The first Sydney Big Day Out seemed to sell out pretty quick, so they’ve announced a second one in the 27th of January – same bands, same venue, same bat channel. Tickets go on sale on the 11th of October. In other related news Gold Coast Big Day Out tickets go on sale midnight tonight! Get on it Banana Benders!
Big Day Out tickets go on sale this week, starting with Sydney tonight at midnight. Details are below:
BDO 2011 TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE FROM:
SYDNEY: WEDNESDAY 6th OCTOBER
GOLD COAST: THURSDAY 7th OCTOBER
AUCKLAND: FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER
MELBOURNE: FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER
ADELAIDE: FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER
PERTH: FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER
Tickets are available through our website at 12.01am in each city’s local time
and
through TICKETMASTER website only at 9am in each city’s local time
Please check individual city information pages on this website soon for any additional local outlets
You will be asked to read and agree to our Conditions of Sale and Admission before you can purchase tickets. Conditions of Sale and Admission can be viewed here
THERE IS A STRICT LIMIT OF 4 TICKETS PER CUSTOMER
TICKET CHARGES:
AUCKLAND: NZ$150 (inc gst) +bf
GOLD COAST: AU$155 (inc gst) +bf
SYDNEY: AU$155 (inc gst) +bf
MELBOURNE: AU$155 (inc gst) +bf
ADELAIDE: AU$155 (inc gst) +bf
PERTH: AU$155 (inc gst) +bf + $1.65 Perth Department of Transport Levy
NB:booking fees may vary pending on outlet & mode of purchase
Sydney traditionally sells out pretty quick, so if you’re planning on getting a ticket, plan to be online at midnight to do so. I wouldn’t be surprised if tickets sell out by the time the average Tool fan wakes up. Considering that the Sydney BDO is mid-week (on Australia Day) I wouldn’t be banking on a second show being announced.
For this years event, Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast Big Day Outs sold out pretty quick, and I don’t think Adelaide and Perth weren’t far behind. As I said, if you’re planning on going, don’t leave it – buy your ticket as they go on sale.
Still no news on any side shows. I think that there will be some, but don’t expect them to be announced until a week or so after festival tickets go on sale.
Update 1: Here are specific details for the Sydney sale tonight/tomorrow:
NOTE: SYDNEY ONSALE TIMES ARE IN AUSTRALIAN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (AEDT)
OK…
*MIDNIGHT TONIGHT: SYDNEY BIG DAY OUT WEBSITE TICKETS ON SALE
Tonight at 12:01am SYDNEY TIME tickets go on sale via the Big Day Out website:www.bigdayout.com
*9:00AM TOMORROW MORNING: SYDNEY TICKETMASTER TICKETS ON SALE
Tomorrow at 9:00am SYDNEY TIME (Wednesday 6th October) tickets go on sale via Ticketmaster: www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/13004541B5EC85FE?artistid=1077148&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60
*IF YOU ARE IN A DIFFERENT TIME ZONE
If you are in a different time zone and you wish to purchase tickets to the Sydney Big Day Out, you will need to do this at local Sydney (AEDT) times listed above.
Here is a link to help you figure out the local Sydney time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240
Please Note: Tickets are only available ONLINE for the Sydney event.
Update 2: Sydney Big Day Out website tickets sold out in about 20 minutes. Ticketmaster have an allocation that goes on sale right about now!
Blair published the September 2010 newsletter on Toolband this morning, which once again confirms that Tool are taking part in the Big Day Out tour. It does mention that fans are hoping for some solo shows, but neither confirms nor denies that these will happen, so I guess we’ll have to wait a little longer on that. Seems to me that they won’t be announced prior to Big Day Out tickets going on sale, so those of you in Sydney and Melbourne who want to see Tool this trip are probably going to have to grab tickets as soon as they go on sale, in case the Big Day Out sells out and there are no side shows announced. Personally I’ll be grabbing tickets to the Adelaide BDO, and then heading over to a sideshow should they happen.
Once again mentioned the possibility of shows in Hawaii. Sounds to me like this will almost definitely go ahead, though sources close to this fan site have no further information on this…
On the writing/recording front, the newsletter basically confirms what Justin mentioned in an interview yesterday: that the band are still writing and there’s no danger of them heading to the studio anytime soon. I wouldn’t count on them recording anytime before March 2011.
Finally, he also confirmed that Aaron Harris from Isis will join Tool on the Big Day Out tour, presumably as some kind of sound technician. Aaron seems to be really keen on getting into the recording business, and from what I’ve read has done some great work with Kiwi band Jakob, and I’m sure all of us here at Fourtheye wish him luck with all his post-Isis endeavours.
Si emailed me today an interview that Justin has done recently with the New Zealand Herald. The article itself is in regards to their appearance on the Big Day Out Festival, but Justin drops several hints about the new album:
“But we all come up with stuff on our own, and probably for the first six months we just share our ideas with each other, spending hours dithering around. So it really is a big kind of jam session.”
And all he can say about the new album, which might be ready by the end of next year (“You’ll have to be patient”), is that “it’s going to be exceptional”.
