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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I think it's fair to say the summer of 96 was the greatest period in history since the birth of our lord :)"
Being as we don't remember '68 ;-)

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13322 - 28/08/2024 14:55:13    2567382

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Replying To Galway9801:  "Check out her debate with Tulsi Gubbard at the democratic primaries 4 years ago.
Harris is a weakling but even I was surprised to see her struggle to hold back tears during that head to head."
Gabbard should be the first female president of the USA.

She is formidable. Hilary Clinton was rattled by her.

eslinchickenmaryland (Leitrim) - Posts: 224 - 28/08/2024 15:52:24    2567395

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Replying To Suas Sios:  "Blur gig in Malahide was magic. I agree with your preference. Did you meet the WUM dressed all in sky blue with the Oasis t-shirt?
Still have a copy of Morning Glory somewhere. Their best album for me, and easy enough songs to play as I was learning the guitar around that age."
I seen a women wearing an Oasis T-Shirt at the Blur concert.

Ollie2 (Louth) - Posts: 866 - 28/08/2024 16:52:22    2567410

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Replying To Doylerwex:  "I think it's fair to say the summer of 96 was the greatest period in history since the birth of our lord :)"
Haha brillant Doylerwex.What a great year it was alright always a soft spot for Wexford they gave us football tickets that year and we gave them hurling ones.Maybe someday in the not too distant future it may happen again.

Proudroyal (Meath) - Posts: 283 - 28/08/2024 16:58:37    2567413

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Replying To eslinchickenmaryland:  "Gabbard should be the first female president of the USA.

She is formidable. Hilary Clinton was rattled by her."
Romney wiped the floor with Obama in their first debate. People move on. Trump gets away with murder in debates. No figures when talking about taxes or anything of any importance. Harris will be primed and prepped like nobody has before. People will argue that she will be pre rehearsed and have no off the cuff comments. She doesn't need to be. Trump won't be able to stay calm and will rant and rave.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8054 - 28/08/2024 17:08:23    2567415

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "Romney wiped the floor with Obama in their first debate. People move on. Trump gets away with murder in debates. No figures when talking about taxes or anything of any importance. Harris will be primed and prepped like nobody has before. People will argue that she will be pre rehearsed and have no off the cuff comments. She doesn't need to be. Trump won't be able to stay calm and will rant and rave."
Be interesting to see what Harris says in debates because she sure as hell isn't saying much about policy now

Trump is the one who wants the debate rules to remain the same as the first ones, muting the mics to allow uninterrupted chats by one debater whereas she wants open mics throughout.

eslinchickenmaryland (Leitrim) - Posts: 224 - 28/08/2024 20:57:23    2567438

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Replying To eslinchickenmaryland:  "Be interesting to see what Harris says in debates because she sure as hell isn't saying much about policy now

Trump is the one who wants the debate rules to remain the same as the first ones, muting the mics to allow uninterrupted chats by one debater whereas she wants open mics throughout."
You know how many lies Trump told in the first debate? Unchallenged? Of course they want an open mic because he will lose his cool.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8054 - 28/08/2024 23:54:04    2567458

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Trump just said on stage that 6 states allow you to kill a baby even after it is born. He needs this election to come fast. I actually think she will win comfortably if things continue like this.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8054 - 29/08/2024 23:09:49    2567603

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "Yeah the first two albums were really good in fairness, and like you say the later albums had a couple of great tunes as well, even if the overall quality wasn't as good as what preceded them.

Just got my pre-sale registration email as well so fingers crossed.

I'm probably being an old nostalgic git, but there aren't many current young rock bands doing anything as exciting as what Oasis brought to the table in the mid 90s? They were proper rock stars. Young working-class lads who made it big and acted accordingly, good and bad."
Did you manage to get your tickets for Oasis at a reasonable price Lockjaw? Hopefully you did.

Is it time for the GAA to review their relationship with Tickemaster when selling football and hurling matches in Croke Park and elsewhere?
I definitely think they should be given the door and for the Gaa to do the job themselves, or else outsource the job to an Irish company.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 612 - 01/09/2024 13:41:02    2567863

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Routine win for Liverpool yesterday. The hysteria over a lack of signings seems to have settled. Too early to give a verdict on Slot but so far so good.

Man Utd stuck in the mud. I don't know how Neville and Keane could keep a straight face saying they still think they will finish above Liverpool this season.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11375 - 02/09/2024 10:41:33    2567968

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Replying To letsgetgoing:  "Did you manage to get your tickets for Oasis at a reasonable price Lockjaw? Hopefully you did.

