I would, but it's sold out in Wellington already.
Rumoured support act so far is the Kaiser Chiefs, they will either support the Foo Fighters or play their own shows here around the same time.
yes it is sold out, since why I'm going to the auckland one, if I wasn't so slack I would have brought the pre-sale instead, oh well..........
The Kaiser Chiefs are opening for the Foos in Aussie, so possibly in NZ too
if the foo fighters can sell out the events centre months in advance, at 80 bucks a ticket, then there's a lot of stupid people out there. 80 dollars is too much to see any band, especially one that's past its prime.
they haven't been the same band since Kurt died. . .
The Australian promoter's website says the Kaiser Chiefs are doing the Australian support but that "the special guests for the NZ leg will be announced shortly" - makes me suspect a different support. And I too am amazed that the Wellington show was sold out within about four hours for the standing area, they've never excited me enough to even think about going. I do see that two extra Australian shows have been announced - maybe they can do the same here.
//they haven't been the same band since Kurt died. . .
hey techno ya dork, the foo fighters aren't the same band. Never were trying to be. Hear the difference?
Um, technoscout, music doesn't progress. It doesn't get worse either, because that suggests some time when things were "right". What the fuck could that mean?? It just accrues. You like some, you don't like some other bits.
on a serious note, its a pity the general public never get this excited about good local music. There's plenty of Kiwi bands (and producers) that whip fanny on the Foo Fighters...
yeah but tickets didn't quite reach the $300 mark like i thought they would....
i saw Foo fighters play before sonic youth in ?96?
Sonic youth blew foo fighters out of the water, and they were nice people to boot- steve shelly was very obliging when accosted by little grunge kids, and so were Thurston Moore and Lee Ranalodo. But when we were introduced to that guy who used to be in foo fighters, he completely ignored us, rolled his eyes, even. And you know that makes a difference when you're young. But as a band, they were bloody boring in comparision. ha! what a hater. ; )
good point - maybe the times are a-changing, but i'd argue that FFD actually deserved to sell out shows, because they have a brilliant live show. Most large international acts are pretty ordinary, essentially a carbon copy of the CD/DVD presented on stage. same show, different day.
As someone who's seen a hell of a lot of 'internationals' id say that only 20 percentof the bands i have seen are cd/dvd carbon copies.. i think techno that you have an ill educated opinion... there are lots of exciting live acts from britain and the states...
to the same end, i am sure there are some boring same as CD bands that are kiwis...
dont make vast and unfounded generalisations..
BTW to clarify i agree that the foos are past their prime.. in fact colour and shape was the last excellent album they made and nothing ;left to lose was still a pretty damn good album..after that it turned to shit...
SoldierBoy the book about the Ozu obsessive is Tuff by Paul Beatty. From everything I've read of yours on here it's not to your tastes at all, but look into it. It's satirical, it's dark, and very focused on contemporary Black American culture.
I had a dream last night I turned into Andre 3000 from Outkast, but had to replace one of my legs with a black metal stick as part of the "costume".
tickets sold out yesterday... luckily i was on to it and got me two on tuesday. im probably just gonna sell em for obsene ammounts of $$$ on trademe tho, their new stuff didnt really impress me.
"I bought these tickets for friends and they decided they would rather go to the Auckland show so I am selling them and therefore this is not illegal."
I got 2 tickets to the Wellington show the morning they went on sale because I'm rich. Super rich. I can't believe it sold out. I mean, Pearl Jam are so much better (or at least in 1998 they were...) and that took a lot longer to sell out.
I wonder if they'll put extra seats in like they do.. every other time.. anyone sells out... that place... ..
Well they're not doing it for the aural pleasure are they$$$? they should be able to pack another night, mot likely... Frickin crazy really 4500 people at $80 each, someon out there cares...
I was going to write this post last week but for some reason it wasn’t working
I was really looking forward to go and got the flights and everything and then my friend told me that the welly show was sold out! I’m gonna try really hard to win a ticket.
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I would, but it's sold out in ...
I would, but it's sold out in Wellington already.
Rumoured support act so far is the Kaiser Chiefs, they will either support the Foo Fighters or play their own shows here around the same time.
The tickets have sold out already? Uh ...
The tickets have sold out already? Uh oh, there's going to be trouble. I predict a riot!
Apparently so, but I heard it from ...
Apparently so, but I heard it from someone who has been known to get things wrong often...
yes it is sold out, since why I'm ...
yes it is sold out, since why I'm going to the auckland one, if I wasn't so slack I would have brought the pre-sale instead, oh well..........
The Kaiser Chiefs are opening for the Foos in Aussie, so possibly in NZ too
if the foo fighters can sell out the ...
if the foo fighters can sell out the events centre months in advance, at 80 bucks a ticket, then there's a lot of stupid people out there. 80 dollars is too much to see any band, especially one that's past its prime.
they haven't been the same band since Kurt died. . .
The Australian promoter's website says ...
The Australian promoter's website says the Kaiser Chiefs are doing the Australian support but that "the special guests for the NZ leg will be announced shortly" - makes me suspect a different support. And I too am amazed that the Wellington show was sold out within about four hours for the standing area, they've never excited me enough to even think about going. I do see that two extra Australian shows have been announced - maybe they can do the same here.
//they haven't been the same band ...
//they haven't been the same band since Kurt died. . .
hey techno ya dork, the foo fighters aren't the same band. Never were trying to be. Hear the difference?
