Roy's looking for more low places friends
He's done the math to make the point, noting that Garth Brooks has sold out two dates in Croke Park, and the third is almost gone. All at €65.45 a pop.
"By my reckoning, thats about 240,000 punters, and a whole pile of money," he says. "Now, if anywhere between 0.01-0.02 percent of that number came and paid €12 for top acts at my regular gigs in Mick Murphy's Stage Inn in Ballymore Eustace, and Cunninghams Bar in Kildare Town, we'd have 24-48 punters in for every show. Thats a lot of petrol, dinners, B&Bs, strings and stuff for hard-pressed touring singer/songwriters. Maybe think about that for a moment, and think about attending your local live music venues, too. Not just the big marquee events. Is all!"
Can't add much more to that. If you didn't manage to get the tickets for GB in Croke Park, remember that you'll get five gigs in Roy's events for the same money ... and still have enough left over for a pint in one of them.
ED NOTE: The 'low places' mention here isn't derogatory — just that Roy's two venues are not nearly as high as the stands in Croke Park, and are arguably more comfortable, with a much more intimate sound.
