2007/01/31 - Melbourne, AUS - Sidney Myer Music Bowl

[swaps]

Tool
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Source: white horse and Ticketmaster Australia (http://toolnavy.com/showpost.php?p=1301906&postcount=499).

[thirdeyeaenima]

yes yes yes i heard on the js this morn tool are comin to oz. big bet they will play the big day out and announcements for bris and the rest of oz to. cant wait YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[Artemis]

yes yes yes i heard on the js this morn tool are comin to oz. big bet they will play the big day out and announcements for bris and the rest of oz to. cant wait YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

What cities are they playing?? Dates??

[lpgru1]

What cities are they playing?? Dates??

The Only dates announced so far are

Sydney - 24/01/07 @ Entertainment Centre
Melbourne - 31/01/07 @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Dates will be announced soon (unknown when?) for Auckland, Bris, Adel and Perth. But I'd assume very soon, as the 'leaked' ticketmaster page showing the Melbourne show had tickets on sale next friday (25th August)

I'ld now bet my right eye that they are on the Big Day Out tour

[Rubb.]

I shall be attending this.

[(t)hick]

ticketmaster has the page back up now ... no prices though or much info at all

[Rubb.]

hmm...that venue doesn't look very big. Anyone know many it fits?

[absolutezero]

Get to see them twice in a matter of days!! There is no doubt that they will be playing the Big Day Out as well if they are here on those dates. FUCK YEAH! About time!

[white horse]

hmm...that venue doesn't look very big. Anyone know many it fits?

http://www.theartscentre.net.au/discover_spaces-and-places_detail.aspx?view=11

It says 2000 capacity seating and 11,000 on the lawn which appears to be behind the seating. I'm not sure if the seating is fixed or not though, have never been before (or at least not that i can remember!)

[trickma]

OMG!! THIS MEANS BDO AS WELL

[Rubb.]

http://www.theartscentre.net.au/discover_spaces-and-places_detail.aspx?view=11

It says 2000 capacity seating and 11,000 on the lawn which appears to be behind the seating. I'm not sure if the seating is fixed or not though, have never been before (or at least not that i can remember!)

Not big enough, imo

[PsYkeR]

That's juicy. I hope, if TooL are playing BDO, that they get an evening timeslot. I think a mid afternoon affair (like Slipknot 05 or Mudvayne 06) would take away from the vibe. There's going to be a tonne of early birds hogging that blue/orange barrier = )

[mrpee]

Surely if Tool played the BDO as well, they would want to headline (and get the main act timeslot) ....But, if the rumours of the CHillies are true, it should be interesting to see what will happen!

i reckon ill try n get tickets to the Melb solo gig, wether or not they play the BDO and/or a solo show in Adelaide as well.

[sheri]

Red Hot Chili Peppers are now doing a national tour in April which cancels them out for big day out headliners.

[trickma]

That's juicy. I hope, if TooL are playing BDO, that they get an evening timeslot. I think a mid afternoon affair (like Slipknot 05 or Mudvayne 06) would take away from the vibe. There's going to be a tonne of early birds hogging that blue/orange barrier = )

IM GOING TO BE CLINGING TO THE FRONT BARRIER 24 HOURS BEFORE COMMENCEMENT!

JOIN ME!

[white horse]

At Big Day Out? Good luck staying there all day in the hot sun :p I'm too old to do that kind of thing anymore.

edit: yeah, the music bowl does look a little small. I guess there's no where else for them to play that's any bigger except Telstra Dome. lol.

[Rubb.]

the melbourne show is gone from the ticketmaster site again....

[WOW11]

What a day! Ive been waiting for this annoucment for nearly five years......Time to start saving for that trip around Australia......Bring on JAN07

[twistandshout]

Is the best way to buy tickets in person or on the net?

[Rubb.]

I'm not telling, in the hope that you will stupidly go and try to buy them in person, thus giving me more chance of getting one online. :)

[WOW11]

Is the best way to buy tickets in person or on the net?
Id say get up early and head to yr closest Ticketmaster it will be well worth the early morning. I dont trust getting to tickets on the net.Thats just me though

[white horse]

online

personal experience from buying them in person is that often the people running the ticketing agencies have no idea how to deal with big lines of fans

[deep_schismic]

hmm...that venue doesn't look very big. Anyone know many it fits?

haha are you kidding? That's where Metallica played last time...holds like 13,000! And acoustics should be better than Rod Laver!

Well I WILL BE BACK IN MELBOURNE BY 31 JAN THEN! FUCK YES

[Prison_Sex]

For anyone wondering about ticket prices...

Dear Belinda,

Thank you for your email. I have added the prices for the Tool concert
below:

Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne

PRICES GOLD SILVER
DESCRIPTION: RESVD GENADM
------------
ALL TICKETS $107.33 $96.33

Thank you

King Regards

Zoe
Customer Service
Ticketmaster

[bkimber16]

im slightly angered that the genral adm is not in front of the seats.

[rimb]

For anyone wondering about ticket prices...

Dear Belinda,

Thank you for your email. I have added the prices for the Tool concert
below:

Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne

PRICES GOLD SILVER
DESCRIPTION: RESVD GENADM
------------
ALL TICKETS $107.33 $96.33

Thank you

King Regards

Zoe
Customer Service
Ticketmaster


Nice work, but how do those price categories match up to this seating map?
http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/images/venue_graphics/6/myermusic3.jpg

[white horse]

Gold=seating and silver=GA?

[bkimber16]

gold = seating, indeed,

[Rubb.]

haha are you kidding? That's where Metallica played last time...holds like 13,000! And acoustics should be better than Rod Laver!

Well I WILL BE BACK IN MELBOURNE BY 31 JAN THEN! FUCK YES

13,000 isn't big enough for a Tool concert when way way more than 13000 people will be wanting to go.

[trickma]

Sydney
Gold = $115
Silver = $90

[beldingarath]

Sydney
Gold = $115
Silver = $90
I hope I have enough money...


I think I might be asking for an early b'day present.

[deep_schismic]

13,000 isn't big enough for a Tool concert when way way more than 13000 people will be wanting to go.

true, but the only other places they could play would be Rod Laver/Vodafone arena or Telstra dome..and how SHITTY would it be at telstra dome? Rod Laver is ok, but the Music bowl has better sound, being an amphitheater and such...

Also, if it sells out insanely quickly..we can all hope for a 2nd or 3rd show yes?

But with the $107 ticket price, i'll have to transfer a nice chunk to my credit card lol!

[erazorhead]

im gonna be in melbourne for the first time ever the weekend after the coming one, supposedly when tix go on sale. works out well if i want to do the camping out for tickets thing again. pity i dont have a credit card. either way i will be at this show, and also gold coast bdo, im totally fucking psyched.


did someone say the venue is seating up front and standing behind that???

[absolutezero]

true, but the only other places they could play would be Rod Laver/Vodafone arena or Telstra dome..and how SHITTY would it be at telstra dome? Rod Laver is ok, but the Music bowl has better sound, being an amphitheater and such...

Also, if it sells out insanely quickly..we can all hope for a 2nd or 3rd show yes?

But with the $107 ticket price, i'll have to transfer a nice chunk to my credit card lol!

I can't see more shows being added, but you never know. I wanna get in on that seating action.

[paragon]

Is there anyone in Canberra who wants to do shifts sitting in the queue with me? A lot of my friends like Tool but they don’t seem to realize how important this is.

[beldingarath]

Just a thought...will this be an over 18 show? I turn 17 in December, and to miss out of seeing Tool because on an age restriction would be heart shattering.

[Pineal]

I am fucking stoked! Thought I'd miss out cause I'm out of the country till November.

Myer Music Bowl will be wicked. Also, this will mean my first BDO attendence if true.

[beldingarath]

I am fucking stoked! Thought I'd miss out cause I'm out of the country till November.
Same here, I'm out of the country until the 20th of January, so that was pretty sweet timing. ...If I'm old enough, that is.

[spiralout88]

I really dont wan't Tool to go to BDO, I'll probably just go to the sideshow. There will be too many stupid nu-metal dicks and closeminded metalheads everywhere spoiling it. BDO wouldn't give Tool justice either. I'd prefer to see them at Brisbane Entertainment Centre anytime.

[Penny]

If anyone in Australia/NZ feels disapointed, check this:

http://www.sydentcent.com.au/files/mediareleases/Tool%202006.pdf

They're announcing more dates in Aus and NZ soon. You guys don't actually think it will be 18+, do you? If it is, I'll cry.

[Rubb.]

Error 404! Awesome! :)

[beldingarath]

Haha yeah, sorry. I get that too. Maybe because all of those periods in the link name?

[jards]

Can't wait for this, it has been so long between drinks for Tool fans in Oz.

If people have questions about the venue I can answer a few. The joint has fixed seats at the front and a massive lawn behind it.

It's setup kind of like "Red Rocks" like with the stage down the bottom of the hill. Though there are seats and grass instread of the steps.

[sheri]

http://www.sydentcent.com.au/files/mediareleases/Tool%202006.pdf

just reposting the press release url since the other one is fucked up.

