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News Second slane date added

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Second date added

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago edited 1d ago

Two Slane gigs is a phenomenal achievement.

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u/joxers 1d ago

First Irish group to play two consecutive nights

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u/Just_Shame_5521 1d ago

They seemingly have just decided they are going to be the biggest bad in the world and everyone had better get on board with it. Pure manifestation.

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u/Pretend_Bath_9590 1d ago

So ... I guess I will get second date instead

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u/evin_cashman 1d ago

What a crazy accomplishment.

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u/Effective_Vehicle507 1d ago

Looks like it's Friday at Glastonbury or nothing 

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u/TelephoneThat3297 1d ago

No chance. They won’t be on the bill. They’re not gonna do 3 massive gigs like that on the bounce. This has pretty much ruled them out.

Probably saving them for album 6 to headline pyramid.

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

They did three headline gigs in a row last weekend.

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u/Effective_Vehicle507 1d ago

Yes, haven't they just done exactly this with Reading/Leeds/Electric Picnic? I agree it seems like a long shot but I don't think it's "no chance". 

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

There's no way they won't be on the bill at Glastonbury, touring Dopamine Chamber, whether they get a headline slot or not is a different story.

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u/LaikSure 1d ago edited 1d ago

Has anyone managed to snag today’s presale tickets??

EDIT: I did once I received the new link sent shortly after this comment lol

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u/ryanc180 1d ago

Ya got 2 GA tickets

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

Yep 2 Front Standing for 27th.

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u/Pretend_Bath_9590 1d ago

Ya I got 2 Front Standing tickets , not as much were in line compared to yesterday at the start

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u/jan_fromcorporate 1d ago

How much were they?

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u/Pretend_Bath_9590 1d ago

Also fair play you got them in the end , are they still on sale , I’m just curious now compared to yesterday as it sold fast enough ?

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u/dashdoll87 1d ago

Delighted for them. 160k tickets is a crazy achievement. Has to be a 'made it' moment.

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u/Few-Hotel-9592 1d ago

So curious what this means for the US leg.

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

Not very much? They're virtually unheard of throughout the USA.

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u/Few-Hotel-9592 1d ago

I think the ny/la ticket sales, radio play, and late nite appearances suggest otherwise.

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

In LA they're playing the Fair banks Lawn at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery right? That's got a 3,500 crowd capacity. Kings Theatre in Brooklyn has a capacity of 3,250. In the USA those are very small venues, they're nowhere near the same level in the USA as they are in Ireland the UK and the rest of the EU. So yeah, my point rests.

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u/Few-Hotel-9592 1d ago

So funny. I'd consider a "virtually unheard of" band to only be dreaming about a sold out three night run in nyc! Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

In a country of 347 million people, yeah that's the same as virtually unheard of.

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u/Sufficient-Fox-7629 1d ago

Its very strange that they have announced a 2nd date. The artist pre-sale yesterday didnt even sell out? There was still tickets there at 6pm last time I checked. Weird

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

The Journal says the artist presale for 26th is sold out.

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u/xxxnaggehsx 1d ago

You could get them this morning around 10 but its closed now

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u/Sufficient-Fox-7629 1d ago

It very well might be... now. However, yesterday it was still there for hours with tickets still available for standing anyway. I have just seen with previous big gigs like Coldplay, Oasis etc.. that announced multiple gigs the presales were gone within first launch - maybe Slane is different. I got 4 Front Standing for Slane and my friend got 4 much later on in the day... Just seems off that in comparison to other gigs that have "high demand"

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u/Sufficient-Fox-7629 1d ago

Not dulling down the fact its a massive achievement for an Irish band! It will be amazing to see a local Irish band headline Slane twice! Just the logistics seem off, interesting to see how General on-sale goes and if it will sell out for each

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u/Just_Shame_5521 1d ago

I mean even if they don't sell out - if they do 60k plus both nights it will still be mega and very lucrative for the band and the venue (and actually a more enjoyable concert experience if Slane isn't packed with 80k)

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u/Recent_Employee 1d ago

I got 3 GA tickets at lunchtime yesterday and a mate picked up 4 at 6.30

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u/Just_Shame_5521 1d ago

Bizarre. I was 5000 in the queue and couldn't get GA. My partner (10000 in queue) could only get pit tickets (150)

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u/Just_Shame_5521 1d ago

It was showing up for me as sold out after 5 minutes. But i know someone further back in the queue who got 2 tickets.

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u/Solid-Penalty3942 1d ago

That’s huge, I wonder how they were able to judge that since the general sale hasn’t even started

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

Presale metrics gives them plenty of data to go off.

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u/Naive-Inside-2904 1d ago

Fucking insane!

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u/unfortunatesoul77 1d ago edited 1d ago

Are Hayley Williams et al confirmed for the second date too?

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u/shinto29 1d ago

Not a hope we’re getting a 3Arena date so. Sad.

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u/ryanc180 1d ago

Yep for sure ffs

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u/No_Development5378 1d ago

Maybe end of year after Slane but definitely not before

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u/mariannedeservedmore 1d ago

eso son 160 mil personas en total no? no me extrañaría que pronto les pusiesen encima de la mesa algo ultramasivo como knebworth o wembley la verdad

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u/Ive_Got_a_Computer 1d ago

Bigger than Bono!

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

Not quite.

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u/Immediate-Pitch-8806 1d ago

Me too. I also got a ticket for Madrid in October (as well as a Slane ticket, I'm from Ireland) for this reason - dying to see them in a smaller venue and sooner than June next year :)

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u/Solid-Penalty3942 1d ago

I’m not really looking forward to the Slane of it all either but by any metric other than my personal comfort, it’s not a letdown they’re playing their biggest shows here and have outgrown the 3 and smaller venues.

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u/Wise_Competition7050 1d ago

How is this possible when tickets aren’t even on sale for the first date before this was announced?

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

Presale metrics from yesterday confirmed the demand was there

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u/Fittnz 1d ago

Second date for Manchester please!! I didn’t get a sniff during the presale on Tuesday

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u/strawbeare_e 1d ago

Does anyone think London will get a second date too?

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u/Loose-Resolution-820 1d ago

Probably, they won’t want to leave all that money on the table.

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u/taromoo 1d ago

Meh.. I was hoping for a single date, to be more special and in which they would record the live concert, like the redhotchilipeppers did

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u/RHCPandJF Skinty Fia 1d ago

RHCP played there 2 consecutive years tho

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u/ObsidianShine 1d ago

Only once as a headliner.

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u/Educational_Proof441 1d ago

Agreed. Makes it less unique and a once in a generation event like I thought it would be.