Coldplay have sold out their Croke Park concert next year with disappointed fans now pinning their hopes on a second date being added.
Tickets for the show in Croker on Saturday July 8, 2017, which is part of the A Head Full of Dreams tour, went on sale at 9am this morning and were quickly snapped up by fans in under forty minutes. Many though were angry to see tickets quickly being offered for sale on secondary sites for several times their original value.
Some fans had braved the chilly temperatures and queued out overnight or since early this morning in the hope of getting their hands on tickets.
The Q is building on Kieran St in Kilkenny outside @Rollerkilkenny ahead of the @coldplay ticket sale at 9am. #KCLRbreakfast pic.twitter.com/XqYaGwuFal
— KCLR 96FM (@kclr96fm) October 7, 2016
@coldplay can't even see the end #Dublin #AHFODtour2017 pic.twitter.com/AZKyfVFnGk
— Maria McGrath (@memidemia) October 7, 2016
Demand was bound to have been high as Coldplay last performed in Ireland at Oxegen back in 2011. They had previously played a sold-out show at the Phoenix Park in 2009, and a gig at the then-newly revamped O2 [3Arena] a year earlier.
Munich Lyon Vienna Leipzig Hannover Warsaw Brussels Gothenburg Frankfurt Milan Dublin Cardiff Paris #AHFODtour pic.twitter.com/9R5WGaKFc5
— Coldplay (@coldplay) October 3, 2016
Fans unable to nab tickets have been calling on promoters to add a second date to the Dublin venue. They've been given some hope after extra dates have already been added to their tour stops in Milan, Cardiff and Brussels following sell-out shows there.
The GAA headquarters is allowed to hold three concerts each summer under a 2009 agreement with local residents. However promoters MCD have yet to confirm if a second date is to be added.
Many fans have been angry over the fact that tickets had been snapped up by touts and were already being sold on resale sites for a multiple of their original face value even before the tickets had officially sold out.
Some of the ticket prices for Coldplay in Dublin prices for 2 tickets nearly fell of my chair pic.twitter.com/WAtKlOYpLz
— all things grey (@hopemagic) October 7, 2016
@coldplay be advised, tickets for Dublin 'sold out',appeared immediately on 'Seatwave' for minimum €250. Fans being scammed by ticketmaster.
— Susan Coffey (@sucoff) October 7, 2016
There's now been renewed calls for the government to introduce legislation to outlaw the practice. Fine Gael Deputy Noel Rock has been working on a Private Members Bill to protect consumers from unscrupulous touts.
"I believe today's events have shown that the Government needs to press ahead with legislation to prevent over face value ticket reselling. Ticket touts are gouging hard working people left, right and centre with absolutely disgraceful price demands", he said.
@coldplay please another date in Dublin!!!!!!!! Can't miss it! #Coldplay #Dublin
— beatrice gnassi (@BeaG77) October 7, 2016
Waiting for a second #Coldplay #CrokePark gig to be announced! pic.twitter.com/C8lMyPzuR5
— Rory Flanigan (@Flan8) October 7, 2016
Hi @coldplay second night in Croke Park please!! :) #Coldplay #Crokepark
— Ruth Keane (@ruthke) October 7, 2016
I have no words 😫 totally heartbroken not to get my hands on tickets to @coldplay at #crokepark please add another date 🇮🇪🙌🏻🙏🏻 #Coldplay
— Danielle Stewart (@Legs_87) October 7, 2016
Another date plz Coldplay tenks
— Amie Wiley (@Amiewiley_) October 7, 2016
#Coldplay absolutely raging, they need to do a second date pls x
— YoutubersMakeMeHappy (@Emma2k131) October 7, 2016
For those who have paid the €800 to ticket touts, I really hope they put on a second show! #coldplay #dublin #tickets
— Darren Farrelly (@dazfazz) October 7, 2016
But spare a thought for this unfortunate punter:
I 've just bought #Coldplay tickets for Cardiff instead of Dublin by mistake. Aargh! What shall I do?!
— Gabrielle (@GabrielleBH) October 7, 2016
