Gigantour!

[Sydo]

Hey all.

By now I'm sure you have all heard of Gigantour; Dave Mustaine's little touring carnival of metal that includes the likes of Megadeth, Dream Theater, Fear Factory and Nevermore.
As good as the bill appears, Gigantour is especially relevant to us as Mr Mustaine continues to tease us with the idea that such a festival may be heading to Australia. Well, sadly, that probably wont happen if the current attendance figures are anything to go by.

Artist/Event: GIGANTOUR: MEGADETH, DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY, NEVERMORE, LIFE OF AGONY, SYMPHONY X, DRY KILL LOGIC, BOBAFLEX
Venue: Selland Arena
City/State: Fresno, Calif.
Date: July 21, 2005
Attendance: 1,866
Capacity: 6,545

Artist/Event: GIGANTOUR: MEGADETH, DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY, NEVERMORE, LIFE OF AGONY, SYMPHONY X, DRY KILL LOGIC, BOBAFLEX
Venue: Open Air Theatre
City/State: San Diego, Calif.
Date: July 28, 2005
Attendance: 2,228
Capacity: 4,598

Not good. Not good at all.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=40095

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=40088

Even Cinderella is selling more, and compared to Ozzfest? Stupid America. Stupid, stupid.

 

[Stonewall]

How many does MFTB generally get? It is more than those figures I believe, correct?

 

[TRrEiTxIxRiE DTrash]

Cinderella I'd choose them over Gigantour haha.

 

[Stonewall]

I've already seen all the good bands on that line-up anyway.

 

[Sydo]

How many does MFTB generally get? It is more than those figures I believe, correct?

Really? Well that's cool.

 

[Goreripper]

Metal for the Brain gets about 1500. That's without any international bands at all. A Gigantour show in Sydney and Melbourne, with the same line-up as the Fresno show (or least the top 4 band, plus some top Aussie ones), would probably get 5000 easily, but only if they kept it to Sydney and Melbourne. Trying to do Brisbane and Adelaide as well would not only be really, really costly, it wouldn't bring as many people to each show. North America is spoiled for big shows like this; Australia isn't.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I agree with Gore, if it was kept to a Sydney and Melb show, it could still pull a decent turnout. Festival Hall in Melb would be a good venue.

 

[Goreripper]

Yeah. Festival Hall in Melbourne and the Hordern in Sydney. 5000 capacity venues. Anything more than that would be foolhardy.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I thought Festival Hall held a bit more? Either way, it looks like an appropriate sized venue, and I don't think there would be too much trouble pulling a big crowd, with the right promotion and fair priced tickets.

 

[Goreripper]

Festy may. I've only been there once. But do they still use it?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I saw System Of A Down there in February and it was as good as ever. My guess would be that it held almost 8,000, so somewhere between that and 5,000 I guess.

 

[Spiff]

Def Leppard and Bryan Adams are doing quite well, though. Maybe they could bring that tour here, minus Bryan Adams.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Bryan Adams toured recently, with Shannon Noll as special guest. *shudder*

The Tea Party are set to return in October, that is the highest priority gig for me at the moment. The last one was fucking amazing.

 

[Sydo]

That's a good point guys.. the Australian attendance certainly wouldn't be worse than those first few American dates.

:hotjump:

 

[Spiff]

I still don't know why a Brisbane gig would impact on numbers for Sydney and Melbourne. OK, some might travel down south if they missed out, but not that many.

 

[Goreripper]

No indeed. I think a lot of the problem with the US tours is that they do too many shows in cities that are too close together. Why would you put Gigantour on in Fresno, and then in Sacramento five days later? They are only three hours apart. There was even one in Irvine four days before the San Diego show. Irvine is in Orange County and about an hour's drive from San Diego. No wonder people aren't going. The smart thing to do would be to have a couple of shows in central locations. A show each in Sacramento and San Diego and that's all would have been a better idea.

 

[Goreripper]

I still don't know why a Brisbane gig would impact on numbers for Sydney and Melbourne. OK, some might travel down south if they missed out, but not that many.

I'd likely put a Brisbane show on too. If I thought it would work, I'd maybe even try to put one on in Mackay or somewhere to accomodate the fans in the north part of Queensland. Even going to Brisbane for some of them is a long trek.

 

[Southy]

Damn straight a Brisbane show should be put on

 

[Spiff]

I have no doubt that with the right combination of bands, they would be able to sell out entertainment centres around the country. No, I don't know which bands that would be.

 

[Goreripper]

I have no doubt that with the right combination of bands, they would be able to sell out entertainment centres around the country. No, I don't know which bands that would be.

Metallica, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson and Linkin Park.