Canadninan
The Fly
Last tour we were extremely lucky with the "ticket drops" for Chicago, Phoenix, and Toronto shows a few days before the gigs took place. Does anyone think this will happen again this tour?
Hi All,
Just scored a GA ticket thru TM for Seattle. Don't know why, but a few GA tickets showed up on TM. Not sure if happening for other venues. So darn happy I got one & wanted to share the news! Huzzah!
Bit of advice - always check the Ticketmaster mobile app as well. They jerk around with availability, so right now a desktop browser shows no GA tix available for Seattle, but the mobile app has some.
Vancouver: Many tickets dropped at face on Stubhub today. Mostly in the back 400's, and some obstructed view in the lower back 200's.
2493 tickets on Stubhub now for the Vancouver gig ,there were less than 1000 last week .
Complete farce how the bots buy them all up,should make all drops box office collection .
Doesn't seem like much of a scam if they're being sold at face on Stubhub. Why would the bots buy them all only to resell at cost?
Seems like the promoters can still say it's "Sold Out", while selling their own tickets on the secondary market.
No they don't.I love it. Just picked up 2 GA and did not have to join the absurd U2.com, or pay a markup to resale market sellers. Just validates the fact that paying u2 for 'early access' to tickets is really unnecessary these days.
However, it's also pretty lame that U2 have been advertising all these shows as sellouts, prompting a lot of people to buy from scalpers and pay out the nose. At the end of the day, these folks were just not doing their homework or were simply too impatient, but the band do bear some responsibility for this.
These are still out there
I love it. Just picked up 2 GA and did not have to join the absurd U2.com, or pay a markup to resale market sellers. Just validates the fact that paying u2 for 'early access' to tickets is really unnecessary these days.
However, it's also pretty lame that U2 have been advertising all these shows as sellouts, prompting a lot of people to buy from scalpers and pay out the nose. At the end of the day, these folks were just not doing their homework or were simply too impatient, but the band do bear some responsibility for this.
If you consider the fact some of us buy many tickets, including 8 to one show (example: Miami on 6/11/17. Im from here and Im taking my two parents, wife, sister, her husband and my two cousins) then hell yeah U2.com was worth it. NOT ABSURD and worth every damn penny.
So maybe Iggy Fizz, consider that for those of us in need of various cities and many people to take care off, it is opposite of "unnecessary these days".
No they don't.
This is commonplace. Tickets always pop open for a wide variety of reasons, be it an adjustment to sightlines after the stage is installed, tickets reserved for promotional purposes that are given back, etc etc.
U2 knew full well the shows were not sold out. not simply sightlines and promotional givebacks.
you are right it is commonplace. Doesn't mean the band are not accountable for the marketing of their own shows.
Releasing tickets by ticket drops close to show time obviously increases supply, REDUCING PRICES in the secondary market. It's the right thing to do, at the right time, when people are likely to start getting desperate & considering those exorbitantly priced scalper tickets.However, it's also pretty lame that U2 have been advertising all these shows as sellouts, prompting a lot of people to buy from scalpers and pay out the nose. At the end of the day, these folks were just not doing their homework or were simply too impatient, but the band do bear some responsibility for this.
You really think the band is complicit in this stuff?
Well Bono, Edge and Adam at least? Cause Larry's definitely not on board.
But let's be real. The band isn't involved in these things, marketing shows, declaring sell outs etc., its Live Nation. So if you want to rail against an entity, choose the correct entity.
All those U2 posters plastered around town that say "Sold Out" on them aren't there because they're congratulating themselves - but it wouldn't look too good if they said: "Tickets Available on Secondary Market (may exceed face value)".
Releasing tickets by ticket drops close to show time obviously increases supply, REDUCING PRICES in the secondary market. It's the right thing to do, at the right time, when people are likely to start getting desperate & considering those exorbitantly priced scalper tickets.