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Tool shows on sale January 7

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Just a gentle reminder to my faithful Fourtheye readers that the next batch of shows for the Tool USA Tour 2012 should go on sale on Saturday the 7th of January.  They include:

  • 3rd Feb, Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
  • 4th Feb, Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
  • 6th Feb, Bank Atlantic Center, Ft Lauderdale, FL
  • 7th Feb, UCF Arena, Orlando, FL

Check with Ticketmaster for details.  Note that the Ft Lauderdale show doesn’t appear on Ticketmaster yet, however the Bank Alantic Center website says they will go on sale via Livenation and Ticketmaster on the 7th.

Good luck ticket buying, and remember there is a Ticket Trading thread on the Fourtheye forums should you have difficulties getting tickets via official means!

Big Day Out tickets reminder

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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!

LA Ticketing Details

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For those of you who have purchased tickets for the LA shows at the mis-advertised date, it seems as though tickets will be honoured.  Also those with tickets for the show on the 21st will have the opportunity to get similar tickets at the other two shows.

Presumably, unless you signed to Ticketmaster with a false email address, you should have details on how to do this by now, but if you don’t I’d suggest giving them a call!

LA Tickets Update

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Word on the Tool Hotline in regards to tickets:

The dates were announced the evening of June 3rd and went on sale the morning of June 4th, but were subsequently pulled from Tool band and Ticketmaster. According to Ticketmaster, the ticket sales were pulled from their site by the promoter but the dates still stand and the promoter will announce a future on sale date (hopefully with more than one day’s notice!). Stay tuned.

I don’t remember them being on Toolband, perhaps they were briefly. Either way, it looks like there should be an announcement and proper sale of these tickets soon.

Important Tool LA News

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I thought this was worth a new post in case you skimmed that last one.  Tool LA Dates are confirmed on Ticketmaster and go on sale tomorrow (4th June) at 10AM.  Don’t miss out!

And now some editorial content if I may indulge you:

Personally, while this doesn’t effect me directly (aside from having to read shit load of negative comments on my website), I wake up today feeling pretty disappointed about how one of my favorite bands has handled this situation.  It’s hard to point fingers at anyone in particular, we don’t know who did and didn’t have information on this show – I’m the kind of person who likes to give people the benefit of the doubt, so if it wasn’t mentioned on Toolband, then I’m guessing that Blair legitimately didn’t have the heads up.

To give fans virtually no notice of the event through official channels is really disappointing and I understand why many readers here are pissed.  I know if I missed out on tickets to a show locally because I didn’t hear about the gig I’d be outraged as well.

I don’t know anything about the US ticket scene, except for the fact that Ticketmaster seem to dominate.  I do know that certain bands, including some that many consider to be Tool’s peers (NIN for example) have shown more initiative towards ticket sales and have gone to long lengths to help fans get to gigs.  That Tool aren’t going down this road as well is frustrating to me.  They may want to bury their heads and ignore certain aspects of the industry, but without bands like Tool and NIN leading the way in redefining the music industry, it will just end up going nowhere.  For a band with some strong views about politics and such, and who seem to encourage themes of discovery, pushing boundaries and change, it’s disappointing that when they are big enough to influence and change the music industry, they at least publically seem unwilling to do so.

I sincerely hope that last nights/this mornings fiasco was a one off and that it never happens again.