COLDPLAY FANS WISHING to spend the night in the capital when the band comes to Croke Park next year face charges of up to €2,400.Graphics at a recent Coldplay performance in Amsterdam appeared to tease an upcoming Irish appearance, with a screen reading #ColdplayDublin.
The shows are part of Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres Tour and presale tickets will go on sale at 10am next Tuesday, with general sale starting at 10am next Friday. Hostels and private apartments are the only places currently available to stay, with prices ranging from €178 for a bed in an “18-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom” to €2,448 for a “1-bedroom holiday home situated right in the heart of Dublin”.
“The long-term impacts of short-term thinking need to be carefully considered by all tourism businesses in setting their prices,” Minister Martin said. On 1 July, people who had booked a room at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel shared on Twitter that they had had their reservations cancelled.