sandraparke said:

Our plan is to head to Gibneys after the show, trying to get into the city after will be a nightmare, i reckon drinks and party in Gibneys is the way to go,and sign o the times playing 11.30 till late there, happy days!

Sounds like a plan

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dazsowild said:

Hi Folks,

Just went by the park on the way home and took the latest shots. Weather is super last few days though some rain fell as I was taking these. Not to worry - forecast is for a great day on saturday. The pit is not sectioned off yet as the stage is not complete and they are building from the front as the areas at the back and side are sealed.

I can tell you it is very intimite and every seat/standing spot is a good view. Respectfully I am questioning if 30K people are attending - the setting is more in the 15-20K range very maximum. there just is no room for 30K but we shall see. So fear not if arriving early or lat, you'll have a good view

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Is that a walkway out from the stage I see??

Rorywan said:

Tiger7 said:

sandraparke said:

Our plan is to head to Gibneys after the show, trying to get into the city after will be a nightmare, i reckon drinks and party in Gibneys is the way to go,and sign o the times playing 11.30 till late there, happy days!

Sounds like a plan

I am so there.

IRISHFAN said:

dazsowild said:

Hi Folks,

Just went by the park on the way home and took the latest shots. Weather is super last few days though some rain fell as I was taking these. Not to worry - forecast is for a great day on saturday. The pit is not sectioned off yet as the stage is not complete and they are building from the front as the areas at the back and side are sealed.

I can tell you it is very intimite and every seat/standing spot is a good view. Respectfully I am questioning if 30K people are attending - the setting is more in the 15-20K range very maximum. there just is no room for 30K but we shall see. So fear not if arriving early or lat, you'll have a good view

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Is that a walkway out from the stage I see??

YES !

My hearts racing.........3 Days 2 go...F**K Me..

davetherave6767 said:

My hearts racing.........3 Days 2 go...F**K Me..

Me too... my tummy is in knots when i think about it... O.M.G I cannot believe i am going to see Prince in a few days time like i just cannot believe it... there will be tears of joy when i see his sexy ass walk on stage

Hi there heading 2 the show from hotel near airport, can anyone tell me if the dart train stops

outside malahide castle aswell as the village? or will we have to get from the castle 2 the village to

catch last train back from town? all help much appreciated

weejimmy said:

Ok, its late and I'm a bit drunk so I'd just like to say how really fucking thrilled I am that all your Oirish Baarstards are going to be within pissing distnace of Prince!!!

Seeing him at Hoppy Farm was the first time since the 02 tour and its not FUCKING ENOUGH! And I couldnt get tickets to this gig, so I really really really really really hope there no freak hurricane, or earthquake or huge exploding fat bastard in the front row that ruins the occasion for youz!!!!!

Nah seriously I hope u have the toim of yur loivs! Ya bollockses!!

Fingal Co Co presents
on behalf of POD & ICO Concerts

DO's & DON'Ts

PUBLIC INFORMATION

·Gates open at 16:00hrs for Prince Concert. Note that music will begin at 17:45hrs with the support act Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.

·Note that admission is strictly by full ticket only. Please have your ticket available for inspection at main entrance to the venue.

·The concert takes place outdoors on the grounds (grass lawns) of Malahide Castle. Attendees should dress sensible for all weather and are advised to bring weatherproof clothing as well as sun cream.

· Note that catering facilities are available inside the venue. We encourage people to arrive early to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. There will be a big selection of food and delicacies on offer which will cater for every possible palate such as The Oyster Bar, Rathmullan House, Cajun Chicken salad, Thai Noodles, Chinese food, Fish and Chips, Selection of Gourmet Burgers, BBQ steaks, Retro Ice Cream Bar with Knickerbocker Glories, Fresh juice bar, Strawberries and Coffee

- Pets are not permitted into the concert venue – except for Guide Dogs

· Note that bar facilities are available inside the venue serving beer and wine; photo ID may be requested for sale of alcohol. Alcohol should be consumed in moderation.

· A First Aid Tent will be situated at the event for any medical attention needed, a steward will assist you in locating it if required. There are medics on site who are fully equipped to deal with all medical situations.

· Please contact a steward if you require assistance at anytime.

· Note that patrons may be searched on entry in a manner permissible by law.

· Note there will be no re-admission.

