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Heading to AC/DC in Croke Park tonight? Here's everything you need to know

Dublin is the last stop of the European leg of the band’s Power Up tour.

ROCK BAND AC/DC are taking to the stage in Croke Park this evening, their first Irish show in nine years.

Dublin is the last stop of the European leg of the band’s Power Up tour, which is named after their latest album.

If you’re heading to the gig today, here’s everything you need to know.

Who’s playing?

AC/DC formed in 1973, so its members have changed over the years. The line-up on this tour is: Brian Johnson (lead vocals), Angus Young (lead guitar, backing vocals), Stevie Young (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Chris Chaney (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Matt Laug (drums).

When does it start?

Doors open at 5pm and the support act is expected to take the stage around 7pm, with AC/DC usually following around 8.30pm.

Who is the support act?

The Pretty Reckless, a rock band from New York City. The lead vocalist is Taylor Momsen (who, if you don’t know from her music career, you may recognise from playing Jenny Humphrey in Gossip Girl). 

How do I get there?

There’s a fair number of Dublin Bus routes that go to or near Croke Park and Drumcondra: 1, 6, 7, 7a, 11, 13, 15, 16 27, 27a, 27b, 33, 40, 40b, 40d, 40e, 41b, 41c, 41d, 42, 43, 44, 53a, 122, 123, and 130.

Dublin Bus usually operates some diversions on concert and match days. The exact operating times of the diversions for this concert should be confirmed today.

The route diversion plan involves the 1, 11, 13, 16, 33, 41/a/b/c, and 44.

Outbound diversion plan: Buses take the normal route to Dorset Street then divert via Whitworth Road to Prospect Road, Prospect Way, Botanic Road, Mobhi Road. The 11 and 13 resume their normal route. Buses turn at Ballymun Road Triangle to Griffith Avenue to Swords Road and back onto the normal route.

Inbound diversion plan: Normal route to Swords Road. 1, 16, 33, 41/a/b/c then divert to Griffith Avenue, Mobhi Road (where 11 and 13 divert), Botanic Road, Whitworth Road to Dorset Street and then return to the normal route. 

Other transport options in the city are the Green and Red Luas lines. Get the Red Line to Connolly or the Green line to Parnell or Marlborough and it’s around a 20-25 minute walk from any of those stops to Croke Park.

The closest DART stations are Connolly and Clontarf (though Clontarf could take about 25-30 minutes to walk from to Croke Park). If you’re coming from further field, the closest railway station is Drumcondra, which is only a few minutes from the stadium.

The Dublinbikes.ie share scheme has stations not too far from Croke Park. The closest one is on the North Circular Road.

When you arrive near Croke Park, follow the route that matches the colour listed on your ticket.

Am I allowed to bring a bag?

The show’s promoter MCD has advised concert-goers not to bring large bags or backpacks as they may be delayed or refused entry. There are no storage facilities at the site.

Bags smaller than A4 size should be okay but bag larger than A4, as well as glass or cans, umbrellas, alcohol, garden furniture, selfie sticks, flares, professional cameras and audio recording equipment will not be permitted, nor will banners, flags or posters larger than A3 that could impede other attendees’ view.

Regarding drink bottles, MCD says: “No glass, metal or hard plastic bottles will be permitted. No bottles of any kind are permitted on the pitch. Standing ticketholders should not carry any sort of reusable bottles. Seated ticketholders may carry resealable soft collapsible water skin/bottles.”

What will the weather be like?

Met Éireann’s forecast says it’ll be a cloudy day with temperature highs of 16 to 19 degrees, followed by an evening with sunny spells but some isolated showers.

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    Mute Owen G Mc Ginley
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    Jan 17th 2023, 6:13 PM

    Very strange that Germany can expand a Coal Mine, but the Irish have to close their Bogs and stop cutting Turf. Where’s the equality in Europe.

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    Mute Giles Wolohan
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    Jan 17th 2023, 6:20 PM

    @Owen G Mc Ginley: all down to good old eamo

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    Mute David Jordan
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    Jan 17th 2023, 6:28 PM

    @Owen G Mc Ginley: Turf cutting is regulated under the RAMSAR Directive, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), EU legislation, including the Water Framework
    Directive etc., the main aims of these international agreements is to preserve biodiversity, reducing CO2 emissions plays a secondary role. These lignite coal mines are not wetlands, so they avoided most regulations that govern turf cutting.

