I remember being able to see bands in the point, such as blink182, for about €30.
Was some gig that though chili’s were actually better 2 years before that when supporting u2
Ah back in days when bands made their money from selling CD’s, Having music available at a click has its upsides, but the cost of concert tickets has gotten to be ridiculous. I really hope this pricing by demand doesn’t take off here.
Metallica at Slane wasn’t bad vaule, €90, plus you got Ghost, SLF, Bokassa and Fangclub.
In 2011 I saw blink 182 in the 3 arena for 35 euro. Opening act was great too.
Its all about how much they can squeeze out of hard working people now for a bit of enjoyment. They know we need something to take our minds off the hardship so they up the prices and just use and abuse.
There’s a difference between bands wanting to turn a profit and then pure greed.
We are nothing more than hamsters in a ball to them now.
Back in the days of the celtic tiger, bands would ride around on zepplins dropping tickets on people
Feeder also supported…it was a phenomenal gig
I was at that, best gig I was ever at!
Often the support acts were better. Flaming Lips before Bob Dylan was one such case.
Jesus, I remember this concert, amazing.
“no moshing/crowd surfing” lol that surely worked out well
I was at that gig, it was unreal!
I’ve only been to one Slane and this was it. Great memories.
Presuming €59.50 is the price, inflation would mean that would be €79.28.
Harry Styles next year will cost €97.10–€256.10. I have no idea what the difference between a 97 euro ticket and a 256 euro ticket will be.
But it is really sad. Loads of people made fun of Metallica for getting shitty with Napster but ultimately Metallica were right. Bands just aren’t making the money they used because streaming just isn’t paying out as much and music fans are feeling this through increased prices for gigs and merch.
The sad thing is, stats show that a lot of people are paying 10 euro a month on Spotify to play the same 3 albums or songs back to back on repeat. Usually it would be much better for the artist to buy that album once and burning it to your hard drive instead of streaming it AND it would be cheaper for the consumer who has the album outright instead of paying the cost of the album every month for the pleasure of listening to it.
I remember back in the 2000s you could see even small bands playing to 100 or so people be able to afford to tour Ireland from all over the world in places like the Mezz because they could sell enough merch and CDs to justify it. You could see 3 international acts for 7.50 to 10. Bands that size just don’t seem to exist anymore or leave their hometown.
Streaming is too easy and convenient so I am not naive enough to think everyone will go back to CDs to help the artist. But if you do stream please drop Spotify and use something like Qobuz (highest payout to artists) or Tidal (higher payout and is available more places than Qobuz). Even if not for the artists sake, [Spotify is a pretty shitty company](https://www.youtube.co/watch?v=IZG0ksaO6w8) (43 minutes but worth the watch)
T00L price tickets this year actually made me laugh my hole off. The greed of the music industry is killing off touring pretty significantly, you’d have to be a goldfish to pay the current rates for a ‘big’ gig
I thought that said “no access prior to LIAM”
€59.50 for big gigs were the days!
i was there, hell of a gig
Celtic tiger era concerts and festivals make me so jealous I wasn’t an adult at the time. Concert promoters had the money to get fantastic lineups.
I remember that gig, Queens of the Stone Age were the best performance of the night. Foo Fighters we’re great too. RHCP were fine but the support acts out did them.
Slane really didn’t piss around with the lineups back then. Any one of those bands could have headlined themselves. Absolute dream lineup.
This was my first ever gig. My god was it fucking awesome
I know I’ll be slated, and it’s a different type of music, but Garth Brooks tickets were €65 standing and €85 seated. That’s not a bad price.
I remember in 2005 as a kid growing up in Poland I had DVD of Red Hot Chili Peppers playing there I remember big green plains stretching over horizon guess where I ended up year later
I found an old ticket stub for Massive Attack in Amsterdam 1998, at the height of their fame – €12.50
Was there building human pyramids much to the despair of security, got 5 high , biggest achievement of my 20’s
I seen U2, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Coldplay, Kelis, JJ72 all in same year at Slane. Was a good line up.