· Note that Official Merchandise will be on sale within the venue

· It is not permissible to bring bottles, cans, alcoholic beverages, glass containers, weapons of any sort or projectiles. Anything that may be considered offensive will be removed from the person on arrival.

· It is not permissible to bring cameras or recording equipment into the concert

- Please respect the privacy and property of nearby residents and those in the vicinity of the Malahide Castle


We hope you enjoy the concert!

TRAVEL INFO
An extensive planning operation has been put together to get people to and from the concert. Organisers are encouraging people to take public transport where possible. The Malahide Dart station is only a four minute walk to the Castle entrance. Additional dart services have been laid on (see below), check out www.irishrail.ie . Similarly Dublin Bus have laid on additional buses www.busiredublin.net. For those driving are car parking facilities on site plus a special designated coach park which will drop off and collect passengers arriving by coach.

DART TIMES FOR JULY 30th - Special DART service, buy RETURN ticketswww.irishrail.ie.

Before the Concert (Southbound from Dundalk/Drogheda)
13.48-Dundalk/Connolly (Concert patrons should alight at Connolly and board northbound DART to Malahide)
14.30-Drogheda/Connolly (serving Malahide at 15.06)
15.15-Drogheda/Pearse (serving Malahide at 15.51)
15.20-Dundalk/Connolly (Concert patrons should alight at Connolly and board the northbound DART to Malahide)
16.00-Drogheda/Pearse (serving Malahide at 16.40)
16.55-Drogheda/Pearse (serving Malahide at 17.35)
18.00-Drogheda/Pearse (serving Malahide at 18.38)

Northbound to Malahide
13.30-Greystones/Malahide (arriving in Malahide at 14.50)
14.44-Pearse/Drogheda (serving Malahide at 15.11)
14.10-Bray/Malahide (arriving in Malahide at 15.20)
15.42-Pearse/Drogheda (serving Malahide at 16.10)

After the concert

Northbound to Drogheda/Dundalk
23.39-Malahide/Dundalk (serving all stations to Dundalk)

Southbound to Bray/Greystones
23.05-Malahide/Greystones
23.35-Malahide/Connolly (serving all stations to Connolly)

To avoid delays travelling home from the concert passengers are requested to purchase return tickets for their journey.

NOTE: Extra capacity will be provided before and after the concert

BUS
Special BUS Service - www.busiredublin.net Bus Service for Prince Concert will depart Custom House Quay every 30minutes between 16:00 - 18:30.

Fare priced at 15 return euro, 10 euro one way.

Dublin Bus: Dublin Bus run regular services to Malahide, Number 32A (From Eden Quay), 102 (From Sutton Station), 230 (From Airport and Portmarnock)

CAR PARKING:
There is car parking at the venue. Fingal Co Co will be charging a EU10 car park fee per car to park

DISABILITY PARKING
Vehicles with a disability badge enter via Main Gate and will be directed to a dedicated Car Park close to the arena. Accessible Sanitary facilities will be provided.

TAXI/DROP OFFS:
The taxi/drop off point will be the Yellow Walls Raod junction with Dublin Road. Taxi Pick Ups after the event will be in Malahide Village

[Edited 7/28/11 0:54am]

We are on the final lap before the big day. Prince in Germany tonight and I guess arriving in Dublin tomorrow. Every window in my house facing the park will be open tomorrow, I am hoping for a sound check..Straight on my bike and to the park/castle if that happens.

Malahide is relaxed, cool and ready 4 U. The media is in a frenzy today, concert talk on Today FM, 98 FM and 2 FM. The 8am news on 98FM mentioned that 27,000 people are attending the concert and there will be ample public transport with trains running from Connolly station to Malahide. The Malahide train station is right in the center of the village and the walk to the concert is 10 minutes maximum. there are tons of coffee houses (Starbucks, Insomnia + many locally owned ones), approx 15 restuarents in the village spanning traditional, french, greek, indian, pakistan, chinese, thai, italian, mexican, and spanish, and there are 2 shops that do fast food / fish & chips.

Safe travels to all on route.

I will be posting more photos tomorrow afternoon to get y'all thrilled up.

And PRINCE, if you are following this thread, would you please play PLANET EARTH !

Anyone else think POD made a mistake stating Prince would start at 20:00 - he's always fashionably late & then some! So how late do you think Prince will be? My guess is 20:45, giving us a show just shy of two hours.

