Croke Park will get ready to host a sixth major concert next year with the stadium business poised for a bumper 2024.
The latest headline act is yet to be revealed, but it is understood that a planning application has been launched and a major act or performer will play GAA HQ in August. Four Coldplay gigs have already been confirmed for the end of August and start of September.
And Bruce Springsteen will rock Croke Park for one night in May as part of an Irish tour. The Boss is also set to play in Cork (Pairc Ui Chaoimh), Kilkenny (Nowlan Park) and the Boucher Playing Fields (Belfast).
Read more: Take That hint at upcoming Late Late Show appearance ahead of album release
Read more: Concern RTE soap Fair City could be axed as broadcaster faces tough decisions
Now a third act will take to the stage at GAA HQ this summer, with an official announcement expected in the near future. Legendary Australian rockers AC/DC are believed to be planning a massive 50th anniversary world tour in 2024, marking their first headline tour with singer Brian Johnson since 2016.
This makes the Back in Black creators the firm favourites to fill the sixth Croke Park 2024 concert slot in August. AC/DC made a triumphant return to the stage in October – headlining one of the nights at the Power Trip Festival in California.
Singer Brian Johnson recently said that the band is 'fired up' for concerts and previously stated that Ireland is always one of the standout locations on the band's tours. AC/DC previously sold out both the Aviva Stadium in Dublin and Punchestown Racecourse in Kildare. The new world tour could be announced within weeks, meaning Irish fans may not have long to wait to find out who the sixth Croke Park headliner is.
The Rolling Stones are also tipped to tour next summer but they failed to sell out Croke Park when they played the stadium in 2018. In 2022 Croke Park hosted seven concerts – five Garth Brooks gigs and two by Ed Sheeran – with Stadium Hire listed at €5.3million in their annual accounts.
With the GAA inter-county season ending in late July it means there will be no potential clashes with Championship games. This year’s All-Ireland finals are scheduled to finish on the last weekend of July, with the football final fixed for Sunday, July 28 and the hurling a week earlier.
The GAA had no concerts this year with knock-on effects from the staging of the Rugby World Cup in France in September and October and the war in Ukraine creating unstable economic conditions. The GAA accounts for 2023 are with auditors but income from concerts set to surge.
Croke Park Stadium Director, Peter McKenna said 2024 is going to be a “bumper year” and confirmed the concert date. He said: “We are gradually coming back to where we were in 2019.”
For all the latest news from Dublin and surrounding areas visit our homepage.
Join our new WhatsApp community! Click this link to receive your daily dose of Dublin Live content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice .
