01.02.2025 | Escalation Fest 2025 - Oberhausen

[olive forge]

Thought I tested the upper rank... But seems like I did not

[orchid ridge]

Looks great!

[orchid ridge]

I added my other ticket

[ornate mural]

You can swap between places if you want

[orchid ridge]

Hoping to pick up a suite ticket too!

[ornate mural]

Oh wow. You are really going all out

[orchid ridge]

I will be giving away any extra’s

[round spruce]

I personally think there won't be any suites on sale.

[queen raptor]

didn't you mail them and got an answer that there won't be any on sae? or was it a different show?

[orchid ridge]

The venue did, but the organizer doesn’t list the suite tickets as sold out so I am holding out hope

Not available is not the same as sold out in my book

[mystic vapor]

It is

At least on eventim it's also stated as "currently not available" when something is sold out

[queen raptor]

that's right but if the venue told you there won't be any, i feel like it's pretty definite. doesn't hurt to keep checking though

[ornate mural]

That’s sweet!

[wind relic]

now announce second day

[orchid ridge]

^*#%]%]#]%%{%}%%

[vale ember]

But also sometimes it‘s says not available and then there will be some tickets available at a later time though. I’ve seen both, It’s confusing 😂

[mystic vapor]

Yes true

[queen raptor]

sometimes venues release tickets later

i remember EC shows that had "not available" but then tickets were available and then not available again

[wind relic]

also very often more standing tickets are released when they exactly know how big the stage/ production is etc

[mystic vapor]

This

That's also the reason some more Taylor Tickets get released rn for the upcoming shows

Because I guess the are guessing the space and when it's build up they know how much more people they can hold

[orchid ridge]

I will take a slim chance over no chance

And I have tickets so no big deal, but would to get into one of the suites. so cheap for what it includes

[fossil zenith]

Btw, EC didn't have dynamic pricing in NA, did they?

[queen raptor]

they didn't

[fossil zenith]

Good. That is sooo crazy.

[round spruce]

They just had some random presales with venue/livenation partners and some of the tickets with good view were way more expensive

[orchid ridge]

I don’t remember better view ticket being all that expensive.

[round spruce]

front rows on some places with seats were more expensive imo, or they were some of the presale tix

[orchid ridge]

I did buy whatever upgrade I could but don’t remember them being all that more expensive than the regular GA ticket. So 🤷🏻‍♂️

On average about the same price as my ticket for EF

[fossil zenith]

Wonder where the headline shows next year will be price-wise...

(not that it would keep me from getting them, just out of interest)

💸💸💸

[orchid ridge]

Very reasonable prices here in America for GA. Even my upgrades were cheap IMHO. I paid a whole lot more (3x) to see Black Pink last year. And not a scalped ticket. Directly from Ticketmaster. Since EC plays smaller venues here, the ticket prices are cheap compared to other places

[quaint summit]

Q&A with Marc of Caliban 👀
Question about Support Bands for EF. Yes please

[tacit cape]

YES please!

[shrewd robin]

Ooohhh lets gooooo

[olive forge]

Nearly sold out and they are still teasing us qwq

[tacit cape]

they are punishing us because we were to fast...

[placid oriole]

Or because it isn't sold out yet

[orchid ridge]

I did my part and bought two tickets!

[olive forge]

oh come on, there are like 25 tickets left xD

[midnight wyvern]

75 to be exact, 24 on Eventim and 51 on the arena's website 🤓

[olive forge]

oh. I forgot about the arena store

You counted them? xD

[midnight wyvern]

actually a minute ago, yes 😂

[olive forge]

Good job I guess 🤣
have a cookie: 🍪

[warm wasp]

🔴

[placid oriole]

then better be quick if you wanna know tho plays at EF

[olive forge]

|| (you have to upload the GIF from your computer :p ) ||

[olive forge]

Naaa, I already got my ticket, I can wait. I don't like it, but I can

[midnight wyvern]

(just imagine that's a cookie, not a donut)

[midnight wyvern]

yea always forget that GIFs are not working in here

[midnight wyvern]

and yes, the last red spot is still there

if that's what you meant 😅😂

[warm wasp]

[olive forge]

* is using all of his brain capacity to imagine a cookie *

[olive forge]

Actually surprising, it's a great spot

[orchid ridge]

I am not buying another ticket unless it comes with snacks and soda all day

[fossil zenith]

Less and less places left - but the red dot seems to be here for good!

[warm wasp]

it even got some new friends

204 aswell

[fossil zenith]

On the arena's website or on eventim?

[warm wasp]

arena

[fossil zenith]

😆🙇🏻‍♀️

[olive forge]

@orchid ridge you sure you don't want to go for a third one? xd

[orchid ridge]

I will gladly buy a third ticket. Let know when these become available again https://www.eventim.de/en/event/electric-callboy-escalation-fest-2025-rudolf-weber-arena-18786232/?affiliate=GMD

[warm wasp]

[midnight wyvern]

20 on Eventim and 15 on the arena's website 🤓

[fossil zenith]

Thank you for your service!

35 out of 13,000...
🤯

[midnight wyvern]

and that around 1 1/2 months after announcement, 5 1/2 months until the event and not a single band next to EC announced yet

[olive forge]

we are not the only ones hyped haha xD

[fossil zenith]

Well, everyone of us bought more than one ticket on average, so...

[olive forge]

lmaooo haha xD

[ornate mural]

We’re ready for a party

[queen raptor]

it was the smartest decision to announce it during ratatata hype

[quaint summit]

But the hype isn't over yet at least i hope it isn't

[queen raptor]

it is

they've stopped gaining a lot of new numbers on socials, views and listens are much slower and they've lost almost 900k of the new monthly listeners they gained after the release

nothing shocking, just expected release boom and drop

[quaint summit]

Is it time for stats again?

[queen raptor]

i'm checking spotify daily, i just glance at other numbers since i've seen they calmed down

[fossil zenith]

But I think it still is quite successful - a colleague of mine asked his pupils for song recommendations this week and in both classes someone put Ratatata on the list
💪

[warm wasp]

are we sure EC will be playing that day?

maybe theyll just walk on stage and wave at the end

[midnight wyvern]

ngl... when I wrote that I was like... would be kinda funny if not even EC gonna play 😂

[fossil zenith]

Or make us sing like in Essen...

[midnight wyvern]

that moment was so wonderful

[fossil zenith]

Not my kind of funny!!
😂

[midnight wyvern]

this whole day was so wonderful

[midnight wyvern]

pls send me back

[fossil zenith]

Sigh... yes, it was.

[warm wasp]

they could just have the fifa rematch between nico and tank tbh

[fossil zenith]

Take me with you!

[midnight wyvern]

omg I would love it

[queen raptor]

it's very successful

[midnight wyvern]

Escalation Fest III just gonna be a great FIFA tournament of different bands xD

[olive forge]

or an infomercial about hairdryers 💀

[warm wasp]

Kevin reading hairdryer ads between matches

[fossil zenith]

Kaffeefahrt

[olive forge]

*screaming

[midnight wyvern]

every EC band member got their own time slot and can do whatever they want, so we get both 😂

[olive forge]

EC Staff right now:

https://tenor.com/view/write-that-down-taking-notes-school-universities-university-gif-17937210

[warm wasp]

omg imagine hundreds of metal fans getting out of buses, expecting tea and cake and having to purchase hairdryers for thousands of euros instead

[olive forge]

Fuck... Forgot about that

[warm wasp]

they will make a nitro feature for that soon

[olive forge]

HA!

Nobody tells me what I'm allowed to do °^°

(Except our very friendly mods || please don't hit me >.< || )

thanks for the reactions, easy progress for the achievement xD

[stoic bramble]

This is my first year going!

[fossil zenith]

Yayyyy! You'll have a blast!! 🤘

[stoic bramble]

I'm flying in from America

[stoic bramble]

There's a couple of us

[fossil zenith]

Oh wow, that's dedication

[stoic bramble]

Also a vacation as well. I've never left the us let alone I've only seen a few parts of it

[fossil zenith]

So cool!

