Originally posted by marik:also, does anyone know how many nights at Croke are already booked by others for 2023? Might help us eliminate it as a venue.
(Wasn't Bono checking out a new stadium last month.... in disguise as a Harry Styles fan)
Originally posted by marik:also, does anyone know how many nights at Croke are already booked by others for 2023? Might help us eliminate it as a venue.
(Wasn't Bono checking out a new stadium last month.... in disguise as a Harry Styles fan)
Originally posted by RoKKeR:Bless U2songs for always bringing the great reporting!
Originally posted by germcevoy:U2 are North siders. I couldn’t see them playing the Aviva for any reason at all if Croke was an option.
Originally posted by popmarter:[..]
They've played it in 97 for Popmart and played the RDS in 92, I'd rather they played Lansdowne as it's a better venue for gigs as the sound in Croke park can be poor due to the design and size of the venue .Larry is the only current Nortsider the rest live in leafy posh areas on the South side. 🤣
Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]
Croke would have been under development during Popmart I believe. Supposedly they struggled to get anywhere in Dublin that year so through the Belfast gig together just in case.
ZooTV in the RDS always stood out as an odd one but I imagine it’s a cheap rent. Plenty of acts still using it these days.
Originally posted by u2wanderer1:[..]
Just going to say this here as well. The stadium reports are really early in the game. While the Soldier field report is from someone who typically knows his stuff, it’s just popped up. The Dublin rumour couldn’t even confirm what stadium. And KROQ hinted it was U2 but didn’t come right out and say it was. And none of this matches with the Vegas thing. Is that something tacked on at the end? Or is that an alternate plan? The band often have several scenarios in play until they tighten things down…
Originally posted by marik:raises the general question for me -
I've heard in America, the choice of a venue U2 picks can come down to where LiveNation has deals (for example in LA - Staples Centre vs Forum)
But in Dublin specifically, is there anything known about what factors into their venue choice? Is it behind-the-scene whoooing to lure them? Does LiveNation (2009 onwards) have a deal with Croke specifically? Or was there a diff reason they wouldn't have tried Aviva in 2017?
Surely, the northside/southside means nothing to them at the point of picking a venue
Originally posted by u2wanderer1:[..]
MCD who is the Irish promoter usually involved, and Live Nation have both held shows at both venues. Croke is the bigger venue of the two, so you can play to a bigger audience there.
It’s more of a thing in North America where venues sometimes are tied to one specific venue or another. But even then U2 have shown a willingness to play non-Live Nation venues when others are not available that match their needs.
Originally posted by germcevoy:U2 are North siders. I couldn’t see them playing the Aviva for any reason at all if Croke was an option.