More fluff in that article than actual content, but well worth a read…
In a short and to the point post on Toolband Blair confirmed the Big Day Out dates for Tool, however has made no mention of any side shows:
BIG DAY OUT FESTIVAL DATES
Jan 21 – Auckland
Jan 23 – Gold Coast
Jan 26 – Sydney
Jan 30 – Melbourne
Feb 4 – Adelaide
Feb 6 – Perth
I still expect sideshow to be announced, the question is when. As soon as I know you’ll know…
The Big Day Out for 2011 have been announced and Tool are officially headlining the Big Day Out in 2011! Other acts include Rammstein, Deftones, Grinderman, Iggy & The Stooges, Andrew WK and more. Hopefully some more details will be available soon!
Here’s the announcement video:
Update: The Big Day Out dates are as below:
No word on side shows, though I’d be betting we’ll get some details from Blair or the Big Day Out promoters soonish. Going on the 2007 tour you can presume there will be one each in Sydney and Melbourne, and probably nowhere else.
Update 2: The official blurb for Tool reads as follows:
The sky will blacken, the ground will shudder, the earth will open up and BIG DAY OUT will once again tremble in the presence of the awe-inspiring TOOL. “Primal, poignant, poetic and, as always, utterly powerful” (ARTISTdirect, July 2010). Touring Down Under for the first time in four years, vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey and bassist Justin Chancellor will be fresh from the studio, where they have been slowly crafting a follow-up to 2006’s 10,000 Days. From Lateralus to Stinkfist, you know the music. But, backed by a video and laser light show unlike any other, TOOL live is also “the kind of visual experience you’ll probably never have again” (CHARTattack, August 2009). Unmatched in the world of dark, heavy rock, California’s TOOL have over 20 years scorched themselves a place as “one of the best live bands in history” (ARTISTdirect). Be blinded by their light at BIG DAY OUT 2011. (ALL SHOWS)
Not sure how accurate the part about them being fresh from the studio is. I’ve heard things that suggest they are, but if this is the case then they’re playing things very close to their chest this time round. Interesting press release anyway!
…to be an A Perfect Circle fan according to Billy’s Myspace page. Combined with a Facebook update of “Stay Tuned” we can only guess that tour dates will be announced then. Or perhaps just some more information regarding their plans.
In other social media related news, Junior posted on Facebook just a little while ago that he’ll be working with Devo the next couple of months. Possibly importantly for us Aussie fans he mentioned that he’ll be “Done before January. 
”. I’m pretty much 100% convinced now that Tool will be Big Day Outing.
There has been much speculation in the past few weeks, part of it from me about Tool playing the Big Day Out here in Australia and New Zealand in 2011. Blair has made several hints towards and Australian tour in recent newsletters, and just now the Big Day Out Facebook page has just released the following clue:
One of the Big Day Out 2011 headline acts live in Los Angeles, California, USA. The other headliner doesn’t. Both are bands, neither are solo performers.
Sound like anyone we know? LA is a big place I suppose, so it could be any number of acts, but there is plenty of things pointing to Tool being Down Under this summer. I guess there’s also an outside chance it’s A Perfect Circle…
Tool last visited Australia & NZ as part of the Big Day Out tour in 2007, and at the time promised they’d be back later that year. Danny injured himself and the tour never happened, so perhaps this some kind of payback for us…
Yet another interview with Adam today, this time with Crave Online. As with the previous interviews, it largely focuses on the upcoming art gallery, however Adam does talk about the tour, the setlist, Maynards voice and the writing process for the new album:
CraveOnline: I know you’re on tour now, but can you tell us anything about the new Tool record?
Adam Jones: We’re writing, we’re writing. It’s going a little slow. We’re trying to get our feet wet, just basically the three of us. Maynard’s been busy with his wine and his other band. That’s usually how it is – we’ll write and write, and then he comes in last and starts putting stuff in. It works, it is what it is and it works. It’s good. I love it.
I can’t really tell you any direction we’re taking or anything like that at this point. It just feels like the same as every time we get into it. We just write for ourselves, and when we’re happy with it we say alright, let’s go into the studio. I really like the process with those guys because we don’t worry about what worked on the last record or what’s selling or the single. You just write. You rip your guts out and… yeah. I’m so happy where I’m at and what I do with those guys. It just feels so good right now to be out on tour.
CraveOnline: How do you keep it fresh on tour? How do you build on these songs you’ve been playing for so many years at this point?
Adam Jones: This tour has been great because we’re actually doing a different setlist than we’ve been doing in the past. We’re getting older, and Maynard has trouble sometimes singing the older songs, from back when he was young and screaming his fucking head off all the time. His vocal chords are getting older and he can’t really do what he used to do all in a row in a string of back to back shows. So we’ve changed up the set a little bit, which feels really good. Once we actually get together and start playing, it’s so great. It’s so great hanging out with the guys and playing the songs. It comes back to keeping it fresh.
Sometimes in the middle of a song we’ll start jamming, or go off on some tangent of a song and come back. That’s a great way to keep it fresh too. Also we keep adding to our show, we put a lot of money back into the show because we want it to be stimulating. We want all the senses to be on overdrive. More lights, more visuals, more lasers, more soundscapes. That’s what I would want in a show.
CraveOnline: Sounds like we shouldn’t hold our breath for a Tool acoustic tour anytime soon.
Adam Jones: Um…. I don’t think so. (laughs)
A good read!
According the Alternative Tentacles website Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine will be supporting Tool on their San Francisco and Sacramento dates later this month. Check them out, they’re not bad, though personally I prefer Jello with the Melvins. Perhaps we’ll see some more Dead Kennedy covers…
Thanks to Tooldude for the tip.