[stoic bramble]

I'm excited

[placid oriole]

Hello excited, i'm Keule

[fossil zenith]

I hope Europe in the winter doesn't put you off travelling...
😆

[stoic bramble]

It's winter here at the same time as well 🤣

[stoic bramble]

I was like ugh why during winter lmao

[fossil zenith]

Yeah, we all were!! 😅
But better than no EF at all I guess...

[stoic bramble]

Flights were a little bit cheaper

[fossil zenith]

At least something...
What are your plans?

[stoic bramble]

Umm honestly idk yet lol. I'm flying in on Thursday and will leave that next Wednesday

[warm wasp]

We all gotta go have a cheesecake at the mall on Friday after we all checked into our hotels

[quaint summit]

https://tenor.com/view/cheesecake-dessert-new-york-cheesecake-national-cheesecake-day-gif-11235854814982406244

[stoic bramble]

Im down I love cheesecake lol

[stoic bramble]

Food poorrrrn

[orchid ridge]

Same!

[orchid ridge]

Same!

[stoic bramble]

Sooo what's this about not being high while flying lol

[stoic bramble]

Where from?

[orchid ridge]

The biggest mall in Europe?

[orchid ridge]

I don’t remember saying that 😜

[orchid ridge]

I am in NJ

[stoic bramble]

Lol someone said something to me about it and said to ask you lol

[stoic bramble]

Oh nice

[orchid ridge]

I work in cannabis, so that is probably why they said talk to me. I am the resident old man and pot head

[stoic bramble]

Nice

[orchid ridge]

Still hanging on

[fossil zenith]

Stay strong, Peter!

[zinc pilot]

I would buy it, if I could be sure that I can get to Germany at that weekend...

[fossil zenith]

Where are you from?

[zinc pilot]

I'm from Hungary

[fossil zenith]

Wow, that would be quite the journey!
😅
So far, the ticket seems to be here to stay, still some time to make up your mind...

[zinc pilot]

Yup. We will see...

[bleak hollow]

Just a random note: There's 9 seats left on Eventim + 9 on arena website (including the lonely red dot). And 6 month to go.

[warm wasp]

The longer we take to buy them the longer they wait with the announcements

[queen raptor]

they'll announce support bands only after the Lonely Red Dot is gone

[warm wasp]

[ornate mural]

The red dot must go away soon then

[tacit cape]

#addoptthelonelyreddot XD

[warm wasp]

Let's meet at the red dot for the group picture and confuse whoever bought the seat

[tacit cape]

YES! XD

[mystic vapor]

Heule

Yes pls

[midnight wyvern]

whoever gonna buy this seat will not know what they got themselves into

[warm wasp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdKqAVpUOwI

[tacit cape]

https://tenor.com/fr/view/mister-bean-misterbean-mrbean-mr-bean-rowan-gif-10384876808951119929

[warm wasp]

discord

[tacit cape]

I tried another way to use gif, it doesn't work either XD

<insert "surprise mother fucker!" here >

[ornate mural]

Us at the red dot seat like: Hey random person there. We are just going to take a selfie here. Don’t mind us.

[warm wasp]

[tacit cape]

"Lonely Red Dot Owner" will be like

[orchid ridge]

Don’t look at me

[ornate mural]

I’m not

[mystic vapor]

Imagine EF sells out completely EXCEPT the red dot😂

[tacit cape]

NO! XD

[ornate mural]

Omg. Noo. Don’t put that out in the air. Then it might happen.

[olive forge]

What about:
Whoever buys this seat receives a "Proud red dot owner" T-Shirt 🤔

108 6F (that's the red dot, just so we remember)

[tacit cape]

This poor "owner" isn't ready for what's gonna happen XD

[olive forge]

we gonna make him/her feel veerryyy special

[tacit cape]

[olive forge]

We could also just randomly start singing "Happy Birthday" for this poor individual xD

[tacit cape]

A sign with the words "108 6F why did it take you so long?!" written on it

[ornate mural]

I’m dying over here. Omgg xD

[bleak hollow]

Red balloon attached to the seat. So everyone in the arena can see it

[tacit cape]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-summer-walking-penguin-balloon-gif-13355175719402502187

Got Giffed... XD

[bleak hollow]

Also whoever buys the very last seat,whichever one it'll be deserves a recognition

[ornate mural]

Unless we just end up buying it and attach a red ballon and a poster there

[tacit cape]

Don't tempt me XD

[ornate mural]

That’s perfect xD

[ornate mural]

Omg don’t do it. xD hahahah xD It would just be a meme chair then

[deep flame]

I imagine someone here will be so triggered by it that they'll just buy it before that happens^^

[olive forge]

* looking at Peter *

[tacit cape]

Yes, look at Peter...

[ornate mural]

Nooo. Poor Peter

[midnight wyvern]

I'm pretty sure it will be sold sooner or later without someone who already got a ticket and would not really need it buy it 🫣

[orchid ridge]

Do I have to quote myself?

[tacit cape]

Yes

[orchid ridge]

I am not the only one that bought more than one ticket 😜

[crimson yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/hmm-sus-suspicious-stare-eyes-on-you-gif-7197827967440963024

[orchid ridge]

[bleak hollow]

Manifesting it'll sell out this week. In total just 11 tickets left on both platforms. Eventim won't allow to buy more than 1 at a time

[mystic vapor]

Including the Red Dot?

[bleak hollow]

yup. still there

[mystic vapor]

Heule

[tacit cape]

Red Dot knows how to tease us XD

[orchid ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/taparse-los-oidos-taparse-no-quiero-escuchar-gif-11664233

[vale ember]

Now you can buy tickets for the seats at the side of the stage

[bleak hollow]

oh, that's new!

[vale ember]

You'll probably have a special view on Tank from there

[bleak hollow]

They can charge extra for that 😄

[olive forge]

But these seats are veeeryyy much sideways to the stage. Might also be some equipment or speakers in the way. But perfect if you want to be really close

But it seems like they are only selling the ones that are not directly next to the stage

As a reference a photo I took during another concert in the same arena

[midnight wyvern]

the seats are pretty good. sat there last year, had a pretty good view. can share a few pics later ^^

[crimson yacht]

Awwww those look like great seats I can't get more

[vale ember]

Maybe Peter wants to get another one

[warm wasp]

Can make a drinking game by counting how many times tank runs backstage

[ornate mural]

Have we made Peter into a meme now?

[warm wasp]

"why are you traveling with 40 tickets for the same concert"

[ornate mural]

Omg xD

[olive forge]

He did that to himself

[ornate mural]

True yeah

[shrewd robin]

That would be hilarious 🤣

[ornate mural]

Tank is not in this chat tankfully, so he won’t do it on purpose to get us more drunk if we do this

[shrewd robin]

Don't summon him 🤣

[ornate mural]

He has to specifically go into the tickets and shows and then into this one to see the chats xD

[shrewd robin]

You never know 👀

[ornate mural]

[olive forge]

You guys do your drinking game.
I'll be standing right next to you laughing with my coke xD

[placid oriole]

you got cocain?

[olive forge]

you don't?

[olive forge]

close enough

[orchid ridge]

Tempting

[orchid ridge]

The tickets. Not the cocaine

[tacit cape]

Good to say it XD

[warm wasp]

[abstract ravine]

Just sent the hubs a message that if I still have a job after this Friday, we're YOLOing it and grabbing those new Tix if they are still available.

[orchid ridge]

Needs updating so I can add my new ticket

[orchid ridge]

Just doing my part :p

[olive forge]

For fucks sake, you did not

Gimme a few minutes xD

[orchid ridge]

I wanted a commemorative ticket

[olive forge]

Done. Added the new sections

[orchid ridge]

Done 🙂

[ornate mural]

Nooo. Peter you didn’t xD

[orchid ridge]

I couldn’t resist

Now have 2 to giveaway

[ornate mural]

Maybe someone here can’t get a ticket now. And you can ask the mods to do a giveaway 😄

[orchid ridge]

I am scheming on a giveaway for my extras

Might be the day of. Find me and get a ticket

[tacit cape]

Oh I like the idea

[ornate mural]

Wii. I like that

[round spruce]

I would think people who are in Oberhausen in the date of EF already have tickets tbh. Meaning the ones who would be going there already

I would suggest doing the giveaway before so people who don't have tickets would have time to plan if they need to travel etc.

