2012.12.10 - Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland

[Hysteeria]

Originally Posted by Farelial

I go to Malmö to meet some people and gig and then come to Helsinki
I hope you get them! Are they sold out? D:

Oh lucky you! thanks
yeah they are sold out yippee

[Aduuu-]

Originally Posted by Hysteeria

how'd you do that? i still don't have any and i'm desperate and woo i'm back, böördi!

we bought some standing tickets from huuto.net but they were more expensive ofc but of course worth the money
Now I have two extra tickets but the places are quite crappy tbh

[Hysteeria]

Originally Posted by Aduuu-

we bought some standing tickets from huuto.net but they were more expensive ofc but of course worth the money
Now I have two extra tickets but the places are quite crappy tbh

What tickets are they? If I won't get any other tickets, yours could be my... last resort? Though I need three tickets, but 2 is still better than 0!.

[Aduuu-]

Originally Posted by Hysteeria

What tickets are they? If I won't get any other tickets, yours could be my... last resort? Though I need three tickets, but 2 is still better than 0!.

katsomo 312 Haha, I could sell them to you probably if we wont find anyone else who would want them

[TERZi]

What do you think, will they return next year (summer) to Helsinki, in Olympic Stadium?

[foldingstars]

Originally Posted by TERZi

What do you think, will they return next year (summer) to Helsinki, in Olympic Stadium?

I doubt it, it's a bit too big for Muse. Maybe they'll do another outdoor gig for 20 000 people if they do another summer European tour.

[Edeslash]

At least it would be a stadium, a lot better compared to Kaisaniemi (I was so disappointed when they didn't build the Pyramid stage there). I could see Muse playing there. After all, the new album will bring more fans and a bigger live audience.

How many tickets were sold for the Hartwall gig?

[sade]

Originally Posted by Edeslash

At least it would be a stadium, a lot better compared to Kaisaniemi (I was so disappointed when they didn't build the Pyramid stage there). I could see Muse playing there. After all, the new album will bring more fans and a bigger live audience.

How many tickets were sold for the Hartwall gig?

Hartwall's capacity is around 13,000-13,500 I believe, all but possibly very few view-restricted tickets being sold out (the 2009 gig and the upcoming 2012 gig).

I think Muse is at a place where the Olympic stadium is too big for them but the hockey arenas too small- since there really isn't any venue in between we have to settle for Kaisaniemi-type solutions. I don't see them gaining SO much more popularity that they can jump from 21,000(Kaisaniemi attendance) to 50,000 in a year or so.

I wonder why Muse has two gigs in Sweden and only one in Finland when they could so easily sell out two in Finland but struggle to sell out even one in Sweden? I assume it might have to do with them hoping to gain more popularity in Sweden where they are lagging slightly behind compared to rest of Europe. Maybe also due to Sweden's historically significant&influential pop industry.

[Edeslash]

Well, let's hope they learn something from it!

[Noora]

Originally Posted by sade

I wonder why Muse has two gigs in Sweden and only one in Finland when they could so easily sell out two in Finland but struggle to sell out even one in Sweden? I assume it might have to do with them hoping to gain more popularity in Sweden where they are lagging slightly behind compared to rest of Europe. Maybe also due to Sweden's historically significant&influential pop industry.

Because they're making up for the Stockholm gig they had to cancel in 2010?

[foldingstars]

Originally Posted by Noora

Because they're making up for the Stockholm gig they had to cancel in 2010?

Or because they have no gigs in Denmark and Malmö is quite close to it.

[sade]

^Could be those reasons too. I don't know why they'd make up a cancelled gig in Stockholm for having an extra one in Malmö though, I mean I'm sure Stockholm gig was certain anyway. I've heard the Denmark theory too, makes certain amount of sense(although I don't know how succesful that strategy is if combined fans of two countries can't sell out Malmö).

[foldingstars]

Originally Posted by sade

^Could be those reasons too. I don't know why they'd make up a cancelled gig in Stockholm for having an extra one in Malmö though, I mean I'm sure Stockholm gig was certain anyway. I've heard the Denmark theory too, makes certain amount of sense(although I don't know how succesful that strategy is if combined fans of two countries can't sell out Malmö).

Well they did play at Roskilde in 2010 so that might be why they thought it might sell. And it's not always about selling out, especially when there are two gigs spread around the country. Obviously, it will divide the ticket sales.

[sade]

Hence my speculation that maybe it's because they want a better footing in Sweden.

[TERZi]

16/26 gigs already sold out (including Finland of course :P), not bad!

And yeh I think too they have two dates in Sweden due to they cancelled last time heir Zinkensdamms IP date in 2010 (two days after Kaisaniemi), but I agree also other reasons ofc.

e. If Olympic Stadium doesn't fit Finn-Musers, how about Kalasatama? Is capacity something like 28,000?