Gareth Brooks Concert
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... or that pensioners haven't been that hard-hit after all.
Love it!!!! Goy tickets and it will be the first concert me and my husband will have gone to together. Would not be a fan myself but am dusting off my check chirt and cowboy boots and practising "friends in low places".
They were getting tickets for their granny. Young people are great that way.
They're probably hoping that he plays lots of his new stuff, and leave the back catalogue stuff for another time.
He definitly has a face made for radio
The_Banker
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He has put on a few lbs since his visit...
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It amazes and bothers me in equal measure that Roger Waters only sold 35,000 tickets for his show in the Aviva last year.
Which in my 27 years of gig going was the best outdoor gig this country has ever seen.
Yet, Garth Brooks sells out 3 nights in Croke Park in record time?
Which in my 27 years of gig going was the best outdoor gig this country has ever seen.
Yet, Garth Brooks sells out 3 nights in Croke Park in record time?
I have a vague notion that its a statement that the nation wants to have fun. Garth has a few great songs, gives the impression he's a nice guy and people seemed to enjoy it last time he was here.
So its nostalgia & feel good seeking...having a 'hoot'... with a risk of "we love him cos we're now known as his biggest fans in the world ever" - a factor which we'll refer to as 'the David Gray factor'.
I'm not expecting a massive resurgence of line dancing& jiving (beyond its currently apparently healthy state) and God between us and that country 'n' Irish drivel !!!!
I'd be willing to bet that most of the audience are not country fans beyond this guy, maybe Johnny Cash and a few of the greatest country hits like Country Roads. So fair play to the astounding number of ticket buyers, & if I was given a free ticket I might even go.
So its nostalgia & feel good seeking...having a 'hoot'
... with a risk of "we love him cos we're now known as his biggest fans in the world ever" - a factor which we'll refer to as 'the David Gray factor'.I'm not expecting a massive resurgence of line dancing& jiving (beyond its currently apparently healthy state) and God between us and that country 'n' Irish drivel !!!!
I'd be willing to bet that most of the audience are not country fans beyond this guy, maybe Johnny Cash and a few of the greatest country hits like Country Roads. So fair play to the astounding number of ticket buyers, & if I was given a free ticket I might even go.
Nothing illegal about it.
It is called the law of supply and demand. Whilst the demand is there, there will always be a supply.
Plenty of people see these concerts as a business opportunity to make money. A cursory look at donedeal will show this.
I met him in Eddy Rockets in Donnybrook one night a long time ago. He was there with his kid (kids?) on the way back from a show. One of them wanted a "proper" burger and the bus driver suggested they stop there (their, or they're
).We had no idea he was in there when we went in. Everyone was asked to leave him alone while his group ate but he was very nice to everyone afterwards. When the father of a young girl went outside and asked for an autograph for here because she was too shy to say hello Brooks came back into the restaurant and crouched down to chat to her. It was very late and I'm sure he was exhausted and I'm sure he meets fans every day but he really seemed to care and was a total gentleman.
No. It’s called having taste, discernment and critical ability. (Although I’d make an exception for Martina McBride.)