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  • siochan
    siochan Posts: 304
    Glad to be heading to dublin,
    I'm going to see Metallica ( again) in the RDS outdoor arena ( again third year in a row) It's a great venue and wondering way it wasn't used for the Pearl Jam gig instead of just over 8,000 going it would have been 50,000.

    I'm sure there's maybe some reasoning behind it the band clearly like the venue as this will be the third time that they've played there and maybe there's an under estimation of the numbers they( being the promoters) believe the band will pull?
    I don't think they'd have an issue getting 50,000 to the gig ......
    " You cannot throw a rope around the neck of an idea" .....Bobby Sands.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    dunkman1974 wrote:
    me and the wife :)

    good luck though... are you just counting this thread I hope!!

    Yeah, just this thread.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    nik wrote:
    Hey your not a Steve Burns are ya

    No...Steve Byrne. Why??????
  • nik
    nik Posts: 262
    Byrnzie wrote:
    No...Steve Byrne. Why??????
    Work with a Steve Burns decent guy as well....have you been on the Porch forum one of the threads "Dublin sold ouT" few pissed off Irish fans...I've ended up with a spare tix but want to make sure someone deserving gets it
    "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life...I know you'll be a star"
    Astoria 20-4-06 (when pj rocked)

    Dublin 2006....Alive,Black,RVM,Leash...awesome)

    *Astoria Crew*

    www.pearljam70.piczo.com- for some delicious pics of Eddie
    http://www.myspace.com/pjrocks4ever

    Nik = Nicki (female)
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    nik wrote:
    Work with a Steve Burns decent guy as well....have you been on the Porch forum one of the threads "Dublin sold ouT" few pissed off Irish fans...I've ended up with a spare tix but want to make sure someone deserving gets it

    Do these Irish who didn't get tickets think that there weren't any disapointed English who couldn't get into the Astoria?? Or that no English had to end up paying £250 - £400 for a ticket? I really don't understand what they're whingeing about. Even if PJ had played 4 nights in Dublin there still would have been some who couldn't get tickets. Thats life!
  • Chumfatty
    Chumfatty Posts: 140
    Chumfatty wrote:
    When did you get your 'posted' confirmation email from Play.com? got my thurs and I expected it to drop through my door this morning, but to be honest I don't think I have had post on a saturday for ages, think my postman is a lazy arse.

    Ah well will have to wait until tues now because of the Mayday Bank Holiday :(

    The lazy ass postman was just Late, I now have the new album :D:D
    My body is a temple come kneel at my prayer mat.

    Astoria 2006

    *Astoria Crew*

    Dublin 23/08/06 - best gig ever!
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Take a look at the thread on The Porch - Dublin sold out. I can''t believe all the petty whingeing on there. Look at this twat - Clean Francis - for example:

    "Fuckers!!!!

    I've said it many times before and i'm gonna say it again: Get the fucking english wankers out of our country!! The pricks got 2 pj dates and now the bollox's robbed at least half our bloody tickets!!"
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    It's starting to really wind me up. This was my last post on there in response to someone else:

    Originally Posted by flogen
    "tbh, I don't give a fúck if someone from England (or wherever) got a ticket, it's not like it hasn't happened at every other gig they're playing (how many Irish are travelling over to Leeds?)
    The problem I have is with those scabby cúnts that buy the tickets and put them up on ebay for a huge profit; it looks like I got seating tickets, which is grand, I get to go... I probably missed out on standing because of these bastards and others have probably missed out on going altogether because of them. "


    Fair play to you my friend. At last an Irishman with something reasonable to say about this whole affair. I'm English and I was forced to pay £250 to get into the astoria, which is in MY OWN BACKYARD. There were more Irish at the Astoria than English. There were also a load of Scots, Aussies, Americans, someone I met from Iceland, Norway, Germany, Wales....I could go on all fucking day. Suffice to say, and this may come as a surprise to some of the Irish who have done nothing but fucking whinge on this message pit - THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF DISAPPOINTED ENGLISH WHO COULDN'T GET TICKETS FOR THE ASTORIA. AND THOSE WHO WERE DESPERATE TO GO PAID A LARGE SUM OF MONEY TO GET IN. Simply put: Thats life!!

    And by the way, unlike with the Dublin gig - NOBODY BLAMED ANYBODY ELSE!! Except maybe the scabs/touts.
  • nik
    nik Posts: 262
    well said...i understand them being upset but just blaming the wrong people....oh well just look forward to going over there now
    "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life...I know you'll be a star"
    Astoria 20-4-06 (when pj rocked)

    Dublin 2006....Alive,Black,RVM,Leash...awesome)

    *Astoria Crew*

    www.pearljam70.piczo.com- for some delicious pics of Eddie
    http://www.myspace.com/pjrocks4ever

    Nik = Nicki (female)
  • Chumfatty
    Chumfatty Posts: 140
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Do these Irish who didn't get tickets think that there weren't any disapointed English who couldn't get into the Astoria?? Or that no English had to end up paying £250 - £400 for a ticket? I really don't understand what they're whingeing about. Even if PJ had played 4 nights in Dublin there still would have been some who couldn't get tickets. Thats life!

    I wouldn't mind but there is barely anyone in Dublin who is Irish!, it's just like London. Of course no Irish person has ever journeyed to our fair shores to see major bands.

