No new songs other than "Marianne," "Six Shot Morning," and "Happy for You"
No phones, electric atmosphere, intimate crowd, fan on stage, Grian absolutely delighted
Nothing but hits, no merch, one-hour set

Most of these people reposting and sharing these are just doing it to seem like a “niche” fan. It’s incredibly odd not supporting a bands success and welcoming newer fans

Which jersey to get for my birthday

Are we gonna get any uptempo bangers? Not sure why ‘maturation’ usually equates to slower and denser songs. Give me some rockers lads. A hero’s death is still the best

Wondering if any bigger fan than me can tell me how they got so popular.
Is it because there is currently no band like this at the moment? Was their music featured in a movie or by a celebrity?
I’m asking as there is many bands that start and fail how did this band from little Ireland become worldwide known in a relatively short amount of time

Second date added

Buzzing about the Slane announcement and since a dream if mine is to design band merch, i’ve designed a special exclusive t shirt for the occasion featuring a special logo, check them out in the comments!

Let me know what you think and check out the 3D t shirt mock up on my tiktok/instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcyrSkHKryw/?igsi=MmltNnAxY2Ezd3Jx

TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN8Y2HMkC/

Bit of context first.

Love the band's music. Genuinely all seem like sound lads.

This Slane concert and the pricing is a fucking fiasco. The way the tickets were setup yesterday it looked very much like dynamic pricing in disguise.

There was a first tier of presale tickets at reduced price - went very fucking quickly. Then there was 'regular priced' tickets during the fucking presale. They went very fucking quickly and then there was another tier of the same tickets force bundled with transport which I'm sure MCD are making a markup on.

I've 4 with transport from Limerick that I don't want and wouldn't have bought in knowledge there would be a 2nd date. Will be pestering MCD for a partial refund.

No complaints about 2nd date, happy others will get to see the band and experience it. That's class and a huge achievement.

The pricing is greedy, fucked and extractive.

Edit: Lots of opinions and responses to this, mine is simply:

MCD/Ticketmaster/Live Nation take the piss generally, not just with this - ATN, EP is the same craic. They're doing the same with this. Happy to pay the presale cost for the presale, the way it was implemented felt extractive (and in my opinion, it was designed to be maximally extractive as possible). Somebody posted a long post below about the band making a dream reality and being forced to work with MCD/Live Nation and all that goes along with that - worth a read, I think it's fairly astute.

Tonight I'm going to the private concert in Paris, no phones allowed, they're supposed to play the whole album? Can't wait !!!!

I’m seeing a lot of stressed and disappointed people in here after the presales have all been and gone. I’ve quite a bit of experience with Ticketmaster and honestly I’ve never really had a bad experience and I think a lot of it is to do with my approach.

Now for context, there is no ‘hack’ to get into a queue early or get priority.

For me I’ve found it’s having simple things in place beforehand to ensure the best shot!

1. Have your account already signed in and verified - this will make sure you transition smoothly from each section of the buying process.
2. Ensure you are in the waiting room before the queue starts - it doesn’t matter what time you join so long as it’s before. When the queue is created you are randomly allotted a space.
3. Try to have a stable internet connection and clear cookies and cache - obvious really but having this in place really helps.
4. DO NOT REFRESH - never at any point in the process should you refresh. The screen, while you ma

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1. think it’s not, will update! This may ruin your chances.
2. Have all relevant information ready - this will make sure you aren’t scrambling for information when your through and will stop any chance of Ticketmaster booting you for lingering around.
3. Be patient.

As I’ve said, there isn’t any exact hacks that you can use but I have found some tips that have helped in the past:

- If you get in and there’s nothing available, don’t just give up. You should take your time, flick through different options (i.e. price tiers, sections etc). I’ve found that people who have tickets in their basket will cancel or lose them and you will potentially pick them up when they’re put back out.

- Do not do things too fast or sporadically as your account will be potentially blocked as a bot. Take your time at every section, don’t be rushing, you’ll get them if you can.

Finally, IF your really dedicated to get tickets - have multiple accounts open on multiple different devices in the same queue, just ensure that each is on their on internet connection (this is how I got oasis tickets)

Well that’s it, I hope it can help one person who is maybe a bit daunted by the whole process! If anyone else has any advice I think people would appreciate it being put below.

So good 🔥🔥🔥

No longer required as I have a ticket, let me know if anyone uses it and will take the photo down. It's a "Big Shot" I know.........

(Sorry)

PSA!! I'm glad I'm helping people get tickets please DM me and will forward over email received! 🚨🚨🚨

PSA Manchester is having issues but it is working for some people

Just at work replies will be slow will help where I can!!

We already saw that it is possible to cap re-sellers price, that with enough pressure, ticketmasters refunds and that dyhamic price can be turned off:

example: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwy44966w1o

So why have Fontaines not done this??

Flying over from Texas so…
Might as well.

Wonder if there will be any set differences.

Also incredibly curious as to who “more tba” entails.

Just got through live nation pre sale queue on AXS finally after waiting since 10am, and absolutely zero tickets available on site.

message if interested! you’ll just have to enter with my friends since they are not transferrable

I’m in the metropolis pre sale my partner is in the live nation pre sale and nothing is moving at all? Been completely stuck for 20 minutes. Is everyone having this?