even janet j has sold more for her first ever irish date in a tiny venue...

Ya kidding right?

[Edited 5/28/11 12:13pm]

Do the Irish know which Prince is it?

Anyone would think it's 1st april.

PANDURITO said:

seriously though this gig hasnt been advertised much, i only heard it on the radio today, couldnt believe it when i went in to get tickets and they were already on sale, so thrilled now to have tickets i cant believe im gonna get to see him. there is no advertising on the tv or anything. People dont know he's coming, does anyone know when this came about and when did the tickets going on sale, anyone know how many people the castle gig holds?

fuck em...come to Wales we can close the roof on the Millennium stadium.Great hair and sound to boot....

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Joyinrepatition said:

I'd be surprised if its as low as 350 as if you search on TM now the seats on sale are row N for Block A and row H for Block B. Each row has 86 seats. Plus the standing tickets sold.

But I am not surprised ticket sales are low. If i didn't visit the Org regularly I wouldn't even know he was playing in Dublin. Knowing how keen I am to see him perform, usually when he is coming on tour family and friends let me know when they hear about it. This time nobody has mentioned anything as nobody has seen any promotion! POD need to get their act together and quickly. Don't cancel on us P.

Clare said:

I'd be surprised if its as low as 350 as if you search on TM now the seats on sale are row N for Block A and row H for Block B. Each row has 86 seats. Plus the standing tickets sold.

But I am not surprised ticket sales are low. If i didn't visit the Org regularly I wouldn't even know he was playing in Dublin. Knowing how keen I am to see him perform, usually when he is coming on tour family and friends let me know when they hear about it. This time nobody has mentioned anything as nobody has seen any promotion! POD need to get their act together and quickly. Don't cancel on us P.

will it be a second fiasco...that is the big question....wont put my money on it....

Clare said:

I'd be surprised if its as low as 350 as if you search on TM now the seats on sale are row N for Block A and row H for Block B. Each row has 86 seats. Plus the standing tickets sold.

But I am not surprised ticket sales are low. If i didn't visit the Org regularly I wouldn't even know he was playing in Dublin. Knowing how keen I am to see him perform, usually when he is coming on tour family and friends let me know when they hear about it. This time nobody has mentioned anything as nobody has seen any promotion! POD need to get their act together and quickly. Don't cancel on us P.

It is impossible to know from the TM website how tickets are selling.

While I think it would be nice if P oplayed a great gig in Ireland,part of me would be pleased if the Irish fans showed him that a serious artist cannot fuck with his fans.

Still, for people who really want to go, I hope this goes ahead somewhere.

Llanishenlad said:

PANDURITO said:

Do the Irish know which Prince is it?

After 2008 they do.. I say make the tickets 20.10€ and give a press release with a big ass apology and promise of a shit hot show...of course written by somebody else cuz I couldn't see prince saying that but who knows?

Joyinrepatition said:

fuck em...come to Wales we can close the roof on the Millennium stadium.Great hair and sound to boot....

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by "em" I guess you mean 5 or 6 million people?

Thanks.

Always loved the Welsh myself. By the way the Millennium Stadium is an awful place to see a gig.

Close the roof if you want, it's still shit.

[Edited 5/29/11 4:17am]

someone's grumpy this morning...

Having scanned through about 5 of the weekend newspapers, I have not seen a single ad for the concert. I guess POD thought that having sold 56,000 tickets for Croke Park, a 35,000 arean would be no problem. But the Croker gig had massive print, TV, billboard campaigns and economic times and peope's attitutes were different then..

Judging by the seated tickets available on ticketmaster, and the fact that pit is still available suggests sluggish sales for sure. Moving it to a smaller venue may be a way of ensuring the gig is not cancelled. The O2 is available on July 30th but if the rumours of just 3,000 ticket sales are true then we are looking at the grand canal theatre which is free too.

within my circle of friends, family, work colleagues, i know just one other person going. I am going with my wife [ i bought her ticket ] and that makes three of us....

The only positive I see here is a move to smaller venue, no weather issues for sure...

what do other people think.

by the way, looking at stade de france thread,l situation there is worse

He can just cancel again, can't he?

sashajones said:

He can just cancel again, can't he?

