I live in South Florida and I've never seen Underoath live. Considering they're a Florida band, I expected at least a couple shows but didn't have high hopes for the tour coming down to SoFla (because almost NO tours come to SoFla; usually never come further South than Orlando). My personal favorite album of theirs is TOCS, so I was completely stoked when the TOCS & DTGL front-to-back tour was confirmed, only to get bitch slapped with only one FL show that is a minimum 4hr drive each way, making it impossible to see. The small consolation prize was the Double Album, "Rebirth" Ltd Ed vinyl. But of course, it seems the only way of obtaining a copy is to buy a VIP ticket to a show or going to a show and trying to buy it from the merch booth at which only God knows what condition they'd be in... As of last week I was looking for a copy of TOCS on vinyl and now there is a new, Ltd Ed arepress on 180g vinyl of my favorite Underoath album (TOCS) and another amazing c Underoath album (DTGL).
I have the $ for the vinyl (and even for tickets, but no way of going to the one Florida tour date in St. Petersburg.
Just as an FYI, 'Self Help Fest' was their first announced reunion show. In an interview about it, they discuss playing both albums, which led everyone who was trying to pinpoint what they were gonna do when the countdown clock ended to realize it was going to be a double album tour. Here's a link to their interview about Self Help Fest: http://tinyurl.com/UOSelfHelpFest Peace, ~trexelist