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Tool sales wrap-up, APC do Arizona

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Ticket sales for the two side shows have now pretty much wrapped up, with Melbourne sold out, and Brisbane being close to it – at time of writing there were some silver tickets only left, all single seats.  Ticketek sales for the Brisbane show went pretty smoothly, and Ticketmaster for Melbourne not so.  My experience this morning with Ticketmaster was that at about 9:00:15 there were only GA tickets left, and by 9:03:00 they were all gone. 

No point going again into the debacle that was the Ticketmaster/Toolarmy Pre-sale, but I hope everyone has been able to get a ticket to the show they desire, even if it wasn’t in the seating position of their liking.  As usual, scalpers will be making a killing, with GA Melbourne tickets at around $250 online, and Gold tickets anywhere between $350-$900.  Take care if you are planning on heading down this route, and be aware that any tickets you try to buy and sell on Fourtheye must be at face value plus reasonable postage costs.  Leave the scalping for Ebay.  If you are looking at trading tickets, then please use the trading thread I’ve just created.

A Perfect Circle have kicked off their West Coast US Tour with the first three dates in Arizona.  Talking to people who attended the shows, it was a great, although short experience, as the band played their nominated album on the night, and not much else.  Don’t go expecting a two hour (or even 90 minute) set and you won’t be disappointed.  Here’s a review plus a couple of photos for those interested.

Pre-Sale Wrap Up, Adam Jones Interview

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Well the pre-sales happened earlier today. Brisbane went about as smoothly as you’d hope. Tickets may even still be available if you haven’t got them already. Melbourne on the other handle was a cock up of epic proportions. In between wrong passwords, My Ticketmaster pre-sales and the late availablilty of Gold Tickets, there’s a wide range of fans, myself included who feel a little pissed that they missed out. Good news it that we at least have Monday to try again, and getting lawn tickets at the back wasn’t all that hard. Anyone who wants to help me out with with a gold ticket should let me know.

Some are hoping there might be some kind of second pre-sale to make up for the mistakes made on the first. I think this is pretty unlikely to happen, so don’t go getting your hopes up.

In more interesting news, there’s a short interview with Adam on Gun Shy Assassin where he talks about Faith No More amongst other things…

I ask Adam if he’d please tour with Faith No More. Then, I get the answer I wanted to hear. “I’m up for anything,” Jones tells Gun Shy. “I’m the guy in the band who wants to tour, who will drop what he’s doing and hit the books. But there’s just…you know, I’m married to three other guys and we’re all very different, so…I am [down to tour with Faith No More], and if something like that happened, it would be amazing but…hey, it is what it is.”


A Faith No More/Tool tour would be the greatest tour in history.

Tool Pre-Sales opening soon

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Just in case you’ve forgotten, Tool pre-sales start in about 20 minutes in Melbourne, and then about an hour later in Brisbane. You should already have the details via Toolarmy or your ticketing agent. As we all know by now, this pre-sale isn’t very exclusive.

I get the feeling todays sale won’t end well for many. A few people have reported that Ticketmaster is already slow. Unfortunately I don’t have access to Ticketmaster here at work, so I’m reliant and a good friend getting me a ticket, so I can’t join in the fun on refreshing every 10 seconds with you guys.

As with the recent A Perfect Circle gigs, if and when you don’t get the tickets you want, please try and act like adults and refrain from pointless “Fuck you!” type posts. I reserve the right to delete any unnecessarily negative posts, and certainly will be removing ones that are offensive in nature. Remember you will have another bite of the cherry on Monday, and the world won’t come crashing to an end.

Also, for what it’s worth, there’s no point blaming Blair and Toolarmy. I’m pretty sure he can’t control what Ticketmaster and Ticketek publish on their sites. Be thankful that we have some kind of pre-sale at all…

Also – Good luck!

Pre-sale FAQ

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I’ve had about 20 or so emails today asking about the pre-sales, so in an attempt to try and minimize the amount of time I spend logged into Gmail, here’s a compilation of what little we know about the presales.  As more information comes to hand I’ll try and keep this post updated.

UPDATE

Pre-sale details, which include a link and password to the sales are now up on Toolarmy. Tickets go on-sale at midday tomorrow, and according to Ticketek it will be 12:00PM AEST, which suggests it’s local time rather than daylight savings time. Please log into Toolarmy to view them, and remember that under no circumstances are they to be published anywhere on Fourtheye.


What we know:

  • Ticketmaster have details of a fanclub pre-sale for the Melbourne show on their site, which claims that tickets will go on sale on the 4th of November at 12:00pm.  12:00pm is usually lunchtime, not midnight.
  • Ticketek have no details on the Brisbane gig on their site.
  • Both sites are listing ticket prices at between $108 and $140.
  • Blair said in a Toolarmy exclusive post:

NOTE ABOUT PRE-SALES
I am still waiting for a link from the promoter for ToolArmy member pre-sales for the 2 ‘solo’ shows in Australia. As SOON as I get this, I will post the information.

