The Gareth Brooks thread (1 Viewer)

[Cormcolash]

Croker should be semi-finals and finals only really

 

[rettucs]

Croker should be semi-finals and finals only really

spoken like a true west-brit

 

[Lili Marlene]

Garth Brooks returns to Dublin and says cancellation of 2014 gigs was like a 'death in the family'

The country music superstar is confirmed to play at least two Dublin concerts next September.

www.thejournal.ie

Playing two gigs, with five gigs approved.


Look, i'm not saying it's all going to go tits up again but there's plenty of scope for it to happen. Can't wait!

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Garth Brooks returns to Dublin and says cancellation of 2014 gigs was like a 'death in the family'

The country music superstar is confirmed to play at least two Dublin concerts next September.

www.thejournal.ie

Playing two gigs, with five gigs approved.


Look, i'm not saying it's all going to go tits up again but there's plenty of scope for it to happen. Can't wait!

typo - I'm sure headline should really read 'debt in the family'

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I'm surprised he bothers with little ol Ireland. I'm sure he does very well just playing in the US.
Much easier logistically, loads of rednecks.

 

[ann post]

He really is kinda manic or something talking. I don't know the right word.

 

[seanc]

I'm not inclined to compare Gareth to Bruce Springsteen, but the boss seems to genuinely love Ireland too. He started and ended his Seeger Sessions tour in The Point, with the last gig taped for the DVD. Yes, we are old.

I guess there's some kind of overlap between Brooks fans and Springsteen fans. Sentimental Americana or something. Again, I do like Bruce, I feel a little dirty comparing him to Gearóid.

I would assume there is some kind of tax break thing going on.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I'm not inclined to compare Gareth to Bruce Springsteen, but the boss seems to genuinely love Ireland too. He started and ended his Seeger Sessions tour in The Point, with the last gig taped for the DVD. Yes, we are old.

I guess there's some kind of overlap between Brooks fans and Springsteen fans. Sentimental Americana or something. Again, I do like Bruce, I feel a little dirty comparing him to Gearóid.

I would assume there is some kind of tax break thing going on.

Is Bruce Springsteen the thinking man’s Gareth brooks?

Maybe their love of Ireland is due to the fact that people will pay to see them 5 times in a row

 

[seanc]

Is Bruce Springsteen the thinking man’s Gareth brooks?

Maybe their love of Ireland is due to the fact that people will pay to see them 5 times in a row

You do have a point there. Any time I saw Bruce (I think about 8 times), quite a lot of the crowd were middle-aged, moneyed and mad for merch.

I do want to think that Bruce fans are a little more "thinking man" than Brooks enthusiasts. But really a big chunk of them are business guys who got free tickets through work or something.

But I don't think selling a few extra t-shirts makes Ireland special. There must be something else.

 

[ann post]

spruce bringsteen is for late stage capitalists who want to believe they are still somewhere close to a working/labour class ethic because some lad dresses in denims. I'm not saying he's not a good writer at times, but the schtick isn't much different to tom waits homeless chic. Gareth brooks is for rural people who want to erase actual irish rural history and replace it with the one that they saw on television.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I hope they get the five nights. Make it ten, give the people what they want.

 

[seanc]

spruce bringsteen is for late stage capitalists who want to believe they are still somewhere close to a working/labour class ethic because some lad dresses in denims. I'm not saying he's not a good writer at times, but the schtick isn't much different to tom waits homeless chic. Gareth brooks is for rural people who want to erase actual irish rural history and replace it with the one that they saw on television.

Well it means a lot to me!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ann post]

Well it means a lot to me!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah fair enough, since the mine closed down, and the factory closed down this town has lost its soul. I mean how does a young man even graft for a v8 now? This car advert is losing its soul.

Sorry i'm in an awful mood

 

[seanc]

I can tell man actually.
Don't go Johnny 99 on us mate.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

spruce bringsteen is for late stage capitalists who want to believe they are still somewhere close to a working/labour class ethic because some lad dresses in denims. I'm not saying he's not a good writer at times, but the schtick isn't much different to tom waits homeless chic. Gareth brooks is for rural people who want to erase actual irish rural history and replace it with the one that they saw on television.

Not all Bruce fans in fairness, but there are more than a few.

 

[nuke terrorist]

I saw Garth Crooks twice at Wembley in 1981 and '82, he was pretty good as I remember.

 

[egg_]

I'm not saying he's not a good writer at times, but the schtick isn't much different to tom waits homeless chic

Songs are allowed to be fictional. Repeat after me

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Yeah but that whole fake persona thing is banned

 

[chris d]

No one seems to give much of a shit this time? Or is it the 2 years of covid malaise dulling my brain to not noticing.

 

[ann post]

Songs are allowed to be fictional. Repeat after me

Songs not being allowed to be fictional is definitely exactly what i said.