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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Clare McCarthy

Fans fuming over 1.5km queue to get into Green Day's Dublin concert at Marlay Park

Green Day fans in Dublin were left fuming after they had to join a "massive" queue to get into Marlay Park this evening.

Thousands were expected to descend on the south Dublin park for Green Day's 'Hella Mega Tour' on Monday with support from Fall Out Boy and Weezer.

People attending the concert claimed there was only one entrance open which meant the queue stretched over 1.5km long around the perimeter of the park.

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Many took to social media to complain about the gig's organisation with one calling it a "disaster".

One man wrote: "1.8km away from Marlay Park and ONE entrance open! No toilets or staff for updates along the way."

A second wrote: "Anyone know whats happening at #marlaypark stuck in massive queue with little movement."

Someone posted pictures of people queuing for the gig, writing: "The state of the queue to get in to Marlay Park. Surely @mcd_productions should have made safer arrangements for people!!! Actually standing on the side of a road with traffic passing."

Another said: "@mcd_productions Ye make Dublin airport look competent. Disaster here at Marlay park for @GreenDay @Weezer @falloutboy."

One fan claimed the queue was over two kilometres long at one point, saying: "There's a queue over 2km long at #marlaypark for the #hellamegatour. Arrived at 5:30 and probably won't make it into see @Weezer, who I bought the ticket to see. Can honestly say it's the worst gig organisation I've seen."

However, one fan saw the opportunity to poke fun at the name of the tour, joking: "More like the Hella mega queue for green day at Marlay park. Am I right?"

A spokesperson for Gardai said: "A full policing and traffic management plan is in place. There are no reports of any incidents currently. Whitechurch Road which was closed to traffic by Gardaí for a short time to ensure safety of concertgoers, has since fully reopened to traffic."

The Irish Mirror have reached out to MCD productions for comment.

This was the first of a trio of concerts taking place in Marlay Park this summer with rock legends Guns N Roses playing on Tuesday, June 28, and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers taking to the stage on Wednesday, June 29.

Gates open at 4pm for all concerts at Marlay Park with the shows kicking off at 5pm.

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