[Penny]

Error 404! Awesome! :)

My apologies

[Rubb.]

Seriously, Tool need to play more than just two non-festival shows. There's gonna be people from all round the country vying for tickets and thousands of them are gonna miss out. I'll probably be one of them.

[Elgyn]

13,000 isn't big enough for a Tool concert when way way more than 13000 people will be wanting to go.
Last time they played in Melbourne was at Rod Laver, and that's only got a capacity of 15,000 which they can't fully use because the stage takes up seats.

http://mopt.com.au/pages/venues/rodlaver.asp

I just hope I can get tickets from ticketmaster, and not some scalping mo-fo. That's a pretty steep as it is, I'd hate to see what a scalper would do with it. Last time a mate of mine bought tickets by sitting on the phone re-dialling all morning, but I think online ticket sales have picked up heaps since then ('02).

Next question is who'll be supporting them...?

You guys don't actually think it will be 18+, do you? If it is, I'll cry.
Last time it was U18 as far as I can remember. I'm pretty sure a few of my friends were underage.

[(t)hick]

I hope there's not many tool fans in Geelong, there's only one outlet here and I'm tossing up whether to try to get tickets there in person or over the net.

[ninwishes]

Anyone lining up in Melb?
I reckon I'll line up and get mates to try the phone/net thing...figure if I get there by Thurs afternoon, I should have some hope....

(t) hick- I was living in Warrnambool last time, and there was one hell of a queue, so I'm guessing that Geelong will be worse.

[Colonel Pants]

There will be more shows than just these two. Why would they waste so much money coming to the country for just two shows?
This is how the other tours started too. Some people noticed a few shows popping up and then toolband made an official announcement of a heap of shows

[beldingarath]

I wonder why it's taking ticketmaster so long to say what the prices will be for the Melbourne show. I'm expecting them to be about the same as the Sydney, but it would still be nice to have the "More Info" link available for Melbourne too...

[Rubb.]

The melbourne show is $107.33 for seats and $96.something for general admission.

[twistandshout]

Is there anyway to hook up presales from ticketmaster if your a member?
And how many tickets can be purchased per person?

[beldingarath]

The melbourne show is $107.33 for seats and $96.something for general admission.
I don't mean to sound rude, but where did you get this info? I can't find it anywhere.

[ninwishes]

Is there anyway to hook up presales from ticketmaster if your a member?
And how many tickets can be purchased per person?

I'm waiting (and hoping) there will be pre-sale. Usually you're allowed 8 for major events, I think. :?

[deep_schismic]

Yeah pre-sale would be AWESOME...but i dont think there's enough time, as tickets go on sale in less than a week...

I would have loved to line up for ticketsm but theres a slight issue of me being on the other side of the world...so I'll be up at 1am to jump on ticketmaster...funny thing is i'll be buying tickets for like 3 people haha who are in aus...seems kinda roundabout doesn't it? they should be buying MY ticket lol

[white horse]

tickets are nearly as expensive as BDO itself!

[Bertram]

Is there a limit on the amount of tickets you can usally buy? Like 4 per person or something?

[beldingarath]

I'm pretty sure there isn't. Normally you can buy 5-6 at once.

[moneyisevil]

If anyone in Australia/NZ feels disapointed, check this:

http://www.sydentcent.com.au/files/mediareleases/Tool%202006.pdf

They're announcing more dates in Aus and NZ soon. You guys don't actually think it will be 18+, do you? If it is, I'll cry.


NZ FTW

[Rubb.]

I don't mean to sound rude, but where did you get this info? I can't find it anywhere.

Someone emailed ticket master about the prices and posted it here.

[(t)hick]

From ticketmaster FAQ

"Different venues and events have different ticket limits. Ticketmaster.com.au discloses each event's ticket limit when you begin the purchase process. Please do not request more tickets than the published limit or your order will be cancelled. Should you want to purchase more tickets than the published limit allows, wait 24 hours before requesting more tickets."

Not much help really.

[beldingarath]

Someone emailed ticket master about the prices and posted it here.

Cool. Sorry if I sounded rude, just wanted to know if it was concrete or not.

[Colonel Pants]

I see Melbourne prices, but does anyone know the Syndey prices?

[beldingarath]

I see Melbourne prices, but does anyone know the Syndey prices?

Price/s
Gold $115.00
Silver $90.00

http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/eventprofiles/profiles.asp?profileid=3002

[kaiowas_is]

Any word about Perth yet? i doubt my friends are willing to fly out to melb with me for a concert.

[jards]

Usually ticketmaster allows you to purchase up to 8 at once.

[Rubb.]

if i don't get one i'm going to destroy the next person who posts and does get one, ki.

[beldingarath]

if i don't get one i'm going to destroy the next person who posts and does get one, ki.

Ditto.

Wait. I just posted after you! ...crap.

[Artemis]

If anyone in Australia/NZ feels disapointed, check this:

http://www.sydentcent.com.au/files/mediareleases/Tool%202006.pdf

They're announcing more dates in Aus and NZ soon. You guys don't actually think it will be 18+, do you? If it is, I'll cry.

To me it sounds like the "Additional TOOL appearances in Auckland, Queensland, Adelaide and Perth" will be the BDO. Hence "Queensland" not Brisbane (ie Gold Coast). I hope i'm wrong.

I hope they announce their plans before Friday or a LOT of people will be trying to get Sydney/Melbourne tickets. I know i will be.

[Colonel Pants]

Price/s
Gold $115.00
Silver $90.00

http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/eventprofiles/profiles.asp?profileid=3002

Thanks, please excuse my idiocy

[deep_schismic]

To me it sounds like the "Additional TOOL appearances in Auckland, Queensland, Adelaide and Perth" will be the BDO. Hence "Queensland" not Brisbane (ie Gold Coast). I hope i'm wrong.

I hope they announce their plans before Friday or a LOT of people will be trying to get Sydney/Melbourne tickets. I know i will be.

yes this is worrisome indeed.

[Dimune]

this is whats annoying for me, i am willing to travel from brisbane to sydney or melbourne if theres no brisbane show, but i want to know for sure if theres not going to be a bris show before i go ahead with it...i also dont want to miss out on a ticket, big dilema.

[McDaddy]

Buy a ticket and then sell it on ebay if there is a brissy show announced. Nothing wrong with it if you only sell it at the same price or below that you bought it for.

[Artemis]

"this is whats annoying for me, i am willing to travel from brisbane to sydney or melbourne if theres no brisbane show, but i want to know for sure if theres not going to be a bris show before i go ahead with it...i also dont want to miss out on a ticket, big dilema."

My point exactly. I wish they would let us know by Friday. I tried emailing Ticketmaster, Blair, Lees and West but have had no response so far..


Buy a ticket and then sell it on ebay if there is a brissy show announced. Nothing wrong with it if you only sell it at the same price or below that you bought it for.

Yeah I guess thats the way its gonna be.

[ninwishes]

Buy a ticket and then sell it on ebay if there is a brissy show announced. Nothing wrong with it if you only sell it at the same price or below that you bought it for.


Doesn't worry me-(I'm in Melb)- but it'll still make it a bloody lot easier if they announce for sure what they're doing.

I've tried emailing ticketmaster about pre-sales too, and I'm still waiting.

[Rubb.]

Yeah what the fuck is up with ticketmaster customer service? I havn't had a reply either :(

[Oddman]

They better figure this out or there will be a whole heap of ebay tickets.

[iuguolo]

there playing bdo. it was announced on the news last night. for all the nzers there an interview with danny carey on nightline.

[odie]

no more side shows for us :( , well bring on melbourne

[deep_schismic]

Where do you get this info from? Or are you just lamenting it as a possibility??

[iuguolo]

it was on the news! theres an interview with danny carey and adam jones tonight on 3.

3 news use disposition and right in two during the weather sometimes!

[Rubb.]

no more side shows for us :( , well bring on melbourne

lol, why the hell are all you queenslanders going to melbourne instead of Sydney?

[alley otis]

so its unanomus that online is better than waiting inline?

[Crackpotguy]

Anyone going to camp out for tickets? Is it really necessary? i havent been to any previous Tool shows, so im not sure if i should camp out on thursday night, or just head in early fri morning. Any help would be appreciated.

[ninwishes]

Anyone going to camp out for tickets? Is it really necessary? i havent been to any previous Tool shows, so im not sure if i should camp out on thursday night, or just head in early fri morning. Any help would be appreciated.

I will be, and I'm sure others will be...2002 sold out in under half an hour, and this is a smaller venue. I'd lay a bet that the 2000 seats will be gone in less than 10 minutes... well worth the cold night under the stars though. :)

[beldingarath]

so its unanomus that online is better than waiting inline?

Well...my sister is going to get them from a ticketmaster where there probably won't be that long a line, so should hopefully get seated tickets for us (I want to be as close as possible. And I doubt anyone will be actually sitting down anyway.) But yeah, we'd go online if I wasn't at school. Still not guaranteed though.

