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Tool
General Motors Place, Vancouver, BC
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

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disaxiom

so it is an arena tour!!! now i gotta choose between this one and the gorge one

omnitronic

I am having the same problem, but I think the sound will be much better at the Gorge. The disadvantage is the drive and the traffic out there. But I am still going to try for both.

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parabol4

yay more tool can never be a bad thing! Although tickets are going to be a bitch for me to get for this one.

parabol4

Also the fact that I probably cant get floor wheelchair seats.

omnitronic

You should get badass seats for the Gorge show. From what I can tell on the maplink on the ticketmaster website, you will be way up front.

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noisetherapy

it was madness last time they were in vancouver... imagine how loud and hotboxed gm place will be this time around

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parabol4

I'd like to go to the Gorge show, but i cant.

parabol4

Called GM place, my seats will be way at the back... Hopefully at least the sound is still good from there.

evil agent

WWWWHHAAATT!?!?!?

This is crazy! Tonight I heard, from some guy who doesn't even like Tool, that they were coming to Vancouver. I thought he was wrong, since I was sure I'd have heard about it. But it turns out he was right. I haven't been on this site much for a week or two, and so I missed the announcement. THANK GOD I found out 1.5 days before tickets go onsale!

I saw them here (Vancouver) in 2001, but missed them here in 1996 (such regret!). They played GM Place in 2001, which is usually a terribly venue for sound, but I remember they sounded PERFECT. The only band I've seen in GM Place that sounded perfect. Hopefully this time is just as good, and hopefully they play the Pot (I didn't see it in Toronto last month, because Maynard was sick).

This will be my 6th Tool Show!

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omnitronic

I came up to the '96 show because they sold out a small club in Tacoma of all places in about five seconds. But that show in Vancouver was amazing! My favorite quote of the night: "You guys win the prize for being the rudest crowd to an opening band of ours...ever". Thunderous applause ensued. Blue Maynard...I miss you man.

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Chalingo

Hope they have a better opening band this time, i'm not much of a Tricky fan. The sound in 2001 at GM place was terrific though. Can't wait!

FickMyDuck

Does anyone know how fast these tickets will sell out, and what are the chances of me getting 2 tickets at the highest price(best seats, basically)?

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Spoon

Chill y'all - this is an arena show, last time tool toured arenas people could get tickets days after they initially went on sale.

just be sure to be on right at noon and you'll have 0 problems.

slicknickshady

Tool seating chart. Haha. Ticketmaster Actually Added a Tool Only Seating Chart for this arena. Not that i care I live in michigan and am only going to the Michigan Shows and If they do Toledo. But here for those going to this show.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/seatingchart/139269/15874

105 & 118 look like good sections if you dont like floor.

Tawcan

Any idea what the price is going to be? Ticketmaster listed $35.50 - $69.50. Looking at the seating chart it seems that floor's $69.50, lower bowl ~$55.50, upper bolw $35.50. Would that be a good guess?

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FickMyDuck

Not to be noobish, but why do arena shows take longer to sell out? Is it because there's more seats?

And anything wrong with the floor area except having to stand up for the whole thing(if that's a bad thing)?

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evil agent

LOL. You, sir, are hilarious. And a bad, bad man.

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evil agent

FickMyDuck: Yeah, I think the reason arena shows take longer to sell out is because of the number of available seats. Whereas the small venue shows were 1,000-3,000 seaters, I think GM Place seats about 15,000 or so. But Tool will still definitely sell the place out, and fairly quickly.

As for floor seats, I don't think you'll be standing. I think its going to be all seated, like the last Vancouver show. Seats on the floors. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I really enjoyed the seated shows in 2001, but the seated show I saw this May left me somewhat... uninvolved. I felt a bit bored just sitting there. I think it was also because of the bad security, though. This time I'll be sure to bring something to smoke or eat for the show, which definitely adds to a seated concert, IMO.

