Clumsy/Spiritual Machines Tour

Trustworthy · Post by **Trustworthy** » 12/7/2009, 6:14 pm

ok i am here i shall answer all your questions. sorry i have some sort of death cold and have been sleeping all day

as for places that have one show - its no tthe band's fault, it is due to a lack of venue for 2 days in a row - so don't blame them!! if they had it their way there would be two shows in every city without exception

Lots of work has gone into routing the one night shows close to places with the 2 nights shows to make up for it.

Post by **saman** » 12/7/2009, 6:21 pm

SWINE FLU!!11 lol jk. i think?

megan, they just spent five months touring in the states.

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 12/7/2009, 6:22 pm

But they came nowhere near me. That's my point.

I should say, they came nowhere near me that I could reasonably afford get to, because of insane ticket prices and drives of more than 2-3 hours. If I'm going to drive that far to see them I might as well just drive the six hours to Toronto and make a vacation out of it.

Trustworthy · Post by **Trustworthy** » 12/7/2009, 6:25 pm

rochester ny, nyc ny, sayerville nj are nowhere near you?

where in NY do you live? ehehe

and the ticks for those places were 15-25 bucks at the door...im confused

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 12/7/2009, 6:27 pm

They're all more than a 3 hour drive (Syracuse is maybe 2.5) and the ticket prices were nuts. Also, I believe several of those shows were in the middle of the week.

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 12/7/2009, 6:28 pm

OK thanks. I'm sorry that I missed those dates, I didn't know about them. The travel was not feasible for the ones I did know about. I'm still mad.

Codes · Post by **Codes** » 12/7/2009, 6:28 pm

Trusty, Is the Halifax show going to have VIP?, any special packages,ect. Also where are the tickets going on sale for it, I looked and Can not find

WrldsaSubway · Post by **WrldsaSubway** » 12/7/2009, 6:29 pm

how's the meet and greet gonna be set up? ( is it weird im excited about the laminate and stuff?) lol

Shanae · Post by **Shanae** » 12/7/2009, 6:30 pm

Trustworthy wrote:ok i am here i shall answer all your questions. sorry i have some sort of death cold and have been sleeping all day

Ooh, ooh, Mr Trusty, I have a question! I'll ask it again haha.

Are there VIP tickets available for more shows than just the Toronto ones listed? More so, is there VIP for Saskatoon?

Trustworthy · Post by **Trustworthy** » 12/7/2009, 6:30 pm

well its all about how much you want to go, there are people that travel days to get to shows - so i guess it all comes down to personal preference ya know?

anyways hit me with your questions before i go back to bed

Post by **saman** » 12/7/2009, 6:32 pm

no! you guys aren't vip. no special stuff for you!

i think i might quite possibly be going to the massey show. *crosses fingers*

Trustworthy · Post by **Trustworthy** » 12/7/2009, 6:32 pm

the VIP packages are available for every show on this tour.

check .net tomorrow for those and saturday for regular tix

edthesock · Post by **edthesock** » 12/7/2009, 6:33 pm

Trustworthy, any chance of more dates being added *cough*Newfoundland*cough*?

WrldsaSubway · Post by **WrldsaSubway** » 12/7/2009, 6:34 pm

Trustworthy wrote:the VIP packages are available for every show on this tour.

check .net tomorrow for those and saturday for regular tix

the ones already listed for massy on .net ARE vip right? cuz i just bought them lol

and trust me..traveling from NY to TO is well worth it to see OLP. Especially this time

Shanae · Post by **Shanae** » 12/7/2009, 6:37 pm

Trustworthy wrote:the VIP packages are available for every show on this tour.

check .net tomorrow for those and saturday for regular tix

Do those go on sale on Wednesday or as soon as they're announced? Do you think they'll sell out quickly?

Because if they come on sale on Wednesday, I'm busy playing a basketball game in a town about an hour away, so I won't get back until late. I'd miss that game to buy these VIP tickets.

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 12/7/2009, 6:41 pm

Trusty, as much as I love you for your news and help, I'm disagreeing with you on that point. It's not necessarily a matter of personal preference and how much you want to go. Sometimes you just can't afford it. I drove for more than eight hours this summer to get to the show in Sarnia, because I saved up for months for that. The tickets for this are going on sale on Saturday, and it's almost Christmas. What time is there for me to save the $200 it's going to cost me for two tickets to each night's show? With the reaction it's getting on here, I'm expecting the shows to be sold out by Christmas. Am I wrong? Is anyone else expecting that?

I've traveled to Ontario to see them for every show I've seen since they played in Clifton Park in 2005. I could afford it those other times. As much as I love to travel (especially to Toronto), it's just not economically feasible this time. So despite the fact that this is something I've been waiting for for a very long time, I'm not able to go. And I think I'm allowed to be upset about that. Of course I wish them well and I hope it goes insanely awesomely, but I'm very bummed that this isn't going to happen anywhere near me, where I wouldn't have to drop a ton of money on gas, tolls, and a hotel stay on top of the cost of the tickets.

Also, I hope you get better soon.

DG · Post by DG » 12/7/2009, 6:41 pm

myownsatellite wrote:I think I'm going to cry. My one chance in my lifetime to see my favorite album performed in its entirety, and there's no way I can afford to go.

I know the guys don't set the ticket prices (or do they?), but doesn't anyone remember the days when $20 would get you an entire festival ticket? The first time I saw them that's all it cost, and the second time it wasn't much more (only four years ago) and all of a sudden tickets are running upwards of $50 each and combined with travel and hotel costs, in this economy who can afford to do that?

Why can't the guys do a US tour for once? It's been too long and as much as I love traveling to see them, it's wearing on my wallet.

So thanks guys for putting this together, and I wish you all the best and hope to goodness you put out a live DVD so I can at least see it somehow, but I think it sucks that it's getting to be so difficult to go see them because their ticket prices keep going up and they never come to the States anymore.

i saw them for fifteen bucks at a festival and once more both in the states. this years tour.

half jill · Post by **half jill** » 12/7/2009, 6:42 pm

myownsatellite wrote:I think I'm going to cry. My one chance in my lifetime to see my favorite album performed in its entirety, and there's no way I can afford to go.

I know the guys don't set the ticket prices (or do they?), but doesn't anyone remember the days when $20 would get you an entire festival ticket? The first time I saw them that's all it cost, and the second time it wasn't much more (only four years ago) and all of a sudden tickets are running upwards of $50 each and combined with travel and hotel costs, in this economy who can afford to do that?

Why can't the guys do a US tour for once? It's been too long and as much as I love traveling to see them, it's wearing on my wallet.

So thanks guys for putting this together, and I wish you all the best and hope to goodness you put out a live DVD so I can at least see it somehow, but I think it sucks that it's getting to be so difficult to go see them because their ticket prices keep going up and they never come to the States anymore.

if you go, you can stay at my place! sexy time 8-)

myownsatellite · Post by **myownsatellite** » 12/7/2009, 6:43 pm

Thanks Dommy, I wish I could!

Post by **faninor** » 12/7/2009, 6:44 pm

Where I grew up, it was basically 170 miles minimum to see any nationally touring band. Very occasionally a band would come closer and it was only 70 miles. OLP has played that city once. But I'm pretty sure they have not played within 500 miles since the end of 2002. Although I've since moved...

So I've always laughed at what some people consider not close enough. And realistically when a band tours they can't play only weekend shows as it would increase the cost of accommodations and crew members -- ticket prices would end up being much higher.

Sorry you weren't able to see them, but they did tour the US quite a bit recently and it seems like they've made it to most the usual spots -- except the Pacific Northwest of course.