Powderfinger has sold nearly three times more concert tickets than their most recent album `Golden Rule` has done.
While ‘Golden Rule’ is sitting at platinum sales in Australia (70,000) ticket sales to the band’s farewell tour have now topped 175,000.“We were simply blown away”, Paul Piticco, Powderfinger’s manager said. “After a massive response from the on-sale, and with the shows selling out way faster than we could have expected, we started to get emails and calls from fans of the band asking for further dates as they’d missed out on tickets. We convened a quick meeting last weekend and decided to add one final lap of cap city shows that would, hopefully, meet the band’s fans’ needs.”
“We have placed these shows on weekend nights, wherever possible, to make it easier for anyone in regional areas to make it to these last city shows. We certainly hadn’t planned these extra dates but are thrilled to be playing to more fans across the country. These will be the last ever shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide with the band ultimately finishing the tour in their hometown of Brisbane”.
The band already has 17 sell-out shows for the final tour with more shows going on sale this week for Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Cairns.
Powderfinger announced their break-up at a media conference in Sydney last month.
The Farewell Tour featuring Jet and The Vines will start in Newcastle on September 1.