[orchid ridge]

All depends on if it sells out I guess

If is a sellout then there will be demand the day off

[crimson yacht]

This is what I did with the 2 spare I had, also with it being Christmas a couple of weeks before I should imagine alot of planning needs doing that's why I gave mine away early

[orchid ridge]

One spare I have a pdf for. The other is a physical ticket. While it would be great to get my money back I am more concerned with them going to a good home. Or I bounce from seat to seat in between sets

[orchid ridge]

Ok mods all up to you on what to do with my extra tickets. One I can just send the pdf, the other I will need to hand off in person. I don’t want to mail it back overseas

My gift to the community. They are not together

And to be clear, I am not some rich American. I am just foolish with my money 😜. I made that much in tips last weekend and wanted a closer seat. Total impulse, plain and simple

[round spruce]

We'll see how it would be the best to be organised 👍

And if you want us to do the giveaway/raffle or do you want to handle stuff yourself and we'll just share the link etc. here.

I think you can open a ticket so we can check on things there as well (all mods see the tickets so it would be easy way) @orchid ridge

[orchid ridge]

All you Mods

[round spruce]

You can open ticket on rules or faq

[fossil zenith]

The red dot made it to scout camp...

[crimson yacht]

@tropic valley Red dot info is In here

[orchid ridge]

Ok. So if a new “section” of seats are now available for sale, does that mean there are some new suites available too? Just sent an email to my contact at the venue 🤞

[orchid ridge]

Well that was quick. Venue said NEIN!

[ornate mural]

@kind garden here’s the chat

[orchid ridge]

That was quick

[ornate mural]

That’s the last one you bought now? 😮

[orchid ridge]

Yup. Super quick delivery.

I think they sent it out Monday

[ornate mural]

Damn that was really fast then! Wow!

[orchid ridge]

Wait. I bought on 30/7. They sent 31/7. I got today

[ornate mural]

Oh damn. Did they personally fly it over or something?! Cause that’s fast’

[orchid ridge]

Super. I had to scroll up to be sure

[steep field]

eventim is pretty fast atm

[orchid ridge]

That is what 35€ gets ya

[ornate mural]

Extra delivery speed

[ornate mural]

And that’s awesome

[round spruce]

I remember ine od you did the "ef seat map" thingy where you could insert where your ticket is, can you link or comment on it again so I could pin it and check it again. (Too lazy to search rn, sry)

[tacit cape]

@round spruce

[olive forge]

I love how the upper rank is just Peter xD

[round spruce]

Ty 🤩

[ornate mural]

Maybe he actually bought out the whole section

[glass drift]

Lies, it's Peter, Peter and Peter

[ornate mural]

😆

[orchid ridge]

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetgFReyc5a5SsjoEALDo9l0Nya-Guh_Fi8r__9ZRx4sAA6Fg/viewform

[olive forge]

It's getting out of hand... Now there are three of them

[warm wasp]

It's like no way home all over again

[orchid ridge]

https://giphy.com/clips/erichamlet-zRwA2JgARLVYgWtfgY

[orchid ridge]

Not my fault they keep releasing better seats and I make cash tips

[orchid ridge]

Once the mods figure out the best way to give away my extra’s. It will be back to just one name 🙂

[olive forge]

If not I'll just create a "Hall of Peter" Sheet xD

[warm wasp]

https://www.instagram.com/stories/electriccallboy/3426529816111782007?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=b3BvZmxzbzI5bXpu

Low Ticket alert again

[olive forge]

"[...] If you want to celebrate with us and the other cool acts [...]"

How about you guys finally tell us at least one more act?! qwq
Ahhh

[ornate mural]

At least I got to make some newer gifs

[olive forge]

Perfect birthday Gift haha

[ornate mural]

Hahah yes

[vale ember]

They should have especially mentioned the red dot

[olive forge]

Someone of us should buy the red dot and put it into auction

[orchid ridge]

My cards are maxed. I am out of the ticket buying game. Now if a suite ticket becomes available I will sell a kidney

[olive forge]

Thanks for the pin Ginny! :3

[fossil zenith]

Theory: the EC set at EF will be Tekkno-Tour's farewell...
🥹
Maybe with a new song or two, but we'll still get the intro etc.

[shrewd robin]

Are you tryin to make us sad ? 💀

[fossil zenith]

Noooo! I'm holding on to the hope that I get the feeling once again!!

I somehow can't picture them saying goodbye to that era at a random festival...

(sorry Pukkelpop)

[steep field]

[shrewd robin]

Yeah me neither tbh 💀🤣

[steep field]

drum solo one last time?

[bleak hollow]

btw: 33 tickets left on Eventim and 5 (hello 🔴 ) on arena website

[orchid ridge]

Those newly released seats went fast!

[bleak hollow]

with yoru help 😄

[warm wasp]

just checked on Ticketmaster if the same seat is still avaiable for the WWE Show in 3 weeks. It's not. I'll ask whoever is sitting there what they are doing next february

[mystic vapor]

This is what I thought already tbh

That's why i haven't said "goodbye" to the Tekkno Era so far🥲🥹

[mystic vapor]

HOPEFULLY????

[queen raptor]

that made me wonder, they'd probably want something new for every EF to be unique but they have no new material yet

[fossil zenith]

Maybe first (or second (delulu, I know)) new single some time in January to add to the setlist? New acoustic set?

[queen raptor]

i do expect a new single after festivals, if they're going to have that headline tour in fall 2025, it'll most likely be after a new album and the album needs to build up pre-release hype with singles

in theory

[orchid ridge]

Just doing my part

[split prism]

My tickets arrived today!!! 🥳

[queen raptor]

let's goooo

[split prism]

They were so fast. I ordered on Sunday 😅

[queen raptor]

someone from america got them a day after ordering so yeah, they're fast

[orchid ridge]

Yup. Very fast delivery

[stoic bramble]

I have one I have to sell

[bleak hollow]

Btw, low-low ticket alert - 4 left on eventim and (still the same) 5 on arena site

[warm wasp]

It's lowkey funny how slow they're going atm

[bleak hollow]

no one wants random single tickets I guess

[midnight wyvern]

I count 9 on eventim 🤔

[bleak hollow]

I missed some or maybe some were in people's carts but they didn;t buy?

still noot that much 😄

I see 10 there now 😄

[orchid ridge]

Just a handful of tickets from both sites left

[olive forge]

Hi, I'm "no one" xD

Going to Escalation "alone". But I won't really be alone, since I got you guys xD

[bleak hollow]

Haha, you're not alone in going there alone. If that makes any sense. I think it's just different in terms of tickets - when you buy it when there's a lot of choice and can pick up your place vs just buying whatever is left. That was my main point.

[steep field]

i’m also going by myself

[olive forge]

Yeah true, makes sense xD

[olive forge]

At least we can do whatever we want without being dependent on someone else

That's also why I'm looking forward to Rock am Ring 2025. I'll be going there alone aswell. Maybe a group will adopt me haha

[ornate mural]

I’m going by myself too.
Kind of. You all are spread around me or in the standing area. 😂 and one next to me

[ornate mural]

We can meet up and do some beer/drinking breaks

[olive forge]

Yessss , but no alcohol for me since I still have to drive home afterwards xD

There will probably be enough Breaks between the Acts anyways

[ornate mural]

Oooh. Alcohol free then. xD This will be fun.
Probably! And if there’s one act we don’t like as much. There’s probably other stuff to do. 😂

[warm wasp]

Just look out for a tiny dude with glasses and (probably) pink hair and glitter

[ornate mural]

Oh ofc!
Forgot, did you get a ticket in the stand or floor?

[warm wasp]

Floor

And I already regret it

[ornate mural]

Oh why?

[warm wasp]

Last year during the 4th of 5 bands I had to find a seat in the stands to sit down

But the fact that I was at a wrestling show until 3:30am the night before didn't help

[ornate mural]

Oh damn 🫠
Well if it’s allowed. You can come up to me and take some sitting breaks. 🫶🏻

And no that probably didn’t help

[warm wasp]

The red dot is still available tho

[old canyon]

It's a glitch in Matrix

[ornate mural]

Noooo

[bleak hollow]

i guess under 10 tickets counts as sold out?

