Being a Tool fan sucks sometimes...

pjl44

http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/p7q3f7

Ugh.

Some bands reserve the tix for charity.

Some bands reserve the tix for their fan clubs.

Some bands do this.

Next time you or someone else bitches about Ten Club ticketing for ANY reason, please consider the alternative...

Toshala

guess I got lucky then............the morning mine went on sale I was online and ready.............BOOM!!! No problem...........we WERE unable to get tix the first leg so I had my doubts about getting lucky this time.......but I got em and I hope to hell I enjoy myself seeing them......it may be my last chance............

hope things turn around for you and YOU get lucky!!!!

thesheff

for the madison show, the tix aren't gonna be sold through ticketmaster, so thats a big plus

SVRDhand13

i can already seeing this auction crap trend becoming a huge deal- making it more expensive to see shows.

Drifting Away

who cares? they are not touring down here

mrwalkerb

this is not cool...Tool

dirt

So this is some kind of answer to those who sell their tickets on eBay? ...The money goes to the band and not some scalper/eBayer? Ah, okay. But the thing is, there will STILL BE AUCTIONS ON eBAY!

I'll admit I am not the smartest person in the world -- but someone try to give me a rational explaination on what the band is thinking here.................................................besides the fact they'll be making a lot of money. I really hope this isn't going to be a regular practice going forward -- good seats at show are hard enough to come by as it is!

DeLukin

It must be nice to be soooooo popular that you can rape your fans and make it impossible for some to see you... when the bubble bursts and Tool is touring county fairs I hope they'll remember all the fans they pissed off with stuff like this.

JSBE

it is not just tool...tons of bands do this, just look around ticketmaster and you will find plenty of auctions...some bands take money and donate it to charities (at least that is what nin did)

**edit** http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/9nie83?tm_link=tm_home_f7

intodeep

i'm not sure if the bands have as much to do with this as ticektmaster does. i thought this was a ticketmaster thing not an individual band thing. I could be wrong though.

reeferchief

I dont see what the big deal is with Tool, I listened to Aenima, Lateralus and 10,000 Days back to back yesterday and while I like the music it kind of all sounds the same to me, they're called proggresive metal yet it dosen't sound like they have proggresed in 10yrs to me.

neartodeath

tool are tools for buying into this ticketbastard deal....regardless of whether any money goes to charity or not...which i somehow imagine that this is to lined tool's pockets with gold, rather than support their fave charity

this is a bad thing for live RnR

neartodeath

intodeep wrote:

i'm not sure if the bands have as much to do with this as ticektmaster does. i thought this was a ticketmaster thing not an individual band thing. I could be wrong though.

this is not done without the band saying "YES"

heebeejeebee

The band has to opt in to do this.
In some ways, it can be okay. If the money is going to charities (like NIN) then I support this idea.
Hell, I think PJ even used this exact same thing a couple of times in the last few years with proceeds going to charity. If I remember correctly, it was one of the NorthWest benefit shows, they auctioned off front-row tickets.

That said, when NIN did it, it said explicitly on the page that all monies were going to a Hurricane Katrina relief fund. I see no mention of that on the Tool page, that is sad.

pipedreams

No presale for fan club members and then auction tickets on ticketmaster. Lame at best.

neartodeath

pipedreams wrote:

No presale for fan club members and then auction tickets on ticketmaster. Lame at best.

i agree with this!

pjl44

Toshala wrote:

guess I got lucky then............the morning mine went on sale I was online and ready.............BOOM!!! No problem...........we WERE unable to get tix the first leg so I had my doubts about getting lucky this time.......but I got em and I hope to hell I enjoy myself seeing them......it may be my last chance............

hope things turn around for you and YOU get lucky!!!!

I did fine...got reasonable tix to the Mansfield show. Not great, but good enough. Just can't seem to figure out why they are going this route...

reversedarwinism

pjl44 wrote:

I did fine...got reasonable tix to the Mansfield show. Not great, but good enough. Just can't seem to figure out why they are going this route...

i really love the new tool song even though it pretty much sounds exactly like every other tool song. when you sound that good, i guess it doesn't matter. hey, they are sorta like ac/dc in that one respect.

lalalalaaaaaaaa

pjl44 wrote:

I did fine...got reasonable tix to the Mansfield show. Not great, but good enough. Just can't seem to figure out why they are going this route...

Don't think too hard about it. It's about money, nothing more.

PJ-Sin

reeferchief wrote:

I dont see what the big deal is with Tool, I listened to Aenima, Lateralus and 10,000 Days back to back yesterday and while I like the music it kind of all sounds the same to me, they're called proggresive metal yet it dosen't sound like they have proggresed in 10yrs to me.

I really like tool and all, but I have to say I agree with you on this. While I do think there is a bit more distinction between Aenima and Lateralus I think the last two sound like they were recorded at the same time (and Lateralus came out like 5 years ago!) I like Lateralus, but I just don't see what the big deal is about this new one...IMO


oh, and the whole ticket auction thing is really freakin sad, ESPECIALLY for tool.

pjl44

Saturnal wrote:

Don't think too hard about it. It's about money, nothing more.

Not sure if it's that simple. On the Lateralus tour they offered pre-sales for fan club members. No pre-sales this time.

Some have speculated it's a response to the leaking of 10,000 Days or the whining about the ticket situation for their recent theater tour.

I'd love to know precisely why they decided against the pre-sales this time around.

lalalalaaaaaaaa

pjl44 wrote:

Not sure if it's that simple. On the Lateralus tour they offered pre-sales for fan club members. No pre-sales this time.

Some have speculated it's a response to the leaking of 10,000 Days or the whining about the ticket situation for their recent theater tour.

I'd love to know precisely why they decided against the pre-sales this time around.

I know, I remember. People change though. And those presales were mostly GA floor shows anyways so it really didn't matter.

But I think it is that simple. Tool gave 10,000 days to a corporate radio staion, and that station left the tracks unprotected on their server. If Tool was that concerned about their album leaking, they probably wouldn't send it to a corporate radio dj first. I don't think that has anything to do with Tool becoming scalpers for their own shows. Scalping is profitable...presales are not.

Anon

for a band that takes their time w/ records i have been thoroughly disappointed w/ the last two albums. i'm like, "if you're gonna wait this long between records I at least expect a HUGE transition. better drumming doesn't cut it anymore."

Pearl_Jam_Necklace

having a tool sticker sucks,too., ummmm officer why did you stop me?
its the tool sticker...could you step outta the car while we wait for the k9 unit to get here? no shittttttttttttt! whats that all about?

azwyldcats

Glad I'm not a fan of Tools.

In2Deep

Tix for the Colorado show went on sale the day of Gorge #1. Guess where I was at with no internet access.

Best chance I have is getting to work with Production on the show. I've never missed Tool live until this year when they played the small venues and it was like a brick wall trying to get tix. Can't miss them twice. Who knows when they will come back.