onelap said:

There you go...

kenlacam said:

I agree. The past few hours have been terrible as the news finally sinks in. I received 30 text messages with people offering commiserations but it appears people don't trust him and perceive him as a freak. I think the 1995 show when unreleased material was mostly played still resonates with many.

I was sooooo pissed off I called MCD to pick a fight, they advised they received fax this morning from P's mgt advising of cancellation. I advised them they had a crap legal framework in place if he could opt out just like that. Clearly they were hiding something and there is more to the story. As I said in earlier posting, there were people on the org who knew and emailed me advising the cancellation would be announced on Monday or Tuesday of this week while we were all soaking up Wolfie's CRAP.

Wheteher Prince had / had not planned to partake in the show is irrelevant, surely a quick update through Dr. Funkenberry ( or what ever the f*** he's name is ) would have sufficed, you cannot dis-associate yourself through silence in the same way as the O2 VIP tix fiasco last year. It is simple appaling and not surprising.

Great quote from someone on org today that said they love the music and dislike the individual, that is how I feel. I realise he is an insincere low life scum bag and understand why there were no 50th celebrations last week, you need friends and family and he has NEITHER. Seriosly can you name one person in past 4 years who said he was a nice person ( not a great musician ), the closest was jay leno in 2004 saying 'nice to c u buddy' Laugh Out Loud.

Next time I choose to attend a show I will but ticket for BIG $$$ on the day from a tout, happy to pay the premium to him and get best seat on the day. In relation to purchasing records in the future, my 5 buddies and I are going to chip in 2 euro each, buy one CD and then copy it 6 times. from now on these are the rules I work toward. lack of respect can work both ways.
Go F*** yourself Prince and enjoy your next in house gig with P Diddy and P. Cruz MUTHA F*****

Barbara07 said:

hello "the fams"

I know many people who know what a nice and generous person Prince is.


yeah right sure you do. laugh out loud

riverjones said:

laugh away
laugh away
unfortunately, unlike many people on here, I don't feel the need to waffle and make stuff up.
So, once again, I say, I know many people who know what a nice and generous person Prince is.
Sorry if you don't believe that, didn't ask you to, don't expect you to, just stating the facts.

well lm sorry for u all guys !!!!! really am

but u cant just still be angry with prince the man himslef cos u dont know whats the real reason behind all this .....
u cant just jump the gun and get angry at prince unless u get the real facts of what and why the reason is cancelled .....
it might not be just prince alone it could be the organiser itself or the managements.....etc..... no one knows.....
l know its hurts to be let down but come on give tht man a chance to explain why its was cancelled.....

riverjones said:

GROW UP.
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN DECISIONS.
I can tell you, I know many people who know what a nice and generous person Prince is. So he cancelled. It wasn't a marriage, it was a bloody concert. You people scare me, I can't believe how easily you jump on the hatred bandwagon, it really doesn't take much, maybe you'd like to stone him to make him really suffer. If you knew through your various sources, why are you so angry? You're probably one of the least surprised people today.

I've met him, one of my friends has spent a considerable amount of time alone with him and he freaked her out, so my view is based on my own experiences of being a fan for 25 years,

ecnirp98 said:

Why, what did Prince do/say that freaked her out so much? Just curious.

On the topic of responsibility...

... I'm definately very, very disappointed, and I have lost an awful lot of money, but I certainly don't hold Prince personaly responsible for this in any way. In fact, I am responsible for the fact that I lost all of that money, because I chose to be a crazy f***ing fan and spend it all in the first place, booking flights and hotels and shelling out a load of money on (non-refundable) tickets, knowing that I couldn't really afford it, knowing that there was always a chance it could get cancelled. I pinned a lot of hopes on seeing this concert, having had a shitty year, and convinced myself that seeing Prince would somehow make it all better, which is pretty crazy really. So if I'm feeling deflated because I'd pinned all of my hopes on some guy I've never met playing a concert, which was all gonna magically make it better, and then it didn't happen, then it really is my fault for having such unrealistic expectations in the first place.

I for one will keep on enjoying Prince's music, and do hope to see him perform live again at some point in the future, but the lesson of Croke Park is not to get so 'crazy fan' about it all anymore.

I would like to echo everyones disappointment, but gonna reserve my rant for when we actually get the reason (if). It was only announced last week that NERD were opening for PRINCE, (this was on their web site). At the Celen Dion concert the other day in Croke Park, it was announced that Gwen Stafeni amoung other special guests would be appearing aswell. Construction of the stage at Croke Park had already begun.

"One insider claimed that it was Prince's decision alone not to travel for the concert despite eight months of planning that had gone into the night, including a Garda traffic management plan."

Construction of the stage at Croke Park had already begun.

skipper1958 said:

Like the time he funded the replacement tickets for the Blenheim cancelletion out of his own pocket. A cancellation which was not his decision nor something he was liable for, but would have left everyone without a refund had he not have reached into his own pocket.

I seem to remember at the time a whole bunch of people slagging him off then as well, before any facts were available. Only fools rush in.

Well said Skipper, and Jane.
[Edited 6/10/08 14:33pm]

WTF???!!!???? How the feck can you go cancel a gig with less than a week to go???!!!, its obvious to me the poor ticket sales is the cause of this, the venue too big, but i think blame should be on MCD hands for not promoting the gig enough, Iv only heard radio ads last week and tv adds jsut the other night!!!
Tickets have been on sale for 4 months yet they only really start the whole advertising of it seriously in the last 2 weeks!
Gobshites.

Neway, I dont think Prince will do croke park again and maybe for thebetter, when the Point is finished 20 nites there will suit him better.

Im pissed off but hey what you gota do?

TAFSER said:

Ticket sales was not the problem here, 62000 tickets was released for sale he sold 55000 tickets i hardly think 7000 tickets not being sold led to the cancellation.

cream72 said:

There were 82,000 tickets for sale - 27,000 not sold - thats helluva whack of an empty section in croke park. I heard that they needed to sell 70,000 to make a profit - everything over that was win win - to sell 15,000 under target meant someone was gonna loose money - and we all know it wasn't going to be Prince.

On the topic of responsibility...

... I'm definately very, very disappointed, and I have lost an awful lot of money, but I certainly don't hold Prince personaly responsible for this in any way. In fact, I am responsible for the fact that I lost all of that money, because I chose to be a crazy f***ing fan and spend it all in the first place, booking flights and hotels and shelling out a load of money on (non-refundable) tickets, knowing that I couldn't really afford it, knowing that there was always a chance it could get cancelled. I pinned a lot of hopes on seeing this concert, having had a shitty year, and convinced myself that seeing Prince would somehow make it all better, which is pretty crazy really. So if I'm feeling deflated because I'd pinned all of my hopes on some guy I've never met playing a concert, which was all gonna magically make it better, and then it didn't happen, then it really is my fault for having such unrealistic expectations in the first place.

I for one will keep on enjoying Prince's music, and do hope to see him perform live again at some point in the future, but the lesson of Croke Park is not to get so 'crazy fan' about it all anymore.