Originally posted by Moonlapse
I have a feeling it will be... where is 'The Corner' anyway? Has anyone in Melbourne been there/heard of it? If its a small club I'm gonna assume that the show is gonna be 18+... althougn Opeth may have the courtesy to their fans (seeing as its their first time here and they wont come back for a while) to make the shows all ages.
As many have mentioned, The Corner Hotel is in Richmond, barely a minute's walk from Richmond train station.
It's not up to the band as to whether they play any 18+ shows or not; they may request it (although not many touring bands do), but in the end it's up to the promoter to decide whether there's going to be any all-ages/underage shows. It's difficult to convince a place like The Corner to put on an underage gig, as most of their profit from live gigs comes from alcohol, which just wouldn't be the case at an underage gig. And nowadays it's hard to find other venues willing to do all-ages gigs (can't do all-ages gigs in licensed venues anymore), and at a lot of these places (halls, whatever) the PA systems are shithouse, unless you're at Festival Hall or something, but that venue is far too big for Opeth.
Maybe the promoters think it just isn't worth the trouble to do an underage gig, maybe they think there aren't many underage fans out there.
Personally I'd much prefer to see Opeth at the Hi-Fi than at The Corner, but fuck, I can't complain.
Tell ya what though, buy a ticket anyway, sometimes The Corner is pretty lax with security, I've managed to get in there when I was underage and I've seen many 16-17 year olds get in there to when they blatantly look their age.
