bono_man2002
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They may be negotiating with the Big Bash? As it may clash with Game No. 637 of that season.
Meanwhile, RIGHT NOW you can still get GA for Adelaide, Brisbane, and Perth.
I don't know what it will be like for Australia
I don't know what it will be like for Australia, but in the US you could walk in fairly close to show time and get a great spot
I have a pretty good idea:
Once again, possible evidence that many U2 fans have not stayed in shape as they have aged. How else would you explain not purchasing the ticket that gets you closer to the band at a lower price. Plus in a stadium, the seated sections are much further away from the stage when compared with the arena.
As for the Melbourne sales, half of section 234 is left and still just that smattering of singles elsewhere. The show will definitely sell out, the question is whether they plump for a second night. I reckon they could obviously sell it, maybe with the need to close off some sections, but still in the 35,000-40,000 ballpark. Either they sit around doing nothing on 16/11 or they take the cash from a second show. Why not take the latter? This should be a no-brainer.
I wonder if it will be announced alongside confirmation of the Singapore details.
It is also possible we get more Tokyo/Seoul gigs, there's theoretically space, but I see that as extremely unlikely.
Just checked Melbourne's seating map. There are basically only singles left, except for one section that strangely has a lot of unsold tickets, probably a couple hundred. They are at the highest price range, but pretty far back. They must be trying to squeeze every last dollar for this show before adding the 2nd.
Who knows what demand is like in Japan & Seoul. With the weird lottery system Japan general sales aren't until July, so they couldn't wait until then, & had to lock-in the second Japan show. Seoul is the smallest venue on the tour I believe. A totally weird layout, inside a baseball arena, where sales to nearly half the seats are eliminated, as they're behind the stage. No idea about a second show, but it's a possibility.
Remember that setlists are decided by 5 people, not just 4. Our biggest hope on this could be Willie williams. He often has input, and makes suggestions on setlists. He doesn't like repeating themselves, likes shows evolving, and already has to settle for same stage/screen/production on this tour so hopefully that means his mind is focused on hatching some plots and scheming some schemes for an evolved setlist from 2017. Hopefully?
Because I only log in whenever Halley's Comet passes by, thought I'd drop by and say that U2 are the biggest bunch of effin bastards and I'm not paying $350plus to sit in effin Adelaide Oval.
Instead I paid 200 effin bucks to be vaguely in the same postcode in Adelaide Oval.
It's a race to the end: whose bad back will give out first, mine or Bono's...
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Ax, That’s kind of embarrassing... I promise that when I wrote that post I hadn’t read yours. I actually did look at the map for myself. Very weird... sorry.
Yeah, it's certainly a weird system. It's the reason I got a u2.com membership for the first time in years. Wanted to get in early & get my tickets before the general sale lottery craziness began. I go GA, but for those in seats, you have absolutely know idea where you'll be seated, other than choosing either category 1 or 2 tickets. Enter your CC details, for the general sale lottery wait a month until you find out whether you've been successful getting tickets.Wow, I didn't realise just how bizarre the Japanese sales method is. In that case let's absolutely exclude the possibility of a third show being added on 1 December. I've already said how extremely unusual it would be for that to happen in the first place, but until Singapore gets added to that gap it was a theoretical possibility.