[midnight wyvern]

Eventim is sold out, arena's website not. maybe they forgot, that the arena's website excist

[steep field]

i have an idea of why they say sold out but there are still tickets on arena website

but way to complicated to explain in english

[mystic vapor]

Very valid tho

[orchid ridge]

Looks like Eventim completely sold out their block of tickets they had to sell. Only a handful left by the venue

Left hand (promoter) and right hand (venue) have two different definitions of sold out

[olive forge]

I'm speechless. Escalation is still half a year away and they managed to sell out (except of 5 tickets on the venues site)

No pressure to the boys, but the world is hyped

[mystic vapor]

Wann support Act

[olive forge]

Never 😈

[shrewd robin]

Statefall.

[steep field]

yes please!!

[shrewd robin]

That would be damn amazing

[mystic vapor]

JA

BITTE

I cannot say enough times how much I miss them

THEY WOULD BE PERFECT

Make them the first act

So Jan has enough time for EC later on

LOS

MACH

[shrewd robin]

YES LETS GOOOO

[mystic vapor]

Make a whole Line Up with Bands where Dan is included

Either as a band member or producing

(Mission not very hard because that man never sleeps)

[queen raptor]

how many songs do they have out now?

though i guess there's time to release more singles to fill setlist

[deep flame]

they played a bunch of songs that weren't even released when they opened for SPC/TBS. So Don't think that's gonna be an issue

[shrewd robin]

Thanks just wanted to say that

[queen raptor]

i didn't know, then that's a non-issue

[shrewd robin]

[round spruce]

It's a festival, the other bands/artist are not "support acts" tho.

[mystic vapor]

Plus they released all of them by now (except one)

[mystic vapor]

They are playing their first festival this weekend tho

A hour set

So I think they have stuff to fill it :))

And TBS did play like 45 Minutes last year as the first act

[round spruce]

None of the bands were called support acts, they were "special guests" on some posts.

[shrewd robin]

Then they're special guests Would still be really awesome to see them

[mystic vapor]

Yes I know I just called them support act now...

[shut wyvern]

Resale tickets are so expensive

135€ for 1 ticket? No thanks

Wouldn't surprise me if scalpers bought 70% of the tickets, tbh

[abstract ravine]

Where are you seeing these for sale?

[shut wyvern]

Mostly on Ebay

And almost all of them are GA tickets

[vale ember]

The ones I‘ve been seeing were even 200€ per ticket and I was just looking for second-hand merch on Kleinanzeigen and there were so many GA tickets

[shut wyvern]

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING

The tickets launched at Rock im Park and GA was sold out in like 2 hours

Probably even less time

Let's just hope nobody is gonna buy tickets from them so they'll have to put them up for a lower price eventually

I saw that happen with a bunch of Travis Scott shows last year, scalpers had to sell tickets for 40$ or less because nobody wanted them for those ridiculous prices

[abstract ravine]

I would feel uneasy purchasing concert tickets off eBay. Maybe I'm being naive, but how would one know they would work on concert day?

Do you not need to scan a barcode for admission? What if you get to the arena, and the ticket won't scan?

[shut wyvern]

You're fine as long as you get paper tickets

Don't buy PDF tickets online tho

[placid oriole]

are you looking for tickets?

I have 2 to sell

Unterrang 110, Row G

and i'd only want two extra euros on top of the original price so i could mail them via Einschreiben

[shut wyvern]

Only GA tickets

[olive forge]

You are making me cry

[queen raptor]

this is making me anxious cause i have absolutely nothing sorted out aside from the ticket, flight and hotel

[deep flame]

that sounds like you're mostly sorted to me

I'm flying to the States in October for a wedding and I've nothing sorted except the flight and my passport

[queen raptor]

not quite. i still need to know if i'd be able to withdraw money in germany and use my credit card with the type of bank account i have, need to sort out and see how much roaming is and if i can afford international data for a few days, need to more or less figure out how much i'd need for public transport in germany and how to get to and from the airports, need to figure out how much i'd need for food, i have no suitcase

[orchid ridge]

What else is there? Besides the trains, that is all I have sorted

[queen raptor]

just wrote above

[orchid ridge]

Plenty of time for that. Don’t sweat the small stuff

[queen raptor]

it's not small because as of right now i can't afford any of it

[quaint summit]

But isn't roaming the same in any EU country? So no additional costs? If you have a debit card you can use it just like at home

[queen raptor]

so i'm stressed that i won't be able to find fuds for those things

[orchid ridge]

Ya the banking and the phone are quick calls or visits to the respective sites

[quaint summit]

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-telecoms/mobile-roaming-costs/index_en.htm

[orchid ridge]

I am gonna pay $10/day to use my phone in Germany

[queen raptor]

i have no idea, i've never used roaming once in my life and i i have no clue about my card because i've never paid in foreign currency or abroad

so this is all completely new to me and i'm stressed

[orchid ridge]

I am confused. Don’t both Germany and Poland use the euro?

[queen raptor]

yeah it's not really about that but what to do if i can't afford it

[queen raptor]

no, poland didn't switch to euro

[quaint summit]

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-telecoms/mobile-roaming-costs/index_en.htm
No additional costs for you

[orchid ridge]

I am a very experienced traveler. If I can help alleviate any of your stress over this @queen raptor please let me know

[queen raptor]

so i must have something else because when i asked my bank once they said that i'd pay extra % for changing currency

[orchid ridge]

Plus there are plenty of people here that would love to help ensure you have a stress free trip

[vale ember]

Withdrawing money usually costs something extra, paying with your card shouldn't. But I am not 100% sure 😅

[queen raptor]

i know ❤️ i'm just a stressing type, especially since it's possible i won't be even to afford getting to the airport to fly to germany if i can't find money. i think i will but i don't have a stable income so it's not a given

[quaint summit]

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/financial-products-and-services/payments-transfers-cheques/index_en.htm

[queen raptor]

i asked my bank out of curiosity if i'd be charged extra for paying in euro and they said yeah, for changing currency

[orchid ridge]

Since you don’t use the euro that might be an issue. My bank doesn’t charge me for foreign purchases, just doesn’t always give the best exchange rate. Never a fee

[vale ember]

Okay that makes sense, I've only been to countries with Euros and when I was in England I only paid cash (cause I couldn't pay with my card) so everyone knew that I was a tourist

[quaint summit]

It it helps maybe we could work something out for you so that you don't have to pay something extra when you're in Germany. If you need anything. You can DM me.

[queen raptor]

thank you i'll be figuring these things out after summer ❤️

worst case scenario, i'll withdraw money in poland for free, exchange to euro here and just travel with a case of cash

[quaint summit]

That's exactly what I did when I travelled to Czechia

[round spruce]

thats true in most cases

[round spruce]

Usually it's cheaper to exchange in the destination country, but it depends

[queen raptor]

i hope i can avoid that but we'll have to see when i go to my bank

[tacit cape]

In which ariport will you land?

And when?

[queen raptor]

Dusseldorf 19:00 january 31st

[tacit cape]

Hum... you can have a pretty nice driver for free if you ask nicely

[queen raptor]

noted ❤️

[tacit cape]

[deep flame]

okay yeah, that's some important info😅

[deep flame]

Same with my cards when I travel abroad. My rec would be to only get whatever you wanna spend or assume you might spend at the atm once and then pay everything in cash. That way you pay the fee only once

the fee is usually the same no matter how much money you take

or use an exchange here as Ginny said

[crimson yacht]

If you need any help please ask us, we don't mind helping.

[ornate mural]

Is the red dot still there? 👀

[midnight wyvern]

yes, all 5 tickets on the arena's website are still available

[ornate mural]

Damn

[tacit cape]

🔴

[bleak hollow]

No one is looking there now once even it offitially sold out?

But it's still several months... Also I guess if someone is coming here looking for tickets we can point them there

[ornate mural]

Yeah probably 😅
That we can do!

