You'll never guess what's banned from Croke Park this weekend ahead of the Oasis gigs
Luckily, bucket hats are safe from the list of prohibited items, although you may want to leave the lightsaber at home
Oasis will finally bring their reunion tour to Croke Park this weekend for what is undoubtedly the most anticipated concerts of the year. If you're one of the lucky people who won the Ticketmaster war and nabbed tickets to one of the gigs, there's a few things you should know before packing up and heading to Croke Park this weekend.
There is a long, and surprising, list of items that concert-goers are prohibited from bringing into the stadium. As you'd expect, there will be strict security checks in operation at Croke Park as with all concerts and everyone will be subject to a search which is a condition of entry for safety purposes. The event organisers, MCD, has said that additional searches may also take place inside the venue.
MCD have published a list of prohibited items which people cannot bring inside Croke Park. If people are found with these items, event security may confiscate and dispose of them. They also warned that refusal to surrender the items may even lead to eviction, or removal, from the site.
The list of items is quite long and there's the odd whacky item like lightsabers, flagpoles, and even tridents. However, there are items on the list which might unknowingly catch some people out heading into the concert. For example, people are advised not to bring any bags bigger than A4 size or backpacks as they might be refused entry and there is no storage facilities on site.
Another one which would catch many people out, especially in Ireland, is that umbrellas are among the prohibited items. Luckily, the weather for Saturday and Sunday night is set to be mostly dry so that shouldn't be too much of an issue!
Here is the full list of prohibited items published by MCD:
- Aerosols
- Air Horns
- Alcohol
- Animals (other than registered guide or hearing dogs)
- Any item which may reasonably be considered for use as a weapon
- Audio recorders
- Backpacks
- Bikes (including e-bikes)
- Bottle caps
- Buggies
- Cans
- Cameras with a detachable lens or recording equipment
- Camping Equipment
- Carts
- Chains (of any kind)
- Chairs (excluding wheelchairs)
- Chinese or Sky lanterns
- Cigarettes (in excessive quantities)
- Deck chairs
- Drones
- Excessive quantities of anything, where there may be presumed intent to sell
- Folding chairs
- Food (except where otherwise stated)
- Fireworks
- Flag Poles
- Flares
- Glass / Glass containers
- Go Pro cameras
- Hard plastic reusable bottles
- Hi-viz of any kind
- Illegal substances
- iPads
- Knee-scooters
- Laser pens or laser pointers
- Lightsabers
- Megaphones
- Metal reusable bottles
- Nitrous Oxide
- Prams
- Professional/Semi-professional cameras, still or digital
- Recording equipment, sound or video
- Scooters (including e-scooters)
- Selfie sticks
- Shooting sticks
- Signs or flags bigger than A3 size
- Smoke Canisters
- Sound systems
- Spray cans
- Tridents
- Umbrellas
- Unofficial tabards or reflective jackets
- Wagons
- Weapons