While there were more than 11,000 people in the line for tickets to see Robbie Williams play Croke Park next August as the general sale began on Friday morning there was none of the frenzy or the disappointment that surrounded the Oasis reunion ticket sale of the late summer.
There was no sign of – or perhaps no need for – the controversial dynamic pricing model deployed by concert promoters MCD either and all those in the queue had been comfortably catered for within an hour leaving plenty of tickets priced at around €120 for latecomers.
At exactly 10am the general sale started and by the time The Irish Times had joined seconds later, there were 11,146 people already in the waiting room.
The line moved fast however and within 20 minutes tickets costing €112.25 plus a €10.50 booking fee were made available on the Ticketmaster platform.
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At around 10:30am there were just under 5,000 people still waiting to buy tickets but by midday there wasn’t any queue and the same priced tickets were still available
The show on August 23rd is part of the Robbie Williams Live 2025 tour across the UK and Europe next summer with Elbow lined up to play a supporting role
The tour will open in Edinburgh on May 31st and then take in London, Manchester and Bath, before heading across Europe with dates in countries including Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Sweden.
In a statement, Williams said the tour would be “my boldest yet – I can’t wait to see you next year”.
“There will be songs from the movie Better Man, and some new music too ... but more on that soon,” he said.
Last week it was announced that William’s forthcoming musical biopic Better Man soundtrack will be released digitally on December 27th with a physical release to follow.
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