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Garth Brooks' canceled Ireland tour could damage the country's economy and tourism
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Bubble Metropolis
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FYI, he's on some Prince shit where he doesn't want his stuff online. I discovered this when I was feeling nostalgic recently and all the versions on YouTube are heavily pitched or karaoke versions, or something. If you're interested, stick to live videos, like this one.
Battersea Power Station
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Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton are huge in Kenya: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9450072
And country music in general is big in Africa. You guys should give this show a listen:
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91635-songs-that-cross-borders/
It's weird.
And country music in general is big in Africa. You guys should give this show a listen:
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91635-songs-that-cross-borders/
It's weird.
ConfusingJazz
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Don't invite him to black tie affairs.
This has been the biggest news story in Ireland for about a week, but it seems like it's picking up some international attention now.
Nobody comes out of this looking well, but the whole situation is fucking hilarious.
He's like the country Metalocalypse.
Nomad Blue
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It's not unknown for stadiums to be in residential areas in Europe. The UK especially has heaps of football/rugby grounds in residential areas (and the Millennium Stadium is slap bang in the middle of the city centre in Cardiff(which is ace as you just walk out of it and have a choice of about 500 bars)).
Slackbladder
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So this Brooks was trying to blackmail elected officials into breaking their own rules just to let his ego strut up and down in front of thousands of paying fans and now that he's been turned down a few shows he's thrown a strop and willfully denied his thousands of fans a chance to see him? What an asshole.
dat facial hair and just..dat hair.
So...would ireland settle for the 'barbeque stain on my white t-shirt' guy?
I think it's more the politicians are asshoes because that's really fucked up when they are blocking the concerts for rules that can be broken especially for something that is really popular.
Exceptions can be made.
BruiserBear
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Or elected officials declined to host 40% of an event that would have brought in a lot of money to their economy, and they have the balls to complain when their rigid, old fashioned ways screwed the whole thing up.
Hopefully the learn from their mistake next time, instead of just complaining.
Yeah, and he's a real stickler on digital sales so he doesn't put any of his records up on digital music stores like iTunes. Such a pain.
Slackbladder
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Yes, Brooks could have made the exception and do the 3 gigs for his fans. He didn't. He's an asshole.
Oppo
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that's how I read it.
a real entertainer would have done whatever they could for the fans.
doesn't help my opinion of Brooks that he has a long history of super greedy moves like this
BronsonLee
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Nice move, Ireland!
I was gonna say. Get Roddy Doyle on the phone!
iamaustrian
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So Garth going on "World" Tour in 2014.
what does this exactly mean for EU?
is it only great britain again or does he also visit other european countries?
I couldn't find any dates for his euro tour.
side notes: The Beaches of Cheyenne is his best song. Sooo spooky for a country song. love it.
His duet with ultra right superstar american George Jones ("Beer Run") is godly too.
what does this exactly mean for EU?
is it only great britain again or does he also visit other european countries?
I couldn't find any dates for his euro tour.
side notes: The Beaches of Cheyenne is his best song. Sooo spooky for a country song. love it.
His duet with ultra right superstar american George Jones ("Beer Run") is godly too.
Yep.
Signs exclusive distribution deals
Refuses to put his music online
Heavily campaigned with Metallica back in the 90s to ban used CD sales
This guy loves to bathe in his own money and he likes to do it in a new pile every night.
Is it that difficult to reach a compensatory agreement with the local residents affected by these disruptions given the amount of money on line?
I'd say yes to disruptions for an extra couple nights to the tune of... $500-$1000. How many households could there be around that area? Even 1000 would only end up costing a million... and surely there's so much more riding on the line here than that.
I'd say yes to disruptions for an extra couple nights to the tune of... $500-$1000. How many households could there be around that area? Even 1000 would only end up costing a million... and surely there's so much more riding on the line here than that.
Aye, Garth Brooks is really popular among culchies in Northern Ireland
Honestly, I thought you made that up.
BruiserBear
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Entertainers aren't charities. It costs a lot of money to fly over a hundred people and all the equipment to put on a massive stadium show.
Battersea Power Station
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... are you claiming he and those other people wouldn't make money with 3 historically massive gigs? He'd be netting millions, if not tens of millions.
This is embarassing.
I mean the whole fallout from it. Get Obama on the phone! The Taoiseach! The Mexican ambassador! Anyone!
It's like something out of Father Ted.
No, Ireland's economy does not need these concerts. For crying out loud. The street vendors - probably some among those pictured in the photo above - might be licking their chops at the thought of selling thousands of cowboy hats outside Croke Park, but that's not 'the economy'.
Brooks should do the 3 concerts he originally planned or just leave it.
I mean the whole fallout from it. Get Obama on the phone! The Taoiseach! The Mexican ambassador! Anyone!
It's like something out of Father Ted.
No, Ireland's economy does not need these concerts. For crying out loud. The street vendors - probably some among those pictured in the photo above - might be licking their chops at the thought of selling thousands of cowboy hats outside Croke Park, but that's not 'the economy'.
Brooks should do the 3 concerts he originally planned or just leave it.
Now if it was Madonna.... /pop-gaf
Brerlappin
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Its the locals. Theres a clause that you cant do more than 3 nights (I think) so as not to disturb the residents. In this example tho I think its a fucking disgrace, because a handful of residents objected, even tho they get financially compensated for the inconvenience, and get free fucking tickets they could've sold for a fortune.
