FAMILIES with young kids can enjoy booze-free zones when country music superstar Zach Bryan plays Ireland this summer.
Bryan will play the biggest concerts here this summer when he performs to a staggering 180,000 fans over three nights in the Phoenix Park.
The Grammy-winning singer sold the majority of the tickets when they went on sale last December.
However promoter Peter Aiken has revealed that the addition of a new family area at the three concerts, taking place on Friday June 20, Saturday 21 and 22, means some extra tickets this Friday.
Peter told The Irish Sun: “For the first time we are providing a family area at these concerts which is as a result of feedback we get from concerts.
“Sometimes at rugby matches, you hear complaints about people coming back and forth getting drinks. Not to put a negative on it, but this family area will be alcohol free and self sufficient with it’s own food and drinks outlets, looked after by family friendly security.
“Sometimes people want to attend gigs with a gang or friends, these areas are for people who want to enjoy the concert with their kids.”
Describing Oklahoma-born singer Zach, as “more Bruce Springsteen than Garth Brooks’, Peter said what that the 28-year-old did share the same rural appeal as the Friends in Low Places singer, with 85 per cent of the tickets for the three shows, sold outside Dublin.
Peter said: “Expect a huge invasion of people from Donegal and North Mayo. We would have done this in Croke Park but being the middle of the season, it wasn’t available, the Phoenix Park was and the POW and the Gardai have been amazing.”
A limited number of extra tickets for Zach Bryan’s three dates at Phoenix Park will go on sale this Friday 21st March at 9am from Ticketmaster.
The two supports for these dates will be Turnpike Troubadours and Noeline Hofmann.
