When will Katatonia be coming to Australia?????

[requiem]

I know I'm biased, but I think there would be a hell of a lot of people coming out of the woodwork to see Katatonia here in Australia. Maybe they could do a shared tour thing, or do some shows like Sonata Arctica/Ensiferum, where two decent bands carry the burden and get heaps of people through the door.

Looking at crowd sizes for European bands in the last few months, I think there's a real market for Katatonia. Paradise Lost are coming in a month or two, so why not? Katatonia are at least as popular if not more so.

Even if they lost money it'd be an experience to remember.

 

[Silent paragon]

One of my gig friends from Brisbane is friends with the Soundwave guy who books all the bands. He said if I could prove that say, 1000 Katatonia fans in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne each who would go to see the band if they came out here, then the Soundwave guys would most probably get them out here.

I reckon there is only about... 400 Katatonia fans in the whole of Australia.

 

[burton]

Hey. There's a better chance of them going to Australia than to Hawaii, if that makes you feel any better. Oh. And we get no metal shows here. None. Ever. It's awesome.

 

[nat0]

One of my gig friends from Brisbane is friends with the Soundwave guy who books all the bands. He said if I could prove that say, 1000 Katatonia fans in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne each who would go to see the band if they came out here, then the Soundwave guys would most probably get them out here.

I reckon there is only about... 400 Katatonia fans in the whole of Australia.

400 fans in the whole of australia is definately not an accurate figure. if you could get in contact with your friend to set up a web site for a petition then i would be happy to donate my time to get as many people on there to prove you wrong.

Probably the best evidence that i can give you is that opeth recently toured Australia for the third time. All of their shows were booked out. Almost every opeth fan I know knows katatonia. There are many, many people in the metal underground in Australia that are very big fans of katatonia from my personal experience.

If what you said is true then don't waste any time lets start the petition

 

[Noituudenaika]

It would be total shit to see them at Soundwave, I hate big festivals.. unless they do lots of sideshows BUT it would be better than nothing. Is there any news about them coming here in December?

Hawaii is a shortish flight to the US though isn't it?

 

[gumtree]

*Ahem*

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All I have to say though is I hope they do sideshows too because sigh @ other bands.

 

[Schism]

Finally they come to OZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and Megadeth playing RIP in full as a bonus!!!!
Tix on sale 9 Sep!

 

[gumtree]

I've seen megadeth 4 times already. I'd much prefer seeing Katatonia play a show as a headliner. But, anything will do for now I guess. Tempted to follow them, I am.

 

[Noituudenaika]

Wow this is awesome I am going to try and go to a few... though I can't stand festivals I hope they do some sideshows woooow

 

[Noituudenaika]

Any idea how much tickets are going to be? I will go to 3 shows I think...

 

[downandunder]

Fuck yes. This is amazing news

 

[gumtree]

I wouldn't expect tickets to be below $100each. I'd love to try to get to a few shows too. Please let there be side shows.

 

[Soundjunkie]

this is horrible. fucking festivals. possibly one of the worst line ups i have ever seen. ill end up paying over 100 bucks to see them perform for less then 45 mins.

 

[downandunder]

this is horrible. fucking festivals. possibly one of the worst line ups i have ever seen. ill end up paying over 100 bucks to see them perform for less then 45 mins.

especially the mix of bands. ugh so much core in there. uke:

 

[LovesIcyDeath]

Better than no Katatonia at all.

 

[the-great-cold-distance]

Terrible lineup.

But...

HOLYFUCKKATATONIAINAUSTRALIAWTFJIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

So like, can we get sideshows? With Rainshadow as national support? >.>

 

[BlueSky]

Wtf ...

What genius put together this line up?

 

[Noituudenaika]

I have no idea but it's going to make sure that a lot of fans do not go to the festival... good for us fans that ARE going, maybe we'll be able to see them.

I vote sideshows with Rainshadow as support

Everyone is ruining my happy vibe on Facebook with their whinging about the festival... bahhh still cheaper than flying to the US which I was considering. Someone told me they were $140.

 

[Spydaman_69_2001]

Fuck yea @ Katatonia finally coming to Australia.

But yea, sideshows plz.

 

[gt_jen]

Tickets $140 in Sydney

all I have to say is
OMFGYES!!

and Sideshows please!!