    Germany reopened its lignite coal mines after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, that resulted in them deciding to close all their Nuclear Power Plants under pressure from the Greens. That resulted in a shortfall in energy generation as they had not built enough renewable generation to fill the gap, that gap was filled by reopening giant Lignite mines and importing more electricity from France (which ironically gets most of its energy from Nuclear).

    https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-climate-targets

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    Mute Hugh Mc Donnell
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    Jan 17th 2023, 6:31 PM

    @Owen G Mc Ginley: eamon wants to be a great green god of Europe.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:38 PM

    @Giles Wolohan: Good old Vlad more like.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 11:37 PM

    @David Jordan: David they are reopening the coal mines not because of Fukushima but the sanctions they put on Russian gas and the Nord stream pipeline being blown up.

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    Mute Phil Keran
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    Jan 18th 2023, 12:01 AM

    @Owen G Mc Ginley: you do know we have plenty of our own coal mines in Ireland, that should be opened up too, if the Germanys can do it why can’t we!!!!

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    Jan 18th 2023, 9:07 AM

    @Phil Keran: plenty of coal mines… :-D Name one that would be profitable to put on stream….

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    Jan 18th 2023, 9:37 AM

    @Mac Dara Powell: no, this is not related to recent events. The protests have been going on since 2012, the sizes of the protests increase when a village gets demolished.

    Under German law all lignite mines are due to close by 2038, that hasn’t changed. Also, the Garzweiler II mine is due to close sooner, by 2030, that hasn’t changed. Germany extended the life of its lignite mines after the 2011 Fukushima disaster and closure of all its nuclear power plants.

    Garzweiler II mine opened in 1980, the planned demolition of 12 villages and towns, and the eviction of 12,000 people, is part of the long term plan to expand the surface mine. The mine covers an area of 32 km2, but it’s approved to expand to over an area of 110 km2 (area of Dublin City, not county). It will mine 1.1 billion tonnes of Lignite over the next c. 7-8 years.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 6:28 PM

    Should just ignore her spoilt brat

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    Mute thesaltyurchin
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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:17 PM

    @John Moloney: stay classy John.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:19 PM

    @John Moloney: Can you explain how she is spoilt? All ears if you have some evidence of that, not an opinion or conspiracy but actual evidence

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:32 PM

    @John Moloney: daft comment

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:38 PM

    @jason weir: Really thats your opinion in reality its true

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    Jan 17th 2023, 8:23 PM

    @John Moloney: Maybe she appears that way to you because she wants to save this planet and its ecosystem to stop humans from destroying everything in the name of profit. She’s not just going to accept the status quo ‘this is just the way it is’ and I respect her for that. She could go to college, become an accountant, and be a 9 to 5 droid to our economic system for the rest of her life (the system which is destroying our planet for profit) but she’s chosen to be give up any semblance of a normal childhood and early adulthood to raise awareness. Full respect from me.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 9:08 PM

    @JC O’Connachain: Greta Thunberg’s net worth in over $1 million. Do not think she is suffering from lack of food and shelter as are millions of people in third world countries who need cheap fuel for heat and survival. Greta is a perfect example of the do as I say not as I do twits of this world.

    https://www.tuko.co.ke/406466-greta-thunberg-net-worth-2022-how-wealthy-teen-climate-activist.html

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    Jan 17th 2023, 9:55 PM

    @Tomo: save the planet explain how she gets to every country while she saves the planet is she walking

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    Mute Type17
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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:02 PM

    @Don Hogan: So do you have to be especially poor before you’re allowed to protest climate breakdown? What’s the cut-off point? Can you protest a bit if you’re quite well-off, but not really rich?

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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:04 PM

    @Tomo: 100% agree

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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:27 PM

    @John Moloney: So your logic is:

    Greta uses public transport like the rest of us = as a result she’s not allowed to criticise the system or raise awareness?

    That’s like saying people who use the HSE services can’t criticise the government’s health policies. Ridiculous logic – in fact I’m not sure that’s logic at all.

    100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions. The only meaningful change is for government intervention and regulation. Individuals doing x or y isn’t going to do anything.

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    Jan 18th 2023, 12:14 PM

    @John Moloney: Ignore John, he won’t save ye. He’s the spoilt one here.