[ninwishes]

so its unanomus that online is better than waiting inline?

I trust Ticketmasters website for "high demand" events about as far as I can throw a Mac truck. So, no not unanimous. Preferably, make sure you have at least 2 options on the go- phone AND net, queue AND net, whatever.

[beached_whale]

I want to buy tickets for ten people seated, what do you guys reckon my chances are of doing so online?

[Crackpotguy]

Thanks ninwishes, Oh well fuck, it i think i'll have to camp out then. Any particular Ticketmaster outlet you'd recommend? What time should i get there thursday?

[ninwishes]

Thanks ninwishes, Oh well fuck, it i think i'll have to camp out then. Any particular Ticketmaster outlet you'd recommend? What time should i get there thursday?

I dunno...I'm thinking the Arts Centre, mostly cause it's well lit, and I'll be by myself. I reckon I'll get there by about 5, but some PPL would say I'm nuts.

EDIT: Heading there that early to avoid the "after workers".

[zebra]

....I still can't find any details suggesting they are playing the BDO. This is a bit of a disaster :(. Stuck between buying a ticket to the Sydney gig, or ending up at a crappy BDO gig :\

[Dimune]

Same, to see them at bdo would be lame, cause im not going to like any of the other bands, but i spose its better then nothing. i just wish we could get some more info.

[paragon]

I dunno...I'm thinking the Arts Centre, mostly cause it's well lit, and I'll be by myself. I reckon I'll get there by about 5, but some PPL would say I'm nuts.

EDIT: Heading there that early to avoid the "after workers".

Exactly what I was planning to do. But I have class that I have to go to, and it finishes at 9:30pm. Then I have a half hour walk to the box office. So about 10pm for me. I hope I’m not to late.

[deep_schismic]

Well in NZ it's been on the news that they are playing BDO right? So obviously they'll be playing BDO in aus too...

As for online vs. lining up...I have been lining up since my heart-wrenching experience on Ticketek buying PJ tickets on the 2003 tour. HOWEVER, my online experiences with Ticketmaster have been good so far. *knocks on wood*.

[paragon]

Well in NZ it's been on the news that they are playing BDO right? So obviously they'll be playing BDO in aus too...

As for online vs. lining up...I have been lining up since my heart-wrenching experience on Ticketek buying PJ tickets on the 2003 tour. HOWEVER, my online experiences with Ticketmaster have been good so far. *knocks on wood*.
Some friends of mine had a very bad experience buying Radiohead tickets from the ticketmaster website. It seems to be a bit hit and miss with internet ticketing. Sometimes its fine and other times its not.

[zebra]

I suppose all isn't lost <yet>. We aren't even 100% certain that they are playing BDO in Australia yet. Until we get some confirmation - we are indeed in limbo. Weak.

I think it's amazing that the respective ticketing houses don't at least collaborate to a point of announcing appropriate tickets for various regions in sync.

...it's asking too much, I'm sure.

[spiralout88]

The ticketing should be alot more organised than this, this has me worrying alot.

[ninwishes]

The ticketing should be alot more organised than this, this has me worrying alot.

Yep. The ticketing for this is shitful- they should have scheduled different ticketing times for Sydney and Melbourne...Friday morning's gonna be stupid.

[jards]

I'm really stressing that I'm not going to get tickets. I'll be going to a suburban location to get mine, but can only get there at 8am on Friday. Just hope there aren't too many there.

What chances of a second show do you guys think?

From what I can see they don't usually do multiple shows in one location, so might only be just one show.

[deep_schismic]

yeah esp. not if they are doing Big Day Out. But I just read on sonybmg.com.au something that echoes the press release...that shows for perth, adelaide, qld, etc ARE SCHEDULED, and will be announced later.

Maybe they know that the syd and melb shows are going to have the highest demand, which is why it got announced first..and maybe this can be an indicator that there might be subsequent melb and syd shows!

[Another]

Ive heard from a few sources that under short bursts of high demand traffic the ticketmaster servers are not completely reliable. For that reason ill be heading out about 6ish, should be in line by about 6:30... and hopefully i wont have any trouble getting tickets...

[ninwishes]

yeah esp. not if they are doing Big Day Out. But I just read on sonybmg.com.au something that echoes the press release...that shows for perth, adelaide, qld, etc ARE SCHEDULED, and will be announced later.

Maybe they know that the syd and melb shows are going to have the highest demand, which is why it got announced first..and maybe this can be an indicator that there might be subsequent melb and syd shows!

They could bloody well announce it before Friday to stop Bris-Perth-Adelaide PPL buying up Melb & Sydney tickets....

[zebra]

They could bloody well announce it before Friday to stop Bris-Perth-Adelaide PPL buying up Melb & Sydney tickets....

Exactly mate. It's not fair to you guys, and it's not fair to us.

I doubt calling them/complaining is going to do us much good however :(.

[deep_schismic]

I know! Cuz after that a whole heap of tickets will end up on ebay. Sigh

[zebra]

I know! Cuz after that a whole heap of tickets will end up on ebay. Sigh


...which they have been whinging about in the media lately. "Scalping Tickets on Ebay" ra-ra-ra. This wouldn't happen if they had their act together.

I'm calling Ticketek and Ticketmaster this morning. I'll see what I can come up with for us. I don't hold high hopes.

[white horse]

I have never really had an issue getting tickets online, even to U2 last year which went through Ticketmaster. However I'm still just as nervous as everyone else. It's annoying there was no web presale.

[Elgyn]

Damnit, I'm working 9am-2pm that day, couldn't be worse.. I'm thinking they'll sell out in a day, but hopefully I can get someone to hassle them for tickets for me. My ticketmaster membership doesn't mean shit without a presale. Damnit.

[zebra]

Well, I'm calling this a miserable failure. I've now called QTix, Ticketmaster and Ticketek. They all know, supposedly, absolutely nothing about whats going on....

Great. Just great. -_-

[Artemis]

yeah esp. not if they are doing Big Day Out. But I just read on sonybmg.com.au something that echoes the press release...that shows for perth, adelaide, qld, etc ARE SCHEDULED, and will be announced later.

Maybe they know that the syd and melb shows are going to have the highest demand, which is why it got announced first..and maybe this can be an indicator that there might be subsequent melb and syd shows!

I still think these other shows are Big Day Out shows. (hence "Queensland" not Brisbane.. ie Gold Coast BDO).

So I will be getting Sydney tickets and flying down. If there happens to be a real Brisbane show i'll sell my Sydney tickets. (or maybe go anyway)

I've emailed the band, promoters, ticket outlets and anyone else i could think of. Only Ticketmaster replied and said "don't know..sorry".

[zebra]

So I will be getting Sydney tickets and flying down. If there happens to be a real Brisbane show i'll sell my Sydney tickets. (or maybe go anyway)


...we will do the same thing tomorrow morning, I guess. Bummer. -_-. Ahh well, cheap flight down and back, ultimately.

[deep_schismic]

Well, I'm calling this a miserable failure. I've now called QTix, Ticketmaster and Ticketek. They all know, supposedly, absolutely nothing about whats going on....

Great. Just great. -_-

damn, that sucks.

[white horse]

THEY ARE DOING BIG DAY OUT

why can't people get this through their heads?!

[Siamese_Tool]

Sorry if i missed something, but where is the confirmation of their big day out appearance? All ive noticed is two guys saying that it was on New Zealand news...

[deep_schismic]

Well the official 'First announcement' on the BDO website is usually in September/October...but everyone knows via tv/newspapers/etc who the main headline act is gonna be. for example, back in 2003, everyone knew metallica was gonna headline the 2004 BDO after they announced their tour. And since NZ media have interviewed Danny carey and adam jones...who have confirmed they're doing Big day out...well then I guess we can pretty much be sure it's going to happen.

[white horse]

The shows co-incide with BDO shows

Lees and West are promoting the shows

AND I know the guy from NZ who interviewed Danny and Adam who told me prior to the interview that they were doing BDO

[Siamese_Tool]

Sounds good! Now if can get tickets tomorrow morning i should be able to see Tool twice! Rock on

[Dimune]

but its still not official if they are just doing big day and not other side shows.

[Siamese_Tool]

Does anyone have some sort of evidence that Adam and Danny were on TV3?...I mean, call me a skeptic, but it seems just a little far fetched

[odie]

but its still not official if they are just doing big day and not other side shows.

thats ture but if they were going ot drop more dates, i think they would have buy now

[white horse]

Does anyone have some sort of evidence that Adam and Danny were on TV3?...I mean, call me a skeptic, but it seems just a little far fetched

I really hope you are joking :/

anyway good luck with tickets everyone!

[white horse]

I got silver/Ga tix for Melb by phone

[endless_nameless]

Nope, I got through only 30 seconds after they went on sale, and reserved was already gone for both concerts. I've got GA for the Myer, and I'm in section 20 at the entertainment centre...right on the fucking side.

[Priapus]

As far as being able to see the band is concerned would the "silver" seats be better than standing? I read in one of these threads that the seats are all in front of the standing area...gold right up the front, and then silver was seats at the back and then standing behind that.

