Look out Croke Park - Cork GAA's revamped Pairc Uí Chaoimh looks set to host a series of major concerts from May 2018 with U2 and Garth Brooks amongst the names being bandied about.
John Mullins, the Stadium Building Committee chairman, confirmed that major concerts will be staged at the Leeside stadium next year after a €70m refurbishment of the venue, originally built in the 1970s.
Speaking on local Cork radio station RedFM, Mullins said the revamped stadium, where the likes of Prince and Michael Jackson played in the past, was purpose-designed to allow major concerts to be held there.
"We have definitive plans for concerts next year," he said. "In all likelihood they will be starting in May. We were too late for the summer market this year and there would have been uncertainty around certain elements of the stadium."
So far, no acts have been confirmed for the venue, which will also house major gaelic football and hurling fixtures, including some of this summer's championship games.
The first major GAA match for the new 45,000 capacity stadium will be the Munster Football Final on July 2.
"Now that we are closer to the stadium opening which is going to be at the end of June, we are confident we can provide promoters like Aiken and Desmond (MCD) what they want in terms of the ergonomics of the stadium," Mullins explained.
"We will definitely have concerts next summer, starting in all likelihood in May. So watch this space."