So a handful of dopes have now cost us millions in revenue and ruined hundreds of thousands of fans plans
Enter The 36 Chambers
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This post is embarrassing.
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NinjaFridge
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Yeah, well townies love superdry.
Nope, but Croke Park is the biggest (84k versus 50k in Aviva).
Damn shit is getting real.
RandyBobandy
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Couldn't they just do it in Slane? 80k capacity
I thought that this was going to be an onion piece lol
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Too bad out government doesn't have the balls to do the right thing for the country. The economy could use this boost. Yet again Ireland embarrasses us on a global scale.
Well done lads.
Well done lads.
TetraxShards
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The owner of the estate said no gigs this year. Also, Slane is all standing and I imagine a lot of Brooks' fans are old and will want to sit down.
Mengy
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I've seen Garth twice in concert and I love his music, but yeah I agree. He really should have just accepted the three shows and play by the same rules that everyone else has to. Really the only reason not to is simply: greed. Pure and simple. I can't think of any other reason to throw a hissy fit and cancel all of the shows.
He's saying now that he needed the extra shows to turn a profit on these gigs.
I'm guessing, though, that in that calculation he was looking at the Irish gigs in isolation and not the pending world tour and the amortisation of certain costs that would come with it. So yeah, $$$ in his eyes methinks.
Wuthering_Heights
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There's a hundred stadiums in the world better suited for this kind of thing and Garth could sell out all of them ten times over.
Should've dropped the sentimental value and went with one of those.
Should've dropped the sentimental value and went with one of those.
He'll 'get down on his knees and beg', 'fly, crawl, swim' to do a deal ... but won't do daytime shows to fit them into 3 days.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...ve-croke-park-shows-over-three-days-1.1862097
I mean come on... lots of artists do full run throughs of their shows in the afternoon before an evening gig. Just dress it up and let an audience in on two of the days.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...ve-croke-park-shows-over-three-days-1.1862097
I mean come on... lots of artists do full run throughs of their shows in the afternoon before an evening gig. Just dress it up and let an audience in on two of the days.
OldAsUrSock
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Garth has great music. He isn't Jason Aldean.
For everyone thinking the people who built the stadium are idiots, stop. The ground has been used since 1884 to host GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) sports games, as part of the Gaelic Revival. In 1913, it was recognised as the traditional home of the Gaelic games, and comprised of the pitch and two stands surrounded by grassy banks. In 1917 a hill was constructed which allowed people to have a good vantage point from which to view the games being played. Over time, it was built onto successively, with the intention of building a high capacity stadium. 5,000 seats were added in 1936, and then more as time went by.
The stadium has special significance not only as the home of the GAA but also the bitterly remembered Bloody Sunday, when police forces, supported by auxiliary troops, fired into the crowd and killed or otherwise injured spectators, as well as the captain of one of the teams playing.
It was modernised to an extent in the 80's, beginning a building project of expansion that spanned fourteen years, taking us to where we are now. Up until recently, only GAA sports were allowed to be played, but now it is host to international events such as rugby matches, the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2003 Special Olympics, and so on. If you're looking for an indication of what this stadium means to the nation, witness the 2007 rugby match between Ireland and England -
National Anthems, Croke Park, 2007
People laughing at the idea of building a stadium in a highly built-up residential area will hopefully understand it a little more.
As for me, I couldn't care less about Garth Brooks, but like everyone I was taken hugely by surprise at the massive numbers of tickets sold. I don't blame the residents living next to the stadium for not wanting 400,000 people converging on their homes for any longer than is necessary, especially when they have to deal with capacity crowds for GAA occasions like the All Ireland, international events and other concerts, and there is already an agreement in place to limit their number....
They were right to make the decision they did, but Ireland comes out of this looking pretty stupid.
The stadium has special significance not only as the home of the GAA but also the bitterly remembered Bloody Sunday, when police forces, supported by auxiliary troops, fired into the crowd and killed or otherwise injured spectators, as well as the captain of one of the teams playing.
It was modernised to an extent in the 80's, beginning a building project of expansion that spanned fourteen years, taking us to where we are now. Up until recently, only GAA sports were allowed to be played, but now it is host to international events such as rugby matches, the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2003 Special Olympics, and so on. If you're looking for an indication of what this stadium means to the nation, witness the 2007 rugby match between Ireland and England -
National Anthems, Croke Park, 2007
People laughing at the idea of building a stadium in a highly built-up residential area will hopefully understand it a little more.
As for me, I couldn't care less about Garth Brooks, but like everyone I was taken hugely by surprise at the massive numbers of tickets sold. I don't blame the residents living next to the stadium for not wanting 400,000 people converging on their homes for any longer than is necessary, especially when they have to deal with capacity crowds for GAA occasions like the All Ireland, international events and other concerts, and there is already an agreement in place to limit their number....
They were right to make the decision they did, but Ireland comes out of this looking pretty stupid.
CyclopsRock
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A lot of big stadiums in Europe began as fields that gradually grew and grew. There are a lot in very Residential areas. Most, in fact.
Green Wiggly
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I told people years ago that Garth Brooks would destroy the global economy, using his illuminati connections to first target a county like Ireland, and nobody listened. Nobody. Fucking. Listened. Now it's time to see who was right, and who's not having a Garth Brooks concert.
tryagainlater
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I hadn't even heard of this guy until my parents were talking about getting tickets to him and now he's all over the news here. When did this guy get so popular? The controversies that end up taking hold of this country are often pretty entertaining though.
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