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LAST WEEK, THE popular UK singer Ed Sheeran announced his biggest Irish tour to date – playing shows in Galway, Cork, Dublin and Belfast next May.
Tickets for these shows officially go on sale online and from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide tomorrow morning at 9am.
But Sheeran’s fans – eager to make sure they secure tickets – have been queuing up super early outside Ticketmaster outlets in Cork and Galway.
Cork man Daithi took this snap at Merchant’s Quay in the city yesterday afternoon:
Since then queues have picked up in locations across the country.
This is the state of affairs in Galway:
Jin Yong / TwitterQueue for Ed Sheeran tickets 🌎#Galway pic.twitter.com/VSrAdIX5WX
— Jin Yong (@jinyongart) July 7, 2017
Connacht / CityTribune/TwitterThe queue on Shop Street in Galway for @edsheeran tickets, which go on sale at 9am tomorrow. Some have been here since 9pm last night. pic.twitter.com/89Hso0Z7i1
— Connacht/CityTribune (@CTribune) July 7, 2017
(If you can’t watch the video click here)
One person queuing in Galway spoke to RTÉ’s Pat McGrath about why she was out so early.
“Because it’s Ed Sheeran and he’s amazing and more especially because he’s in Galway and not Dublin or anywhere else,” the fan said.
“He’s just out the road so it makes it more special.
I watched him perform in Glastonbury and he performed for over three hours and he was just unreal so to see him live is just going to be amazing.
Fans were also spotted queuing in Kilkenny:
Enda McEvoy / TwitterIn line with Davy Holland's dire warnings this isn't technically a queue outside @Rollercoaster for Ed Sheeran tickets. And it's almost 6pm. pic.twitter.com/sotonZ0QRe
— Enda McEvoy (@EndaEndamac95) July 7, 2017
Sheeran will play gigs in Cork’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast, Pearse Stadium in Galway and the Phoenix Park in Dublin.
The popular singer played two sold out shows in Croke Park last year, as well as two gigs in the 3Arena in April, which sold out in five minutes.
In an attempt to clampdown on unauthorised selling of tickets, the person who purchased tickets on their credit card will have to go to the concert themselves.
If it’s a case where a parent bought the tickets on their credit card for their child, the child will need to present a copy of the card as well as ID showing the family name.
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This proves how important it is for the human race to find another planet to start civilisation again.
Though at least he can write and play. Just too much saturation in media.
@Scundered: He doesn’t write. The songs are written for him. Check the credits.
@alan: ok then I take back 50% of my statement!
@Scundered: Lol. Well, he’s not much of a guitarist either (which is why he has to use loops). Where does that leave us!
@alan: well at least he’s good looking, no wait, scrub that.
At least he’s not using auto tune.
@Scundered: Nailed! That must be the highest recommendation for him. He doesn’t use autotune. You have almost convinced me that it might be worth queuing for ticket
@alan: I just checked the credits and he’s credited as a writer on all his songs. Some on his own and more with one other person, which isn’t that unusual.
He can’t be all that bad , apparently the great Stevie Wonder has said , he would love to be able to see Ed Sheeran in concert .
@Ken Hayden: think he said anyone in concert
@Daniel O’Connor: Someone’s awake , :)
Being caught queuing for Ed Sheeran tickets and photographed would be my biggest nightmare. I’d never be able to show my face on Ballybeg High Street again or a group of ten year old schoolgirls would beat me up.
I thoroughly respect this lad, even though I wouldn’t put on a song of his out of my own accord. But one comes on the air, I’ll tend to listen, and I watched the documentary of his Wembley gigs, which was quite enjoyable.
I particularly respect his loop station skills (to remain a solo performer). Been trying a loop pedal with my cello, and it isn’t trivial stuff at all. The fact that people’ve been thinking he uses backing tracks, well, he should’ve considered that a compliment instead of getting annoyed.
@Mick Tobin: Loop pedals are simple to use. You press the pedal and the loop starts . You press it again and it stops. And so on. Then you play the loops back. Loops are a form of backing track created there and then. Maybe solo cello might be the better option for you?
@alan: Sure, the theory is always simple. Like: you bow the cello string and you get a tone. Or stack 3rd intervals on the piano and you get chords. But then to make music is another matter.
I’ve found it’s similar with a loop pedal. It’s simple enough to start a loop and to layer another one, but to integrate this into a tune is definitely tricky. Especially if the tune has multiple parts that modulate: it can quickly get repetitive and boring if you don’t master that part properly (and many don’t even bother).
But hey, I’m learning, and bumped into a lad the other day willing to give lessons. Just like Sheeran took ‘m. :)
Anyone buyin or sellin a Dave Fanning ticket?
They have the internet on computers now
He was here this year, and before that. He’s here next year seven times. He has a million gigs in the U.K. too.
You shouldn’t have to waste 2 days of your life queuing for tickets to get to see him. With that many dates my five year old would be able to secure a ticket!
The only act I would ever queue for would be Led Zeppelin
@Quentin Moriarty: the most overrated band of all time.
@Conor Byrne: “Stairway to Heaven” is rated as one of the best songs ever. By people. So your comment is daft.
@Conor Byrne: haha
Ok….Enjoy!
Sign of a lazy overpaid society!
@John Mcloughlin: define overpaid? 50k salary? Maybe 80k?
The lunatics have taken over the outdoor asylum.
Ed Sheeran isn’t my cup of tea but he an ok ish pop star. But 300k tickets available, come on Louis Walsh has paid these people to que.
Freaks
mad in navan people had tents and all
Ed sheeran makes me vomit
@Louise Ní Riain: He’s not great at cooking so obviously
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