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Originally Posted by Christo
Some things to note about any possible tour to Australia:
Richie mentioned 10 stadium shows in Japan/Australia. Currently there are 6 dates listed for Japan, so maybe the extra ones are for here, as a basic east coast tour of Oz is common among bands that come here, which would be about 3 or 4 shows (Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, maybe Adelaide) and would normally take around 10 days to complete.
There are 2 decent 'windows' for the possible Australian dates: The final US date of the first leg is March 11th and the Japan shows do not begin until April 8th, which leaves close to 4 weeks for something in there. The final Japan show is on April 18th and the European tour doesn't begin until May 13th, which is only a 3 week gap in dates, so I would imagine that if it's going to happen, it'd be before the Japan tour.
Someone mentioned a 'slip of the tongue' from Richie regarding Australia. There was talk some time ago about an interview he did on Brisbane radio and what he said then fits in with what he said on the above interview, as well as mentioning the 10 stadium shows for this region, as I also mentioned earlier. Those 2 things make it seem a little more than just a slip...well, I'm hoping. 
A couple of things that are a bit confusing however, are the fact that no dates have been mentioned at all to anyone, anywhere. Even if the tour was in the later of the 2 possible 'windows', that's only 3 months away, and the earlier one is barely 2!! You would think that normally something official would have been said by now if there were to be a tour. Also, in another interview that Jon & Richie did back in September on Oz tv, they didn't say that they definitely weren't coming, but Jon indicated that there wasn't anything about Australia in the tour plans at that stage. Then the interviewer presented them with a petition with thousands of Australians' signatures, asking them to come....if anything, it was non-commital rather than a straight up 'no'. That was a few months ago though, maybe things have changed by then.
Maybe.
PS: Cheers for that other link Kev, it worked fine that time.  |
As much as I hope this all pans out for us here, I don't see BJ coming here at the same time as U2...simply cause I do not see BJ being able to sell out stadiums here...going head to head with U2 [who have sold out 6 stadium shows here] would be crazy..that is ofcourse, just my opinion...the dates between Japan and the Europe/UK dates look more promising.
I do agree with those here, and elsewhere, who have also said that both Jon and RS do say things that are off the cuff...if they are coming, I hope something is officially announced soon....I for one am more than sick and tired of all this maybe yes, maybe no stuff for Oz and I'm sure ppl o/s are sick of it too. Will be just my luck too...I wanted to wait to join the fc WHEN a tour here was announced [and before anyone here says why did you wait, you should have joined 'just incase'...my reply to that is "I don't tell you what to do with your $ and when...don't criticise me or anyone else for what and when we spend ours on...just incase is a load of crap...anyone who says you shouldn't join just for the fc ticketing, says they don't, are either lying or are not be honest with themselves, cause over 80% of ppl do for just that reason"]...the fc announcing the cut off for membership being 31/12/05 on 21/12/05 and that info only being available on the fc forum, was crap. I know other artists fc's do that too...stop taking members to the fc WHEN a tour is announced...but they are the operative words here...WHEN a tour is announced...not a few months into it. Rant re: fc over.
S.