Bono's Tart said:
Missed the point again!
You are one of the poeple on here who shout the loudest about " line cutters" and the lottery, I'm glad that you dont mind waiting for hours then watching about 20/30 people walking up in front of you, then to add insult to injury ALL getting mysteriously scanned in and you dont.
Good for you!!
We know that some wristbands are kept back it happened on the previous tour, for various reasons but all this was going on while the fan club and gen adm lines were still coming in about an hour before Institute came on.
Next time I'm wearing the plunging tops it seems to have the desired effect!
well you're not doing a very good job of explaining the so called point... are you bitching about the scanning or people getting wristbands because they know someone? two different issues all together...
as for 20 to 30 people getting in front of me who didn't wait all day? yea... that would piss me off. i only waited in the GA line once... in philly. got there at 8:30 in the morning, and got one horrific sunburn from the experience... to the point where when i would show people my sunburned leg the reaction would normaly be something along the lines of "oh my god!"
and it was all worth it... even though i didn't get "scanned in." i ended up having a terrific spot on the rail. and did it piss me off to see a good friend of mine who i knew didn't wait one second on the GA line waving at me from inside the ellipse? nope... not at all.
the GA line was a great experience... everyone was cool, we looked after each other's spots so that someone could go get some food, go to the bathroom, go try to meet the band, etc. etc. as long as no one abused the system it was all good. close to show time some people tried sneaking their way into the front of the GA line... and they were booed by everbody and chanted at until finally security came over and told them to go to the end of the line. it was friggin awesome.
in new jersey i had GA but didn't feel like waiting all day and further damaging my sunburned legs, so i chilled and came in... scanners were closed by the time i got there, so i just hung out by the soundboard... almost got into the ellipse when paul mcguinness came around and gave wristbands to me and the people i was with, but low and behold, drunken paul mcguinness gave us the wrong wristbands... so we didn't get in. made for one hell of a story though.
i finally made it inside the ellipse for two shows in october and one in november at madison square garden. did i scan in? nope... never even went through the scanners.
so i've experienced all three things that people seem to be bitching about... i've waited around all day and not gotten in to the ellipse, i walked into the building literaly as they were shutting down the scanners, and i've gotten into the ellipse with "help" from tour staffers... one in particular.
did i feel cheated when i didn't get in but saw my friend who was partying all day inside? nope... did i feel like i was cheating someone when i was given a wristband despite not doing the GA line wait? no...
but i guess that's just me. the system is what it is. it's not the best system by any stretch... springsteen and pearl jam do it so much better tha u2 does... but it is what it is.