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Why Chappell Roan's Dublin gig was the event of the year*

Chappell Roan onstage in Manchester earlier this month (Photo: Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Getty)
Chappell Roan onstage in Manchester earlier this month (Photo: Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Getty)

It's been quite the week for Chappell Roan, from stealing the show at the MTV VMAs to making her Irish live debut at the 3Olympia in Dublin - officially the hottest ticket of the year. Sorry, Oasis...

Here, then, is your handy guide to the pink pony princess's Dublin gig, in ten posts:

It all started in March, when she announced a show at a Dublin venue with a capacity of 850 people (later upgraded to the 3Olympia)...

-Before promptly proceeding to become the hottest new act of the year/decade...

A select group of megafans got to join her at the Dublin soundcheck, where she sang the praises of the other pop culture icon of the hour, Charlii XCX...

You can't say that those lucky enough to land tickets didn't make the effort...

From the get-go, she had the crowd in the palm of her hand, even if she did forget the name of her album..

Considering Chappell just reportedly broke the audience record at the Lollapalooza festival in the US, and could have filled a much bigger venue for several nights, this was definitely a moment.

That said, she was almost (we said almost) upstaged by another Gen Z icon in the audience...

That's right, the star of Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was in the house.

Also, the choice one-liners came both fast, and furiously.

We'll leave the last word (for now) to a fan speaking for pretty much everyone present... Next time we're thinking the Aviva.

*The pop culture event of the year. Sorry, Taylor Swift fans.

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