Phil1034 said:

Anyone else think POD made a mistake stating Prince would start at 20:00 - he's always fashionably late & then some! So how late do you think Prince will be? My guess is 20:45, giving us a show just shy of two hours.

I have a feeling he will be on time(ish). I think this is going to be his way of an apology for Croke Park.

I have decided to finish work early today, so am super excited. This time tomorrow, we will be in Dublin.

I'm getting very excited now! Only two days to go and I'm ripping plenty of his CDs to MP3 to play in the car up to Dublin on Saturday.

It's good that he's playing (suppositily) lots of greatest hits, but I'd like a few newer and more obscure songs as well... Anyway I've seen articles talking about what's on his set list and then in an interview the Man says he doesn't do set lists..

Please play Gold, please play Gold, please play Gold, please play Gold!

Oh and of course an aftershow with a similar setlist to night 2 in Amsterdam

See ya' in Dubers people eekkkkkkk!

I would LOVE Gett Off, does he ever still play that these days?

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[Edited 7/28/11 8:28am]

Mayte319 said:

Fingal Co Co presents
on behalf of POD & ICO Concerts

DO's & DON'Ts

PUBLIC INFORMATION

·Gates open at 16:00hrs for Prince Concert. Note that music will begin at 17:45hrs with the support act Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.

·Note that admission is strictly by full ticket only. Please have your ticket available for inspection at main entrance to the venue.

·The concert takes place outdoors on the grounds (grass lawns) of Malahide Castle. Attendees should dress sensible for all weather and are advised to bring weatherproof clothing as well as sun cream.

· Note that catering facilities are available inside the venue. We encourage people to arrive early to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. There will be a big selection of food and delicacies on offer which will cater for every possible palate such as The Oyster Bar, Rathmullan House, Cajun Chicken salad, Thai Noodles, Chinese food, Fish and Chips, Selection of Gourmet Burgers, BBQ steaks, Retro Ice Cream Bar with Knickerbocker Glories, Fresh juice bar, Strawberries and Coffee

- Pets are not permitted into the concert venue – except for Guide Dogs

· Note that bar facilities are available inside the venue serving beer and wine; photo ID may be requested for sale of alcohol. Alcohol should be consumed in moderation.

· A First Aid Tent will be situated at the event for any medical attention needed, a steward will assist you in locating it if required. There are medics on site who are fully equipped to deal with all medical situations.

· Please contact a steward if you require assistance at anytime.

· Note that patrons may be searched on entry in a manner permissible by law.

· Note there will be no re-admission.

· Note that Official Merchandise will be on sale within the venue

· It is not permissible to bring bottles, cans, alcoholic beverages, glass containers, weapons of any sort or projectiles. Anything that may be considered offensive will be removed from the person on arrival.

· It is not permissible to bring cameras or recording equipment into the concert

- Please respect the privacy and property of nearby residents and those in the vicinity of the Malahide Castle


We hope you enjoy the concert!

TRAVEL INFO
An extensive planning operation has been put together to get people to and from the concert. Organisers are encouraging people to take public transport where possible. The Malahide Dart station is only a four minute walk to the Castle entrance. Additional dart services have been laid on (see below), check out www.irishrail.ie . Similarly Dublin Bus have laid on additional buses www.busiredublin.net. For those driving are car parking facilities on site plus a special designated coach park which will drop off and collect passengers arriving by coach.

DART TIMES FOR JULY 30th - Special DART service, buy RETURN ticketswww.irishrail.ie.

Before the Concert (Southbound from Dundalk/Drogheda)
13.48-Dundalk/Connolly (Concert patrons should alight at Connolly and board northbound DART to Malahide)
14.30-Drogheda/Connolly (serving Malahide at 15.06)
15.15-Drogheda/Pearse (serving Malahide at 15.51)
15.20-Dundalk/Connolly (Concert patrons should alight at Connolly and board the northbound DART to Malahide)
16.00-Drogheda/Pearse (serving Malahide at 16.40)
16.55-Drogheda/Pearse (serving Malahide at 17.35)
18.00-Drogheda/Pearse (serving Malahide at 18.38)

Northbound to Malahide
13.30-Greystones/Malahide (arriving in Malahide at 14.50)
14.44-Pearse/Drogheda (serving Malahide at 15.11)
14.10-Bray/Malahide (arriving in Malahide at 15.20)
15.42-Pearse/Drogheda (serving Malahide at 16.10)

After the concert

Northbound to Drogheda/Dundalk
23.39-Malahide/Dundalk (serving all stations to Dundalk)

Southbound to Bray/Greystones
23.05-Malahide/Greystones
23.35-Malahide/Connolly (serving all stations to Connolly)

To avoid delays travelling home from the concert passengers are requested to purchase return tickets for their journey.

