Is it just me or does it look like the ireland concert isnt going ahead???

NO statement from prince
NO prince website
NO adverts

aparently its only sold 20,000 tickets acrding to a post of the Main Croke Park thread part 4!!!!?????!!!!?????

if its cancelled will we get our money back?? ive booked plane tickets / hotel and that would be waste of over £100 if its cancelled

RumAndRaisin said:

hi on ticketmaster there seem to be just tickets around the back so do you think it has sold more than that?

tutgolf said:

I don't beleive that thread about 19 000 tickets sold....the orger never got back with proof.

I try ticketmaster every now and then to see what's best available and it's mainly lower tier available when you ask for 2 tickets or more. When I put in 1 ticket it showed upper tier as best available, strange! Also, it seems like they try to sell one block at the time. Don't have a clue what's going on here.

RumAndRaisin said:

Don't be saying that I've paid 133 quid up to now on my flight and ticket, intending to book the hotel next week. Would also love to buy another ticket to get a bit closer if I can get the money. I would die if he did cancel. Also have put off going on holiday till later this year for it.

RumAndRaisin said:

IF CANCELLED,U will get ur CONCERT ticket money back,U will lose your Plane ticket money and possibly the deposit on your hotel if not entire room amount,unless of course u take the plane and stay in the hotel and just get pishhhhhed on Guiness and think what could have been and lay back in a drunken stuper and think back to the O2.....

you guys, if the gig is cancelled you can all party in my purple palace!

RumAndRaisin said:

I know the stadium is huge but to sell 20,000 tickets with no advertisment, no official website-----isn't that kind of impressive?

I know that does not answer your dilemma, just a thought i had.

AprilSno said:

Cool - if it's cancelled, myself and 80,000 mates will call by. Say about 8 o'clock?

PopeLeo said:

Now, seriously. I don't want to make things worse but I wouldn't be surprised if he'd cancel especially if he has not advertised himself.

malbena said:

RumAndRaisin said:

WOLFY has assured me that this concert WILL go ahead and I believe WOLFY. I am going into hospital on Monday and my surgeon has given me permission to fly to Dublin on 16th June - so it will happen - wont it WOLFY?

Not that it has to mean anything, but yesterday at work, I all of a sudden had this vision that Prince was gonna cancel the whole PE tour...!?

I refuse to believe it myself, but the thought crossed my mind out of the blue...

I hope he doesn't cancel but instead changes the concert places to smaller venues! Live concerts are so much better when that intimacy between the artist and the audience is created...

Unless other shows are announced soon, it doesn't look too good.
His other one-off shows in Europe over the years did get cancelled: Blenheim Palace 1991 and Copenhagen Rock Festival 1996

As far as the Danish concert that at one point seemed to be semi-official, there has been no news for weeks now - really doesn't look good

I'm worried too.

The facts don't look good. You can also add that P doesn't have the pulling power to fill a stadium despite his recent 02 success. Together with no promo I fear it's a no-go. It's idiotic that there's no commercial strategy here, I mean a cancelled good won't look good on your CV, then again this is Prince...

oops, should read cancelled 'gig'

Veej said:

Well let's hope he performs at a smaller venue,if ticket sales don't go to plan for Croke Park. A smaller venue would be better anyway. I hope he does't call it off completly.

Jac1 said:

I think if the croke park gig is cancelled,there won't be any smaller venue gig,just like the website 3121,it will all just fade to black!!!But hey,nothing is confirmed yet so let's keep it positive until we're all queing for our Euros back!!!

As for pulling power,I'm sure Prince could fill the O2 every night of the week with ticket prices at £31.20 but with prices for decent seats or standing views for a one off gig starting around £100 and a venue across the water on a MONDAY night thats not as easy to get to as London for most of Europe,HERE'S HOPING!!!!