Is it time for the GAA to review their relationship with Tickemaster when selling football and hurling matches in Croke Park and elsewhere?
I definitely think they should be given the door and for the Gaa to do the job themselves, or else outsource the job to an Irish company."
Can gaa afford yo run it's own ticketing platform? Not many sports/sports organisations can afford to do that.
Outsource to which irish company and what gives idea any irish company could do any better?

KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3624 - 02/09/2024 12:24:04    2567996

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Routine win for Liverpool yesterday. The hysteria over a lack of signings seems to have settled. Too early to give a verdict on Slot but so far so good.

Man Utd stuck in the mud. I don't know how Neville and Keane could keep a straight face saying they still think they will finish above Liverpool this season."
Keane never struck a smile in his life and Neville has just run out of excuses…., he can't even blame the Glazers anymore…. Ten Hag has been given 650m to flitter away on ex Dutch league players… bonkers stuff…!

ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 2729 - 02/09/2024 13:15:07    2568018

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Replying To letsgetgoing:  "Did you manage to get your tickets for Oasis at a reasonable price Lockjaw? Hopefully you did.

Is it time for the GAA to review their relationship with Tickemaster when selling football and hurling matches in Croke Park and elsewhere?
I definitely think they should be given the door and for the Gaa to do the job themselves, or else outsource the job to an Irish company."
Na no luck unfortunately. I got into the queue alright at position 358,000!
I might get lucky and pick one up closer to the time.

The dynamic pricing model is a total ****-take. The ticket prices should have been fairly set beforehand. They obviously knew there would be massive demand and acted accordingly. Pure greed.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9449 - 02/09/2024 13:42:24    2568025

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Routine win for Liverpool yesterday. The hysteria over a lack of signings seems to have settled. Too early to give a verdict on Slot but so far so good.

Man Utd stuck in the mud. I don't know how Neville and Keane could keep a straight face saying they still think they will finish above Liverpool this season."
Utd and Liverpool? Think it will turn out that they are bald men fighting over a comb come the end of the season.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13322 - 02/09/2024 15:06:12    2568051

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "Na no luck unfortunately. I got into the queue alright at position 358,000!
I might get lucky and pick one up closer to the time.

The dynamic pricing model is a total ****-take. The ticket prices should have been fairly set beforehand. They obviously knew there would be massive demand and acted accordingly. Pure greed."
Absolute greed. People are worse though for paying stupid prices. Ticket master are only doing it because they know people will pay.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2048 - 02/09/2024 16:56:48    2568083

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Replying To Bon:  "Absolute greed. People are worse though for paying stupid prices. Ticket master are only doing it because they know people will pay."
No. Ticketmaster are doing it because Oasis decided to use the 'in-demand' option of selling the tickets. Where nearly all the cost of the extortionate ticket prices will go to the band.
Taylor Swift did not opt to use this function on her recent tour, plus her ticket sales were also staggered across different days to ease queuing.

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2643 - 02/09/2024 17:35:01    2568093

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Replying To Lockjaw:  "Na no luck unfortunately. I got into the queue alright at position 358,000!
I might get lucky and pick one up closer to the time.

The dynamic pricing model is a total ****-take. The ticket prices should have been fairly set beforehand. They obviously knew there would be massive demand and acted accordingly. Pure greed."
Good enough for anyone willing to pay in to see those pair of toss pots…. They are making pure fools out of the Irish public…

ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 2729 - 02/09/2024 17:37:39    2568095

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I was told that dynamic pricing illegal in Ireland but from the posts assume that is wrong. Absolutely shameful on the Gallagher boys part.

Brummiejoe (UK) - Posts: 6 - 03/09/2024 10:36:42    2568166

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Replying To Brummiejoe:  "I was told that dynamic pricing illegal in Ireland but from the posts assume that is wrong. Absolutely shameful on the Gallagher boys part."
If even half the rumours are true, the only things binding them back together, even temporarily, are the millions they stand to pocket. I'm totally agnostic about them so have no axe to grind but I pity those who have been duped into shelling out exorbitant ticket prices.

Freethinker (Wicklow) - Posts: 1166 - 03/09/2024 10:53:01    2568170

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We need to stop blaming musicians and promoters for maximising their profit. We live in a stupid world now where people are competing with each other to make sure they can tell anyone who will listen how they went to amazing lengths to secure tickets because they sare such huge fans of x,y or z and it's gonns be an epic weekend etc. etc. The same people will have their phones out for most of the gig trying to post the perfect shorts on their social media.

The stupidity of people drive the demand and the prices. Until these gigs stop selling out why would things change? I loved Oasis back in the day but wasn't willing to waste my morning stressed trying to secure tickets. Same for Coldplay. People need to cop on.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8054 - 03/09/2024 10:54:05    2568171

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