ with a Documentary following in 2023

I'm hoping it will be available on demand

PTH2009 · 21-03-2023 4:08pm

Handful of tickets released for the next weeks 3Arena shows

Tuesday 28 March (rescheduled from 4 Dec 2020 & 3 Dec 2021)

Wednesday 29 March (rescheduled from 5 Dec 2020 & 4 Dec 2021)

Although i loved the Cork show last summer, under €200 for a ticket is just too much for essentially the 'same show'

Those going you're in for a treat though as it's brilliant show and the 'last time' the rocketman will play in Dublin/Ireland

Nigel Fairservice · 21-03-2023 6:25pm

Picked up a ticket for Dublin next week. Looking forward to it, never seen Elton John before. Could be my last opportunity as well if he really is retiring from touring.

miamee · 21-03-2023 6:32pm

I saw this tour in Dublin when it was his last ever, farewell tour - in 2019 😂 -he could be going for another while yet. I'm delighted I saw him you will enjoy the show @Nigel Fairservice

PTH2009 · 21-03-2023 7:56pm

Had planned back in 2020 during the Pandemic too see him live and got a ticket for one of the 2021 shows. Then September 2021 the announcement came of the postponement due to Eltons injury. Siad **** it why not go to Cork instead and loved it. He was in great form and the setlist was amazing

Thinking back to the restrictions here back in Autumn/Winter 2021. I'm not sure would the concerts have even went ahead because it would of been a full attendance all seated show

Eire885 · 24-03-2023 3:07pm

I assume they haven't reissued tickets for the Gigs next week - I have my emailed ones dated 2021 but they haven't issued new ones. Can anyone confirm?

Thanks

delbertgrady · 24-03-2023 3:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120396037#Comment_120396037

You don't get a new ticket. You use the original tickets. Just make sure you don't turn up on Wednesday and discover you should have gone on Tuesday. If you check your Ticketmaster account online, it will have updated the new date automatically, and it will outline what the corresponding initial date was.