Anyway POSITIVITY,have u had ur + sign 2day.....
[Edited 3/27/08 6:40am]

RumAndRaisin said:

Just because Prince doesn't currently have a Website up doesn't mean that the gig will be canceled.

It's selling at least as well as the other acts booked for Croke Park's concert season.

THERE IS ADVERTISING!!! Prince is listed in all of MCD's press listings not to mention the TV and Radio adverts before the tickets went on sale.

Ireland is an expensive place. He'll make money from playing here BUT it will cost him A LOT of money in contract penalties to cancel at this stage.
Is he crazy enough not to care? Possibly - but we can't change that.

Check Ticketmaster - the Pitch is sold out! The only seats available are in the upper and back tiers and even if there are tickets left it's MCD's problem - they'll give them away for free to Radio Stations Ect. They don't need to sell the place out to turn a profit.


Irish people don't buy into hype - we'll go along at the last minute when the buzz is slowly building and we decide there's nothing better to do on a Monday night.

Don't Worry. Stop being negative. Your only worried because the gig is months away and you have to much time to think about it and read posts by twats claiming he's only sold 20,ooo - why aren't 60,000 seat still available then?

Chill.

jimmyv said:

Ticketmaster AIN'T the only vendor selling tickets,go check the other sites mentioned in prior post and you will see PLENTY of PITCH Gold circle and others still available....

Ticketmaster sell their allocated blocks of tickets in stages,check in a few days and you will see a DIFFERENT batch up for sale....

As for advertising,I haven't seen any apart from actual promoter websites or a few ticket vendors,nothing in the press tv etc??



[Edited 3/27/08 6:51am]

jimmyv said:

So you know details about the contract do you? please tell us some more

For god's sake.
Do u people look into every concert u go to before it's on to check sales etc?
If u did it would prob be the same right now for everyone.
Just relax.
There is a life for us between then and now.
Positivity y'all. (corny)

spud80 said:

U have my personal promise that its a green light...dont listen 2 all the negativity...its the one person with several accounts on here thats messing it up 4 all with nonsence.
this gig WILL go ahead...
WOLFY
[Edited 3/27/08 9:23am]

Go wolfy !
Why on earth wouldn't it go ahead?
Fuck sake

wonder505 said:

The concert does have some promotion here in the newspapers. I don't listen to the radio at all here so I'm not too sure if there is any there.

Jac1 said:

I think that the price factor will make it a sold out or a half empty stadium. The prices are just ridiculous but I guess that's the going rate these days.

Although I think its too early to panic, I would say that Prince can't leave it too long if he's going to add other stadiums across Europe. He's got to give them time to sell.

In this case, no news is bad news. I would be very suprised if he made the Ireland show a one off. Unless he ties it in with a UK festival, but the big slots are looking mostly full on those.

i heard a report on one of the national radio stations that prince was getting 3million euro/dollars (not sure which) from the croke park gig.
it is being advertised in newspapers and on radio and t.v..

also i thought that ticketmaster were the only official sellers. aren't all the rest scalpers????

there is a lot of scaremongering going on.

until we hear otherwise, as far as i'm concerned it's full steam ahead.

angelcat said:

My bet it is 'euro' instead of 'dollar', looking at the current exchange rates.

irishwolfhound said:

Wolfy(with the multiple accounts more than any peeb in the org),I think we all know the concert has a GREEN LIGHT until told otherwise,so there is no need for your personal promise since u have DIDDLY SQUAT to do with the promotion,organisation or the slightest involvement with the upcoming gig,so shhhhh please.....

As for the peebs worrying,WHY???Until anything comes from promoters or the like,let's just look forward to the 27th June,oh,oh,MY BAD,that's the McFly concert,lol..... :lol:KEEP POSITIVE YA'LLLLL

Stroll on Croke Park,the quicker u arrive,the quicker Wolfy will have nothing to talk cr*p about,muhhahahahahhahaha,POSITIVITY YA'LLLLL
[Edited 3/27/08 12:29pm]