[vale ember]

We'll tell them that there is only the red dot left then, no other tickets

[tacit cape]

Red Dot deserve a special treatment, either if it's occupied or not XD

[orchid ridge]

I am mesmerized by the red dot

Resisting all urges

[tacit cape]

Same XD

[abstract ravine]

Can anyone even truly buy the red dot?

[tacit cape]

[warm wasp]

I mean... The seat is red already, so we could share it

[ornate mural]

[tacit cape]

I really want to put a red helium baloon on this seat during the show XD

[bleak hollow]

I sit in that sector, I might do it, If I can bring a balloon in

[tacit cape]

Georgie... come here Georgie... XD

[olive forge]

a normal balloon shouldn't be the problem.
The helium might be problematic xD

[orchid ridge]

Don’t tempt me

[tacit cape]

Who will by the red dot first? Peter, me or someone else? XD

[orchid ridge]

Is that a challenge?

[tacit cape]

[crimson yacht]

Put a jar of bovril in that seat

[placid oriole]

she gives you a head start

better use it

[tacit cape]

Bovril Jar would deserve a whole trip/story up to EF... It gives me an idea XD

[somber seal]

Hey that was my plan

You can always summon me back into chat by saying bovril

I’ll even respond on holiday

[stiff mist]

I am going alone too, the second time now for me, was in Nürnberg at my first EC concert alone and had a blast. 🤘 would be cool to share the experience with a friend but I don't want to miss live performances of EC just because I am the only one in my circle of friends who is obsessed with the boys 😏🫶

[mystic vapor]

You will meet a lot of people trust me!

[fossil zenith]

Exactly this! I "have to" go to EC alone as well - but I love it!! I've met cool people and had an absolute blast every single time I went! And a big plus in my opinion is that you can do whatever you want without having to compromise about anything. My friends can't understand that I go to concerts on my own, but what would be the alternative? Not going there??? Nu-uh!!!
🤘

[shut wyvern]

You'll end up meeting people anyway, it really doesn't make a difference
At every single concert I've been to on my own, I got into conversation while in queue or waiting inside the venue
And if you're on your own, you don't have to depend on anybody and are free to do whatever you want

[crimson yacht]

As others have said you will end up meeting new people, people are coming from outside of Germany aswell 🇬🇧

[shut wyvern]

The cheapest GA tickets are still at 135€ each, and it's a damn scalper
Imagine being that scummy

1-6 tickets 💀

[crimson yacht]

Shocking I paid quiet alot to a scalper in October when EC came over to the UK never again

[shut wyvern]

I paid 330€ for a The Weeknd ticket once and they restocked the GA tickets for a regular price a day before the show

And those were just 130

[crimson yacht]

I would of been absolutely gutted but I guess sometimes it's like the fear of potentially missing out so you gotta pay what you gotta pay

[shut wyvern]

At least I was right in front of the stage

[orchid ridge]

lots of us are going alone, but we will not be alone 🙂

[stiff mist]

Hi, wir haben uns tatsächlich schon getroffen in Essen per der Kinopremiere haben wir zusammen in einer Reihe gesessen glaube ich 😊 ich war die Ü40 Frau 😄

[mystic vapor]

Ahh hey!

Yea like I said you will definitely find people at tje show! :))

[stiff mist]

👍

[drowsy fog]

I am getting the feeling that more of us are coming alone than in groups 😄

[ornate mural]

Yep I’m coming alone too

[mystic vapor]

I don't even have a group anymore, it's like half the arena

I just know so many people

Busy day

[queen raptor]

i think especially those of us coming from outside of germany, it's not easy to organise a trip to another country in a group

[ornate mural]

Very true yeah. 😅 I wonder how many different countries we are coming from

[warm wasp]

we need to get the boys to talk english for the show

[queen raptor]

poland, UK, norway, finland so far that i know

[queen raptor]

we'll just use everyone else around to live-translate

unless they still play tekkno set so we'll know 60% of the lines

[warm wasp]

Something something ZUNGE

[ornate mural]

Yep!
Or we just need to learn German faster!

[ornate mural]

And America!

[queen raptor]

right!

[drowsy fog]

and Austria 👆

[tacit cape]

Und Belgium

[queen raptor]

poland, belgium, austria, america, finland, norway, UK

[tacit cape]

We are more international than David XD

[warm wasp]

germany too

[ornate mural]

We Are

[mystic vapor]

Australia is definitely present too :))

[queen raptor]

really?! amazing!

[clear rose]

Do we know the otther bands which will play yet?

[tacit cape]

nope^^

[mystic vapor]

Not yet

[clear rose]

oh damn, when do you think will they reveal it?

[tacit cape]

The boys are so random that we have no idea XD

[mystic vapor]

This

Last time they announced the first 3 special guests 31. May

Escalation Fest was 23. September

So we actually could the the first acts in the next few weeks

[round spruce]

I have a feeling they don't really have schedules planned super far ahead when it comes to promoting stuff.

[clear rose]

that would be great

So hyped to see them again

[mystic vapor]

It will be such a torture until February but I will get through it, with more/other concerts

[warm wasp]

i have to remember where the red dot is on tuesday and force whoever sits there at the wwe show to buy that seat aswell

[clear rose]

which voncerts will you go to?

[mystic vapor]

To many 😂

[clear rose]

dammnn haha

[mystic vapor]

Rn I have 9 other Concerts planned until EF

Eventually 10

[clear rose]

damnn thats much, ig I have planned 3 haha

[mystic vapor]

If we count the TV Total thing it's actually 11

Plus

A whole ass vacation in the mean time

[olive forge]

I have one whole concert planned before ESCALATION!

I kinda spend all of my budget for this year already

[orchid ridge]

My concert list is kinda short too

Note on my tip jar

10/11 - Oliver Tree - NYC
11/19 - Baby Metal - NYC
11/21 - Baby Metal - Bethlehem PA
02/01 - Electric Callboy - Germany

[quaint summit]

Can't wait till concert season is gonna start again. I hate that it's festival season bc I'm not into festivals anymore
I need some concerts for my mental health

October: Northlane, Ghostkid and Future Palace
November: sleep token (and probably while she sleeps)
And them finally the date I've been waiting for EF 🥳

[vale ember]

So far it's "only"
November: Sum 41, Future Palace
And then EF

[fossil zenith]

For me it's Annisokay (and Within Temptation), most likely Corefest in Stuttgart with SPC and Self Deception and two weeks before EF I'll see Alligatoah. Was thinking about the Dropkick Murphy's, but then it would be concerts three saturdays in a row

[orchid ridge]

I am not into festivals at all. EF will be my first in 20 years

[fossil zenith]

Well, it's a very 'concert-y' festival tbh
😆

[orchid ridge]

Exactly why it will be my first in a looooong time

[quaint summit]

Exactly it's a concert with a few more support bands

[fossil zenith]

Maybe even more so in February
🥶

[orchid ridge]

Usually if you go to a festival to see one band it is a short set (unless they headline) and the rest of the crowd is usually talking or being idiots during the one set you want to see

[crimson yacht]

EF is my first festival too, I haven't been to many gigs my 1st ever gig was oliver tree and my 2nd was EC

[mystic vapor]

I wanted to go to sleep Token but I am at vacation when they play Hamburg 😂

My Line up till EF

28.08 - EC at TV Total
21.09 - Campus Open Air with Donots and 257ers
28.09 - Ghøstkid Berlin
10.10 - Ghøstkid Hamburg
18.10 - TBS Heimspiel (with SPC )
01.11 - Future Palace
16.01 TBS Frankfurt
17.01 TBS Leipzig
18.01 TBS Berlin

And then Escalation Fest 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

Probably going to see smash into pieces with from fall to spring on the 05.11 in Hamburg

[quaint summit]

I got it for my birthday didn't plan to go but tbh I'm really happy that I've the chance.

[mystic vapor]

Last year I had to skip it too already

This time again

Universe says "No sleep token for you"

[quaint summit]

Someday it'll work. 🤞
I'll think of you when I'm going

[mystic vapor]

Thank you😂

[olive forge]

I missed the smash into pieces presale qwq

I've already seen them live ones and I'd love to see them again, but the only chance would be in Amsterdam or pricey resale tickets

(Amsterdam is a 4-6 hours ride, depending on how I would want to get there)

[round spruce]

I'd like to remind that you're on EF channel.