[Priapus]

i got silver. very disappointed i couldnt get seats. as i am from brisbane if the silver tickets arent going to be much better than a bdo ticket i may consider selling them, i need to find out more about the venue before i think about that decision though.

Is it completely sold out now?

[WatchDog]

FUCCCKK, i gt down there at 9 and watched the angry mobs resorting to silver tickets cause of those fuckign scalping cunts.

[JizzyMcJizz]

Man that was intense. And all I came away with was a crappy ga ticket. So wanted seats. Ticketmaster are morons, why put the 2 biggest states in australia on sale at the same time. They know they can't keep up with demand for just one state let alone 2. Fucking frustrating stuff.

[A.S.H]

Well if things are going the way i think they are and that is that Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane only get BDO shows Tool might return after their north american tour for an arena tour of Australia. Sort of like how they did the promo tour in Sydney and Melbourne in 2001 and returned nine months later in 2002 to do all cities. Maybe. They certainly have the fan base

[unassailable]

I just got gold!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!! the line up was worth it... Row I... I cant wait!!!!

[DeVo]

I lined up at the Ticketmaster agency near me and only the first guy in line managed to get gold tickets, this was at 9:01am. I was 7 or 8 people back and had to settle for silver.

So angry.

[JizzyMcJizz]

So I got silver tickets - her is a pic i found http://home.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~wasner/Galleries/Australien/melbourne-sidney-myer-music-bowl.JPG

am i correct in assuming that patch of lawn the pic was taken from is where i will be standing?

You are very correct. Gawd thats depressing to see. Gee I cant wait to stand there its gonna be awesome........

[Priapus]

I find it bizarre that they put the standing people behind the seats. To me it seems like standing in Syd is worth a lot more than standing in melb because you are much closer and probably see more?

[jarbsy]

Hope it's not raining that night...

[JizzyMcJizz]

Its just the venue. They can't take the seats out so ya stuck with it. I'm glad it's not at rod laver again though. Seen em twice there, and I really don't like that joint for concerts.

[odie]

thats was insane , we went online , and the site crashed about 50 times, we ended up getting ga silver online and 1 more by phone (PAINFULL)

[A.S.H]

I was thinking it's hard to see Maynard at the best times since he hovers at the back in the shadows. Gonna pretty diificult to see him from the grass area of th Myer bowl, plus it looks like it would be difficult to see the screens from there as well. Since Tool is such a visual band the Music Bowl seems like the worst venue to put them into

[nailfile]

Fucking hell. No melbourne, but we got thru on the phone from here in New Zealand and the guy says theres 2 TICKETS LEFT FOR SYDNEY and we get them... unbelievable i wonder if he's being honest thats theres only 2 seats left... shitty seats, i think 35 H, but fuck, how fucking lucky is that... I just hope it's all legit, I mean why would they say its sold out if it isn't... I won't believe it until the tickets arrive...

The thing is, got thru on the internet to melbourne, had 2 tickets, gave credit details, and then when i clicked confirm it came up with a blank mothafucking page saying something about no module found...

[JizzyMcJizz]

It will be interesting to see how it goes. The place might get rushed like the time Pearl Jam played there. That would add some excitment to the night.

[deep_schismic]

Or when Metallica played in 2004...I was there when the drunk and stoned people tore down a 50m section of fence...the cavalry came in, literally!

[JizzyMcJizz]

There asking for trouble when they keep putting these heavy bands there. And this happens everytime. So much for learning from your mistakes. I have a feeling all us in ga are going to have a very unpleasant night indeed.

[rtl]

I think the music bowl holds around 13,000. I'm just happy I got tickets, even thought I nearly got a seat.

[white horse]

I was just looking at my order and it says "GA9 SEATS 251-253" and a friend has GA 17 Seats BLah-Blah"

and if you go to "find tickets" on ticketmaster it says "GA Seating"

WTF?

i thought it was all standing?

[A.S.H]

I was just looking at my order and it says "GA9 SEATS 251-253" and a friend has GA 17 Seats BLah-Blah"

and if you go to "find tickets" on ticketmaster it says "GA Seating"

WTF?

i thought it was all standing?

Hmmm I saw that too. I hope they're not thinking of putting foldable chairs into a section of the grass area. They wouldn't would they? With potential weapon use and everything

[white horse]

on the venue info it says you can hire chairs! LOL

[JizzyMcJizz]

Seat Location: Section SILVER Row GA9 Seats 218 - 218

^^^^ Thats what mine says. I don't get it? I thought it was standing too

[JizzyMcJizz]

Thats exactly what I think when you say the plastic chairs. Theyre all gonna end up on the seated people. :P

[white horse]

I'm hoping its just for ticketing organisational purposes - like at Rod Laver you get GA1 or GA2 tickets and it's all just the same - and there are no actual sections and seats. Maybe we should call either Ticketmaster or the Music Bowl?

[deep_schismic]

hahahaa it's just a measure for the system to count the tickets. And also cuz they often do have seated sections in the lawn area...u know for shit like christmas in the domain and stuff like that

[A.S.H]

I'm beginning to think might be safer to stay away from the Myer Bowl on 31st of Jan. 5,000 foldable chairs in the hands of angry people who can't see much of the action, 2,000 + angry people outside the venue hovering by the venue who couldn't get tickets. Recipe for disaster perhaps. Then again we're not Metallica fans or Pearl Jam fans - I like to think of us as more peaceful than that

[obwah]

I wonder how lining up went and if anyone who lined up got reserved tix for Melbourne

I lined up in Newcastle, tickets got processed pretty much right on 9am. Managed to get Gold GA for Sydney, but the Gold seats in Melbourne were gone pretty much immediatley...

[ninwishes]

I got gold- and nearly everyone with me did too. We were pretty organised tho- and I was first in line.
Sorry guys that missed out....


Apparently, about half the seats were taken by the promoters before the show even went on sale-effectively screwing over fans. Heard this from the ticketmaster sales chick Thursday arvo. So no wonder so many missed out-we were all warned that we probably wouldn't get seats at quarter to 9, so anyone that got anything should be bloody grateful. The bastard scalpers are gonna make an absolute killing on this one.

[lechium876]

Sorry to hear that most of you missed out. I started lining up at 3 this morning, already 9 people there! I had a look yesterday at where to line up and there was a girl already there at 3:30pm!!!!
Anyways i just scraped in gold tix!!! row w. I am so fucking stoked right now. I was goin to come home and have a sleep but im too fuckin excited.
A couple mates couldnt be fucked lining up so one tried by phone and on tried the net. The fuckers got row b and row r!!!! Sons of bitches

[lechium876]

Oh yeah and when i asked one of the staff how many tix i could get she said it was unlimited. Thats seriously fucked up.

[Siamese_Tool]

Sorry to those who missed out! Just a point of advice for next time: My mates dad got our tickets for us this morning. First he tried online but no luck, so then he decided to call the sporting venues and other numbers that were listed on the Ticketmaster page...I guess all those types of venues can book for the same show. So if there is a second show then try that.

Fuck i'm so happy i have tickets for Tool ! ! !

[gun shy]

I felt strongly enough about this mess to right the following letter, I feel it's no point me complaining if my voice isn't heard by those that matter/are blissfully unawre/can do something about it.



25 August 2006


Ticketmaster Pty Ltd
Level 7, IBM Centre
60 City Road
Melbourne VIC 3006


Dear Sir/Madam

I write to you in response to the ticket release today the 25th of August for the Tool concerts in both Sydney and Melbourne.

Previous to today I have never been a customer of Ticketmaster Pty Ltd though I am an avid fan of live music and concerts and I am the purchaser of concert tickets many times in a given year.

To say the least, today’s experience was neither joyous nor rewarding. The experience of having to deal with Ticketmaster is one I do not wish to endure in the near future.

To describe Ticketmaster’s method of ticket sales today as experiencing a ‘meltdown’ would not be a harsh criticism. To be blunt, I think it was an outright disaster.

If the explanation to be given is that such a high demand was not expected, well that just doesn’t sit right with me. My response would be do some research before a show or shows go on sale.

It would not be difficult to expect any band with a devoted following, high album sales and a past record of selling out venues in a short amount of time to experience a strong desire by music fans for tickets to its shows. Especially when this strong demand crashes your systems, systems you rely on in order to sell tickets and therefore conduct your business.

If Ticketmaster systems can not cope with said demand, I would suggest that in the future Ticketmaster review their practices of selling tickets and not schedule both shows to go on sale on the same day at the same time, rather release the tickets on separate days to lessen the stress on Ticketmaster’s systems by the ticket purchasers.

I myself attempted to buy tickets via the internet and phone. Both were predominately inaccessible until tickets were sold out. This is a mistake I will not be making again unless Ticketmaster deems it fit to rethink its method of ticket sales or upgrades its ticket sale systems.

I have bought concert tickets for previous Tool shows and other major rock bands in recent times and have never had a problem securing excellent tickets let alone tickets at all, it seems if you get in reasonably early you will find yourself successful.