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    Jan 18th 2023, 7:16 PM

    @Don Hogan: Ah Don, I’ve read the above article and if you are basing your argument on something the Sun says you are on a weak footing. They have had classy views on a wide range of things including Hillsborough

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    Jan 18th 2023, 10:09 PM

    @JC O’Connachain: the staged ‘arrest’ to enhance her activist status.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:39 PM

    Good to see the German cops doing their job, climate zealots ideology don’t care that their is a very serious temporary energy problem for Germany and Europe, only care about their own climate Religion,

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:45 PM

    @Ned: yep nazis onthe rise again cop on ya fool

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:49 PM

    @Ned: ‘Temporary energy problem’? Can you expand on that?

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    Jan 17th 2023, 8:01 PM

    @Ned: This is not related to recent events, Germany reopened its Lignite surface mines after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, which provoked them to close all their nuclear reactors.

    The demolition of 12 villages and towns is part of the long term plan to expand the Garzweiler surface mine. The mine covers an area of 32 km2, but it’s approved to expand to over an area of 110 km2 (area of Dublin City, not county).

    View of the mine: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48734321

    It will mine 1.1 billion tonnes of Lignite over the next 15 years, until 2038, after which Germany will phase out Lignite mining.

    It won’t be 110 km2 at any one time, as it fills in the hole behind it as it goes and the land is put back the way as it was, but minus the 12,000 people that will be evicted from their homes (30,000 people were evicted since 1980).

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    Jan 17th 2023, 9:30 PM

    @David Jordan: I think more impactful views of the mine literally eating up farmland and nearing the next villages in The Atlantic here:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2023/01/luetzerath-protests-german-coal-mine-expands/672696/

    Kind of apocalyptic looking to my eyes

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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:00 PM

    @jason weir: name caller you just revealed the type of person you are, you have a lot of class all of it low.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:02 PM

    @Claude Saulnier: no need you should know if you are paying attention to what is going on in Europe right now.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:04 PM

    @David Jordan: fair comment but I have read somewhere that the Germans want faze out coal in the next 10 years??

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    Jan 18th 2023, 12:06 AM

    @Ned: say they haven’t been paying attention, can you not explain considering you seem to know so much?

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    Jan 18th 2023, 12:41 AM

    @Jen Mc: nothing to explain, with all the news and social media to tap into for all this info not my problem if some people have their head in the sand like the auld ostrich,

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:30 PM

    Why isn’t she in school

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:34 PM

    @Míleata Watch Co: think shes too old why are you not in play school

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    Jan 17th 2023, 7:41 PM

    @John Moloney: sad post

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    Jan 17th 2023, 8:23 PM

    @Míleata Watch Co: She’s 20. An adult. She can do what she wants!

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    Jan 17th 2023, 9:11 PM

    @damian: John Moloney is our resident Ukraine expert. Maybe he should stick with what he knows best.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:42 PM

    @Míleata Watch Co:
    Seriously? Where have you been for the past five years? Don’t you understand yet why she is not in school? Why millions of students follow her in not being in school? Are you a recently arrived alien?

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    Jan 17th 2023, 6:36 PM

    Wow, woman arrested in Germany at protest .

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    Jan 17th 2023, 6:19 PM

    #freeGreta

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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:06 PM

    @Séan Ó Nuanáin: she’s free so????

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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:22 PM

    All I see here is a lot of grown men disliking a young adult for no reason. There’s just no way she has affected any of their lives.

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    Jan 18th 2023, 12:09 AM

    @Jen Mc: It’s to do with a subconscious bias towards a young girl trying to change the world for the better. Psychologists reckon it’s a loss of control thing. There’s a mountain of science behind it. It’s fascinating. BTW, I’m a middle aged man and I think she’s doing a great job.

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    Jan 18th 2023, 12:20 AM

    @Stephen Deegan: I think you’ve hit the nail on the head, Stephen. And to be fair there a few lads here supporting her. I guess I’m just also surprised by the amount here who dislike her for no apparent reason.

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    Jan 18th 2023, 1:03 AM

    @Jen Mc: a sure nobody men or women dislikes her they just dislike how they zealots in the climate religion use her for their own interests.

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    Jan 17th 2023, 10:06 PM

    Pity about her

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    Jan 17th 2023, 6:09 PM

    Where’s the wizard of mud video?

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    Jan 17th 2023, 9:16 PM

    That’s gas

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    Jan 18th 2023, 4:22 AM

    I didnt like her before but she layed the smackdown on Andrew Tate so that put her up in my estimation.

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    Jan 18th 2023, 10:28 AM

    Splashing paint on the poor coal….but seriously, it seems she’s gotta protest at anything to remain relevant.

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    Jan 18th 2023, 6:36 PM

    Great photo! Everyone looks quite content.

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