Arcade Fire - Mega Superthread. All gig/new album discussion.

jill_valentine

It'll be on the 7th of July, if that's any help. Venue is still to be announced. As for the rest:

This offer is only eligible to customers with a UK billing address.

Tickets will be on general sale from Thursday 1st July.

The exclusive pre-sale will begin Monday 28th June and end on Wednesday 30th June.

All registered email addresses by Thursday 24th June will receive an email with an access code that is matched to their email address.

You must register by midnight Thursday 24th June in order to qualify for the pre-sale.

This email will be sent to you on Monday 28th June by a ticket retailer called Ticketmaster who are acting on behalf of Arcade Fire. We will restrict the number of emails sent to the number of tickets available, so the sooner you are registered then the more likely you are to be able to buy tickets.

You will need to have the correct combination of your email address and the access code in order to buy tickets.

Ticket purchase is strictly non-transferable and is limited to 2 tickets per person. You will have 24 hours from the time you receive your email in order to buy your tickets. If you have not bought tickets by this time then the code will expire and we will notify the next person in the queue on a first come-first served basis.

You'll definitely need a UK address for the pre-order - however, it does appear that there will be some conventionally sold tickets available after the pre-sale is over.

S.M.B.

I will be raging if only 25% of the shows tickets are allocated to the pre-sale and the remaining 75% go on sale to the general public.

:mad:

lordgoat

S.M.B. wrote: »

I will be raging if only 25% of the shows tickets are allocated to the pre-sale and the remaining 75% go on sale to the general public.

:mad:

Why? 25% is a massive percentage for a pre sale? Most are between 8-10%

Or do you feel that somehow you are more deserving of tickets than someone else?

S.M.B.

lordgoat wrote: »

Why? 25% is a massive percentage for a pre sale? Most are between 8-10%

Or do you feel that somehow you are more deserving of tickets than someone else?

Well yeah, by pre-ordering the album I do.

If I miss out on a pre-sale code by 5 or so people, then I think it's a little unfair that I'm relying on pot luck when it comes to the day of general sales.

I'm guessing that's what's going to happen though.

AnonoBoy

S.M.B. wrote: »

Well yeah, by pre-ordering the album I do.

If I miss out on a pre-sale code by 5 or so people, then I think it's a little unfair that I'm relying on pot luck when it comes to the day of general sales.

I'm guessing that's what's going to happen though.

That sounds entirely fair to me.

S.M.B.

Maybe I'm being unfair.

I guess it's just the way the show has been marketed so far. It was announced via Universal implying that it's targeted at those in the UK who pre-order the album.

If on the other hand it's just a standard gig on AFs tour with a small section of tickets being allocated to a presale then that's fair enough. I just haven't got that impression.

lordgoat

S.M.B. wrote: »

Maybe I'm being unfair.

I guess it's just the way the show has been marketed so far. It was announced via Universal implying that it's targeted at those in the UK who pre-order the album.

If on the other hand it's just a standard gig on AFs tour with a small section of tickets being allocated to a presale then that's fair enough. I just haven't got that impression.

I presumed it was like the latter part your post. If i got that wrong - apologies. If the album was marketed by the use of the gig then yeah you pretty much should get tickets for it.

But if it's just an added bonus for anyone ordering the album then that's a bit different.

jill_valentine

Yeah, it was only advertised via the Universal site to be fair. It wasn't - or at least it hasn't been yet - promoted as a regular show, it was just picked up by music blogs and such.

S.M.B.

Phew, I don't feel like such a prick now.

I guess I'll just have to wait until next week to see what their actual intentions are.

*fingers crossed*

jill_valentine

Billy Corgan got a bit peeved about it, somewhat understandably.

Thing is, I don't think they actually expect anyone to buy all eight, unlike Billy. I think it's a kind of artsy fartsy old timey photograph "Isn't memory funny?" kind of thing, and I suspect there might be a bit more to it than thus far announced, but if I hear any more I'll get back to you.

LightningBolt

I got tickets to see them over in Madison Square Garden. Cannot bloody wait!

S.M.B.

2 tickets for the Hackney Empire in London! You beauty!!!

£38 each though! :eek:

LadyMayBelle

Gutted. Didn't get the pre sale tickets. 38 quid tho is a bit much for a secret show AFTER paying a tenner for the pre order. I saw the Strokes in Dingwalls in Camden last week for a tenner, and that was a secret gig as well. That's fair.

S.M.B.

Yeah, not sure why tickets are so expensive but I'm sure it'll be worth it. Was expecting to be somewhere around the £27 mark. Maybe there'll be decent support although there could be none at all.

Missed out on tickets for that Strokes gig. Ragin' I was. :mad:

LadyMayBelle

S.M.B. wrote: »

Yeah, not sure why tickets are so expensive but I'm sure it'll be worth it. Was expecting to be somewhere around the £27 mark. Maybe there'll be decent support although there could be none at all.

Missed out on tickets for that Strokes gig. Ragin' I was. :mad:

Twas deadly. Possibly the most sweatiest gig ever. I dunno, 38 quid plus 10 is 48 quid, that's 60 euro......I'm not sure I could afford that much here or in Ireland..