I also find it a blessing that I’m not a fan of U2 as having to experience this twice would be most disheartening and frankly I thought lessons would have been learnt from that incident and progress have been made.

Although I was ultimately unsuccessful in securing tickets today to the Sydney show I do not blame anyone least of all Ticketmaster. It’s a first in best dressed affair. If demand is higher than what’s currently being supported, then people will miss out, I accept that and today I was one of those people. But I do blame Ticketmaster’s 2 out of 3 systems of sale failing which resulted in me being unable to purchase tickets.

I do not seek anything other than an explanation and maybe even an apology if Ticketmaster sees it fit, but ultimately what I would like to see happen the most out of this whole mess is to receive some kind of assurance that this kind of ‘meltdown’ will not happen again and that ticket releases are rethought logically as to allow as much as possible a hassle free ticket buying experience.

I really do hope that this matter is taken into consideration as I really would like to be a customer of Ticketmaster Pty Ltd in the future just not under its current guise.

Thank you for your time and consideration on this matter and I look forward to your reply.

Yours Faithfully


***********
Live Music Fan

Ticketmaster can be reached via email at [email protected] or at the address on the top of my letter. It would be good if more us could do this

[Siamese_Tool]

Awsome letter dude. Just the latest news on Tool's Australian schedule:

http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/aust/5773/

[Another]

Man sorry for all you who missed out, that really does suck.
I lined up at 3am, was 4th in line, and managed to score myself 4 gold tickets, row Q, 17 from the front, not too shabby. Gold sold out in less than a minute. Im pretty bloody happy I managed to get gold, even if they guy punched in my credit card no. wrong the first time and had to re-do it which probably cost me 7 rows. Oh well, it was worth the wait in line, even if I was rewarded with this cold...

[deep_schismic]

I will definitely be writing a letter

[beldingarath]

Don't know if I got tickets yet....my sister went to get them this morning at the Melbourne Uni Bookshop. Hopefully not many people were there *fingers crossed*. Should find out later on today when she gets home.

[JizzyMcJizz]

great letter.

[pushtheenvelope]

What fun and games that was this morning. Stressful stuff indeed.

I'd say that letter is right on the money, but at the end of the day I can't complain as we were lucky enough to get tickets. Nor could I be assed writing a letter. If I'd missed out though, that could have been another story.

Oh, and a big 'up yours' to those two chicks who came in real late, TV swapped and got Gold tickets. Bad karma.

And as for all this talk about the venue, it would suck if they did put out plastic chairs. I'm not sure they will, but either way I think teh venue will kick ass. Rain hail or shine.

We're going to Bonnie Tool. We're going to Bonnie Tool..

A.

[ninwishes]

Oh, and a big 'up yours' to those two chicks who came in real late, TV swapped and got Gold tickets. Bad karma.

A.

I know I'm a moron, but what's a TV swap??

[Boston Crab]

Nice letter, but I'm sure they will file it straight in the bin. Seriously, they don't give a shit, they sold all the tickets that's the one and only thing they care about.

[Rubb.]

edit: [no]

[paragon]

I queued up for 15 hours and managed to get row L right in the center.

[deep_schismic]

Awsome letter dude. Just the latest news on Tool's Australian schedule:

http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/aust/5773/

Not to be totally cynical..but we need more sources to confirm this...

[jards]

What do you people expect ticketmaster to do? They had probably 30,000 people who wanted to get gold seats of which there was maybe 1,000. Once they are gone the remaining 29,000 want to get their hands on the other 11 or 12 thousand. All these tickets were sold in about 35 minutes.

Ticketmaster gives you three options, phone, internet and in person. You are a moron if you think that you won't run into some trouble trusting the internet or the phone alone. They are not bloody Nasa, they are not going to have the kind of technology that some of you expect. Even if they did everyone would have got on at once and the tickets would have sold out in a minute.

In the end the result would be the same, except the people who stayed out all night may not have got as good a tickets as they did. Ticketmaster did their job, that was to sell 13,000 tickets to a Tool concert. Unfortunately 30,000 doesn't go into 13,000 so people are going to miss out. There is not much you can do but get over it.

By the way I lined up at 8am at Windy Hill and got GA tickets. I'm just happy to have just got tickets.

[bitter_enigma]

So all silver is standing at the back?'
I was confused by the 'seat' number on the ticket.

[twistandshout]

What do you people expect ticketmaster to do? They had probably 30,000 people who wanted to get gold seats of which there was maybe 1,000. Once they are gone the remaining 29,000 want to get their hands on the other 11 or 12 thousand. All these tickets were sold in about 35 minutes.

Ticketmaster gives you three options, phone, internet and in person. You are a moron if you think that you won't run into some trouble trusting the internet or the phone alone. They are not bloody Nasa, they are not going to have the kind of technology that some of you expect. Even if they did everyone would have got on at once and the tickets would have sold out in a minute.

In the end the result would be the same, except the people who stayed out all night may not have got as good a tickets as they did. Ticketmaster did their job, that was to sell 13,000 tickets to a Tool concert. Unfortunately 30,000 doesn't go into 13,000 so people are going to miss out. There is not much you can do but get over it.

By the way I lined up at 8am at Windy Hill and got GA tickets. I'm just happy to have just got tickets.


Bullocks.
They should only allow 4 tickets per person so true fans get to go to the gig not sculpers that have connection at Ticketmaster being able to buy out the joint.

[deep_schismic]

This whole thing was organized like a bunch of fuckin amateurs. They should've had presales, restricted the number tickets allowed per person, etc.

[jards]

Presales and restricting numbers, both these are done by the promoter not ticketmaster.

Also only 2 GA tickets on eBay so I'm not so sure real fans haven't go the 13,000 that were sold today.

[agog]

ROW I gold tickets 8 in a row!!.. we were second in line at like midnight at box hill and drank away till morn.. btw thank you so much to the asian dude at that newsagency.. fastest typer this side of the blue moon! LEGEND!!!

[(t)hick]

I was a bit pissed off, I lined up at twenty past six and the next people didn't arrive 'til seven. I could have stayed in bed for another half an hour. What did surprise me was the number of people who turned up right on nine o'clock. I reckon the number of people where I was doubled in the five minutes before nine.

I got tickets (GA) and I'm just happy about that. Now I'm just gonna look forward to great weather and a top sunset on the 31st.

So all silver is standing at the back?'
I was confused by the 'seat' number on the ticket.
I gathered they were just a way of keeping track of numbers. ??

[bkimber16]

i got gold, row i middle, i emaild ticketmaster to see way was quciker, either interent or showing up at an outlet, she replied saying internet is quicker, (clearly is not).

[beldingarath]

Was soooooooooooooooo close to getting Gold tickets, but the person ahead of the queue had credit card problems, so we ended up with Silver. Still, I'm going to see Tool!

[ninwishes]

Did anyone else line up at the arts centre? I was the crazy chick at the front of the line.

I *think* our system worked--the queue was faster, and nearly everyone managed seats, didn't they??



EDIT: after all the bullshit this tour, next time I'm buying as many tix as I can get to put 'em on the ticket hook up at face value. We mighn't be able to totally ditch the Scalping arseholes, but by fuck I'll try. :)

[(t)hick]

after all the bullshit this tour, next time I'm buying as many tix as I can get to put 'em on the ticket hook up at face value. We mighn't be able to totally ditch the Scalping arseholes, but by fuck I'll try. :)

I can see the cost of tickets inhibiting a lot of people buying a heap of tickets to stop scalpers. Y'know what I mean? At one hundred bucks each it's not like you can really stock up unless you've got $1k+.

It is a good idea though, anything that will allow more people to enjoy the concerts without paying an arm and a leg is a good idea.

[deep_schismic]

Presales and restricting numbers, both these are done by the promoter not ticketmaster.

Also only 2 GA tickets on eBay so I'm not so sure real fans haven't go the 13,000 that were sold today.

I think you will find 6-7 pairs of GA tickets on ebay...they are going for $400+. One of them is $750+.

[deep_schismic]

I can see the cost of tickets inhibiting a lot of people buying a heap of tickets to stop scalpers. Y'know what I mean? At one hundred bucks each it's not like you can really stock up unless you've got $1k+.

It is a good idea though, anything that will allow more people to enjoy the concerts without paying an arm and a leg is a good idea.

Actually if people just even buy 1-2 extra tickets, then collectively it can make an impact. I was going to buy 5 tickets, 4 for me and my friends, and an extra in case someone missed out or whatever and really wanted to go, etc.

[(t)hick]

I think you will find 6-7 pairs of GA tickets on ebay...they are going for $400+. One of them is $750+.

I just searched ebay and got 56 results. Bastards

[Penny]

Here is something amazing:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOOL-Melbourne-2x-General-Admission-Lawn-Tickets_W0QQitemZ330021683815QQihZ014QQcategoryZ59 970QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Am I seeing things? $8600?

[JizzyMcJizz]

the scalping of this show is outta control.

[jarbsy]

Holy shit...please tell me that was a typo...i love tool but fuck...

