I hope for all of the Aussies that have worked so hard to let the band know they are "wanted" no pun intended in Australia, that Richie is right and they are indeed headed down under.

As for the FC closing it's membership, I am under the impression this has to do with helping to control ticket scalping. This tour is very successful in the States but there have been alot of " prime" tickets being bought and then being resold at double and triple face value. Some of this has apparently been done by FC members, by closing their membership they can better track who and where these tickets are going.

Should it have been done when the tour was announced??? Maybe so but I don't think the FC anticipated the problem would be this extensive. It seems that AEG (tour promoter) and Backstage are trying their best to put a lid on the scalping thing as best they can and still give their members the perk of great seats. I am a FC member, I keep my membership current tour year or not, but I don't know any member that doesn't join at least in part because of the great ticket perks, or that won't admit it.