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4. Tacoma 2001 | 5. Toronto 2006 | 6. Vancouver 2006

magnolia

Tomorrow (Saturday) I will be the proud owner of two tickets.... hopefully floor.... to this show.

Fuck Seattle was awesome.

TheKettle

When I saw APC open for NIN at GM place, the floor "seats" were you standing, which was fine. Who wants to sit at a concert?

I saw Tool in '96 at the PNE Forum, which was great. You could freely walk to the floor, or grab a seat if you got tired.

omnitronic

That '96 show went off!

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tempathy

hopefully i'll be able to get tickets for this show as well.. if anyone is coming up from portland, or i'd like to split gas with you, i will hopefully have a friend with me. pm me if interested

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FickMyDuck

just got section 117 seats. Not the best seats in the house, but I am VERY satisfied.

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evil agent

I don't know what planet you've been living on, but the 1996 show was TEN YEARS AGO. At THE FORUM, where all shows are standing, general admission. This is Tool's second show at GM Place, and IT WILL ALL BE SEATS, like the last show there. Tool's shows have ALL been seated shows for a long time now. If you're going to this show, YOU WILL BE IN SEATS, so you'd better get used to the idea.

Otherwise, I'm pretty pissed off right now. I got tickets the INSANT they went onsale, and the best it could give me was row 9, section 107 of the 'plaza' (lower level seating). I'm so choked I couldn't get on the floor. This will be my 2nd Tool show this year, and once again I'll be sitting far away. I hate how I can't even get up close to see my favorite band of all time, it's really annoying. Its probably because I bought 8 tickets, for my friends, which definitely forced me to get way worse seats than if I had bought 2 or 3 tickets. Oh well.

Also, why were my plaza seats still full price?!?!? Out of 3 price levels, they were still the top, $69.50 plus $12 of TICKETMASTER RAPE FEES, bringing it to $81.50..... and I'm not even on the floor. WTF?

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4. Tacoma 2001 | 5. Toronto 2006 | 6. Vancouver 2006

tempathy

same..117. just before that they tried putting me in section 104 next to the stage. feh! i'll be driving a long ways and didn't wanna be in ga for the event

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FickMyDuck

what row you in, Tempest? And did anyone get floor seats? Where's section 120? My friends were sesarching for 6 tix and they got 120 lol

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Poolzer

section 116, row 5, seats 7-8

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Weapon

Floor Seats

Row 17

Oh yes...

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parabol4

I could only get Visions lounge seats... No fucking way all the wheelchair seats sold out that quickly. I think Ticketmaster fucked up, but at least I got a seat :D... Even if its the worst seat in the building.

FickMyDuck

this is fucked up. THe yellow sections are still in the highest price range.

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schizophrenic0

Well I got two seats, 25th row of section 105. I hope they aren't too close.

Pickles The Clown

I got row 16. the bc bud is gonna be burnin' boiiiiiiiiiiiii

Weapon

haha i'm in seats 18-20

be sure to pass it back

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StarScream

just got mine this morning, floor, row 12, seats 28 and 29. see you guys there

tewlarmyof1

section 116, row 8, seats 5 and 6 i think.... good enough for me. I was at the Paramount for the May 2nd show, 5/6ths of the way to the back, and it was still completely and utterly enigmatic. See you all there.

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TheKettle

Floor, row 34. You'll have to throw it back to me!

Chalingo

Got two seats section 105 row 7, should be alright. I was on as soon as tickets were on sale and the best i could get was row 31 on the floor. Can't believe all plaza seats were full price, even seats up in the balcony are full price, ftw! Floor should be general admission, gives everybody a chance to get close to the best band on the planet. I also got on ticket in section 107, which is better 107 or 105?

Benf

i got one ticket that was row 5 floor
then i got 2 tickets that are row 3 section 117.
Just so you know, i had row 4 in sec 117 before.... id venture to say that they are the best seats in the house. gm doesnt seem very big when you get there. the seating chart really blows it out of proportion.