Why not?

It all depends on the deal.

Maybe the promotor will cancel, not P.

(assuming ticket sales remain bad)

dazsowild said:

Having scanned through about 5 of the weekend newspapers, I have not seen a single ad for the concert. I guess POD thought that having sold 56,000 tickets for Croke Park, a 35,000 arean would be no problem. But the Croker gig had massive print, TV, billboard campaigns and economic times and peope's attitutes were different then..

Judging by the seated tickets available on ticketmaster, and the fact that pit is still available suggests sluggish sales for sure. Moving it to a smaller venue may be a way of ensuring the gig is not cancelled. The O2 is available on July 30th but if the rumours of just 3,000 ticket sales are true then we are looking at the grand canal theatre which is free too.

within my circle of friends, family, work colleagues, i know just one other person going. I am going with my wife [ i bought her ticket ] and that makes three of us....

The only positive I see here is a move to smaller venue, no weather issues for sure...

what do other people think.

by the way, looking at stade de france thread,l situation there is worse

O2 would be perfect. Then a taxi across to Tripod

dazsowild said:

Having scanned through about 5 of the weekend newspapers, I have not seen a single ad for the concert. I guess POD thought that having sold 56,000 tickets for Croke Park, a 35,000 arean would be no problem. But the Croker gig had massive print, TV, billboard campaigns and economic times and peope's attitutes were different then..

Judging by the seated tickets available on ticketmaster, and the fact that pit is still available suggests sluggish sales for sure. Moving it to a smaller venue may be a way of ensuring the gig is not cancelled. The O2 is available on July 30th but if the rumours of just 3,000 ticket sales are true then we are looking at the grand canal theatre which is free too.

within my circle of friends, family, work colleagues, i know just one other person going. I am going with my wife [ i bought her ticket ] and that makes three of us....

The only positive I see here is a move to smaller venue, no weather issues for sure...

what do other people think.

by the way, looking at stade de france thread,l situation there is worse

True, if you dont listen to Today FM, then you wouldnt have a clue he is playing. I was also putting the slow sales down to price, and as i said in another post, annoucing 3-4 days before tickets go on sale, with a hefty price tag is a problem for a lot of people, I know plenty who want to go, but cant afford a ticket for at least another week (its the end of the month and alot of people dont get paid til the 31st!!). My friend who is a huge fan, didnt know about the concert at all, until I told her about it, and I heard about it through here - its just not out there!! POD wake up and get working!!

If Prince really could only sell 1% of tickets on the opening day, then I think the show could be in seriou trouble. Even with no advertising, the diehards have obviously vanished.

Finances, or Croke Park hangover, whatever the reason, trying to sell 34,000 tickets to casuals at 100 euro is a steep steep mountain.

This is impossible...from 55000 in croke park to 350 die hard fans?...come on !

Yeah, sounds like BS to me. I doubt the sales are stellar, the ticket prices are crazy, but 350?

Some idiot DJ has made a flippant comment and some other idiot has run with it.

linus4000 said:

This is impossible...from 55000 in croke park to 350 die hard fans?...come on !

Rorywan said:

Joyinrepatition said:

fuck em...come to Wales we can close the roof on the Millennium stadium.Great hair and sound to boot....

[img:$uid]http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc1/Joyinrepatition/61a92607.jpg[/img:$uid]

by "em" I guess you mean 5 or 6 million people?

Thanks.

Always loved the Welsh myself. By the way the Millennium Stadium is an awful place to see a gig.

Close the roof if you want, it's still shit.

[Edited 5/29/11 4:17am]

Plus, all those leeks...ugh!!!

hooleybooley said:

17000 general admission and 3000 pit left as of 1pm irish time.

3000 Leaft in the pit , didnt think there wud be that much room , were

did u here this ?

So 15.000 tix sold already!?

What's the difference between the pit and general standing? Is it just a sectioned off bit at the front?

hooleybooley said:

17000 general admission and 3000 pit left as of 1pm irish time.

Great news if 15,000 tickets are sold. May I ask how you know this information.

are you working in the ticketmaster head office ??
Thanks

Fucking leprechauns....