Tool - 3 Arena, 6 May 2022

[astfgyl]

Sickened I wasn't at that. The price was too much for me at the time. Only seen em once and it was outdoor

[Carnage]

What's this Opiate 2 all about then, I saw it in Tower the other day but was in too much of a rush to check it out. Is it the EP re-recorded or a video version or what? I saw Fear Inoculum for €50, well down from €90+ when it came out, but still a bit pricey.

[BobbyAxelrod]

They did a longer version of Opiate and re-recorded it. On streaming services it only has the one track (9:54), so unless the EP is really cheap it sounds like a rip off.

[Carnage]

It's just one song? Pass. It was ~€27/€28 from what I saw.

[astfgyl]

They really know how to squeeze it out of people. I got that fancy fear inoculum cd when it came out for 50 dollars from Amazon US because the prices here were laughable. I'd have just burned a copy for that money. Didn't even hear the opiate 2 version yet, I forgot about it

[Carnage]

Looked it up on Discogs there, it's a CD/Blu Ray box with fancy packaging, not that bothered. The version of FI I saw for €50 is a reissue with a fancy box & booklet, but the extra trascks and audio gizmo aren't included.

On a related note, I listened to Undertow for the first time in years yesterday, I'd forgotten how good an album it was. I suppose I'd sidetracked it in favour of Ænima and Lateralus, which was criminal, really. Even the older, more straightforward material on the album really holds up well.

[StoutAndAle]

Jesus Christ - those merch prices are eye-watering.

I'm confused about the no phones thing. How do they enforce it? The video of the "Invincible" on the last page is shot from a phone and there's a raft of phones illuminated within the video. Was that just the dickish few?

I've been to a few comedy clubs in the US where they give you a bag with your table number/assigned seat on it that you have to put your phone into and they padlock it until the show is over. That'd hardly work in an arena though.

[Giggles]

Before the last song, Invincible, Maynard addressed the audience and announced that they could record if they wanted.

[astfgyl]

Looked it up on Discogs there, it's a CD/Blu Ray box with fancy packaging, not that bothered. The version of FI I saw for €50 is a reissue with a fancy box & booklet, but the extra trascks and audio gizmo aren't included.

On a related note, I listened to Undertow for the first time in years yesterday, I'd forgotten how good an album it was. I suppose I'd sidetracked it in favour of Ænima and Lateralus, which was criminal, really. Even the older, more straightforward material on the album really holds up well.

There's an excellent remaster of undertow on YouTube but I can't find it on the mobile version. I'll try grab the link on the laptop in a bit. It's well worth listening to and really improves what I've always felt was a slightly shoddy sound.

[Don Gately]

Jesus Christ - those merch prices are eye-watering.

I'm confused about the no phones thing. How do they enforce it? The video of the "Invincible" on the last page is shot from a phone and there's a raft of phones illuminated within the video. Was that just the dickish few?

I've been to a few comedy clubs in the US where they give you a bag with your table number/assigned seat on it that you have to put your phone into and they padlock it until the show is over. That'd hardly work in an arena though.

Signs up all over the place, announced before gig and stewards enforced it. I must say it was a relief that people didn't have phones up.

[astfgyl]

Great idea killing the phones for the gig