My Wild Goose Chase for RATT’s 2024 Tour Dates
Looked up “RATT tour 2024” first thing this morning. Bing spat out links older than my high school jeans. Google was no better – buncha dead pages and cheerful little 404 messages staring back. Figured gotta hit the source, right?
Went straight to what used to be the band’s official haunt online. Total ghost town. Last post smelled like 2019 dust. Checked guitarist’s profiles too – nada. Zero, zip, zilch about any shows happening this year. Felt like running laps in an empty stadium.
Slapped my forehead hard around noon: duh, check fan forums & ticket giants. Scrolled so far down old forum threads my thumb cramped. Finally hit gold in some buried comment chain – dude mentioned a little-known indie site that scrapes venue calendars worldwide. Site looked broke AF at first glance, but persistence paid off.
Loaded up an automation thingamajig called ParseHub – it’s a no-code web scraper. Plugged in the scraper site’s URL. Set it to hunt for “RATT” and “2024” across venues. Waited 20 minutes twirling my pen. Suddenly… bam! A CSV popped up listing a dozen shows! Verified three dates manually against venue calendars – matched!
Pro tip for fellow treasure hunters:
- Official sites = museum relics sometimes
- When searches fail, think like a stalker – forums & fan hubs know things
- Scrapers can resurrect dead data if you wrestle with ’em right
- Always cross-check venue sites like Vegas casinos check IDs
Honestly? Tour hunting feels like detective work now. Labels barely lift a finger – we gotta piece clues together ourselves. Next time some dinosaur band tours, just dig where the hardcores lurk. Might save you three hours and one perfectly good forehead.