//Hear the difference? not really , ...
//Hear the difference?
not really , it all sounds like a bunch of arse to me .. .
rock music is dead, well and truly . ..
//rock music is dead, well and truly . ...
//rock music is dead, well and truly . ..
I hear there's this hip new thing that the 'cool' kids go to 'raves' to listen to called 'techno'. I wonder if that will catch on.
Um, technoscout, music doesn't ...
Um, technoscout, music doesn't progress. It doesn't get worse either, because that suggests some time when things were "right". What the fuck could that mean?? It just accrues. You like some, you don't like some other bits.
//I hear there's this hip new thing ...
//I hear there's this hip new thing that the 'cool' kids go to 'raves' to listen to called 'techno'. I wonder if that will catch on.
nice one, cosby.
on a serious note, its a pity the ...
on a serious note, its a pity the general public never get this excited about good local music. There's plenty of Kiwi bands (and producers) that whip fanny on the Foo Fighters...
// its a pity the general public never ...
// its a pity the general public never get this excited about good local music.
the recent fat freddy's tour? sell outs, extra shows...
yeah but tickets didn't quite reach ...
yeah but tickets didn't quite reach the $300 mark like i thought they would....
i saw Foo fighters play before sonic youth in ?96?
Sonic youth blew foo fighters out of the water, and they were nice people to boot- steve shelly was very obliging when accosted by little grunge kids, and so were Thurston Moore and Lee Ranalodo. But when we were introduced to that guy who used to be in foo fighters, he completely ignored us, rolled his eyes, even. And you know that makes a difference when you're young. But as a band, they were bloody boring in comparision. ha! what a hater. ; )
//Fat Freddies good point - maybe ...
//Fat Freddies
good point - maybe the times are a-changing, but i'd argue that FFD actually deserved to sell out shows, because they have a brilliant live show. Most large international acts are pretty ordinary, essentially a carbon copy of the CD/DVD presented on stage. same show, different day.
A little off-topic, but jet, I recall ...
A little off-topic, but jet, I recall you mentioning once that you had read a book about an Ozu obsessive. Which book is it?
As someone who's seen a hell of a lot ...
As someone who's seen a hell of a lot of 'internationals' id say that only 20 percentof the bands i have seen are cd/dvd carbon copies.. i think techno that you have an ill educated opinion... there are lots of exciting live acts from britain and the states...
to the same end, i am sure there are some boring same as CD bands that are kiwis...
dont make vast and unfounded generalisations..
BTW to clarify i agree that the foos are past their prime.. in fact colour and shape was the last excellent album they made and nothing ;left to lose was still a pretty damn good album..after that it turned to shit...
SoldierBoy the book about the Ozu ...
SoldierBoy the book about the Ozu obsessive is Tuff by Paul Beatty. From everything I've read of yours on here it's not to your tastes at all, but look into it. It's satirical, it's dark, and very focused on contemporary Black American culture.
I had a dream last night I turned into Andre 3000 from Outkast, but had to replace one of my legs with a black metal stick as part of the "costume".
Im hoping to go to the Auckland show, ...
Im hoping to go to the Auckland show, haven't got around to getting my ticket yet though, I should probablly do that now.
tickets sold out yesterday... luckily i ...
tickets sold out yesterday... luckily i was on to it and got me two on tuesday. im probably just gonna sell em for obsene ammounts of $$$ on trademe tho, their new stuff didnt really impress me.
Not in Auckland, unless you know ...
Not in Auckland, unless you know something I don't?? You can still get them off the website for the Auckland show.
"im probably just gonna sell em for ...
"im probably just gonna sell em for obsene ammounts of $$$ on trademe tho"
Like this...
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fucking cunts...
fucking cunts
Cunts indeed, check out one sellers' ...
Cunts indeed, check out one sellers' explanation:
"I bought these tickets for friends and they decided they would rather go to the Auckland show so I am selling them and therefore this is not illegal."
This is from someone who lives in the Manuatu!
//This is from someone who lives in the ...
//This is from someone who lives in the Manuatu!
So?
Wellington's just down the road ...
Wellington's just down the road compared to Auckland.
NZM'ers going could all go togethor, ...
NZM'ers going could all go togethor, like on big happy family. ahaha......ah
I got 2 tickets to the Wellington show ...
I got 2 tickets to the Wellington show the morning they went on sale because I'm rich. Super rich. I can't believe it sold out. I mean, Pearl Jam are so much better (or at least in 1998 they were...) and that took a lot longer to sell out.
I wonder if they'll put extra seats in like they do.. every other time.. anyone sells out... that place... ..
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Well they're not doing it for the ...
Well they're not doing it for the aural pleasure are they$$$? they should be able to pack another night, mot likely... Frickin crazy really 4500 people at $80 each, someon out there cares...
//rock music is dead, well and ...
//rock music is dead, well and truly...
I do believe a famous Reporter in america said this back in ?1992...
look what we had since then...
Think about that.
And there is no way rock will ever die.
No genre 'dies' persay, Maybe goes outa fashion, but they always come back, even if it is reinvented by some DJ.
hm think about that one.
//genre's don't die it's definitely ...
//genre's don't die
it's definitely more of a melting pot than a timeline . .
it's the grandad's axe phenomenon..
I was going to write this post last ...
I was going to write this post last week but for some reason it wasn’t working
I was really looking forward to go and got the flights and everything and then my friend told me that the welly show was sold out! I’m gonna try really hard to win a ticket.