Gig & Festival Thread

[Joer]

Just got this email from SeeTickets:

Oasis Announce UK Arena Tour

Oasis will return from North America to play a major UK Arena tour in support of the release of their eagerly awaited new album "Dig Out Your Soul". The tour gets under way in Liverpool on October 7, the day after "Dig Out Your Soul" hits the streets. It will continue for a full month with the band playing 18 shows across the UK, and is the second leg of their 14 month world tour.

Tickets for all shows go on sale this Wednesday - 20th August - at 9.00am through http://www.seetickets.com/oasis and the Oasis lo-call 24hr ticketline 0844 412 4638. Ticket purchasers using the band's web site will also be able to pre-order the first single from the album; "The Shock of the Lightning".

Show dates are as follows:-

Tuesday 07 & Wednesday 08 October 2008 - Liverpool Echo Arena

Friday 10 & Saturday 11 October 2008 - Sheffield Arena

Monday 13 & Tuesday 14 October 2008- Birmingham NIA

Thursday 16 & Friday 17 October 2008 - London Wembley Arena

Monday 20 & Tuesday 21 October 2008 - Bournemouth BIC

Thursday 23 & Friday 24 October 2008 - Cardiff International Arena

Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 October 2008 - Belfast Odyssey Arena

Saturday 01 & Sunday 02 November 2008 - Aberdeen Exhibition Centre

Tuesday 04 & Wednesday 05 November 2008 - Glasgow SECC

A limited number of tickets will available to personal callers at venue box office with no booking fee for cash. Maximum of 4 tickets per household (per show)

For more information about Oasis, the tour, downloads and tickets go to http://www.oasisinet.com

[Madness]

Just this minute wrote down what bands Im aiming to see on a nice wallet sized piece of paper. I think Im too organised ...

Friday: Staying put at the main stage all day. Will hopefully get a good spot for Metallica too. Just remembered I need to meet up with someone who is coming down in the afternoon, so might have to sacrifice seeing a band for the banter to be had during the Metallica set

Saturday: Serj Tankian, Biffy Clyro, Goldfinger, QOTSA and RATM. I've got the times noted down, so Ill probably follow my mates around the rest of the time

Friday: The Subways, Flogging Molly, Bullet For My Valentine. Then I'm not sure whether to go and see Manic Street Preachers or The Killers. Not a huge fan of either band so whoever my friends go and see will dictate that choice

Also what happens after all the bands finish at 11? Do other things go on or does everyone head back to the campsite for drinkies?

Manics are brilliant live, get the crowd singing along and put on a good show. The Killers just stand there, with no effort to engage the crowd.

[Joer]

Slipknot tour dates tomorrow?

[Gib]

FIVE strawberry floating POUND!

strawberry floating hell

I think mine for tomorrow night cost €75 or something, plus I have to pay for travel, accommodation and booze

[Adam Pollard]

I think I've just about sorted my watch list for Reading now: Friday is relatively slow, with only seven acts (Taking Back Sunday, DIZZEE RASCAL, Serj Tankian, MON THE BIFFY!, Goldfinger, QOTSA and obviously Rage Against The Machine).

Saturday is a bit more packed, with the aceness of The Blackout and Kids In Glass Houses, some NME approved stuff in the form of The Subways, The Ting Tings and Editors, and then a blitz across the stages for You Me At Six, Thrice, Alkaline Trio, and then capped off by The Killers.

Sunday is simple: it's pretty much the main stage all day, only leaving to check out In Case Of Fire, who were awesome when they were support for Funeral For A Friend a few weeks ago.

[JiggerJay]

Slipknot tour dates tomorrow?

strawberry float yeah seaking!

i may have to buy that piece of gooseberry fool magazine!

[Corazon de Leon]

I was told Glasgow, Hampden Park, 20th September. That would be strawberry floating EPICAL.


BTW I've been strawberry floated out of £200 by the looks of it. We'll see if tickets come today.

[Fargo]

Going to see Metallica tonight in Marlay Park and the killers / Bloc Party tomorrow at the same venue, Can't bloody wait

[A J Styles]

When is the Kerrang magazine out?

[Drumstick]

When is the Kerrang magazine out?

Unless it's changed from when I used to read it, Wednesdays.

[A J Styles]

When is the Kerrang magazine out?

Unless it's changed from when I used to read it, Wednesdays.

Cheers, i am only buying it for Metallica.

[Joer]

Looked at the dates in Kerrang earlier while in WHSmiths.

Hammersmith Apollo
December 1st and 2nd.

I'll post the rest in a second when I look online for 'em.

EDIT: Here's all the dates.

DECEMBER
1st - Hammersmith Apollo
2nd - Hammersmith Apollo
5th - Cardiff Arena
7th - Birmingham NIA
8th - Glasgow SECC
9th - Manchester MEN Arena
11th - Newcastle METRO Arena
12th - Sheffield Arena

That's for Slipknot, Machine Head and Children of Bodom. I'm fairly sure someone else is on that tour, I remember reading DevilDriver/Dimmu Borgir somewhere, but can't remember if that was official or not.

[Danzig]

I'm pretty sure it's DevilDriver.

I'll be at Cardiff for Machine Head.

[smurphy]

Signatures from Johannes Persson and Klas Rydberg in the Beyond booklet.

Johannes smeared some blood from a cut on my friends ticket.

They're the coolest guys I've ever met. Completely appreciative of your support and seem pleased to meet fans. It's also the coolest show I've ever been to. The stage was knee height and we could easy touch them over the barrier if we wanted (we were right at the front in the middle), and they would frequently come up and stand on the barrier. Finland totally blew me away, as did basically everything else. The support was way better than I was expecting too.

[Raedus]

strawberry float YES. This will be my third time seeing Machine Head, and i think i could go seem them another 20 times before i got bored. Quite looking forward to seeing Bodom too. Ill reserve my judgement for Slipknot untill after their set at Leeds.

[JiggerJay]

strawberry float yeah seaking!

going to get a ticket me thinks, try and drag a friend or two along, as its going to get bruetal for machine head!

[A J Styles]

I don't think i have ever heard any Machine Head songs.

[JiggerJay]

Looking at it, i think i'll try and get tickets for brum, if the worst comes to worse i got a few mates there i can call upon to crash at their houses!

[Raedus]

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/page/News?&news_page=&news_id=64047

Slipknot just pulled out of Leeds/Reading.

[JiggerJay]

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/page/News?&news_page=&news_id=64047

Slipknot just pulled out of Leeds/Reading.

Zing! i am so glad i didn't fork out £150 for the day ticket to see them now.
i just rushed over to post it as i got a facebook message.