LuckyNumber7
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You don't generally need to use accents to distinguish kiwis from aussies. The kiwis will be the calm, kind, clever looking ones. The aussies will be loud, drunk and sweaty.
I had the seat map up for Boston this morning and did some research if they add shows, before fees tix prices were:
$76.00 for GA (came to about $95.00 after fees)
Lowers and some middle balconies on sidelines: $325.00 (seats with full view of screen)
Side/rear lowers by main stage: $106.00
Lowers directly behind main stage: $41.00 (would have zero view of screen)
Lowers at opposite end (near B stage): $76.00
Didn't look too intensely at the balcony.
If I were to choose seats (if couldn't nab GA) for any added shows, I'd go with either the side of main stage at $106 plus fees (should have a reasonable screen view) or the opposite end lowers for $76.00 (if you get the corners, again you get some screen view and those have a great view of B stage)
How is there a $20 difference between Boston and Los Angeles?
As with Canadians. As with Scots. Yet, why is it that I have such negative relationships with Canadians, Scots, and Kiwis? And generally positive ones with the loud drunk sweaty obnoxious siblings? (Genuinely curious on this) (and no im not loud drunk sweaty and obnoxious myself)
canadians from vancouver and saskatoon and yellowknife and toronto and quebec and newfoundland all sound *very* different from each other, dammit
How is there a $20 difference between Boston and Los Angeles?
Here comes the angry marginalized Canadian
Yes and I can count at least five strictly unique American accents. Globally, Canada has one accent. All about scope, here. But globally, Americans have one accent. Well, maybe we can agree to disclude your French Canadians if you agree to disclude our Texans.
I don't see them giving you a refund because of the ticket prices, but I understand the reasoning to give the tour a pass because of it.
All the people who renewed and weren't given a code, however, should call and raise holy hell about it.
I don't know about the 2015 tour, but for JT30, I got two GAs for $180, $90 a pop after fees, and that was from the general sale. I've never been a U2.com member and have never bothered with presale.
there is not a chance in hell anyone on earth could hear someone from vancouver island and someone from newfoundland speaking to each other and think that's the same accent.
B&C Crew:
Sorry to interrupt all the ticket talk/accent talk, but...
You may remember that around a year ago I ran a Best Non-Album Track survivor. I've been thinking about doing another one, and it seems like a good time right now, given the holidays coming up and the new album traffic around here.
What I have in mind is a Best Live Track survivor. AKA the white whale of Shuttlecock survivors, that's been discussed often over the years but never done.
I have it all planned out, format and everything. Eligibility would be limited to officially released stuff(meaning full releases like UABRS, R&H, Sydney, etc, non-standalone releases like Paris 87, Vertigo Milan, etc, and live tracks that appeared as b-sides on singles), with selected TV performances and bootlegs to fill in the gaps for songs that never appeared on an official release.
If I elect to go forward with this, there will of course be a much more detailed intro+instructions, but for now, I just want to gauge interest among you all. I haven't even mentioned this in EYKIW yet, because I honestly don't really want to do this if my B&C peeps aren't on board.
I know some have had reservations about this in the past, i.e. will the results really be different enough from a regular U2 studio survivor? Who knows, but I think they might be. Either way, it'd be fun to find out.
What say you?
I always just describe Australia as Texas if the U.K. had a Texas. (I've never told that to an Aussie, bracing for impact)
Many are concerned that there may have been a lottery to even GET a presale code. Like, some people who renewed either didn't get a code, or got an email and then an email that said "oops, you shouldn't have gotten an email, sorry, no code for you."
People who've gotten through to Ticketmaster or U2.com on the phone are being told that not everyone who's a member would get a code. If that's the case, that is some appalling bullshit and I'd be enraged.
However, from past experiences, it doesn't seem like the phone reps always have the right information. I poked over to the official forums and the mods there are sifting through all their PMs to help, and some people are then getting codes after all.
So I'm curious to see if this was just some shitty error, or an appalling bullshit ripoff of $40.
As it sounds like mods are able to clear it up for some, I'm leaning towards error. I hope that's the case, because that is truly fucked up if this was a feature, not a bug.
Cannot imagine what the Aussie prices are going to be like if you are already paying Aussie prices in the US. I guess it'll be at least triple to make up for the fact they didn't tour here the past two times.
Yeah I'm having a quiet chuckle at all these complaints about prices that are really quite reasonable from our standpoint.
To add,
Just looked at the LA map, tix prices are $5.00 more across the board than Boston(probably a higher venue fee for the Forum), so a GA face I assume is $81 pre-fees, should total to the low 100's after TM fees, not sure how nbelcik got $118, maybe there's a delivery charge tacked on.
It was $81 for the ticket, then a $19.30 service charge, then $18.50 to deliver my ticket