OMG, just clicked thru to the venue here in Tulsa only to see the seating chart now has a huge PIT section in front of the regular seating where the fan club gets us what are normally great seats--basically what this means is that if you even got front row seats from AJFC, there will be hundreds of folks standing in front of you.  I am SO surprised and very disappointed.  I clicked to try and buy a PIT ticket and was offered numbers 188-189 so that tells me there are lots of them :-(  Just venting here.  Last time it was soooo perfect and this is a bad surprise :-(  sigh....

That was my favorite comment by the reviewer too!

Thanks girls!  Been trying the Colorado number but only automated stuff so far.  WIll try Tues. during business hours.  I usually get good seats but have also gotten as far back as row 8 or row 11 thru fan club and am SO hoping we get the close ones this time!!!  Jerrie I can't tell ALan but plan to contact Roger and MOnty ahead of time to tell them about her and they will for sure come out for introductions--they are SO nice about that!  Alan has some great PR guys in those two!

Ok just got thru and the guy said he can't tell me where the seats are unless I have the tickets.  Well hello, if I have the tickets I will already know.  duh.  oh well.

Hmmm, that review started so awesome and then went almost to tacky.  I have seen Alan and his band quite a few times and only thought once in all those times (on a hot summer night outside) that they seemed not thrilled to be there, especially ALan that time.  The writer needs to realize these guys are mostly fairly old and we don't want someone having a heart attack trying to be all entertainy!!!  But in their defense he usually places Monty and Mark near stage front and if you have ever watched Mark, he sings and plays his heart out and is often pretty animated, unlike the older band members.  Brooks and Dunn are in their mid fifties but I think are in better shape and ARE the main attractin at their concerts so they do more moving around.  I think it's neat that ALan hasn't traded his band members in for young ones!  Alan always says he isn't that great at guitar but I know in the early days he played alot so is used to it hanging on him.  At Cadillac Ranch for the 20th anniversary concert he played most of the songs since alot were from way back--it was neat to see that for a change I will admit!!  SO he CAN do it if he wants--hehe.  But I think that man could sing the phone book and I'd still go.......HE is what folks come to see and it's respectful of the band to stay low key in the background.  He's also said he's too uncoordinated to try to dance or do stuff and doesn't want to embarass his daughters--I believe him after seeing how he just sort of ambles around the stage :-)

Jazzybo,

Just saw your post and that was US in front of you!  Dee (from NSW) was wearing the beaded AJ tee made by Terry from California!  I have one too but too heavy for the overseas suitcase.  There were people wanting to buy or steal it right off of her!!!!!  I was sitting next to her at least till we darted toward the stage :-)  Kris from WA was on the other side of me and tattoo gal in front of me!!!  What a night for all of us!!!

Oh Jedda,

I never log on anymore but did tonight and what a treat to read your review and remember that night!  My hubby and I flew to Sydney from Oklahoma and met up with Dee and another friend named Kris (from WA).  We had a blast too and stood by the stage on the left side the whole time.  WHat a memory to see my Aussie friends get to see their fav singer and meet Roger, Monty and Mark!  MOnty is SO nice isn't he?  They are are!  Mark (fiddle player) lives about 45 minutes from us here in Okla. and when he saw me his mouth dropped open and he said "WHAT are YOU doing HERE"  One of my fav moments from the concert--his look was priceless!!!  WIsh we could've met you!!!  Roger snuck me a stack of pics ahead of the concert and I gave one to this fun and crazy girl named Christine and after the concert she went and got a tattoo of the pic!!!  Maybe I should wear my Australia tour tee shirt to the next US concert just for fun!!!!

Again, thanks for the review and the reminder of what fun Sydney Acer Arena was!!!!  sigh...........................

Nan

Hey ya'll,

Just wanted to check if you guys know if we can still find out where our seats are before the concert date.  We used to be able to email the fan club and they would tell us but not sure how this new deal works.  I am taking three wonderful friends (including a 21 year old with a rare life threatening disease) to the Colorado show and am SO hoping for seats near the front.  I probably messed up by requesting center section instead of one of the side sections.  I kept re-doing the ticket purchase thinking seat locations would come up like they do on normal ticket purchase pages!  Haven't done a concert since the new method except Sydney and that one didn't count!  It's been SO long since I bought them I need to search email archives to print my confirmation just in case!  eeek!  ANy advice appreciated!

Nan

Love the review Dee!!!  If ya'll know me I am the "shrieky" person, Nan, that Dee was describing!!!  It was awesome!!!!!!!  The ONLY way it could've been any better was if Joe Nichols had been the opening act!!  I am recovering fine from the wreck--just sore, and will get fixed up back in the states.  It was a night to remember and this is a trip of a lifetime!  it's completely gorgeous in Oz!!  AND we have the best hosts--AJ and the guys don't know what they were missing!

Hope to meet some of you Aussie fans in Sydney!  We'll be there all the way from Oklahoma!  Goona be a loooong trip!  Yee haw! 

Congrats guys!  I never win stuff like that.  Darn!  Would've helped make up for losing Miranda as opener :-(

In my opinion this warrants about a $100 refund per concert ticket.  They are replacing an A act with an F+ that I heard once at Toby keith's place and we couldn't wait for her to end.  Unacceptable and extremely disappointed.  They should've gotten Joe Nichols to open instead or at least Australia's own Adam Brand with his Keith Urban style.  As someone giong to attend this I am outraged at their choice.  That's a rip off.

OMG that better not be true about those $400 people getting all the good seats!  I'm not flying 13 hours for crappy seats!!!  I'm used to being right up close.  AAAH!  Usually here in the US the seats at the front are reserved for fanclub members so I hope there aren't a bunch of folks that got them first as that isn't how it normally works here.  I am a bit paranoid about doing this thru that ticket place instead of the fan club.  We normal folks deserve a meet and greet oppiortunity!  The tickets for this are 4 times the cost in the US so he needs to have mercy!!  PLEASE ALAN!!!!!  M & G!!!

I had a hunch this wasn't just happening in Tulsa.  It's just wrong, period.  I wrote a letter to both local stations here to address my frustration.  I told them I can't understand why they are boycotting Alan, etc.  Doubt it will help but I enjoyed venting.  grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

AAAAAAAAAAAAH!  Of course it peaked at only #17.  Pretty darn good for only  having PART of the country playing it.  I feel a letter to the stations coming on............that just makes me SO mad.  Nobody in Tulsa has heard the song unless they watch tv.

Hm, is it the radio stations just deciding not to play AJ or are his CD's not getting to them??   Makes me wonder.  That explains why the songs aren't up there in the countdown!