Good guys Midnight Oil aren’t only doing us a solid by reuniting to tour again (and pissing off One Nation senators in the process, they’ve also vowed to take “extensive anti-scalping measures” to prevent asshole scalpers from cashing in by buying up wads of Oils tickets and re-selling them at brain-bustingly insane prices, like we saw recently with fellow legendary Aussie act Crowded House’s reunion shows.
“Scalping has become a monumental rip-off,” frontman Peter Garrett tells the Herald Sun. “It’s urgent that we rein in low-life companies and individuals profiteering from music lovers by this disgusting practice.”
Speaking with Music Feeds, Midnight Oil promoter Frontier Touring reveals that they’ve partnered with the band to launch a multi-prong assault on would-be scalpers by taking the following old-school measures:
Oils’ manager John Watson reckons the measures will be a “speed hump” to bots, which can snap up dozens of tickets in seconds.
“All the things we are doing are creating speed humps to slow down scalpers who have so much tech resources and give them less of an advantage,” he tells the Herald Sun.
“It is easy for someone to have 100 email addresses and multiple credit cards but not as easy to have 100 post office boxes. You can monitor the addresses and if there are multiple tickets going to one address, then we can look at other action.”
So fans looking to get their hands on legitimate tix to the Oils’ big The Great Circle Aussie tour this October when they go on sale next week can do so via the following ticket providers only:
Furthermore, as fans who’ve been stung by asshole scalpers before will know, Ticketmaster and Ticketek both have re-selling platforms that allow shysters to set whatever price they damn well please for the coveted tickets, as we saw happen with Justin Bieber’s forthcoming tour, with tickets being resold for up to $3.5K!!!!
However, that won’t happen with the Oils, because the only outlet that’s been authorised to resell their tickets is UK site Twickets, which will only allow fans to re-sell at cost price.
It’s news worth dancing about.
Catch all the details about Midnight Oil’s forthcoming Aussie tour below, or flip to the next page for Frontier Touring’s official rundown of all the ticketing info you could possibly want to know.
UPDATE: 27/02/17: The Oils are going to add even more shows to their Aussie tour after eight sold-the-fark-out on the first day of sales.
Midnight Oil 2017 ‘The Great Circle Tour’ Australian Dates
Tickets on sale to general public Monday, 27th February
Monday, 2nd October
- ANZAC Oval, Alice Springs, NT (18+)
- With Dan Sultan & Apakatjah
- Tickets: Official Website
Wednesday, 4th October
- Darwin Amphitheatre, Darwin, NT (18+)
- With Dan Sultan & Irrunytju Band
- Tickets: Official Website
Saturday, 7th October – SOLD OUT
- Kuranda Amphitheatre, Cairns, QLD (18+)
- With Urthboy
- Tickets: Official Website
Tuesday, 10th October
- Townsville Ent. Centre, Townsville, QLD (All Ages)
- With Urthboy
- Tickets: Official Website
Thursday, 12th October
- Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton, QLD (18+)
- With Urthboy
- Tickets: Official Website
Saturday, 14th October
- Big Pineapple Fields, Sunshine Coast, QLD (18+)
- With The Living End & Jebediah
- Tickets: Official Website
Sunday, 15th October – SOLD OUT
- Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD (All Ages)
- With The Jezabels
- Tickets: Official Website
Tuesday, 17th October – NEW SHOW
- Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD (All Ages)
- With Special Guests TBA
- Tickets: Official Website
Thursday, 19th October
- Hockey Fields, Coffs Harbour, NSW (18+)
- With Jebediah & Jack River
- Tickets: Official Website
Saturday, 21st October – SOLD OUT
- Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, NSW (18+)
- With Birds of Tokyo & Ash Grunwald
- Tickets: Official Website
Tuesday, 24th October – SOLD OUT
- AIS Arena, Canberra, ACT (All Ages)
- With Something For Kate
- Tickets: Official Website
Thursday, 26th October
- The Village Green Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SA (All Ages)
- With Spiderbait & Bad//Dreems
- Tickets: Official Website
Saturday, 28th October
- Perth Arena, Perth, WA (All Ages)
- With Spiderbait
- Tickets: Official Website
Wednesday, 1st November
- Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart, TAS (All Ages)
- With The Jezabels
- Tickets: Official Website
Friday, 3rd November
- Gateway Lakes, Wodonga, VIC (18+)
- With The Living End
- Tickets: Official Website
Saturday, 4th November – SOLD OUT
- Hanging Rock, Mt Macedon, VIC (18+)
- With John Butler Trio, Something for Kate, Frank Yamma & David Bridie
- Tickets: Official Website
Monday, 6th November – SOLD OUT
- Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC (All Ages)
- With The Jezabels & Adalita
- Tickets: Official Website
Wednesday, 8th November – SOLD OUT
- WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, NSW (All Ages)
- With Abbe May
- Tickets: Official Website
Saturday, 11th November – SOLD OUT
- The Domain, Sydney, NSW (18+)
- With John Butler Trio & A.B. Original
- Tickets: Official Website
New shows in Sydney & Melbourne to be announced soon.
