'Opeth'. Royal Albert Hall. 5/4/10. (Easter Monday)

Is that the 'special gig' where theyre playing the whole of Blackwater park?

aliEnRIK:

Is that the 'special gig' where theyre playing the whole of Blackwater park?

 Haven't heard of this, but I bloody hope so!

Perhaps it's to celebrate 10 years since its release.

Youll have to give us your review either way mate

Here you go Chris (I knew id read it somewhere)

Perhaps
you've already heard the news that we're celebrating the 20th
anniversary of our band with 6 very special shows next year and we'd
hereby like to offer you, our beloved fan the first chance to get VIP
packages for each of these shows.

We've got some pretty cool
stuff lined up for this such as a sweet looking laminated VIP pass
which will allow you to come in early in the day so you can watch how
we sound check (which is actually boring as hell but we figured you'd
might like to see how these things work). Sound check usually starts
around 4pm-ish. Then we'll take you back stage for a meet n greet with
all of us, splitting you up in groups so you can be sure you'll get
some proper one on one time to fire off some questions you've always
wanted to ask or just get some stuff signed.

At some venues
you'll be asked to leave after the meet n greet (for security reasons
set by the venues which are beyond our control) until doors open again
and at some venues you'll be able to stay and wait until the show
starts. If you're at one of the venues where you'll be asked to leave
we've arranged that anyone who can show a VIP pass at the door can get
into the venue again at least ten minutes before the doors open to the
standard ticket holders so you'll be guaranteed of a short cue at the
wardrobe and you can calmly head off to stand or sit wherever you like.

The
Lichtburg venue in Essen will be quite special as it's a completely
seated venue. We've reserved the first two rows of the balcony for our
VIP's at this one so you're still close enough to see our nose hair but
far enough for not having to smell our breath. (and that's a good
thing, trust me!)

At the venue you'll also get a nice Opeth
rucksack which will be filled with a Ltd. Edition t-shirt, unique to
each show, a signed tour programme and a copy of the /Blackwater Park/
special edition CD/DVD/ /which includes a 5.1 mix and a 30-minute,
never-before-seen documentary, all nicely packaged in a hard cover
digipack (to be released end of March via Sony Music so don't buy it
already if it's out before the show!)

That just about sums it up
for now. We'll be playing the Blackwater Park album in its entirety
followed by another set which will include songs we've rarely or never
played live before. All in all more than two hours of Opeth. Exciting
times for our band and we hope that you'll be there to share it with us!

Tour dates:

March 30th - Cirkus - Stockholm, Sweden

April 1st - Lichtburg - Essen, Germany

April 3rd - Bataclan - Paris, France

April 5th - Royal Albert Hall - London, UK

April 7th - Terminal 5 - New York, NY

April 9th - The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA

Nice one 'Rik.

Wish I could find some VIP tickets now......

Big Chris:

Nice one 'Rik.

Wish I could find some VIP tickets now......

Id have got some myself, but londons a bit too much of a trek for me

I had the pleasure of seeing Opeth live at the great Ruisrock festival in Finland two years ago and they literally blew me away.
The sound was amazing despite the outdoor rig and it was full onslaught from start to finish.

Enjoy the concert BigChris - it will be one to remember!

Tonya:

I had the pleasure of seeing Opeth live at the great Ruisrock festival in Finland two years ago and they literally blew me away.
The sound was amazing despite the outdoor rig and it was full onslaught from start to finish.

Enjoy the concert BigChris - it will be one to remember!

I'm really looking forward to it. I saw them a few years ago at The Roundhouse, then a year or two back at Shepherds Bush. The first time was better for me. I think the Shepherd's Bush gig was not long after Peter left, and they still seemed to not be gelling 100% with Fredrik. Never ever got to see Martin Lopez play either.

But the Whole of Blackwater Park will be something special.

Thanks for pointing this out.

I'll try to get to one of the shows.
Yesterday I was just listening to it. After the line "and the sun sets forever over Blackwater Park" I got a little wet in the eyes. Wonder what the complete album will do to me when played live!

I seen them play with Inflames Megadeth In Calgary Canada a few years ago.