They are all the facts we have.  Anything else out there is speculation.

 

How I think it’ll go down:

I imagine some time, probably on Thursday morning Australian time, Blair will post a password as a Toolarmy exclusive post.  This will probably include a link to the page on the appropriate ticketing agents site, though I doubt this link will be private.

Some speculate that Toolarmy members may get individually emailed passwords.  This may happen, but I’d be a little surprised if this were the case.

Should I join Toolarmy?

The answer is yes, probably.  Presuming the password gets posted as an exclusive post on Toolarmy, then the US$40 you’d spend to join is probably good value for money.  However, joining Toolarmy probably won’t guarantee you a ticket.  The presale will most likely be limited to a certain amount of tickets, so there is still probably an element of first in first served.  Nothing is guaranteed though, so don’t complain to me if you join Toolarmy and miss out.

Note: under no circumstances will the password or link to the pre-sale be published on Fourtheye.  Any comments which do so will be immediately removed.  Please don’t bug me for it, I won’t be giving it to anyone.

Pre-sales confirmed

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Blair has confirmed that there will be a Toolarmy pre-sale for both Australian side shows.  Details will be posted before tickets go on sale, which is at 12:00pm on the 4th of November.  Technically 12:00pm is lunchtime by the way, so I presume it’s then and not midnight.  I hope this gets clarified, as I’d rather no stay up until midnight the night before unless I have to…

Melbourne Tool show Pre-sale

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According to Ticketmaster, the Tool show at the Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl will have a fan club pre-sale. According to the website:

Event Info

Running Times
Gates Open – 6:00pm
Support Act – 7:00pm
Interval: 7:30pm
Tool: 8:00pm
Finish Time: 9:45pm
*All times are approx and subject to

Onsale Dates & Times

Onsale to General Public

Start: Mon 08/11/10, 09:00

Fanclub Presale

Start: Thu 04/11/10, 12:00
End: Sun 07/11/10, 23:59

Price Range

AU $108.00 – AU $140.00

No further information has been given in regards to this presale, and there is no information on Ticketek for the Brisbane gig as I write this. 

Will there be a pre-sale?  I don’t know, I’m a little skeptical to be honest, but would be great if there was one!  Thanks to chiaroskura for spotting this for me.

Pomona Pre-Sale

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According to toolman1414 from Toolarmy:

I joined the KROQ street team yesterday and not only do you get presale but the general admission tix are $10 cheaper. It starts tomorrow (10-24-09) at 10:00am for the radio presale. Password is: KROQEPICENTER

This is for the Epicenter Festival in Pomona, CA on August 22nd and tickets are via Ticketmaster. Good luck getting tickets to possibly Tool‘s only West Coast gig.

Update: Tickets may be available now via the Linkin Park pre-sale.  Use the password LPU8EPIC

Blair clarifies Tool Summer Tour

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Blair made a several posts to Toolband over night, a couple of Birthday (Camella, Kat and Pete below) call outs, as well as dropping a few hints regarding the tour:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETE!

Cheers to TOOL’s manager, Pete, who… knows all the tour dates (except for one).

He then goes on in a Toolarmy Exclusive post that:

As of now, there are only about a dozen shows planned, scattered throughout the United States of America. When the shows are confirmed, and the BAND’S booking agent and/or management gives me the go-ahead – and ONLY when they give me the go-ahead (for contractual obligations), I will post them.

He also goes on to discuss the possibility of a Toolarmy Pre-Sale for these shows, which he believes will be happening for most of the gigs.

Tour Dates Confirmed!

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Blair has recently made a post on Toolband to confirm what we already know – that Tool are playing a couple of festivals this year:

These two shows have been confirmed, with more to follow. I’ve been told that there will be ToolArmy pre-sales, but haven’t received the details yet. As soon as more dates are confirmed, they will be posted, along with the pre-sale information.

  • Jul 18 2009 – Mile High Music Festival – Commerce City, CO, USA
  • Aug 01 2009 – Liberty State Park – Jersey City, NJ (Ed: All Points West Festival)

Tickets on sale: April 6

The opportunity for Toolarmy Pre-Sales is interesting.  Hopefully they can devise a pre-sale method that works better than the last tours.  No word on Lollapalooza yet it seems, but given that the lineup hasn’t been officially announced I guess it’s no surprise.

I’ve said this before in various comments, and I’ll say it again for those that don’t read them – I expect the summer “tour” may not amount to more than a handful of festival gigs.  Those hoping for a full US tour I imagine will be disappointed.  I’ll gladly be proven wrong though!