Dianey said:
The bottom line is that the band is driving this decision - Bono has been quoted as saying "We want the fans who have to work all day to get a chance to be up front too
Exactly, I wasn't there but I can imagine it is entirely possible he said that.
I've been a fan longer than many people here have, that doesn't make me "better, more hardcore/important" or whatever. But *maybe* it gives me more perspective. I'm not going to come down on anyone who thinks U2 is of the utmost importance in life, that's not my place. It's not for me, but if it is for you, that's your thing. But I think perhaps some people need to step back and put things in perspective. I think maybe that's what BVS meant, that perhaps being older gives you perspective. Obviously that's a generalization and there are exceptions to that.
I couldn't get any GA until the last public sale, I got one for December. But I still consider myself fortunate to be able to go at all. Most of my seats are "crap". If anyone wants to give up GAs because of this, I'll gladly take them
I have no chance now because I think I'm already at/over the ticket limit, I'm still confused about that
anyway..
To be fair there were RUMORS about a lottery a while back. And I don't think U2 arbitrarily chose to do this out of thin air. My intuition tells me they were dissatisfied w/ the way things went sometimes on the last tour. So perhaps if some people had different perspective/attitudes/behavior last tour, they wouldn't have decided to do a lottery.
Any spot on the floor is good as far as I'm concerned. Frankly reading some of the posts by some people on here, I was scared of GA this time around, scared of the way some people might behave. I was prepared to get there a few hours before, that still would have been great to me.
If the lottery is run efficiently and properly, there should be no problem w/ it. Until it is, well things will go the way they will go. I know it's hyperbole, but to see someone post here about suicide because they didn't get into the rehearsal, well that confuses me. Obviously it was in jest, but to use that word, well..
I'll most likely get attacked for things I said here, it's just my take on it. I think it's a waste of time to "argue" over this.