Tickets are on o2 Blueroom:
http://www.o2priority.co.uk/Listings/Black-Sabbath/17930 

Seems their 'priority' on sale time is the same as the actual on sale time, mind.

A warm up gig? Download is 3 weeks away from this gig, still I suppose if Iommi is struggling it'll give him chance to recover.

Presale links please. Begging ;-)
 
The O2 priority presale time is same as general sale - friday morning 9am. Still worth checking out, i suspect they may get an allocation seperate to the normal bucket.
 
Venue box office opens lunchtime so not a realistic option.
 
Still hoping for a livenation one for download ticket buyers, increase the chances of getting.
 
PS - Lift available to within 25 miles of Birmingham in exchange for a ticket if i dont get lucky ;-))
Edit - Livenation.co.uk are listing the event as tickets on sale friday. They would normally be listing presale details by now if they intended to offer one

Guess it's a free for all, then.

Good after the FNM crap where it pretty much sold out on pre sale this is good, everybody has a chance. Just hope I get one lol

Why have they got a picture of the '90's line up?

Davros666

Why have they got a picture of the '90's line up?

 
'Cause they're not very bright. 

Bone

Davros666

Why have they got a picture of the '90's line up?

'Cause they're not very bright. 

True I'm surprised no one else said anything.

Oh. My. God.  
 
That is all.

Davros666 True I'm surprised no one else said anything.

 
You didn't read the first page then ?

http://www.livenation.co.uk/g.../event_gce_35268a.html 
 
Presale link, just got two tickets £45 + £4.95 booking sale and £5.25 special delivery post. So relieved, don't have to fanny about trying to get one on Friday morning

Gavin

http://www.livenation.co.uk/g.../event_gce_35268a.html 

Presale link, just got two tickets £45 + £4.95 booking sale and £5.25 special delivery post. So relieved, don't have to fanny about trying to get one on Friday morning

Oi you got me all exited then!!!!!

Davros666

Gavin

http://www.livenation.co.uk/g.../event_gce_35268a.html 

Presale link, just got two tickets £45 + £4.95 booking sale and £5.25 special delivery post. So relieved, don't have to fanny about trying to get one on Friday morning

Oi you got me all exited then!!!!!

 
No problem mate, thought it was only fair to share after I got mines.

Interesting Andy's tweet on this but i dont agree with him on this occasion, arent Sabbath, or other reforming bands like Little Angels, The Darkness exactly the ones you want doing a warm up show as they have been inactive with that lineup for so long.
 
Surely it means a better show for Download if they blow away the cobwebs do a live gig at a venue potentially too small for them.
 
I get some bands clearly use the gigs for other than warm up purposes, and help cover costs e.g. Andy's latest faves Axewound have 5 other gigs before Download, yet still get a London islington show.
 
I would argue that this Sabbath gig is clearly a warm up show. 
 
Andy's tweets
 
Andy. ‏ @andyvonhelvete    · @Maverick_AC How is it that Black Sabbath can do a warm-up in Brum yet all other D'load bands aren't allowed warm-ups in Midlands? BULL****! 
Andy Copping ‏ @Maverick_AC @andyvonhelvete Other bands shouldn't be doing warm ups full stop
 
Andy. ‏ @andyvonhelvete    · @Maverick_AC I don't understand that logic at all. How can a warm up not benefit a D'load gig and what makes Sabbath exempt from this? 
Andy Copping ‏ @Maverick_AC @andyvonhelvete Because most bands are on an exclusivity clause...what's the point of a band playing DL when you can see them down the road?
 

On my birthday, have got to go.

'kin ell Copping. Surely you can see that the demand is going to massively outweigh the supply for this one. This isn't the same as Faith No More playing in London, Glasgow, Dublin, Reading and Leeds when they were supposed to be on a Download exclusive. 

In the BBBQ thread, I'm pretty sure he says it's a good thing they're doing it?
 
I'm fairly confident of getting a ticket to this, even if I have to pay. Just hope it comes through.

"O2 Academy Birmingham

Saturday 19th May 2012

Doors 7pm

Curfew 11pm

Tickets £45.00 Advance STBF

***Tickets are onsale at 9am Friday 4th May on TicketWeb UK and at our Box Office****

The only other official outlet for this show is Ticketmaster.

As we are expecting this one-off show to sell out in minutes, we are opening the venue box office at 9am to ease online congestion and the frustration of having to rely on your computer loading! The first 50 customers who are here by 08:45am will be GUARANTEED to be able to purchase 2 tickets. The box office will be selling the cheapest tickets as there will be no booking fees. Transactions will be cash only and tickets CANNOT be duplicated if lost or stolen." 
 
"There will be no presales whatsoever for this show - all tickets are available at 9am on Friday for all customers."
 
"as this is such a massive show O2 customers do not get priority so no-one can get tickets before anyone else. Also please remember that the only authorised outlets for these tickets are our box office, Ticketweb and Ticketmaster."

Ta defsteve useful info

Can i arsed to walk 1/2 mile to go box office. Yes

can i arsed to queue? Nope

will roll dice on website.

Good to see them making effort at venue though.

Experience tells me they could well actually start selling to those first 50 well before 9.