[JizzyMcJizz]

Jarbsy Im pretty sure people are fake bidding to take the sellers market out.

[deep_schismic]

haha yeah if u noticed, one of the ebay ID's is 'diescalperscumdie'

[Jurkel]

Hey Aussies,
I had the DISTINCT pleasure of seeing Tool last night (in Calgary, AB). Amazing show, no one who got tickets could possibly be dissapointed :)

As it happens, I'll be near Melbourne when Tool plays the 31'st, but apparently when tickets go on sale Aug 25, 9am EST: they actually mean the 25th in Australia, so the 24th here. That's confusing shit. Needless to say I hope they announce more dates in Oz.

I reckin'...

[deep_schismic]

Dude, half of australia is waiting for more dates to be announced. and it'll be really shit if they are just Big day out dates...

But then all hope is not lost, because after all, Tool love aus!

[odie]

true, but i dont think there are going to be more dates. if there were they should have announced them at the same time the other were.

[kungfuonion]

is it that much to ask that they put the sydney and melbourne shows on sale on different days?

i managed to get four tickets in row N online, which should be awesome.

last time i had to get tool tickets, i was 15 minutes late for a year 12 english sac (due to 'car trouble'), and had to sit in the nosebleeds of rod laver. this year i was arriving half an hour late to work due to a 'doctors appointment'. lucky my manager is a tool fan. heheh.... tool is the only band we'd go to such lengths to see.

i don't see the additional shows being much more than big day out shows, and if they are announced, the smart business person would undoubtably save these announcements until after the big day out has sold out. otherwise, many wouldn't bother with big day out, much like stooges fans last year.

[Priapus]

To those talking about buying extra tickets to give out to other Tool fans at their discretion next time - I have thought about that and it doesn't really work. Its likely that the scalpers will still get their tickets, and the extra tickets you buy for TDN'ers will not go to someone else who loves Tool but doesnt visit this site, or doesn't use the internet.

[Penny]

Don't know if this has been posted yet, but;

http://channelv.com.au/V/Article.aspx?ID=322

"However be alert not alarmed, we’re expecting to announce more shows in Sydney and Melbourne shortly – stay tuned for details." Looking good. Hope TicketMaster doesn't completely fuck it up again.

[Rubb.]

To those talking about buying extra tickets to give out to other Tool fans at their discretion next time - I have thought about that and it doesn't really work. Its likely that the scalpers will still get their tickets, and the extra tickets you buy for TDN'ers will not go to someone else who loves Tool but doesnt visit this site, or doesn't use the internet.

Agreed. At least her heart's in the right place.

[ninwishes]

Agreed. At least his heart's in the right place.

Actually, I'm a her. :) And I still think it's a least worth a try- even if 10 actual fans got tickets, it's better than paying triple face value from some sleaze.

[WatchDog]

ROW I gold tickets 8 in a row!!.. we were second in line at like midnight at box hill and drank away till morn.. btw thank you so much to the asian dude at that newsagency.. fastest typer this side of the blue moon! LEGEND!!!

hhahahaha i saw you guys there, you looke dliek you were having fun, i should of camped out with you so id get gold.

[Rubb.]

tip for getting tickets...fly out to the most remote ticketmaster outlet you can find. I only arrived 10 minutes early and I was first in line, and there were only 2 other people.

[art]

YOu know, i bet its the promoters who have all the tickets on ebay. maybe this initial concert was a [ahem] 'decoy' to distract the arsehole scalpers. Think about it: if more shows go on sale - where does that leave the scalpers? -> Fucked.

[Priapus]

Actually, I'm a her. :) And I still think it's a least worth a try- even if 10 actual fans got tickets, it's better than paying triple face value from some sleaze.


I think you are missing my point - those 10 tickets won't be taken away from the scalpers, they will be taken away from 10 other fans. The scalpers will probably get them anyway, so in a sense you will be playing god by saying "we got extra tickets here, and these fans can have them and not these ones".

Of course I don't know this for sure, but it seems to me that the scalpers will know the ins-and-outs of getting tickets for big events better than anyone, so its unlikely they are the ones that will lose out.

[deep_schismic]

YOu know, i bet its the promoters who have all the tickets on ebay. maybe this initial concert was a [ahem] 'decoy' to distract the arsehole scalpers. Think about it: if more shows go on sale - where does that leave the scalpers? -> Fucked.

I wouldn't rule that out entirely. There was this big thing with Ticketmaster in the US and shit where some agents were like basically passing on tickets to scalpers and third party sites and making a killing on the side...and this somehow led to this notion of the artists wanting to get in on the deal...so in a couple of years time, ticketmaster will be LEGALLY holding auctions for concert tickets. HOW FUCKED IS THAT. (It was in a recent issue of Rolling Stone USA)

[zebra]

I wouldn't rule that out entirely. There was this big thing with Ticketmaster in the US and shit where some agents were like basically passing on tickets to scalpers and third party sites and making a killing on the side...and this somehow led to this notion of the artists wanting to get in on the deal...so in a couple of years time, ticketmaster will be LEGALLY holding auctions for concert tickets. HOW FUCKED IS THAT. (It was in a recent issue of Rolling Stone USA)

I have also read about this. It's positively horrid. It basically rules out the "normal" man from seeing a gig - and then it's open slather for those that have nothing but money to burn :(. The little man is screwed, yet again.

Hey, I'm still reeling here, and it's last friday all the sh%t went down. I don't think my lack of tickets and the effect it's having on me will wear off anytime soon....

[mattw]

I was lucky/fortunate to get tickets to both Melbourne and Sydney (1st in line, got there the night before etc.) but I must say I am very disappointed that there wasn't a ticket limit in place.

I've mentioned this elsewhere but let me explain once more:

I bought 5 Sydney tickets and 3 Melbourne tickets. I live in Sydney and am going with my girlfriend and 3 mates who are massive Tool fans (2 are yet to see them live - should be a good experience for them!) and in Melbourne I will be sitting with 2 other friends. But that's it.

There should have been the usual 8 ticket limit for each gig. I have no problem with people buying tickets for mates (like what I did) but when you're first in line at Ticketmaster like I was and the 2 people next to you are buying 13 and 15 Sydney Gold GA tickets you can't help but feel skeptical. Sure, they might have legitimately all for friends etc. but if you're buying for friends surely no-one would have a problem with 8 tickets for each show maximum. If more than 8 people wanted to go etc. then just get 2 or more people to line up. Simple.

Hopefully Tool will add some more dates, both BDO and individual shows, so as to please fans - yes, there will be many who will buy more tickets to more shows (I'd go to another show for sure!) but hopefully those who missed out would have another opportunity...

Also, good to read in the Live section review of the August 27th show at The Gorge in Washington state that the sound guy said that Tool had done The Grudge and Wings/10,000 Days in sound-check.

This looks good for Australia...

[Pineal]

So I've been backpacking for about the last four months. I left just after 10k Days came out and was sure while I was planning the trip that I'd miss a Tool tour for sure. How fucking happy was I when I found out that they were playing two months after I'm scheduled to get back.


But I found out today that both my brother and best mate (Jubei here, though he doesn't post any more) missed out on tickets.

Four and half years since I saw Tool at Rod Laver for my first and only time (I was 14) and after waiting so fucking long for the album and a chance to see the best bloody live act I've ever seen again, I get shafted. And these fucking scalper cunts are selling tickets for 500 bucks plus.

I'd love to get my hands on one of those fuckers for just five minutes...

Still, I'll be sitting outside with a few of my mates who also missed out, sinking piss and planning how we're going to sneak in. BDO should be alright but I think I'm going to have to got to both Melbourne and Sydney if there's another Aussie leg of this tour.

[alley otis]

i know people who snuck into matallica, it is possible.

ps i got 8 tickets for me and my mates and i still know friends who missed out,

i was dissapointed with not getting seats but this thread deffinatly puts things into perspective

[white horse]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOOL-Melbourne-2-Gold-Reserved-Seats-ROW-H_W0QQitemZ150027008371QQihZ005QQcategoryZ59970QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem

hahahahahahaha if this is for real her boyfriend's an idiot

[Dimune]

i bet he'll be kicking himself if he didnt know she had them.

[deep_schismic]

hahahaa oh dear god, that is funny indeed.

lesson to be learned: don't break up when great concerts go on sale...cuz you never know what kind of shit can go down!

[spiralout88]

Will anyway that will be at this show have some of God's grass? I'll be there but I'll be flying to Melbourne from Brisbane and I don't want to smuggle. PM if you're cool.

[white horse]

"official tool" won the bidding at $7877. heh. Also, I got my tickets today and there was a small flyer stating the whole event would be alcohol free - none even sold at the venue. LOL.

[Algid]

So glad that I got my ticket. I waited for 35 excuciating minutes for my ticket and I just cant wait for my virgin Tool show! Cant wait for January!!!!

[beldingarath]

I was just wondering, what with (some) people complaining about the GA and inability to see the floor correctly. I'm assuming this will be different at The Bowl because of the GA being behind the seats? Sorry, but this will be my first Bowl show so I don't know how it will work out.