[olive forge]

Ooops, sorryyyy. We will hop into #💬・general

[round spruce]

When the game hype gets slower, we're gonna bring gen-2 back

[toxic delta]

When is the next announcement 😍?

[mystic vapor]

Nobody knows

[toxic delta]

I am so hyped and excited 😅 I can’t wait 😂

[queen raptor]

at the moment they're picking supporting bands so i think we'll have to wait a bit until that's finalised 😄

[warm wasp]

Hihi, Arsch

Sorry what

[round spruce]

Pls remember to use English on the global channels...

[placid oriole]

where's the EF context?

If youre going to shitpost, please don't do it in this particular channel

[fossil zenith]

Guys...........

[ornate mural]

[mystic vapor]

WHO BOUGHT IT

[ornate mural]

The red dot is gone!

Wiiiii

[mystic vapor]

Poor Person who's sitting there

[ornate mural]

Would be fun to go up to that person. Shake their hand, say congrats and walk away

[fossil zenith]

[queen raptor]

[warm wasp]

turns out suplexing that dude through the table at the wwe show was a good idea

[orchid ridge]

Wasn’t me

It kept tempting me, but I held strong

[orchid ridge]

I see only 3 left. And one is another front row on the upper level. That is more tempting for my collection that Mr red dot was

[olive forge]

Don't

[placid oriole]

do it

who else would

i mean how would the boys feel if they'd find out that there are unbooked seats

that'd be awful wouldnt it

[olive forge]

You are acting like there are not still 5 months left xD

[orchid ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/gohine-hohino-no-hohineee-gohineee-gif-17792172174678204487

[placid oriole]

how fast time flies by sometimes

[quaint summit]

omg it's gone

[ornate mural]

It is!

[clear rose]

Does anybody know if I can left tthe arena and re enter it or do I have to stay in the whole time?

[mystic vapor]

Last time they had a outdoor area too but I am not sure if they do that again thos time bc we have winter

But you weren't able to go to the hotel and come back once you entered the arena

[clear rose]

And are there any good resttaurants or places that we should visit cause we will stay over ttthe weekend

[clear rose]

ahh okay so I need to bring all the stuff I need at the beginning, thanks

[orchid ridge]

Only 2 seats left now.

[placid oriole]

you know that you want to

it's just some small clicks and it's settled

So easy, and so much relief after

[orchid ridge]

I have plenty :p

[placid oriole]

I am just messing around

don't mind me

[orchid ridge]

I was mainly checking to see if any suite tickets were available. That I would buy 😈

I keep refreshing the page in the hopes.

[clear rose]

tried fansale already?

[orchid ridge]

Ya. Even contacted the venue

[clear rose]

ohh damn

isnt comfort ticket tdl a lounge or is that smth else?

[orchid ridge]

It was more about the food and soda

One less thing to worry about.

[clear rose]

yeahhh got it

[orchid ridge]

And the idea of being in a suite was part of it too 😈 once I saw the price and what was included. Definitely worth it

[clear rose]

how's the exact name of the suite tickets, than I can try to watch out for you as well

https://www.fansale.de/tickets/all/electric-callboy/456114/18786553?offerId=9037483&ptc=2

Idk if thats suite thatt the problem

[orchid ridge]

https://www.eventim.de/en/event/electric-callboy-escalation-fest-2025-rudolf-weber-arena-18786232/?affiliate=GMD

[clear rose]

ahhh I see

[orchid ridge]

Is free choice of seat a general admission ticket?

Ooo. Maybe

Looks like standing room interior are GA floor

I have been refreshing that page for 2 months now

[shut wyvern]

[placid oriole]

i mean fansale takes 10% off the seller and 20% service fee for the buyer, but yeah. Prices are mad

[shut wyvern]

It's still 160€ per ticket

Which is almost double the original price

Without fees

[ornate mural]

I wonder. If you buy a standing ticket too. Can you also still use your seating ticket? 🤔

[round spruce]

ofc

[ornate mural]

Ok, that’s good to know. So you can switch between them 👀 Thanks

[placid oriole]

as I said

[orchid ridge]

And then there was one

[fossil zenith]

Peter, what did you do??

[bleak hollow]

Are we following the 🔵 now?

[queen raptor]

it's still crazy that they sold it out half a year in advance and before announcing openers

[bleak hollow]

it is! and good for them

[warm wasp]

Give them a couple years and they could try going for the outdoor area next to the arena in Oberhausen. Even if they don't sell it out completely

[ornate mural]

We must

[orchid ridge]

Don’t look at me. I can’t afford any more. 3 tickets is my limit

[queen raptor]

and a suite if it become available

[orchid ridge]

I will sell a kidney

[queen raptor]

we'll gofoundme it to you as a server, you've been so determined

[olive forge]

And a private chauffeur

[valid gyro]

when lineup announcement?

[queen raptor]

considering it's sold out, they're not in a hurry 😂

[warm wasp]

Maybe they won't even announce anything

[queen raptor]

kinder surprise show

[placid oriole]

maybe its only EC

[warm wasp]

8 hours

7 hours of shit talking

We will be there

[bleak hollow]

[mystic vapor]

I would pay EXTRA for that

[orchid ridge]

That should be the day before

A server dinner with the boys

[olive forge]

But the converations are in German :P

[tacit cape]

Lol No... XD

[bleak hollow]

After a few beers there's no such thing as language barrier

[olive forge]

I would at least change a few words in German with them xD

[orchid ridge]

I better step up my Duolingo game!

[tacit cape]

Because the only sentence that I can say with confidence in German is "Ich verstehe nicht"...

[quaint summit]

[tacit cape]

Genau I forgot Ja Sicher...

Oh and so nämlich

(sorry for killing German orthography...)

[quaint summit]

So we need German Nachhilfe for non-native speakers. So that you can understand all the

[tacit cape]

This otherwise some of us would look at you with gold fish eyes... XD

[quaint summit]

They should try live subtitles

[tacit cape]

This^

[olive forge]

Gimme a god damn mic and I'll be your translator xD

[tacit cape]

Now I want this to happen XD

[orchid ridge]

Translator and chauffeur. Multi-talented!

[tacit cape]

Sven is THE man we all need

[olive forge]

But don't expect me to be a Tour guide. I only know various venues in Oberhausen xD

[drowsy fog]

than you know more than me

[mystic vapor]

Do you know if Oberhausen has Uber?

Bc Dresden doesn't have Uber and it sucked big time and I am not using the bus again to the hotel 😭

[olive forge]

It's not an official City where they operate, but there is always the possibility of private drivers you can book via the App. Worst case would be a regular taxi

[olive forge]

Oberhausen is my go to City for most of my concerts haha. It's a chill and short drive for me

[mystic vapor]

[olive forge]

How far is your hotel from the Arena?

[round spruce]

Most of the Oberhausen hotels are at the center, right?

[olive forge]

yeah, just like the arena

shouldn't be too far away

This is a map of the hotels in the area of the venue. Most of them are max. 5-6km away

[orchid ridge]

Right now I am booked in hotel 1. Thinking of changing it to hotel 2.

2 is closer to the venue and right next to the mall

I haven’t decided yet, but I think I’m gonna spend my extra day in Oberhausen just be there and get used to the time change and everything

[mystic vapor]

The one right next to tje arena

[fossil zenith]

But that screenshot isn't for the date of the EF, is it?
The prices I am shown are wayyy higher...

