MY GOD!!!! I thought I'd never be able to get into this sacred, hallowed, coveted thread!!! But now I am here and can read all of your stories without crying!! YES!!!!! I lucked out!!!
I told my friend in NYC all this week that he'd have a snowflake's chance in Mordor of even getting through...the site would crash in 2 mins, etc etc...but somehow, I told him to get into TM site an hour ahead of time.....the lucky bastard, he just laughs and tells me he logged in at 8:50...
(the NYC sale was at 9 AM, not 10...)..I told him to ask for singles, it would be our only way...he was able to get two real nosebleeds, in the 400's, but the best kind of real nosebleeds possible...directly to Edge''s side of the stage nosebleeds, ...heck, I was happy to just be there, as MSG was the show I wanted, and I've seen a show from that area in Albany, U2 are a lOT louder than Celine Dion so I can hear them fine! And with binocs, see them OK too. Heck, if you're going to have nosebleeds, the best place to have them is at grand old MSG, the REAL capital of the "City Of Blindng Lights"! down on all If there was no other option!
Sorry I'm rambling but I'm so happy!
I'm calling this my "Jesse Helms U2 experience"!
Then, last night, I found someone on here who is selling me section 125, row 12 for 2nd show in Jersey. That's right towards the back corner of the GA, just above on Adam's side. Which is just about where all my old Propaganda tickets in the 90's and Elevation were, except on Edge's side, oddly enough, but for the GA I got for MSG in October. Fine with me!
Heck, even before the Jersey thing came though, I was happy as heck. Only one Madison Square Garden show and I GOT IN!!!!!!!!!! I put down the phone last night and screamed for one minute. At work today, I went into the coat room and jumpd up and down and whooped...I had no illusions, after watching the presale. During Elevation, I saw the band 3 times in the spring and once in the fall. Only the GA in the Fall. And the band will probably come back to Albany on 2nd leg. Both my friend's and my pre-sale code are still unused, and now we know that if you order GA"s and TM times you out, they'll give them to you. So I can still order for the fall...
So: 2 shows on the spring leg (so far, if I can scare up a cheap nosebleed in Boston somewhere down the line it'll be 3)..both of which I didn't order myself. Which means that if TM has this awful one show per tour limit, I can still order for the 2nd leg...
I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!!