It's GA "line" shenanigan time!

[miryclayu2]

Me thinks some things never change.

I now create my jeans from the colour of BVS Avatar.

 

[jimyc]

The front of the queue about an hour ago. Chairs are being used. Lots of "gaps in the line" Looks like CC entry & security screening area just in front of here.Number at the end of the line #450 ( aprx 8:40am)

 

[nbelcik]

This rain fucking sucks

 

[miryclayu2]

It wouldn't be U2 without rain.

 

[gunsnroses]

The front of the queue about an hour ago. Chairs are being used. Lots of "gaps in the line" Looks like CC entry & security screening area just in front of here.Number at the end of the line #450 ( aprx 8:40am)

There were 450 people in line at 8:40am?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Any word on if this setup is run by the venue or the band?

 

[gunsnroses]

I strongly agree with all you said. 45 and still going strong. I'm with you man. Once the show starts and your that close it doesn't matter what you went thru to get there.

 

[bfloxng]

 

[bfloxng]

They'll be crying in their room service meals if that happens

 

[mosthigh]

Posted on BC Place website:

U2 - Guest Info & FAQ

https://bcplace.cdn.prismic.io/bcplace/53b4291f-d6dd-45ec-9cbf-156708cec64f_u2_bcplace_faq.pdf


- GA Floor enter gate E only

- Reserved seating enter gates A, B, H & G

- No Large backpacks

- Empty plastic water bottles allowed

- No Ipads, tablets, or GoPros, or large signs

- Credit and cash only at BC Place concession stands. No debit.

 

[Wide Awake n AZ]

I did it once...camped out for concert tickets on the ground in front of Centennial Hall at the University of Arizona (not U2). I was allowed to leave to attend my US History Reconstruction to Present class, but my two roommates were still in line. If we had all left, we would have been booted.

That was a nightmare night. Hardly any sleep, then when the time came for tickets, the Ticketmaster computers overloaded and they were unable to issue tickets. They had us go home and come back two hours later. In that 2 hour period, the computers had come back up and they didn't hold the line...they just sold to all callers and walkups. When we got back, we found out our night of concrete sleep was worthless and we were in the back upper deck of the arena. One particularly angry bear of a man started pounding on the plexiglass, threatening to tear the bearer of this bad news apart limb by limb. The rep behind the glass wasn't even the one that sent us home when the computers jammed...we had to calm the guy down (with beer...that always sometimes works).


For Zoo TV, we heard about the show on the radio in a dorm room at 2 am the night before/day of the tickets going on sale. 4 of us staggered down to Dillards at the Tucson Mall and stood around until 6 am, where they gave us lottery numbers and told us to come back at 10 and get in the order of the numbers. We used the best of the 4 of us, which was like 9. That got us section 7 on the floor, which was middle, 2nd set of 20 or so seats, 4th row. It was pretty much middle right facing stage and about 24 rows back on the Sun Devil Stadium grass. Not bad.

 

[trevgreg]

Thanks for sharing those stories. Hard to imagine how this all went down back in the day before computers and the Internet!

One particularly angry bear of a man started pounding on the plexiglass, threatening to tear the bearer of this bad news apart limb by limb. The rep behind the glass wasn't even the one that sent us home when the computers jammed...we had to calm the guy down (with beer...that always sometimes works).

Not that people didn't have a right to get mad to a legitimate extent, but this particular person reminded me of those situations 10 years ago when gas was going over $2-3 a gallon for the first time, and people would start getting mad or assaulting the innocent gas station attendants. Crazy.

 

[DeVaul]

The GA is apparently filling in slowly (CC entry issues abound according to Twitter), but looks like plenty of room.

The high main stage should keep views manageable. "GA Joe" view at the front:

 

[lazarus]

I need to bite my tongue during these conversations because it's hard to suppress my raging contempt for the people that run these lines and intimidate less "connected" fans into following their bullshit rules. And as mentioned before, they hide under the delusion that they're providing some kind of service.

At this point, I'm like Sicy. I don't have the energy to put up with all this shit so I usually arrive sometime after the opening act and still have a great vantage point in GA. I'm not familiar with The Lumineers so maybe we'll get there earlier this time and catch them.

 

[DeVaul]

I'm not familiar with The Lumineers so maybe we'll get there earlier this time and catch them.

You don't need to do that.

 

[lazarus]

That's what I figured...

 

[DeVaul]

All the US openers are awful. The $96 I paid for GA is great value, but damn.... I'd rather just stand around until it got dark out than have to listen to Mumford/Lumineers/One Republic.

 

[lazarus]

I'll say this, at least the bands are on the younger side this tour. I know Lenny Kravitz is a more talented artist than those mentioned above, but I don't think U2 should associate with irrelevant dinosaurs.

 

[Axver]

Judging by how slowly GA is getting in tonight, you could arrive an hour before Mumford & Sons and still not enter the venue until just after you've missed getting to hear Red Hill Mining Town.

 

[DeVaul]

It was definitely a deliberate move to help sell tickets but I don't have to like it. There are other young acts that aren't radio BS or costume folk.

 

[lazarus]

Judging by how slowly GA is getting in tonight, you could arrive an hour before Mumford & Sons and still not enter the venue until just after you've missed getting to hear Red Hill Mining Town.

Fuck.

 

[Hewson]

Fuck.

Its Canada, the scanners were covered in poutine and working slow, you'll be fine in Pasadena.

 

[Martinski]

All the US openers are awful. The $96 I paid for GA is great value, but damn.... I'd rather just stand around until it got dark out than have to listen to Mumford/Lumineers/One Republic.

Fight me irl. Mumford and Sons are great live and has alot of good songs.

Dunno how they work as an opening act in a stadium but they were great last year when i saw em in a hockey arena.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

If getting into the field remains an issue going forward it may change my plans for at least one of the shows. I'm moving the day after the second MetLife show so need to do some serious packing during the day Wednesday and Thursday so don't know how long I can wait... but I don't want to show up late and STILL wait for hours.

I hope this was just a scanner fuck up

 

[dabiggestu2fan]

Getting in was a disaster we were there at 6pm and honestly didn't think we would make the beginning of u2's show and we were in seats not ga.

 

[miryclayu2]

Its Canada, the scanners were covered in poutine and working slow, you'll be fine in Pasadena.

In Pasadena, the scanners will be covered in bad reality TV.

 

[Hewson]

In Pasadena, the scanners will be covered in bad reality TV.

Try the veal, you'll be here all week.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Better than bad jokes AMIRITE??!?!

 

[miryclayu2]

Its Canada, the scanners were covered in poutine and working slow, you'll be fine in Pasadena.

Personally, I would have used slow as Maple Syrup but who am I to question your comedic mind?

 

[Hewson]

Personally, I would have used slow as Maple Syrup but who am I to question your comedic mind?

If you paid attention to all the poutine talk here on Interference the past 2 days, you'd know my post was pure gold.