Peter Gabriel to tour with Sting Tour North America 2016

[Zenrider]

Well the USA and Canada anyway. Seems they keep forgetting Mexico is also considered North America.

Fan Presale starts Jan 20 (1pm?) through Jan 22 Link to be emailed and added to petergabriel.com
Venue sales Friday Jan 22 (check locally for times)
Public on sale Monday Jan 25 (check for times, but likely around 10AM+- Eastern Time)


Shows: Eastern Time?
Date City Venue Public Sale Date
June 21....Columbus, OH........Nationwide Arena.................Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
June 23....Washington DC.......Verizon Center......................Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
June 24....Wantagh, NY...........Jones Beach..........................Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
June 26....Philadelphia, PA......BB&T Pavilion........................Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
June 27....New York, NY...........Madison Square Garden.........Mon. Jan 25 ( 9am)
June 29....Toronto, ON............Air Canada Centre.................Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
June 30....Detroit, MI..............The Palace of Auburn Hills......Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
July 02......Worcester, MA.........DCU Center...........................Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
July 05......Montreal, QC...........Bell Centre...........................Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
July 07......Quebec, QC............Festival d'ete de Quebec.......March 2016 TBA
July 09......Chicago, IL.............United Center........................Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
July 10......Milwaukee, WI.......Summerfest............................Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
July 12......Denver, CO.............Pepsi Center...........................Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
July 14......San Jose, CA..........SAP Center at San Jose..........Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
July 15......Lake Tahoe, NV........Harvey's................................Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
July 17......Los Angeles, CA.......Hollywood Bowl....................Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
July 21......Seattle, WA.............Key Arena..............................Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
July 23......Calgary, AB.............Scotiabank Saddledome..........Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
July 24......Edmonton, AB..........Rexall Place...........................Mon. Jan 25 (10am)

Official release here: petergabriel.com/news/peter-and-sting-tour-2016/

[beef]

Oh good grief.

[Zenrider]

I feel ya Beef. Much as United Center on Saturday would be more convenient...maybe I'll get a ticket for Summer Fest instead. That way I can possibly hear some new original music from other bands, before listening to another rehash of the old? Might be able to talk a friend into taking a ferry from Michigan to Milwaukee, to meet me there too. Might just get a lawn seat for this one.

[beef]

I was just looking at Michigan on the map - I saw that Normal is actually a place in Illinois. . . and that it even has "Central Illinois Regional Airport". . .? My geography is bad, but how do you get your bearings in such a huge country as the USA? 10 minutes on the train to work is almost mission impossible for me! (or rather, the train company. . .)

[Zenrider]

Jan 20, 2016 0:04:20 GMT beef said:

I was just looking at Michigan on the map - I saw that Normal is actually a place in Illinois. . . and that it even has "Central Illinois Regional Airport". . .? My geography is bad, but how do you get your bearings in such a huge country as the USA? 10 minutes on the train to work is almost mission impossible for me! (or rather, the train company. . .)

Yes, there is a Normal, IL, but not likely anymore normal than anywhere else. It's about an hour south of me.
Get my bearings same as anywhere else, just takes longer to get to some places. Which is why it's a good idea to have a compass, so at the very least, you know you're heading in the right direction. Especially in Florida, as it seems much of their, especially turnpike system, is set up to send you in the wrong direction. Particularly in the Orlando area.

[beef]

I guess you're talking about driving? I haven't had a car for 20 years, mostly by choice... I've heard it's next-to-impossible to be car-less in the US.... what would I do? But.... are you really going to this scissors paper thing Zenrider? Until PG does something new it's pretty much game over for me...

[Zenrider]

Jan 20, 2016 13:20:02 GMT beef said:

I guess you're talking about driving? I haven't had a car for 20 years, mostly by choice... I've heard it's next-to-impossible to be car-less in the US.... what would I do? But.... are you really going to this scissors paper thing Zenrider? Until PG does something new it's pretty much game over for me...

Yes, but mostly as the odds are good I may run into other fans I only see at such places. Such as Rev Bob, Paul and so many others, that if I didn't have to get out and shovel some snow I would list them all.....

[Zenrider]

Link to the links for the first of the fan pre-sale, can also be found at the Peter Gabriel site and probably Stings too. petergabriel.com/news/fan-pre-sale-live/

Will post the link for the second phase of pre-sale as it becomes available on Jan 26th.

Best of luck to those looking for special tickets.

[beef]

That sounds nice Zenrider - since the old forum got shut down it's easy to forget what a real social place it was - I hope you manage a meet up and have a great time - do please send my best regards to those lunatics!

[Zenrider]

Summer Fest actually gives away a certain amount of lawn seats for free the day of the concert, tempting as that is, not sure I want to try that... Haven't seen Sting in concert, so it may be worth it for that. Kinda sorry I missed Springsteen this week, but can only take so many days off a year for such. Especially, if I'm going to visit my friend in the 'islands.'

[beef]

islands?

[Zenrider]

Shetlands.

[beef]

oh. . . those islands!

[Zenrider]

Can you imagine how exited Pete's fans would have been if he was doing this with Kate Bush! Sadly, in the USA, for the casual fan a Sting and Peter Gabriel lineup will probably do better. Whatever. Weather permitting, sitting on the grass drinking a beer with a friend or so always makes a good night, no matter who's playing.

[Zenrider]

I find it interesting in the pre sale sites, they only refer to Sting's fan club. hmmmmm Seems they are trying to sell memberships to Sting's fan club for 45 bucks a pop. WTF? May wait for general sale, hell might wait to see if I can't get one of the free lawn tickets at Summerfest. I'm sure it will be a fun concert, but getting to be a bit pricey to me. And the whole Sting's paying fan club members seem to take precedence over Pete's, bite me. Seriously, he charges people to be a fan?


OK, links are finally open from Peter's site: petergabriel.com/live/