[mattw]

If someone could post a few pictures/diagrams of the Myer Music Bowl that would be great! I have obviously already seen the seating plan (I'm in row K!) but if anyone has got some good pictures or photos just post them - I've never been to the Music Bowl but I am really looking forward to it...

[deep_schismic]

I was just wondering, what with (some) people complaining about the GA and inability to see the floor correctly. I'm assuming this will be different at The Bowl because of the GA being behind the seats? Sorry, but this will be my first Bowl show so I don't know how it will work out.

Somehow seeing the stage is not going to be a problem really. It's an amphitheater, so the stage is designed to be the focal point and can be seen from everywhere.

And for everyone bitching about the Myer Music Bowl...have a quick read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Myer_Music_Bowl

[deep_schismic]

If someone could post a few pictures/diagrams of the Myer Music Bowl that would be great! I have obviously already seen the seating plan (I'm in row K!) but if anyone has got some good pictures or photos just post them - I've never been to the Music Bowl but I am really looking forward to it...

Here...
http://www.whitehat.com.au/images/Melbourne/MusicBowl.jpg

http://home.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~wasner/Galleries/Australien/melbourne-sidney-myer-music-bowl.JPG

[theone333]

thanks deep_schismic!
i have lawn tickets. never been to the SMMB either and was expecting crappy view. but from that second pic in looks much better than i imagined. getting that close and staying that close for the duration of the show im sure will be a challenge. what i wouldnt do for a gold seat!

[mattw]

what i wouldnt do for a gold seat!

I hate to brag (not really) but here's what I did in order to get gold seats for this gig:

I was 1st in line at Ticketmaster with many dollars - simple really...

This summer is gonna kick arse!

[theone333]

I hate to brag (not really) but here's what I did in order to get gold seats for this gig:

I was 1st in line at Ticketmaster with many dollars - simple really...

This summer is gonna kick arse!

yes that sounds very simple. ill keep that in mind for next time.

[paragon]

If someone could post a few pictures/diagrams of the Myer Music Bowl that would be great! I have obviously already seen the seating plan (I'm in row K!) but if anyone has got some good pictures or photos just post them - I've never been to the Music Bowl but I am really looking forward to it...What seat number are you? I’m one row behind you (row L) and there is a small chance that you’re in the seat in front of me.

I found some photos on flicker. Its really hard figure out what the view will be like from the seats though. Also in these photos they seem to have a smaller stage and GA section up the front.


http://flickr.com/photos/jbennett/114507190/
http://flickr.com/photos/jbennett/114505528/
http://flickr.com/photos/jbennett/114505251/
http://flickr.com/photos/jbennett/114502997/

[Gibbon]

I hate to brag (not really) but here's what I did in order to get gold seats for this gig:

I was 1st in line at Ticketmaster with many dollars - simple really...

This summer is gonna kick arse!

You make it sound so simple, I did the same thing, but it constituted being in the line for 17 hours.

[mattw]

You make it sound so simple, I did the same thing, but it constituted being in the line for 17 hours.

Tickets went on sale at 9am Friday morning and I was first in line at 5pm on Thursday night which being 16 hours early is close to your 17 hour early effort :)

The next person didn't show up for a few hours but after about 11pm more and more people rocked up, each with the same look of disappointment and regret that they hadn't been able to get there earlier... good night though, lots of nice people swapping stories of previous gigs and generally talking about music, movies etc. Fuck I was tired the next day though!

I was lucky - I sort of had Friday off (uni student) as I only had one class (coincidentally at 9am) but when you have to choose between going to a 1 hour lecture or buying tickets to see your favourite band who haven't been here in nearly 5 years it's not very difficult to see which is the best option...

Anyway, thanks for the pictures above - they are what I was look for!

Cheers!

[Rubb.]

lol I arrived 10 minutes before they went on sale and was first in line :)

[mattw]

lol I arrived 10 minutes before they went on sale and was first in line :)

Yeah but the downside is you have to live in Tasmania...

[ninwishes]

I hate to brag (not really) but here's what I did in order to get gold seats for this gig:

I was 1st in line at Ticketmaster with many dollars - simple really...

This summer is gonna kick arse!


Yep, that's what I did too..worked a treat. :) I'd do it again too, if they announce a 2nd show.

[Gibbon]

Tickets went on sale at 9am Friday morning and I was first in line at 5pm on Thursday night which being 16 hours early is close to your 17 hour early effort :)

The next person didn't show up for a few hours but after about 11pm more and more people rocked up, each with the same look of disappointment and regret that they hadn't been able to get there earlier... good night though, lots of nice people swapping stories of previous gigs and generally talking about music, movies etc. Fuck I was tired the next day though!

I was lucky - I sort of had Friday off (uni student) as I only had one class (coincidentally at 9am) but when you have to choose between going to a 1 hour lecture or buying tickets to see your favourite band who haven't been here in nearly 5 years it's not very difficult to see which is the best option...

Anyway, thanks for the pictures above - they are what I was look for!

Cheers!

Yeah, I got there at 4 and the next people in line rocked up at about 4:20, so I was damn lucky. It was a pretty good night, although the cops rocked up acouple of times just to check it out and the fire department once as well. I wasn't so lucky with the Friday, class all day. I missed first period cause of the tickets and slept through most of the rest, I was exhuasted. Where'd you line up?

[pushtheenvelope]

I know it's been posted already elsewhere.

To read mid-week that the boys played WINGS 1 & 2 in L.A......................
Wow.

If I were a gambling man, I'd put my house on witnessing it live at this show. It also looks like they've built it into the set rather than making substituting it like Opiate/Right in Two as they have been throughout the start of the tour.

If only we should be so lucky.

A.

[deep_schismic]

ok, now i can rejoice...

I HAVE MANAGED TO SECURE A SILVER TICKET FOR THE MYER MUSIC BOWL SHOW! woooo!!

Thanks a million to twistandshout for hookin me up! YOU ARE THE MAN!

[Ardhanarishvara]

ok, now i can rejoice...

I HAVE MANAGED TO SECURE A SILVER TICKET FOR THE MYER MUSIC BOWL SHOW! woooo!!

Thanks a million to twistandshout for hookin me up! YOU ARE THE MAN!

you lucky bastard :P i guess i'm going to have to just keep praying that they play at big day out

[Gibbon]

If I understand right the BDO lineup comes out this week sometime. There's not real question that Tool are on it fortunately.

[mattw]

If I understand right the BDO lineup comes out this week sometime. There's not real question that Tool are on it fortunately.

Source?

I know they are re-configuring their website but do you have any info as to when the dates and lineups are announced etc?

Cheers!

[deep_schismic]

They usually do the 1st announcement in October.

[deppo]

BDO tix are gonna fly out the door if Tool are announced as the headline, it'll be the same dramas all over again....website crashing, phones fucked, people lining up for days......

[Maryjane82]

hi~ I'm currently selling my soul uh i mean bidding on ebay for some tix for melb, im after 2. i keep loosing. it sucks balls. looks like i will have to start mentally preparing for the bdo , thats a lotta crack (read:skinny jeans) to take in in one day. fucking scalpers, die die!

[deep_schismic]

Yeah except there will be 45,000 tickets instead of 15,000...so maybe it'll take 2 hours instead of one:P

[Ardhanarishvara]

BDO tix are gonna fly out the door if Tool are announced as the headline, it'll be the same dramas all over again....website crashing, phones fucked, people lining up for days......

yep, but this time i'll be ready, i'mma own those scalping douchebags

[deppo]

Sweet dude, scalping parasite motherfuckers can get fucked.

[MyQueen]

hey :)
do you think there's any chance that they'll announce more shows in australia? Have any bands ever left it this long before announcing other shows?
i really really hope they announce more after tix for BDO go on sale, but it'll probably be just as hard to get those :(

[zebra]

Well, the BDO is usually announced very early in October. I'd just wait until this point to see what happens. You never know - Tool might just play those side shows we all crave (but I doubt it!). Time will tell....

[[NIN]hurt]

apologies for posting this in this thread, have posted this in the tix hook up thread but still havent got any replies and i'm getting DESPERATE =T

I have a Lawn GA ticket to the Melbourne, VIC gig at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on wed 31 Jan 2007.
Am looking to swap for a ticket to the Sydney show on 24 Jan 2007.
e-mail me if you can trade [email protected]

[Maryjane82]

Its a tough fucking job pulling off an ebay win~ its not just because I'm a poor beggar its not!, but when youre down to the last 20 minutes and you're winning (still grimacing with each extra $) but determined!. hopeful? then BAM you're out in the cold, door slammed in your face...it's hard work I tell u. $600+ dollars then airfare from the west coast for me ... then the oh-so-considerate seller sends a messg informing me that its bad luck for me, overall a good attempt and oh yeah he/she/it has another 2 tix i could purchase for another $600.. who are these fuckers???

