Talk about a mini-drama!!
Its a concert.. everyone complaining are coming across like very spoilt fans. Yep I paid my £21 to sign up for website for the chance of buying tickets ahead of the mad rush that is certain to hit on Friday.
Yep i had a disaster trying to get tickets where Ticketmaster screwed up. And yes, by the time I eventually got in, the only tickets I could get cost me £75 a piece. If thats what it costs to see my fav band play then so be it. If I had issues with the band and the whole buying tickets process then i wouldn't bought the tickets in the first place!! Simple logic really, its called consumer choice.
At the end of the day, you can boycott all you want. Do you you really think concerts are not going to be sold out? A lot of people seem to be cutting off their nose to spite their face and coming up with all sorts of conspiracy theories most of which are ridiculous.
Another point, how many people would have signed up for U2.com to get tickets? I saw a figure of 15000 somewhere (not sure if this is accurate or not). In US people could buy a max of 2 tickets each. In Europe its 4. Marketing/common sense would mean that the allocation for U2.com fans would not all be GA. There would have to be a percentage of the more expensive seats in the allocation. Therefore, GA are most likely to sell out first leaving more expensive ones for those who through presale - with the ticketmaster cock-up, I got in late. I was one of those as I originally wanted GA for the London show. In the end, as mentioned, I bought 2 tickets, along with Ticketmasters booking fee, which came to £157 - much more than what I wanted to spend. However, given the choice, I could either buy them now or take my chance with GA and the inevitable madrush on Friday.
It just feels that a lot of people here had unrealistic expectations who seemed to think they were 100% certain of getting the ticket they wanted through the presale. The cockup by Ticketmaster (not U2) did not help. Seems tho that U2 are being blamed for this also when it was clearly a Tickemaster problem.
Anyway, as mini drama's go, its up with the whole is the Edge real or not thing. Hmm.. makes you wonder if their are paid script writers on this website!