Flour Power

Flight of the Conchords, the New Zealand folk comedy duo, will be coming to Europe for a 15-stop tour with dates in the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, and the UK. Jemaine and Bret will be joined by co-stars Kristen Schall (fan-turned-stalker Mel) and Arj Barker (shop owner Dave).

That’s awesome news, right?

Well, kind of. Maybe it’s good news for the lucky ones who got tickets, but us mere mortals won’t make it.

Here’s what happened. Tickets went on sale at 9:00 today. And by… I don’t know… 9:00 they were sold out (at least the Dublin and London dates). I know that because I was at the the bloody ticketmaster page refreshing it over and over again, and still all the tickets were gone as soon as the “Find tickets” button showed up. How that happened I don’t know, but it’s very frustrating that I didn’t even get a chance. Kudos for the Conchords for having such loyal fans (maybe the tickets were all bought in the Fan Club pre-sale).

As usual, some tickets are already showing up on eBay and other such sites. For 3 times their original price. I feel like shooting those people…

For reference (not that you’ll be able to get tickets…) all of the Flight of the Conchords 2010 Tour Dates are:

3rd May- Amsterdam, NL at Melkweg Max
4th May- Amsterdam, NL at Melkweg Max
5th May- Dublin, Ireland at Olympia
6th May- Dublin, Ireland at Olympia
10th May- Birmingham, UK at NIA
11th May- Manchester, UK at Apollo
12th May- Manchester, UK at Apollo
14th May- Glasgow, UK at SECC
15th May- Glasgow, UK at SECC
16th May- London, UK at HMV Hammersmith Apollo
17th May- London, UK at HMV Hammersmith Apollo
20th May- Bergen, Norway at Grieghallen
22nd May- Oslo, Norway at Folkteatern
23rd May- Copenhagen, Denmark at Vega
24th May- Stockholm, Sweden at Cirkus

Was watching an episode of Flight of the Conchords – more specifically “Love is a Weapon of Choice” – when I had one of those “I didn’t know X had an appearance in this show” moment. It turns out it wasn’t really Jennifer Aniston, but Kristen Wiig instead. The similarities are amazing, though:

The graphic above was created using the Look-Alike Builder, courtesy of Totally Looks Like.

I want to dedicate this song to all my French-speaking friends that had the extraordinary experience of listening to me making a bit of fun about their language

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUVagbFcSUU

And in case you’re wondering where this comes from, it’s part of the Flight of the Conchords TV show. Flight of the Conchords is a two-man (Bret and Jemaine) band from New Zealand that developed a cult following with their “guitar-based digi-bongo a capella-rap-funk-comedy folk”. The TV show features them trying to achieve success as a band in New York City, and not quite making it… Highly recommended.