[mattw]

Its a tough fucking job pulling off an ebay win~ its not just because I'm a poor beggar its not!, but when youre down to the last 20 minutes and you're winning (still grimacing with each extra $) but determined!. hopeful? then BAM you're out in the cold, door slammed in your face...it's hard work I tell u. $600+ dollars then airfare from the west coast for me ... then the oh-so-considerate seller sends a messg informing me that its bad luck for me, overall a good attempt and oh yeah he/she/it has another 2 tix i could purchase for another $600.. who are these fuckers???

Save your money and don't stress out!

Here's some rough dates for you to consider:

Sunday January 21st: Tool at Gold Coast Big Day Out
Thursday or Friday January 25t or 26th: Tool at Sydney Big Day Out
Sunday January 28th: Tool at Melbourne Big Day Out
Friday February 2nd: Tool at Adelaide Big Day Out
Sunday February 4th: Tool at Perth Big Day Out

Seriously save your money - $600 is a lot of money for tickets to a concert, not to mention the airfares, accommodation etc.

Tool are a very good band but don't go overboard trying to acquire tickets...

Ebay can be dangerous when you keep bidding on an item you desperately want as it's hard to imagine the actual amounts of money you are bidding being right in front of you and what those quantities of money can buy otherwise...

Big Day Out dates/tickets should be announced soon and should be pretty close to the dates listed above. I think tickets go on sale Friday October 13th (rumour).

Keep your head up...

[Maryjane82]

thanks for the heads up.... im not really stressing about it, i mean if i was meant to get tix i would have them..Im a newbie to ebay so my sister is doing most of the bidding seems to know what shes doing, the tix are for me and her.. anywayy..
im still hoping they announce more dates, particulary perth.. that would make my fucking year.. but yes it is most likely they will play BDO.. i mean the dates coincide and yeah i think they usually announce lineup early oct. so fingers crossed! and beggars cant be choosers so i would go to the bdo even tho it wouldnt be nearly the same as seeing them open air in melbourne.. and yeah i guess 600 is a lot but then all the footy freaks are forking out thousands for tix... hahaha... oh and 2 seated tix for melb show jus went for 1500.. bwhahah

[mattw]

I'm in the Gold seats section for this gig. I would love to go around and survey people as to how they got their tickets and how much they paid for them. It would be an interesting study. $1500 for two tickets? Whoever originally purchased them paid no more than $220 from Ticketmaster. As I have said before, why there wasn't a ticket limit to this and the Sydney show astounds me. Even if the ticket limit was 8 per customer the show would have sold out anyway... oh well.

Anyway, we still have another 4 months to wait...

[toolfan967]

Well I'm a prick of a situation in terms of making a decision. It's either pay through the roof (the most I'm willing to pay is $250) for a ticket off eBay or have hope they anounce another Melbourne show.

The other day tickets went for $250 and I decided against buying them as hard as it was mainly because of this:
http://channelv.com.au/V/Article.aspx?ID=322

It says: "However be alert not alarmed, we’re expecting to announce more shows in Sydney and Melbourne shortly – stay tuned for details."

Which makes me think - imagine spending $250 on shitty GA tickets when another show could very will be anounced and I could get gold tickets for $100. It seems like they're talking about another show but they COULD be talking about BDO. I mean it's pretty much confirmed they're playing BDO and there's no way I'm missing that - but it will be not much of an experiance compared to a proper Tool concert.

So either buy tickets for rip off price with crappy seats mainly not to risk missing out or risk it and HOPE to god they anounce more shows. What do you all think? Also what's the best place to check for if/when they anounce more shows? The official site doesn't seem to be much help and there's no real section here for just anounced shows either.


Well any help/advice would be great

- Desperate Tool fan

[sPOiDar]

Same situation here TBH, damn scalpers really p!ss me off... I'm having difficulty justifying buying tix from eBay as much for the fact that I know the money's going to these bastards as much as with the price... :\

[white horse]

I wonder if they'll find a venue for BDO in Melbourne. Report in The Age last week said they were still without one. I can't see them not having it here though, they'd lose a lot of money.

[deep_schismic]

Same situation here TBH, damn scalpers really p!ss me off... I'm having difficulty justifying buying tix from eBay as much for the fact that I know the money's going to these bastards as much as with the price... :\

don't give in man...almost all concerts release tickets closer to the date of the show...and apparently a whole chunk of gold tickets were not released in the initial sale. i have a silver ticket at the moment, but I am still positive i can get a gold ticket

[deep_schismic]

I wonder if they'll find a venue for BDO in Melbourne. Report in The Age last week said they were still without one. I can't see them not having it here though, they'd lose a lot of money.

so it's not happening at princes park last year? did it really suck there? I mean the Showgrounds isn't exactly a stellar venue either...who knows.

[mattw]

apparently a whole chunk of gold tickets were not released in the initial sale. i have a silver ticket at the moment, but I am still positive i can get a gold ticket

You have no chance!!!

Those gold tickets were the first few rows and they were held back for promoters, sponsors, competition winners, friends of the band, special guests etc.

There is no way in hell Ticketmaster or any ticketing agency would suddenly release the best seats in the house for sale. It wouldn't be fair to all of those people who lined up for hours and were fortunate enough to get tickets in the first place...

Put it this way: Apparently the first 7 rows (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) were held back (roughly 400+ seats) and I was first in line and mangaged row K. That's 11th row. The lady behind the Ticketmaster counter literally got me tickets no more than 10 seconds after they went on sale. I could've probably got even closer to the stage but she had to get me Sydney Gold seats first (section 15, next to the satge :) ).

The guy next to me was also first in line as the outlet had more than one cpu. He got standing tickets for Sydney as soon as they went on sale and then got Gold seats in Melbourne: Row R (18th row). He was a little bit slower than me, maybe 15 seconds? There was a girl behind us (second in line) who had been there since 1am. She wanted Gold Melbourne seats. At roughly 9:00:30 am they were all gone. 8 hours of waiting and she only got silver, which is still good.

My overall point is that if you desperately want tickets then line up! If you are first in line you can't go wrong. Yes I know people will bitch about not being able to line up but that's not my problem. If you really want to go to a gig you'll find a way...

[deep_schismic]

You have no chance!!!

Those gold tickets were the first few rows and they were held back for promoters, sponsors, competition winners, friends of the band, special guests etc.

There is no way in hell Ticketmaster or any ticketing agency would suddenly release the best seats in the house for sale. It wouldn't be fair to all of those people who lined up for hours and were fortunate enough to get tickets in the first place...


Well, I actually have sourced a gold ticket, which I let my friend have as he hasn't seen Tool before, and to be fair i'm seeing them 5 times this year.

As for best seats in the house...being front row for tool is actually not the best seats in the house...so you're actually better off for gettin tickets halfway back or further. If i had a choice I would have chosen like row W-Z or something in the middle to get the best view and sound!

[mattw]

Didn't you mention above that you hoped to get a gold ticket? Now you're saying you have one but you gave it away...? I know your friend hasn't seen them but ,wow, that is really generous of you!

I'm pretty stoked with 11th row back from the stage. It's close to the band and I am seeing them (like you) multiple times this coming summer: Gold Coast BDO, Sydney BDO, Sydney Jan 24th, Melbourne Jan 31st,...

I guess the good thing about the gold seats is not only are you close to the band but you are allocated an actual seat. No getting there way early to get the best views etc. I'm gonna have a couple of beers with some mates beforehand then simply stroll in and sit down, passing all those with silver tickets who have been there for hours attempting to get close to the band... I feel so superior!

By the way, this thread is getting pretty big...

[toolfan967]

Same situation here TBH, damn scalpers really p!ss me off... I'm having difficulty justifying buying tix from eBay as much for the fact that I know the money's going to these bastards as much as with the price... :\

Exactly. Prick of a decision isn't it? :(

[deep_schismic]

Didn't you mention above that you hoped to get a gold ticket? Now you're saying you have one but you gave it away...? I know your friend hasn't seen them but ,wow, that is really generous of you!

I'm pretty stoked with 11th row back from the stage. It's close to the band and I am seeing them (like you) multiple times this coming summer: Gold Coast BDO, Sydney BDO, Sydney Jan 24th, Melbourne Jan 31st,...

I guess the good thing about the gold seats is not only are you close to the band but you are allocated an actual seat. No getting there way early to get the best views etc. I'm gonna have a couple of beers with some mates beforehand then simply stroll in and sit down, passing all those with silver tickets who have been there for hours attempting to get close to the band... I feel so superior!

By the way, this thread is getting pretty big...


Haha yeah it is like the most posted thread in the upcoming section i think...go Melbourne! (EDIT: wow fuckin #250!)

But yeah, I wasn't too torn up about getting my friend the ticket...I figured at least I'll be going. My other friend (who's the biggest Tool fan I know) managed to get himself a Silver ticket like me, so he wasn't too fussed about Gold or non-Gold...I mentioned that I'm still hopin for a Gold ticket, because..obviously if it is somehow possible (without suckin scalper dick) to get gold...then i will do everything I can to get some for me and my friend...

If we do end up with 'just' silver ticket though, then we'll be some of those sorry bastards who decided to line up at like 9am to get as up front to the GA barrier hehe