[olive forge]

Nope, it was for today

[fossil zenith]

Ah, that explains it 😅

[olive forge]

That's right around the corner, why do you need an Uber or Bus? 🤔

And if it's because you don't want to walk alone so late, I'm sure me and some others can walk you to the hotel (right @orchid ridge ? :P)

[orchid ridge]

Absolutely

[mystic vapor]

No I mean from the train station to the hotel on Friday xD

I have my people with me no worries

And I am not scared to walk alone in the dark

People arr probably more afraid by me

[olive forge]

OHHHH

Ooops

Well that's reasonable xD

[orchid ridge]

I would love to start planning a dinner party for the night before

Have been doing that with my Dandy friends for years

[quaint summit]

Idk if i'm already in Oberhausen for Dinner time. Bc I don't know how long i have to be at work or if i get a day off

[orchid ridge]

Maybe when it gets closer to EF we can see who will be in town the night before and will be down for dinner

[quaint summit]

Check-in in the hotel is possible until 10pm. So maybe a midnight snack

[orchid ridge]

EC is only part of the reason I am going to EF. Getting to meet you wacky people is the icing on the cake

[queen raptor]

i'll be a day before but very late (7pm in dusseldorf) so straight to the hotel to unwind and get some rest

[placid oriole]

sure if I am there soon enough

[mystic vapor]

Cody and me are out

We are already planned otherwise

[queen raptor]

a lot of people will be coming a day early but some, like me, might be late so maybe planning breakfast/brunch on the show's day would be easier

[orchid ridge]

I am down for that too

There should be a server event

And frankly since this is the “official EC server” there should be an event already planned for us

[queen raptor]

we'll definitely make an announcement with a link to this channel or a new thread to notify people and help organise i but i think 2 months in advance would be enough

[queen raptor]

what do you mean?

[orchid ridge]

That there should be a server event in conjunction with EF. So many people traveling from all over the world.

[queen raptor]

ah, well, the band never organises fan-gatherings so it's up to fans to organise ourselves via the server if we want to have a meet-up

[crimson yacht]

10pm for us so might come and say hello

[orchid ridge]

Didn’t the band create this server?

[mystic vapor]

Yes and then they forgot us and gave us to uncle tank

[orchid ridge]

In other words we are left to fend for ourselves

[queen raptor]

not them personally, it's created by EC's team

[mystic vapor]

Pretty much

[orchid ridge]

As representatives of the band

[mystic vapor]

"Entertain yourself kids"

[queen raptor]

yep

[dusty rapids]

After weeks of checking multiple times per day, I finally got a ticket

[queen raptor]

[dusty rapids]

I didn't have the money when the sale was. And I honestly didn't expect it to be so difficult to get resale for a somewhat reasonable price

[queen raptor]

but you got it

[dusty rapids]

And thankfully before the lineup announcement and the prices potentially increasing even more

Now I can join the lineup when crowd

[queen raptor]

we'll find out when we get there and the show starts

[mystic vapor]

Tbh I would find it kinda cool if we have some kind of a surprise line up

[dusty rapids]

I'm also a fan of surprise lineups

[mystic vapor]

I have a festival nearby that does this every year

They never announce the line up beforehand amd you only find out when the bands start playing 👀

[dusty rapids]

I never check out opening bands that I don't know before a show to get the surprise factor and not be pre judgemental

[dusty rapids]

That sounds really cool

[mystic vapor]

If I got time and tickets I will maybe go next year

[mystic vapor]

I sometimes try to check them out but tbh when I tried checking out Nothing More it was not it

But when I saw them live opening for EC I fell in love instantly

And for GK now I simply decided against checking out pre acts

[queen raptor]

the only downside of that, for me, would be no time to learn lyrics to sing along

[mystic vapor]

Touché

But you can vibe anyways

[queen raptor]

that is definitely true

plus there's very little singing in me singing along, i just yell

[mystic vapor]

I'm going to the last festival this weekend for two bands

Didn't check out the rest but idc

I will let myself get surprised

[fossil zenith]

On which platform did you find it?

[dusty rapids]

On Kleinanzeigen. Since I'm checking so regularly, I thankfully found it shortly after it was put online.

Would have prefered Fansale but there just don't appear any standing tickets. And the komfort ones don't go under 250€.
Thankfully Kleinanzeigen has good buyers protection

[placid oriole]

@orchid ridge ill have an advantage in seein oberhausen before you, despite you watching those videos

ill be there in december for another festival

😎

[warm wasp]

Is it punk im pott

[orchid ridge]

Give us the scoop!

[warm wasp]

If its Punk im Pott we‘ll be at the same venue on the same day at the same time but at different events which would be pretty funny

[placid oriole]

No, its that thing with any given day and future palace

28.12.

[warm wasp]

Enjoy the Tubse

[placid oriole]

o7

[warm wasp]

Make sure to bring 6€ for the ✨ Mindestverzehr ✨

[placid oriole]

whats that

[mystic vapor]

I guess you get a card for drinks and food etc and have to pay at least 6€ if you ate or drank something or not

Which btw is 6€ way to high for.. but anyways

[warm wasp]

yeah i already explained it to him in #🇩🇪・germany

a beer/cola is 4€ and they charge 6€ minimum

i wonder why

[glass drift]

that's why

[mystic vapor]

Pfand?

[warm wasp]

nope. the mindestverzehr is apparently only for wrestling at the venue. you still need to purchase Wertmarken

[mystic vapor]

Even my regular club only has a mindestverzehr very of 3€¿

[valid gyro]

every time I see mindestverzehr of any kind I'm like "no way that's a scam I hate this fucking place" and then I proceed to buy beer for 50€ +

[round spruce]

I wonder if conquer divine will be at escalation fest

Or ankor, but thought of cd first

[tacit cape]

Yes please!

Because I will work on 16 march...

[orchid ridge]

Nice deduction work!

I like the Oni on her shirt. I would rock one of those

I have an Oni pin

[cold flame]

They play Manchester the same day as the festival

[round spruce]

Ah, then it's a no

[glass drift]

so Ankor is still possible tho

[queen raptor]

schedule-wise yeah, they're not playing anything on that date

[fossil zenith]

Ok, my prediction for the supports:
Flash Forward
Annisokay
Self Deception

What do you think??

[warm wasp]

Donots

[tacit cape]

No idea...

[fossil zenith]

Uuuuh, that'd be nice....

[warm wasp]

Saw them 2 years ago at a Open Air Ärzte concert in Kassel

I had so much fun

[fossil zenith]

Do we know of any connections between EC and the Donots?

[warm wasp]

Not that I know

[shrewd robin]

Would be so damn awesome

[placid oriole]

Theyre both from Nrw

i think?

thats the only thing i have in mind

[mystic vapor]

I know that the Band knows Björn

[mystic vapor]

Praying for Statefall big time

[round spruce]

Tbh the supports could be anyone at this point, I'll guess we will have some very surprising ones too. Maybe.

[tacit cape]

As long as it's a good surprise^^

[round spruce]

My only prediction is that at least one band/artist is either female (/mostly) or has a female front.

[valid gyro]

Future Palace

[round spruce]

They were there last time, could be possible but I personally think they will go for new bands/artists this time again.

[valid gyro]

oh yeah

[round spruce]

I personally wouldn't mind if they were again tho ❤️

[valid gyro]

Linkin Park

[round spruce]

that would be something tho xD

[warm wasp]

imagine waking up one morning to a graphic saying Linkin Park coming to Escalation Fest 😭

[glass drift]

big doubt they'd do smt like that while not being the headliner

[warm wasp]

theyre the opener

[toxic delta]

I Hope Solence comes 😍

[queen raptor]

that'd be so cool if they did

[orchid ridge]

I would love to be turned onto some new music

[ornate mural]

I would love that 😍 I love Solence. Or even smash into pieces.

[queen raptor]

for my personal tastes i hope at least one band is heavy and chunky

[round spruce]

Tank said on stream that he introduced House of protection music to the guys and said that they could be interesting match, but he does not know further than that (and even if he did he obvs couldn't tell publicly)

[queen raptor]

he also said it's very hard to get overseas bands unless they happen to be touring at the same time in the area because flying across the ocean for one show is very expensive

[round spruce]

yeap, I'm still waiting for the actual release of the Rooler remix of we got the moves too. (Tank introed Rooler and EC to each other as well, but actually connected them this time)

that we know it was actually made

[queen raptor]

i completely forgot about it 😂

[round spruce]

Hey, Rooler could come to Escalation 😂

[queen raptor]

making rave happen literally

[mystic vapor]

THIS

I lost my mind when he played it last year in my Main Club

[mystic vapor]

BRO PLS

Begging

On my knees

Get some good DJ there

PLS

[mystic vapor]

Can confirm it does exist and it slaps

[orchid ridge]

Is it my imagination or is the blue dot gone?

