2022 North American rumour thread take 2

Indifference

JimmyV said:

I'm torn between thinking what the Foo are doing is cool and still somehow being annoyed every time I see Dave Grohl. 

annoyed or envious?

JimmyV

Indifference said:

JimmyV said:

I'm torn between thinking what the Foo are doing is cool and still somehow being annoyed every time I see Dave Grohl. 

annoyed or envious?

Totally annoyed. The guy is everywhere all the time. Good for him but man he just bugs me. 

kristie73

Indifference said:

JimmyV said:

I'm torn between thinking what the Foo are doing is cool and still somehow being annoyed every time I see Dave Grohl. 

annoyed or envious?

I'm envious.  I like Foo Fighters, wishing they added a Denver date.

iOnlyownMymind

It's nice to see at least one big rock band actually getting after it these days and doing creative things.  I saw them for the first time this fall and had a great time. 2021 is definitely the year of the Foos and all things Dave. His book written during the pendemic is a Best Seller. Making use of his time.

darthvedder

JimmyV said:

Indifference said:

JimmyV said:

I'm torn between thinking what the Foo are doing is cool and still somehow being annoyed every time I see Dave Grohl. 

annoyed or envious?

Totally annoyed. The guy is everywhere all the time. Good for him but man he just bugs me. 

He has definitely become the Tom Hanks of the music world.

bbiggs

Weston1283 said:

Just landed a pair for the just announced surprise Foo Fighters show in Cleveland on Thursday!!!

Enjoy, bud!  Should be a great show in a small venue like that.

Weston1283

bbiggs said:

Weston1283 said:

Just landed a pair for the just announced surprise Foo Fighters show in Cleveland on Thursday!!!

Enjoy, bud!  Should be a great show in a small venue like that.

Thanks!  I couldn't believe it when i saw it.  I was already flying into Cleveland Thursday morning to see some family for the weekend.  Just really good luck with not only that but the tickets.

jimjam1982

Like others have said, time to make alternate plans. Band doesn't seem too worried about their US fans.  We have Europe dates - which makes no sense that they are more comfortable traveling the world then playing some "local" shows. Guess I will hit the Metallica Vegas show next year and hope those FF do one of those pop up shows in PHX.

Refunded my last Europe show - Prague - good luck to our friends overseas who have plenty of planning time!

HughFreakingDillon

I just floated the idea with my wife of refunding our Ottawa tickets. To my shock, she said "no way! i wanna go to that one!". Ok then. 

JojoRice

I just refunded my Oakland tickets this morning.  Still holding onto Nash & StL. 

100 Pacer

HughFreakingDillon said:

I just floated the idea with my wife of refunding our Ottawa tickets. To my shock, she said "no way! i wanna go to that one!". Ok then. 

Wives always know.

Lost In Ohio

PJNB said:

Lost In Ohio said:

uglybabo said:

smak said:

One of the things they might be considering is trying to make the new shows very close to the timing of the old shows.

If they change up the days of the week, a lot of people might not be able to go if they're travelling.  

This won’t be possible. Finding dates in between other concerts, the NBA and NHL the order of the cities won’t be the same let alone the days of the week. 

There could be more availability in April/May once playoffs begin.

I would guess they would much rather the certainty of the regular season schedule vs the randomness of the playoffs. TO 2016 worked out ok since it was the end of the tour and only moved 1 day but watching scoreboards and series lengths is not ideal as a travelling fan.  

People who travel assume any and all risks with shows. "Event date subject to change" and all that.

But we already know that.

SomethingCreative

100 Pacer said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

I just floated the idea with my wife of refunding our Ottawa tickets. To my shock, she said "no way! i wanna go to that one!". Ok then. 

Wives always know.

Lmao same thing here! I mentioned dropping our Canada tickets and she said no way to Ottawa.  

Lost In Ohio

The great thing with that Newark show was that there was that "first priority" to fans who got shut out of NYC.

They definitely made up for the TBA stuff.

ComeToTX

JimmyV said:

I'm torn between thinking what the Foo are doing is cool and still somehow being annoyed every time I see Dave Grohl. 

same.

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan

Maybe some behind the scenes issue with crew, etc who aren’t or can’t be vaccinated and they are trying to figure something out? Not likely 

HughFreakingDillon

LeafsJaysCubsRaptorsFan said:

Maybe some behind the scenes issue with crew, etc who aren’t or can’t be vaccinated and they are trying to figure something out? Not likely 

Boom. it's gotta be Boom. 

OceansJenny

I don’t get why people still have airline vouchers. It’s been almost 2 years. The better choice would have been refund or use it on another trip. 

Pretty sure the airlines are required to give refunds for those early 2020 dates. If you got talked into a voucher and waived the right to refund well time to take a trip somewhere. I wouldn’t wait for PJ.

HughFreakingDillon

OceansJenny said:

I don’t get why people still have airline vouchers. It’s been almost 2 years. The better choice would have been refund or use it on another trip. 

Pretty sure the airlines are required to give refunds for those early 2020 dates. If you got talked into a voucher and waived the right to refund well time to take a trip somewhere. I wouldn’t wait for PJ.

not everyone can afford to travel just whenever they want. my wife agreed to do another trip to see PJ in a city we've never been to, and we're committed to seeing it through. 

we weren't given the option to refund. it was use it by Dec 31/21 or lose it completely. we didn't get talked into anything. my wife was on the phone with them several times and spoke to several different people: no refunds. probably because we used our Avion points. 

rhinomagic

Lost In Ohio said:

rhinomagic said:

Weston1283 said:

JojoRice said:

Short South American tour in September followed by some US dates in Oct/Nov? 

If they really are playing a SA leg in the Fall, and considering we havent even heard about the first leg of NA Tour.... I think whats more realistic would be

Expanded NA tour Feb/March/April (big tour)
Europe June/July
Ballparks August (5-7 shows Max)
SA September (5-7 shows, mostly festivals)
And maybe AUS in Dec/Jan

I would be willing to bet alot of money that they wont play 4 full legs of shows in a 1 year period.  

That's a really ambitious projection on your part for a band that hasn't shown a lot of touring energy the past several years.

I mean, I hope they surprise the lot of us. At the same time, I don't count on them to do it anymore.

It's easily explainable:
2021 - COVID

2020 - COVID

2019 - Studio time with plans to "gig a ton" in 2020.
2018 - Tour in three continents with plans to release an album which got delayed.
2017 - Not much

2016 - Tour like 2018, but more USA dates...and even Canada too.
2015 - Not much

If that 2018 album wasn't delayed and if no COVID, things look a lot different.

2021 - ??
2020 - Tour?
2019 - Tour

2018 - South America and Europe tour...with a new album.

I get what you're saying, but this band is the back half of their career. They made a pretty conscious decision, as I see it, around the 20-year mark not to do business even remotely close to the pace of the industry. To expect them to tour--even in support of a new record--like they did in the first two decades is really optimistic and not based on a lot of recent history.

Don't count ifs or woulda/coulda/shoulda. Watch what they do. And what they do is at a totally different pace since PJ20. Seven shows in 2018 and calling that a US Tour was a big tell.