U2 Gig Confirmed

[$Leon$]

i still think we'll get a 3rd show
they announce prob in a week that due to overwhelming demand.. u2 the band of the people will give the people of ireland what they want an play a 3rd night!!

:rolleyes:


thats provided der aloud. but suppose they would have announced 2 if dey weren't playin 3.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Yeah i get all that but i don't see how tickets for gigs in the Point/RDS end up costing 30/40 quid. I appreciate the expense involved in organising an event such as U2 in Croker. Perhaps not enough effort is put into ridding unneccessary middlemen in the industry which add a lot of weight to costs. Wouldn't be surprised if there is a lack of competition in the area and/or unwritten rules specifying certain companies or people who must be used when making such arrangements.

It has nought to do with logistics. It's entirely down to what the local promoter thinks the local market will pay. Saw Metallica in the RDS last summer and my ticket cost €60-€62.

They played Barcelona the same week and tickets were €28.

Also I'd find it funny if it weren't so tragic that these U2 tickets sell out within minutes yet they have to go on sale 4-5 months before the gig -thus making their support, whom they appear to be showing barefaced contempt, shell out over the top money for for non existant first dibs -not to mention making them sit out all night in the middle of winter with no guarentee of a ticket at the end of it.

In more than one sense they deserve a good bloody nose from their Irish fanbase. Will they get it? Watch the scrum around the merchandise stall and you'll answer -will they fcuk. :rolleyes:

And even if they did have a bad gig would it be reported? Madonnas gig last year (€140 a ticket) was branded a "sell out" and a "huge success" by TV3 despite people in attendance claiming the place was less than two thirds full.

[Macy]

Also I'd find it funny if it weren't so tragic that these U2 tickets sell out within minutes yet they have to go on sale 4-5 months before the gig -thus making their support, whom they appear to be showing barefaced contempt, shell out over the top money for for non existant first dibs -not to mention making them sit out all night in the middle of winter with no guarentee of a ticket at the end of it.
In fairness any of their support that was that arsed would've shelled out for the website long ago (it was always a selling point of the website, as it was with Propaganda).

How they went about that pre-sale is another arguement, but contempt for the fanbase wouldn't be far off my feelings at the moment with regard to it. No priority for former propaganda subscribers, announcing the gigs and details of the pre-sale before closing off membership, still the same booking fee as non-members were charged today etc being my main complaints.

[Countyman]

I always thought the band leaned more towards their USA fanbase more so than here.
Hence the extra Autumn shows promised for them.
Why not the same here.?

Surely 1 or 2 more shows in Cork and Belfast could be accomodated somewhere along the lines. I've no doubt they would sell out.

Although I'm a big fan I cant help feeling a small bit pee'd on over the whole thing especially the late announcement of the saturday gig.

The amount of non-irish fans that got hold of tickets for Croker was amazing judging by ebay and the various u2 forums. Is that fair to the thousands left without a ticket that que'd all night here?

[niamh]

Tried to get through by phone and online, and had a friend of mine trying from her work. No luck. No one in our office got tickets.
But, as mentioned, I think with such a demand there could be a third gig, despite the statement from MCD.
They applied for three nights permission at any rate.

[aidz1]

queued up from 5 in the morn last friday but was well off the front when the sold out banner went up
peeved off at the whole hype bullsh1t
feckin teeny boopers caught up in the buzz
i recall no bother getting tickets for any of their gigs in the 90s....
boll0x to it ...if some1 gives me a ticket face value grand...but not going to get caught up in the whole hunt....would rather sae me money for a nice holiday in germany next year :)

[dcfcsteve]

Good to get an apologetic email from Larry and an offer of refund of membership if I wasn't happy with the ticketing arrangements - although if you take that option you're banned from ever joining up again it seems.

However, the 'PS' he put at the end of the letter completely ruined it all. So 'real' U2 fans aren't allowed to complain then, eh ? Even if the booking system for some widely anticipated gigs have been nigh on a farce ? Well I've likewise got 2 words for him on that....