NOTE: Extra capacity will be provided before and after the concert

BUS
Special BUS Service - www.busiredublin.net Bus Service for Prince Concert will depart Custom House Quay every 30minutes between 16:00 - 18:30.

Fare priced at 15 return euro, 10 euro one way.

Dublin Bus: Dublin Bus run regular services to Malahide, Number 32A (From Eden Quay), 102 (From Sutton Station), 230 (From Airport and Portmarnock)

CAR PARKING:
There is car parking at the venue. Fingal Co Co will be charging a EU10 car park fee per car to park

DISABILITY PARKING
Vehicles with a disability badge enter via Main Gate and will be directed to a dedicated Car Park close to the arena. Accessible Sanitary facilities will be provided.

TAXI/DROP OFFS:
The taxi/drop off point will be the Yellow Walls Raod junction with Dublin Road. Taxi Pick Ups after the event will be in Malahide Village

[Edited 7/28/11 0:54am]

am i being a little silly , but when i goto the irishrail site that mentions trains , or does that refer to the dart , bit confused is there a train and dart station in malahide ? both

also im trying to be a bit clever im parking in dublin close to tripod in acticipation of of an aftershow then getting a dart out to malahide , were would i get the dart close to tripod ??

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Little news article .... look at it when it gets to 00:01:06, freeze frame it and in the top left hand corner it looks like a plan of the venue. You can see the seated areas and the lighting/sound area, but if that black line represents the PIT....it is tiny.

What do you think??

http://www.rte.ie/news/av...12824.html

mfcuker said:

am i being a little silly , but when i goto the irishrail site that mentions trains , or does that refer to the dart , bit confused is there a train and dart station in malahide ? both

also im trying to be a bit clever im parking in dublin close to tripod in acticipation of of an aftershow then getting a dart out to malahide , were would i get the dart close to tripod ??

There are no silly questions, only silly people.

Irish Rail run both the trains and the DART's, and both run on the same tracks. So if you look up, for instance, Connolly Station to Malahide, it will list all trains and DART's serving that route. It also tells you which is which, but it doesn't make much difference - as they all run on the same tracks you just get whatever is going next.

Tripod isn't particularly close to the DART line, so any of Pearse Street, Tara Street or Connolly Station will probably do you. Of those I would say Connolly station might be the best bet as (being one of the main stations) it actually has a car park, the other 2 don't. There are plenty of car parks close to the city centre DART stations too, but some of them close overnight (not sure if the Connolly station car park is 24 hour or not, it doesn't say on their website).

The POD website has quite a nice map on it, click here to see it. If you mouse over one of the locations on the left, it flashes up on the map (or if you mouse over one of the locations on the map, it flashes up on the left to tell you what it is), so you can see the route from Tripod to Pearse Street and Tara Street. Connolly Station is just off the edge of their map, across the river. I think it's roughly a 30-35 minute walk from Connolly Station to Tripod (or less than 10 minutes in a taxi).

tiadalma said:

Little news article .... look at it when it gets to 00:01:06, freeze frame it and in the top left hand corner it looks like a plan of the venue. You can see the seated areas and the lighting/sound area, but if that black line represents the PIT....it is tiny.

What do you think??

http://www.rte.ie/news/av...12824.html

I think it all looks tiny - from a distance. The pit area (if that is indeed the pit area demarcated by the black line) then it's roughly about the size of 4 seating areas (ish). Now have a look at how big just one seating area is (around 00:01:21 to 00:01:27), and imagine how many people could fit onto an area 4 times that size. Not that small really.

Wooohoooo finished work now till Monday, on the road in the morning to Dublin, gonna make a weekend of it and stay 2 nights, its all over the radio and news i cannot contain my excitement, living and breathing Prince right now.....

New article in Irish Music magazine Hot Press to promote the Malahide gig.

excellent - thanks for sharing. This country is going into melt down over Prince. All radio stations, TV3, Expose and now the news at six reporting on the concert

I reckon the last 3K tickets will sell tomorrow / saturday and we'll have a full castle !!

Rorywan said:

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Cud wet myself with excitement - am I allowed to say that?!