THE FOO FIGHTERS

The Foo Fighters are the unmitigated success story of 2005, this week holding the number one album spot in Australia for the fifth week in a row - a feat equaled by no other this year. With album sales two times platinum in Australia and platinum in New Zealand, The Frontier Touring Company have just taken the opportunity to announce the bands Australasian tour.

The much anticipated In Your Honor Tour kicks off in late November and will include arena concerts in Wellington, Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne and a headline spot at Perth’s RockIt Festival.

The In Your Honor Tour has yet to be previewed anywhere in the world, but promises of a spectacular set, top notch production and the band’s history of unforgettable live shows make the Foo Fighters’ upcoming tour a must for any self-respecting rock fan.

As the Sydney Morning Herald wrote in June, the Foo Fighters have “proved incapable of disappointing, live or on record...You get the feeling the Foo Fighters take pleasure in making every show as enjoyable for their fans as they evidently are for them.”

The Foo Fighters released their latest album In Your Honor (Sony BMG) in June this year to widespread acclaim. Amongst the plethora of rave reviews, the Sunday Herald Sun accorded it four stars, writing “Long live the Foo” while the Sun Herald wrote “9/10 – a heady mix of outright rock anthems and songs that are chilling and isolated, backed by warm acoustic guitars.”

Appearing in Australia with the Foos are Leeds lads Kaiser Chiefs. Picked to open the NME Awards Tour 2005 (the slot that helped kick Coldplay and Franz Ferdinand along on the road to fame), Kaiser Chiefs have become something of a sensation overseas. The special guests for the NZ leg will be announced shortly.

Outside of the US, Australia is the Foos most successful territory per capita, with New Zealand closely snapping at its heels. With such widespread album success it follows that tickets are going to be a hot commodity when they go on sale Monday 8 August

DATES
Friday 25 November Wellington Entertainment Centre
www.ticketek.co.nz Ticketek Phonecharge (04) 384 3840
Real Groovy 250 Cuba St (04) 385 2020


Saturday 26 November Auckland Supertop
www.ticketek.co.nz Ticketek Phonecharge (09) 307 5000
Real Groovy 438 Queen Street (09) 302 3940


Monday 28 November Brisbane Entertainment Centre
www.ticketek.com Ticketek Phonecharge 132 849



Thursday 01 December Sydney SuperDome
www.ticketek.com Ticketek Phonecharge 132 849



Sunday 04 December Perth Rock It Festival
www.heatseeker.com.au Arena Joondalup, Kennedya Drive Joondalup 08 9300 3355



Tuesday 06 December Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
www.ticketek.com Ticketek Phonecharge 132 849

all I can say is "f*** YEAH"

they rocked last time they were out, I'll be getting tix

At least 1 person likes foo fighters

ill be there , just to bash you astroboy

i bet ul have some hardcore backstage tix coz ur liek fully in on that scene man!

i'd love to see the foo fighters live. but, as i live in ayr all the big-name bands never come anywhere near here, so i'll have to stick with their dvd instead :/

This is one concert I'd love to see, most likely out of my budget though :(

yeah, i saw them at bdo a few years back. Very very tight band and put on an awesome show. Best bit was when dave grohl drove up onto the stage on a scooter. Unfortunately I didnt enjoy it as much as it was worth because it was the end of the day and i was tired and the hangover was setting in.

Yeah, I saw them at BDO in 2000, such a good show, been wanting to catch them again ever since.

See you there.

seen them twice.. will be seeing them again.

I got my ticket, sitting right up next to stage

I hate you. Hate you all. Wish I was there. Don't think their coming to japan anytime soon :(

hmm cool, ive never liked them much but their latest album is pretty good

$84.60 for the ticket though .... hmmm not sure if i like them THAT much yet ...

They are worth every bit of $84.60 and the extra $1.40 booking fee.

anyone buy tickets? I assume all the SGA sections are the general admission tickets which are now exhausted. Anybody know? Damn work :(

Actually anyone here been to any recent concerts at the Entertainment Centre? Know if the seating for section S42A is kinda closish?

it's close enough that you could throw a half drunken bottle of 600ml coke and have it land on stage.

I'm sitting in section S46A.

i saw them at the entertainment centre, bdo, reading and roskilde. no big deal :P

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mooby, no big deal as in they sucked or no big deal as in youve seen enough of them?

I would say a no big deal as in sarcastic way. Hence why he :P at the end.

Alright, well I'll be seated in section S42A. Might see you there Rolly.

germans on the money. fooies rock

oh jesus..haven't heard rolly in awhile..you must be an oldskooler i know..

actually in a way, went to villa the year below you. Doubt you'd know me tho.

give me a name..

will look it up to see if i do.

ill be there

Zack. I think i was in Mr Rolls' food prep class with you and Jared. Doubt you would recall tho.

mother f***ing c*** c*** c***!

stupid work - just got home now! means I didn't get pre-reg tix :/

i;ll be at the Syd show regardless!!

heardy, tickets go on sale august 8th. Hope you can get decent ones then

See you there.