Details on MCD’s Phoenix Park concerts
Jim Carroll
Big thanks to OTR reader Brian Daly for uncovering this info-dump from MCD’s licence application for a series of Phoenix Park shows next summer.
We can expect a minimum of three and a maximum of seven shows at the Ashtown site in the Park between July 5 and 26.
Capacity for each event is 45,500 plus 2,500 stewards and guests.
The site will feature only one stage and the age demographic is described as “16 to 65″. One act is named in the document and that’s The Stone Roses.
There will be two bars in operation and 28 concession stands. Licence indicates that there are plans to run shuttle buses from Custom House Quay to the site. Other useful info: 228 female WCs, 47 male WCs, 182 urinals and 3 disabled access loos. Per Brian, “no mention if these are Olympic standard loos”.
Blur/Radiohead/Jay-Z & Kanye also rumoured…
Be a good few holding off until they get the weather forecast so……
and on that note……www.yr.no is hands down the best weather website out there. Puts Met Eireann to shame
The Three Amigos too. Jimmy Buckley and the lads are packing them all all over the country. It’s going to be Ireland’s biggest ever jiving spectacular.
ronan c – Jimmy and the lads plus Tommy Fleming and the High Kings. Would sell more tickets than Joanna Newsom in Marlay Park for sure (and Villagers)
48000 odd people and 2 bars… Uh oh… I sense a forbidden fruit stlye fiasco here…
@ 4 Tommy wouldnt be able for an outdoor gig in the middle of summer with that fair skin and red hair
ah googliing for the licence application! an old trick of my own,heh.
So, 47,000 people at full capacity. That means at least 23,500 males.
229 toilets for them to share.
Therefore, 1 toilet per 102.6 men.
Maybe that’s why they only have 2 bars!!
Gotta be Coldplay taking up one of those nights.
2 bars for 45,500 Irish people ! Only one way that’s going to end up.
Note that the capacity is up to 45,500 plus the staff and guests.
@ CPL593H there’s actually an equation to decide the number of loos based on the audience size and the number of hours of operation. If the show starts at 18:00 and is over by 10:30/11:00 then that’s 4 hours. Don’t forget there’s 182 urinals as well. Plus given that it’s an Irish gig the fence will also be in use or where ever you fancy. Only noted the loos since it was brought up in the other thread!
@Bookatlas Wasn’t the Forbidden Fruit bar problems caused by “mechanical failure” rather than the number of bars. I would have thought that 2 large multilane bars would be sufficient for a gig that size.
Other acts playing surely one or more of the following…Black Sabbath, Beach Boys, Radiohead, Rihanna, Coldplay….
I bet MCD will bring back Neil Diamond for this series of gigs
@ 12
Sabbath will only be playing once they have that new album released. Think they are only just starting to write it now so i wouldnt be too sure they will be playing
So its sold out, where does this leave us now fellow cynics?