    Bad luck if they didn't get tickets and I genuinely feel sorry for them, but unfortunately Pearl Jam are a HUGE international band that are gonna sell out quickly wherever they go. Demand is so High people are going to get upset and miss out, thats life, and bitching about it within your own ranks is not gonna solve a thing or earn them any respect.
    My body is a temple come kneel at my prayer mat.

    Astoria 2006

    *Astoria Crew*

    Dublin 23/08/06 - best gig ever!
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    nik wrote:
    well said...i understand them being upset but just blaming the wrong people....oh well just look forward to going over there now

    Nik, there's an Irishman called Richy Faceliftology who is desperate for a ticket. Can you help him out? He seems like a decent fella.
  • Cregser
    Cregser Posts: 11
    When Pearl Jam played Dublin in 2000 the city was invaded by foriegn PJ fans and it was great. We spent the day bumping into them around town and in St. Stephen's Green. They were all friendly people glad to be in Ireland on beautiful day and everyone hit it off. They were still in the minority though, and the majority of Irish who really wanted to go, got to go.

    This time however, because of the way the Astoria gig sold out and with the festivals being announced after they were sold out, alot of UK fans set their sights on Dublin as MUST HAVE tickets. Irish fans were just unprepared for this and lost out. So naturally we're gonna see emotional posts here from people who aren't talking sense.

    To all the people travelling to Ireland for the gig, good luck. Just don't expect an Irish experience ;). In the six years since PJ played hear, it's become a place where you're thankful if the shopkeeper/waiter/bus driver etc. can speak english.
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    Pearl Jam! Come back to Ireland!!
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Cregser wrote:
    When Pearl Jam played Dublin in 2000 the city was invaded by foriegn PJ fans and it was great. We spent the day bumping into them around town and in St. Stephen's Green. They were all friendly people glad to be in Ireland on beautiful day and everyone hit it off. They were still in the minority though, and the majority of Irish who really wanted to go, got to go.

    This time however, because of the way the Astoria gig sold out and with the festivals being announced after they were sold out, alot of UK fans set their sights on Dublin as MUST HAVE tickets. Irish fans were just unprepared for this and lost out. So naturally we're gonna see emotional posts here from people who aren't talking sense.

    To all the people travelling to Ireland for the gig, good luck. Just don't expect an Irish experience ;). In the six years since PJ played hear, it's become a place where you're thankful if the shopkeeper/waiter/bus driver etc. can speak english.

    Fair do's. I hope it will be as good as the Astoria was. It just seems that there's too much blame, and negativity flying around which is lowering the tone for everyone. Lets hope that everyone who really wants to go, gets to go.
  • Richy_Faceliftology
    Richy_Faceliftology Posts: 29
    Yeah,id be quite happy for a ticket if one's going....we could have afew pints sure!
    And yeah,Ireland is now full of people from Poland,Czech Republic and the like.
    Mainly in shops and stuff.
    Some of em are fair sound...some hot ones too hehe
  • Cregser
    Cregser Posts: 11
    Richy_Faceliftology wrote:
    Yeah,id be quite happy for a ticket if one's going....we could have afew pints sure!
    And yeah,Ireland is now full of people from Poland,Czech Republic and the like.
    Mainly in shops and stuff.
    Some of em are fair sound...some hot ones too hehe
    Any they think we're exotic! :D
    ---
    Pearl Jam! Come back to Ireland!!
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Richy_Faceliftology wrote:
    Yeah,id be quite happy for a ticket if one's going....we could have afew pints sure!
    And yeah,Ireland is now full of people from Poland,Czech Republic and the like.
    Mainly in shops and stuff.
    Some of em are fair sound...some hot ones too hehe

    Did you get a ticket???
  • Richy_Faceliftology
    Richy_Faceliftology Posts: 29
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Did you get a ticket???
    Yeah,looks like it!!!
    Thanks sooo much man!
  • Keithos
    Keithos Posts: 853
    OK... so where are the stats that the Dublin gig is gonna be over-run by 'foreigners'? Yeah... there are a group of people on here (myself included) who are traveling to see the band in various counties. That's what 25 people? Just because the gig sold old fast... yep... it's GOT to be the English right... and not 8000 irish fans who bought tickets???

    Come to think about it it... let's just ban international travel altogether! If you go to any other country in the world you're gonna be eating food that that someone that 'belongs' in that country could be eating. FOR FUCKS SAKE. I fell like we've all just jumped back 100 years.

    I payed £300 for an Astoria ticket. I didn't blame any fans traveling for that... I embraced them and was proud of their devotion! They our now my friends.
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  • fada
    fada Posts: 1,032
    duggro wrote:
    fada, i've pm'ed you
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  • Richy_Faceliftology
    Richy_Faceliftology Posts: 29
    Keithos wrote:
    OK... so where are the stats that the Dublin gig is gonna be over-run by 'foreigners'? Yeah... there are a group of people on here (myself included) who are traveling to see the band in various counties. That's what 25 people? Just because the gig sold old fast... yep... it's GOT to be the English right... and not 8000 irish fans who bought tickets???

    Come to think about it it... let's just ban international travel altogether! If you go to any other country in the world you're gonna be eating food that that someone that 'belongs' in that country could be eating. FOR FUCKS SAKE. I fell like we've all just jumped back 100 years.

    I payed £300 for an Astoria ticket. I didn't blame any fans traveling for that... I embraced them and was proud of their devotion! They our now my friends.

    I think people are just miffed and the comments are a reaction...it happens...i know i was fair pissed off that i missed em!
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    fada wrote:
    what does that mean?

    Personal message. Top right of screen underneath "Wecome Fada".

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