Woden

So the Swedish gig at Dalhalla was last night. 3.5 hours down and then back up this morning. Was lashing rain on arrival to the closest town but fortunately it cleared up shortly after.

Got to the venue which was amazing. Unfortunately I would say it was half to two thirds full. The seats where largely ignored when Win called everyone down at the start. Gig was very good but not as good as when I saw them in the Phoenix Park (Oct 07 I think). It could have been longer also I reckon it was about 70-80mins in total and seemed all to quick before they said last song and then came on for a 3 song encore. Intervention, some new song, Wake up.

5 or 6 songs played also from what I presume is the new album. Highlight of the night being when one of the members jumped into the moat!

Would like to see them again this year if I can find something suitable..

jill_valentine

I'll have some video up soon of Will going in the moat. The other song in the encore was Modern Man.

Win came around to meet some of us afterwards in a rowboat, and later the whole band then rowed out to the pirate ship - if you were there, you'll know what I mean. I gave Win a stylophone when I was talking to him, and we watched the band take turns playing with it on the ship until about 11.30. Tunnels on Stylophone was uh, quite something, but Funkytown was awesome.

The whole post-show Stylophone jam was one of the weirdest things I've ever had to try and explain to a friend via text message, and I still think she thinks I was on mushrooms or something.

Woden

Very nice Jill!

/jealous.

We shuffled of back to the bus and arrived to Rättvik in the hope of finding an open bar but it was all in vain

S.M.B.

jill_valentine = Jenny_Decimal then?

jill_valentine

That's me.

Short video of Will going for a swim mid-set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2j28usL84

S.M.B.

Well that was fun, perfect venue, immense sound, new songs sounding quite impressive, old songs spectacular as usual.

Any particular reason why you didn't try pop across for it Jill?

dylbert

I've been keeping one eye on this thread for ages but this is my first post, great work guys.

Any hoo, took the trip to Oxegen yesterday to see Arcade Fire, wow what a gig, full of energy. Played a good few songs from The Suburbs, sounded really good, can't wait to get it.

Was my first time in Oxegen, man that place is gonna be some mess this weekend, glad I was just there for the day. I also felt so old, it's no Picnic, cant see myself going again.

homerun_homer

So is the weather alone to blame for the bad turn out to see them at Oxegen or have many silently stopped caring about the band?

dylbert

Was it a bad turn out? I was right up the front so didn't know how big the crowed was. The rain actually eased off when they where playing. The crowed at Oxegen was very young and I'd say most of them don't know who Arcade Fire are, . Having Jay-Z on before probably didn't help, seemed to be a mas exodus when he finished. They really should have played EP.

homerun_homer

dylbert wrote: »

Was it a bad turn out? I was right up the front so didn't know how big the crowed was. The rain actually eased off when they where playing. The crowed at Oxegen was very young and I'd say most of them don't know who Arcade Fire are, . Having Jay-Z on before probably didn't help, seemed to be a mas exodus when he finished. They really should have played EP.

Everywhere is reporting a very low turn out. Nialler9 says it's the lowest he's ever seen for a headline Oxegen act. Maybe 5,000 in total is the estimate. Goes to show there are many plastic Arcade Fire fans, those who wont stick the wet and cold or run off to Fatboy Slin instead. Don't worry, they'll be back to prevent many fans from getting tickets when they announce a show for the end of the year.

Indeed, they should have played EP. Given it was a highlights of their touring Funeral, I'm amazed they never returned to Stradbally.

dylbert

homerun_homer wrote: »

Goes to show there are many plastic Arcade Fire fans, those who wont stick the wet and cold or run off to Fatboy Slin instead. Don't worry, they'll be back to prevent many fans from getting tickets when they announce a show for the end of the year.

This sucks, they are the only band around at the moment who I would make the trip to Oxegen for, rain, mud, hail or snow, and when they come back to the o2 or wherever, it will be a bitch to get tickets :mad:

H8GHOTI

What a waste of a good band. As has been mentioned already, they should've played EP.
Most of the crowd at Oxegen would've been 14 when Neon Bible was released. They just wouldn't be into them.

Review here, from State.

This sums it up:

There’s one thing that stand out far above everything else: this is a stunning band playing to an audience that just doesn’t care as much as it should.

H8GHOTI

homerun_homer wrote: »

Don't worry, they'll be back to prevent many fans from getting tickets when they announce a show for the end of the year.

What you mean they will prevent people from getting tickets? Just that the demand will outweigh supply?

jill_valentine

S.M.B. wrote: »

Any particular reason why you didn't try pop across for it Jill?

Ah, I didn't want to put up with the hassle of the pre-ordering etc. and I liked the sound of a show in Paris, so I went to see that one instead. It was good, but I feel like I backed the wrong horse from the pictures and reviews.

About Oxegen, they were actually really good, and the (relative-to-Jay-Z) small turnout kind of added to my enjoyment of it, to be honest. I was at the barrier, so I couldn't see where the crowd ended, but it felt like most people there actually wanted to be there, and we didn't have to deal with the yahoos who were in the pit for Stereophonics etc.

dylbert

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