Anyone else get U2 tickests today?

[optoman]

I got 4 for the 6/6 show at the Fleet center. I couldn't believe the price of the tickets. They go from $45 to $130. Insane!

 

[FrogDog]

I hear U2 puts on one hell of a show...I wish I lived in a place where they are touring.

 

[optoman]

Yep, they do. The last tour I was at was the Achtung Baby one. Missed the last one because I thought they had finally gone everboard with the stage and everything. To my surprise, they are getting rid of all the theatrics and going with a very basic stage and show. I can't wait.

 

[amb#cog]

I'm going to the Fleetcenter show too. What seats did you get optoman?

I got mine online. The Ticketmaster server was getting slammed. So even though I didn't get what I wanted (Floor. See here.). I am happy that I'll be there no matter what.

I feel the same as FrogDog, and didn't go to the last one, but since they're doing it "real" this time. I'll be there.

BTW I would have gladly paid the $130 myself. I know a lot of people can't see it, but I love music so passionately, that I could care less. Way I see it is. I regret missing so many shows, because I didn't have the cash to go. Now that that isn't such a problem. I'm not missing bands like this, that I've always wanted to see. Just my 0.02 cents.

 

[Deeko]

I didn't get them. Anyone surprised?

 

[amb#cog]

Did you try right at 10:00 am?

 

[Isla]

I saw Joshua Tree in 1987. I had just given birth to my first child, but I was not about to miss that concert!

I want to go to this one... I'll have to check the tour dates... tickets haven't gone on slae here yet.

 

[MrBond]

Ticketmaster online is nice, but they charge some insane "convience fee" to buy them online (or at least they did...). I think my tickets to Live were $32.00, and ended up being close to $40 with all the extra crap they tag on. Oh well, it was worth it, damn good show

 

[amb#cog]

Well my local "agent" does a # system that they feel is "fair" for everybody. No matter when you get there, before they sell em. They hand out #'s to everbody, and then begin at a random # they pull out of a hat. So when I sent my friend Nicole there for Pearl Jam tickets. She was third inline, but ended up being #35 overall. We sat in the very back of The Tweeter Center (at least we even got seats :|), because of this.

As for their "fair" system. Some lady who showed up at the last minute got the first tickets, and then promptly walked down the line of people saying how she just bought em to make a buck, and asked $150 a ticket, because they were 4th row. She sold em all right then and there.

I wouldn't have given her a penny, and thankfully Nicole thinks like me. I'll take the $30 back of the bus seats thank you. :|

I think this is sooooo wrong, because this doesn't allow die hard fans to get great seats, without paying a fortune (scalping is legal in RI, and there are tons of ticket agencies that do a big markup on em). Let's face it, unless I'm a huge fan. I'm not gonna wait there for hours, and the ones that do, deserve the good seats IMO.

It's just like when I hear a contest on the radio, unless I like the band they're giving the seats/CD's away for. I'm not calling. There's even a local DJ who asks questions that only a true fan will know. They're not super hard ones, but unless you know the band. You won't know em, and he feels, like me, that the real true fans deserve the seats.

For instance if this were a Pink Floyd reunion (w/ Roger Waters I mean), or a Paul McCartney concert. I would have been outside the Fleetcenter last night freezing my arse off, because those are shows I would kill to have good seats for. U2, while I love em, are not worth freezing over.

 

[optoman]

amb#cog - I got sec 321, the cheap seats. I just hope that I can see most of the stage. I wasn't about to shell out $85 or $130. I could of gotten better tickets on the friday show but I have to leave town to go to a wedding. I got my tickets online and had a hell of a time. I noticed the traffic lightened up after the first half hour when most of the venues sold out. I don't think many people knew they were going to add to more shows at the Fleet Center. Got mine for the wednesday show. Can't wait.

 

[amb#cog]

Oh man. I heard em say there was three shows on the radio, but after checking everything out. I could only find the one. So I thought they were mistaken.

Man that sucks. I would have tried for better seats. :|

Oh well. I guess I may have a better chance of getting floor seats now that there are three times as many available.

 

[cyclistca]

Oh crap I forgot that they were going on sale this weekend. Oh well there are rumor that U2 is thinking of doing a second show here in Montreal. I'll probably forget to get tickets for that one to .

 

[PCAddict]

I got tickets on Wednesday. My local radio station had an advance ticket sale via their website and U2's fanclub. I have first-level tickets that are 12 rows from the floor for the 6/11/01 show at the First Union Center in Philly. They cost me $138 each.

 

[StageLeft]

I'm in nova scotia - they are going to Montreal (thats the closest). After ticket prices and time spent its not really worth it for me. When I move to Ontario I guess I'll catch them on the next one...grr.

 

[danieldex]

im trying to get tix to the calgary show. my dumb parents said they wouldnt let me go to the show

begin parent rant

what the hell is with that.


i am 17 and she wont let me go on a road trip with my friends to calgary to see u2

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