Red Mosquito

Just trying to think where they would play in DFW. We have two top notch concert halls (Bass and Winspear), an arena that actually has good acoustics (American Airlines), a mid size indoor amphitheater (Verizon) and a big outdoor amphitheater (Gexa).

They just announced the fall tour. Looks like no new album this year.

sigur rós have announced an upcoming north american tour this fall. for the first time in their career the band will be touring without a support act, instead offering the audience two sets (+ intermission) starting from 8:30pm sharp at each show.

the month long run is comprised primarily of theater shows, marking the band’s most intimate tour in a decade. in keeping with the scale of the venues, the group will be performing without the string and brass sections that have been characteristic of recent performances, opting instead to focus on the core unit of the band itself. the shows will give the group a chance to road test new music, the first time since the tour leading up to the acclaimed ( ) album in 2002 that the band has performed new material ahead of album recording sessions. alongside this experimentation played out in public, the band is also planning on attempting new interpretations of old songs that haven’t been played in a very long time.

though the scale of the venues and band will be reduced, the live production will be characteristically stunning, designed again by the team behind their previous knights of illumination award-winning tour

sep 19 2016 queen elizabeth theatre
vancouver, bc, canada fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

sep 20 2016 paramount theater
seattle, wa, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

sep 21 2016 keller auditorium
portland, or, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

sep 23 2016 copley hall
san diego, ca, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

sep 24 2016 hollywood bowl
los angeles, ca, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

sep 26 2016 kingsbury hall
salt lake city, ut, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

sep 27 2016 paramount theatre
denver, co, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

sep 29 2016 orpheum theatre
minneapolis, mn, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

sep 30 2016 chicago theatre
chicago, il, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

oct 01 2016 fox theater
detroit, mi, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

oct 03 2016 massey hall
toronto, on, canada fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

oct 05 2016 radio city music hall
new york, ny, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

oct 06 2016 kings theatre
brooklyn, ny, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

oct 08 2016 academy of music
philadelphia, pa, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

oct 10 2016 thomas wolfe auditorium
asheville, nc, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

oct 12 2016 midland theatre
kansas city, mo, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

oct 14 2016 orpheum theater
phoenix, az, united states fan presale apr 5th
9am pt / 12 et

I've only seen them play outdoors. Seeing them at the Academy of Music should be pretty intense.

Hoping for more dates, if not, see you in Asheville.

Thinking about making a weekend trip to Chicago. Not much time to make a decision, though.

talk about a pre-sale shit show. yikes.

The venue's site took a dump. It took 45 minutes, but I finally got tickets. I was ready to give up and got lucky.

Chris_H_2 wrote:talk about a pre-sale shit show. yikes.

yeah what happened? i was an hour late to the party thanks to a meeting and looks like the presale was all sold.

bodysnatcher wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:talk about a pre-sale shit show. yikes.

yeah what happened? i was an hour late to the party thanks to a meeting and looks like the presale was all sold.

Those that were linked through Ticketmaster were directed to TM's "Platinum Tickets" at the on-sale time and told the Sigur Ros pre-sales were all sold out. When they finally became available, the purchase page always crapped out.

tried to get tickets through the fan club: nothing
tried to get tickets through general presale right at the start of it: nothing

fuck it, i'll save ~$200.

I'm still hoping for a Texas date to be added. There's a large swath of the south they're missing.

31 minutes until the Chicago presale. Here goes nothing.

patrick wrote:I'm still hoping for a Texas date to be added. There's a large swath of the south they're missing.

they played to half empty venues in the south the last time they came through. i'm sure the promoter lost a ton of money on it.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

patrick wrote:I'm still hoping for a Texas date to be added. There's a large swath of the south they're missing.

they played to half empty venues in the south the last time they came through. i'm sure the promoter lost a ton of money on it.

Sadly, I can confirm this. They played a small amphitheater in Miami (apparently not so small--Google says capacity is 10,000). It was half empty. I had a great time, one of my favorite concert-going experiences of my life, but it was disappointing how empty it was.

4/5 wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

patrick wrote:I'm still hoping for a Texas date to be added. There's a large swath of the south they're missing.

they played to half empty venues in the south the last time they came through. i'm sure the promoter lost a ton of money on it.

Sadly, I can confirm this. They played a small amphitheater in Miami (apparently not so small--Google says capacity is 10,000). It was half empty. I had a great time, one of my favorite concert-going experiences of my life, but it was disappointing how empty it was.

Same here. They played Charleston and it was about 1/2 full. My brother and I bought seats in the very back row of a small theater, but were able to move up to about 15 rows from the stage.

This is why bands don't tour the south because the south is full of terrible people.

Great showing in Denver a couple years ago.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

patrick wrote:I'm still hoping for a Texas date to be added. There's a large swath of the south they're missing.

they played to half empty venues in the south the last time they came through. i'm sure the promoter lost a ton of money on it.

Damn, that sucks to hear. They sold out their last stop through DFW, and that was a 6,000 seat venue.

Strat wrote:This is why bands don't tour the south because the south is full of terrible people.

Great showing in Denver a couple years ago.

So this Chicago sale isn't going to happen for me. It doesn't seem like the usual server crashing free for all where maybe you get tickets after an hour. It feels like there simply are no tickets. That's the same message I've gotten every time. Maybe they made everything available for the presale.

4/5 wrote:So this Chicago sale isn't going to happen for me. It doesn't seem like the usual server crashing free for all where maybe you get tickets after an hour. It feels like there simply are no tickets. That's the same message I've gotten every time. Maybe they made everything available for the presale.

any interest in detroit? there are great seats available for that one. it's on a friday. and skitch will cut a hole out of the bottom of your shared popcorn.