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I remember being able to see bands in the point, such as blink182, for about €30.
Was some gig that though chili’s were actually better 2 years before that when supporting u2
Ah back in days when bands made their money from selling CD’s, Having music available at a click has its upsides, but the cost of concert tickets has gotten to be ridiculous. I really hope this pricing by demand doesn’t take off here.
Metallica at Slane wasn’t bad vaule, €90, plus you got Ghost, SLF, Bokassa and Fangclub.
In 2011 I saw blink 182 in the 3 arena for 35 euro. Opening act was great too.
Its all about how much they can squeeze out of hard working people now for a bit of enjoyment. They know we need something to take our minds off the hardship so they up the prices and just use and abuse.
There’s a difference between bands wanting to turn a profit and then pure greed.
We are nothing more than hamsters in a ball to them now.
Back in the days of the celtic tiger, bands would ride around on zepplins dropping tickets on people
Feeder also supported…it was a phenomenal gig
I was at that, best gig I was ever at!
Often the support acts were better. Flaming Lips before Bob Dylan was one such case.
Jesus, I remember this concert, amazing.
“no moshing/crowd surfing” lol that surely worked out well
I was at that gig, it was unreal!
I’ve only been to one Slane and this was it. Great memories.
Presuming €59.50 is the price, inflation would mean that would be €79.28.
Harry Styles next year will cost €97.10–€256.10. I have no idea what the difference between a 97 euro ticket and a 256 euro ticket will be.
But it is really sad. Loads of people made fun of Metallica for getting shitty with Napster but ultimately Metallica were right. Bands just aren’t making the money they used because streaming just isn’t paying out as much and music fans are feeling this through increased prices for gigs and merch.
The sad thing is, stats show that a lot of people are paying 10 euro a month on Spotify to play the same 3 albums or songs back to back on repeat. Usually it would be much better for the artist to buy that album once and burning it to your hard drive instead of streaming it AND it would be cheaper for the consumer who has the album outright instead of paying the cost of the album every month for the pleasure of listening to it.
I remember back in the 2000s you could see even small bands playing to 100 or so people be able to afford to tour Ireland from all over the world in places like the Mezz because they could sell enough merch and CDs to justify it. You could see 3 international acts for 7.50 to 10. Bands that size just don’t seem to exist anymore or leave their hometown.
Streaming is too easy and convenient so I am not naive enough to think everyone will go back to CDs to help the artist. But if you do stream please drop Spotify and use something like Qobuz (highest payout to artists) or Tidal (higher payout and is available more places than Qobuz). Even if not for the artists sake, [Spotify is a pretty shitty company](https://www.youtube.co/watch?v=IZG0ksaO6w8) (43 minutes but worth the watch)
T00L price tickets this year actually made me laugh my hole off. The greed of the music industry is killing off touring pretty significantly, you’d have to be a goldfish to pay the current rates for a ‘big’ gig
I thought that said “no access prior to LIAM”
€59.50 for big gigs were the days!
i was there, hell of a gig
Celtic tiger era concerts and festivals make me so jealous I wasn’t an adult at the time. Concert promoters had the money to get fantastic lineups.
I remember that gig, Queens of the Stone Age were the best performance of the night. Foo Fighters we’re great too. RHCP were fine but the support acts out did them.
Slane really didn’t piss around with the lineups back then. Any one of those bands could have headlined themselves. Absolute dream lineup.
This was my first ever gig. My god was it fucking awesome
I know I’ll be slated, and it’s a different type of music, but Garth Brooks tickets were €65 standing and €85 seated. That’s not a bad price.
I remember in 2005 as a kid growing up in Poland I had DVD of Red Hot Chili Peppers playing there I remember big green plains stretching over horizon guess where I ended up year later
I found an old ticket stub for Massive Attack in Amsterdam 1998, at the height of their fame – €12.50
Was there building human pyramids much to the despair of security, got 5 high , biggest achievement of my 20’s
I seen U2, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Coldplay, Kelis, JJ72 all in same year at Slane. Was a good line up.