[ornate mural]

It is gone!!

[quaint summit]

[orchid ridge]

Officially sold out!

Now my extra tickets are worth their weight in gold!

[quaint summit]

Can't believe it so now we need to know the other acts.

[ornate mural]

That’s awesome news!

[ornate mural]

We do! Unless it’s a 5 hour EC concert

[quaint summit]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1250833378458992813/1290612547694624830/giphy.gif

[quaint summit]

I don't mind

[ornate mural]

Me neither

[quaint summit]

They would probably but I'm here for a 5 hrs EC workout (that would probably it bc I couldn't stop jumping around )

[orchid ridge]

3 hour drum solo?

[quaint summit]

[ornate mural]

Hehe. A collective workout would be fun😆 We will all be dead by the end

[quaint summit]

[quaint summit]

So true.

[ornate mural]

Yeah

[queen raptor]

the've been working out but i don't think they'd survive this

[ornate mural]

Well if they take 1 hour break, then back to it it might work. Who knows

[queen raptor]

a little under 4 months until EF, we might wait a while for the other bands

wonder if they already have any 👀

[ornate mural]

Yeah we might

Me too. 👀 I’m curious which direction they go with the artists/bands

[orchid ridge]

I want a diverse range of music to get turned onto

[queen raptor]

i want bands i'll enjoy, i like many genres though so that probably won't be too hard

[ornate mural]

Same!

[orchid ridge]

Same. I am all over the map musically

[mystic vapor]

Hardstyle DJ WHEN

[quaint summit]

EC x TED talk

[ornate mural]

Yep!! I would be down for that

[quaint summit]

Talking about Cheese and Hairdrayers

[ornate mural]

Ja sicher

[fossil zenith]

With the last two EFs, they started announcing bands 5 respectively 4 months in advance - but maybe with the next EF being already sold out, they'll take some more time...
😅

[tacit cape]

Our punishment for being too devoted

[ornate mural]

We dug our own grave

[tacit cape]

[ornate mural]

[whole willow]

So, this is now 100% sold out right? No way someone might get 1-2 tickets in last minute ? 😢 “asking for a friend” who has an unreliable schedule but is willing to travel lonnnnnng distances for EC…

[fossil zenith]

Yes, no tickets anymore at the official ticket sellers' sites. There still are tickets on fansale, which is the re-sale platform of the official site. There you can at least be sure that the tix are valid and you will get entry on the day of. But man, the prices there...
🤯
I mean, if you're really willing to travel from Australia, it might not make that much of a difference if the ticket is more than double the original price though

[bleak hollow]

Closer to the event there probably will be more reasonable priced resale ticket from people who really can't make it, vut you'd need to check regularily, those are gone fast

[vale ember]

Not necessarily, only the ones with the green check mark are verified by Eventim. The rest could be fake

[fossil zenith]

Oooff, you're right. Even worse...

[whole willow]

Yeah. I am willing to travel long distances….that is something I am used to…just need a ticket and to sort my schedule out. I will keep an eye on the websites mentioned. Thanks

[orchid ridge]

I am sure a few will be available 😎

[somber seal]

Manifesting bloodywood on the line up

I just want to see them again

[placid oriole]

what if we get a 7 hour EC show

[bleak hollow]

1,5 hours of music and 5,5 hours shittalk

[tacit cape]

I'm ready for this!

[warm wasp]

Just a 5 hour Livestream from tanks and chrustians cameras from backstage

[fossil zenith]

Exclusive screening of the Ratatata-bts...

... and the first NA-vlogs...

[queen raptor]

i'd record and sell on black market and become a millionaire

[queen raptor]

i'd die if they had bloodywood. would probably be more excited for them than EC

[somber seal]

I love bloodywood and would do anything to see them live again. I saw them back in 2023 and they just blew me away

[queen raptor]

i'd love to see them but i don't think they're touring anywhere in europe early next year

[glass drift]

i'd be so in for Bloodywood as well

[queen raptor]

@sonic tree no other acts for EF have been announced

[sonic tree]

Thank you 👌🏼

[slim sequoia]

i'm hoping for that too! It would be SO incredible! 😭

[sonic tree]

What do you think How long and How often EC will play?
And when starts and will end the EF?

[fossil zenith]

Everyone relying on the Deutsche Bahn:
the new timetable will be out on October 16, booking starts from 00:00 AM

[warm wasp]

It’s scheduled to start at 16:00, last year EC played from 21:35 until about 23:20 because of technical issues

[queen raptor]

EC's headline sets are 1.5h long

[crimson yacht]

thank you thats helpful

[queen raptor]

to germans, how important is it to book the trains dusseldorf > oberhausen (and back) early? is there a real possibility that if someone doesn't, there won't be space?

[fossil zenith]

Nah, not so much a question of space, but the sooner you book, the cheaper the ticket (at least long distance)

[bleak hollow]

there will be space, but it will get more expensive

[queen raptor]

scheiße

[fossil zenith]

Yay to dynamic pricing... 😬

[queen raptor]

i thought only planes did it

[quaint summit]

I thought with DB they only have a limited amount of SuperSpar and Sparpreis tickets.

[queen raptor]

i don't even know what i'm looking for tbh, the only way to get from dusseldorf to oberhausen is with DB?

[fossil zenith]

😆 I don't know about the mechanism , I just found out the hard way that tickets get more expensive

[quaint summit]

From The airport it's Nahverkehr. The Regionalexpress. So you don't need to buy your ticket next week.
If you take an ICE or IC it's better to buy as soon as possible

[crimson yacht]

i forgot what i was taking again

[queen raptor]

i take what's cheaper, i assume regionalexpress is?

[quaint summit]

Travelling with RE is always the same price. You don't need a reservation for a seat

[quaint summit]

Let me check if there is a nrw ticket that might be cheaper

But the current price is 15.30€ from the,Airport to Oberhausen HBF

[queen raptor]

google maps shows me this (i entered my hotel as the destination) i think skyT is what everyone's taking?

[queen raptor]

that's a much lower price that i was bracing myself for

[crimson yacht]

yes i cant wait to get that sky train lmao, never seen anything like it

[queen raptor]

this is why i never go anywhere, i get so overwhelmed and lost looking up things and planning

and the language barrier makes it even worse

idk what i was thinking about going to EF lol

[quaint summit]

https://www.visitduesseldorf.de/en/book/duesseldorfcard/duesseldorffancard#/

There is a tourist card

[crimson yacht]

just get a translator on your phone?

[queen raptor]

idk if i'll be able to use data

[quaint summit]

With this card you can take any train or bus.

[queen raptor]

to oberhausen?

[quaint summit]

Yes, bc it's in the vrr area

[queen raptor]

would that also mean that i'd be able to travel around oberhausen?

[crimson yacht]

Thats good i might invest in that, i need to know concrete plans first i just hope i get the same answer from the doctor, i dont wanna take the eurostar but will if i have no choice

[quaint summit]

Yes. That's how I understand it

*The DüsseldorfFanCard is an extension of the DüsseldorfCard. It is the affordable and convenient way to discover Düsseldorf and the Rhine and Ruhr region.

With the DüsseldorfFanCard you can use buses, subways, trams and trains free of charge, as well as all trains without a supplement (RE, RB, S-Bahn in 2nd class) in the entire area of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR) and the Rhine-Sieg Transport Association (VRS).

You also have free or reduced admission to numerous museums and leisure facilities. Experience city tours and sightseeing tours as well as cultural events at greatly reduced prices. As a special highlight, you will receive culinary offers from restaurants and hotels in Düsseldorf as well as discounts for local retailers.*

[queen raptor]

that'd be amazing, i'll need to read up what all those things mean, i just need to get from the airport to my hotel and back

[quaint summit]

It's 39.90€ for 1 person for 72 hrs
There is a group/family ticket for 89.90€ available but Laura, for you and Brendan 2 single tickets is cheaper