I'll just settle for Soundwave I think, shan't worry about Sydney. Maybe they'll headline Download next year and I can see them then. Hmm?
Maiden's Australian tour set to be announced
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Spruce Goose
Then Goose me up woman!
just fanclubb'd too.
What ya reckon the setlist would be like?
Same as what they are doing now, ie: mostly new stuff?
Obviously they will throw in a few more Final Frontier songs as the album will have been released.
Or do ya reckon they will play more older stuff as it is only the 2nd visit to Oz in 15 years?
What ya reckon the setlist would be like?
Same as what they are doing now, ie: mostly new stuff?
Obviously they will throw in a few more Final Frontier songs as the album will have been released.
Or do ya reckon they will play more older stuff as it is only the 2nd visit to Oz in 15 years?
Even though I've seen them five times I've never heard Wrathchild live, so part of me sort of wants to hear it even though I'm sick of it being on live albums etc.
I think their setlist will be identical to the one they use everywhere else at the time - four or five Final Frontier songs, then some other post-Blaze material and a couple of classics.
I think their setlist will be identical to the one they use everywhere else at the time - four or five Final Frontier songs, then some other post-Blaze material and a couple of classics.
Spruce Goose
Then Goose me up woman!
I can';t remember how the fanclub thing worked last time.
Did we get some sort of code emailed to us or something so we could do the pre-sale on the ticketek website?
Did we get some sort of code emailed to us or something so we could do the pre-sale on the ticketek website?
phlogiston
Bejabbers!
It so better be a "stuff post '92" tour. I really don't think they'll trot out the whole "best of" thing again; not while there's a newish album.
phlogiston
Bejabbers!
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
That. Good thing in my opinion the since I love the reunion era material. This gig should be a great accompaniment to the last tour.
Spruce Goose
Then Goose me up woman!
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
Last time I fanclubbed it and got floor for one show and good seats for the other.
I'm thinking one sideshow plus the festival would be better than both sideshows, more chance (albiet minimal) of variety in the set.
I'm thinking one sideshow plus the festival would be better than both sideshows, more chance (albiet minimal) of variety in the set.
phlogiston
Bejabbers!
Last question I swear
The FC pre-sale should allow you to buy the best available tix huh?
Last time they release a set number of tickets in each area. So it's still the quick and the dead. Once the presale Gold allocation is gone, it just means they've sold the presale allocation; there will still be Gold available for the general release.
I don't remember details, but I recall thinking that I didn't gain much by getting a ticket through the im.com presale last time. For the second show I think I just got a normal ticket.
On festivals, I'd been pretty anti them for a while, not going to one since the 2003 BDO. Too many wankers... Soundwave, however, was really cool this year. I just hung out at the metal stage all day, venturing out later for Jane's Addiction and FNM. You don't have to have anything to do with the emo kids if you avoid the stage their bands play on.
On festivals, I'd been pretty anti them for a while, not going to one since the 2003 BDO. Too many wankers... Soundwave, however, was really cool this year. I just hung out at the metal stage all day, venturing out later for Jane's Addiction and FNM. You don't have to have anything to do with the emo kids if you avoid the stage their bands play on.
TinMan666
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i remember we decided to go with not so hot seats in the fan club pre-sale because we didn't want to risk missing out all together in the normal tickets. Which was a good thing because the normal tickets sold out in like 8 minutes or something. Of course they announced the 2nd show, so we got tickets to that as well... but i'm tipping their won't be a 2nd show this time.
i'm not fussed with the emo kids at concerts it's more the bogans like in that article that was posted earlier that turn me off. But whatever, it's Maiden. I'll go to as many shows as I can snag a ticket for.
I keep forgetting about the multiple stages. Maybe it won't be so bad after all.
There's another announcement in October so I'm hoping for one or two more bands that I actually want to see. So far it's really just Maiden and Slash (missed out on tickets for his tour).
There's another announcement in October so I'm hoping for one or two more bands that I actually want to see. So far it's really just Maiden and Slash (missed out on tickets for his tour).
TinMan666
Member
so i'm watching video hits and about 1/2 an hour ago they showed there "touring soon" thing and Maiden was in it.
then just now they played "the final frontier" music video.
i tell you, i think this is a genius move by rod smallwood. at first i didn't get why they would do the festivals when they could just sell out as many of their own shows as they wanted. But cos of this they're actually going to get some media attention (other than stories about the areoplane) and get some songs on the air. Genius move that (my prediction) should see this become one of their most successful albums down here and possibly earn them a lot of new young fans, again.
then just now they played "the final frontier" music video.
i tell you, i think this is a genius move by rod smallwood. at first i didn't get why they would do the festivals when they could just sell out as many of their own shows as they wanted. But cos of this they're actually going to get some media attention (other than stories about the areoplane) and get some songs on the air. Genius move that (my prediction) should see this become one of their most successful albums down here and possibly earn them a lot of new young fans, again.
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
Maiden aren't strangers to festivals and the main reason they haven't played one down here before is because of their 16 year absence. Brilliant move yes, but not a particularly new one.
Well, the only other big festival they could have done here is BDO and they wouldn't have been given the attention they would want with that. I think this will put Soundwave on the map as a genuine rock festival in Australia. I'd never even heard of it until Alice in Chains and Nine Inch Nails did it a couple of years ago, and I forgot about it a few minutes later. 2010 was a step in the right direction.
No, I don't really know what I'm talking about. What gave it away?
No, I don't really know what I'm talking about. What gave it away?
TinMan666
Member
well you see... if initially i don't agree with something but then realise that it's a pretty good idea, that means the guy has to be a genius. You feel me?
Blitzkrieg
Master Exploder
I only just realised that you said Maiden were on Video Hits. Thats fucking awesome, and hilarious. I wonder how they went down between Usher and Rhianna...
Been listening to a bit of The Sword on YouTube. Me likes. Yay, another band to see. That makes it 5 out of about 50.
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