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Amsterdam retail code presale went dramatically as expected. Waited in queue for over an hour, despite logging in well before the start of the presale, naturally to find GA completely sold out. So unless someone's payment doesn't come through and tickets become available again, i'll have to...

On the website of the Dutch store they partnered with, it says: Bij één bestelling per klant account krijg je toegang tot maximaal 2 tickets voor de komende tour in Nederland voordat de reguliere kaartverkoop start. (bold markings are mine) which translates as: With one order per customer...

Selling 1 Brussels seated (cat 1) at face value. Reason for selling: it's a single seat and I found two other (adjacent) seats so that I could take my gf. Face value is €181 which is what I'm asking. I will send the e-ticket right away in exchange for a proof of payment.

Found two through Ticketmaster. Once again shows that it pays off to check Ticketmaster regularly, even for 'sold out' shows. Obstructed view, but whatever. Being there is what counts. This thread can be closed; I will open a new one to sell my old ticket.

I've secured one seated Brussels ticket (cat 1), but I'd enjoy the show more if I could take my girlfriend with me. Therefore, I'm looking for two Brussels seats. Category isn't important as long as they're adjacent or near-adjacent seats. If I succeed in securing two seats, I will be selling...

Or not. The FAQ on U2.com explicitly mentions the following, possibly to pre-empt said whining: For the additional 360 Tour legs, they required members to re-subscribe (i.e. dish out another $50) in order to receive another presale code. And they might not be that 'considerate' this time...

Considering all the uncertainties, I guess I'll save my presale code for another (yet unannounced) leg... With a bit of luck, by that time we'll know the difference between the first & the second night, and maybe we'll also have figured out how the stage setup and the moving screen thing will...

Interesting you should say that, given the systematic violence that Israeli Jews exert against Palestinians. Fully expecting a "but they're firing rockets at us!" response, let me pre-empt that by showing you this table showing how many Jewish lives are really taken by Palestinian rockets and...

I think the last thing the Iraqis want is another war. Also, it wouldn't be foolish enough to attack the US, as per article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty that would get them into a state of war with all 28 NATO member states. That's the reason, as well, that all this fear mongering from the US...

Oh my...

While their crying seemed exaggerated to me, I'll tread carefully in saying that it actually was. Not knowing (North) Korean culture, I don't rule out the possibility that this is actually a normal way for (North) Koreans to cry. Cultural differences apply to the expression of emotions as well.

That is not strictly true. For example, I seem to remember people in the Netherlands being fairly excited about the euro in the years running up to its introduction. While people now look back at the time they had to exchange currency when visiting a foreign country with nostalgia, that's a bit...

For a moment I thought: this couldn't have come at a worse time for the Kim dynasty, right in the middle of the Arab Spring, Russian Spring, Tibetan self-immolations etc. But on second thought, not only will the North Koreans have had little exposure to those events as a result of strict media...

Well, there's a clear difference for sure. Wallonia used to be the richer of the two regions because of its iron and coal mines, but it lost the market to new players in the mining industry such as Brazil and South Africa. Subsequently, enterprises chose Flanders instead of Wallonia as the place...

How would you define 'the opposite situation'? In any case, there's no 1:1 comparison possible because Flanders does not have any low-cost airline hubs. For Ryanair, Wizz Air, etc., Brussels South Charleroi airport is the only Belgian destination.

In Dutch society, certainly in Dutch law, I think that is the case. Perceived discrimination and intended discrimination are two very different things in the Netherlands. This is reflected in Dutch hate speech law, which specifically defines the offence of insulting a group as "(...)...

Of course, people can take offence from it and consider it racist. Nevertheless, in its modern context it isn't meant to be racist. No one will deny that it has colonial origins and that the Zwarte Pieten originally indeed were black African slaves. In it's modern reinterpretation, however...

When did imperialism become a socialist thing?

Boo-hoo, people. The Dutch government is currently working on a law that would make wearing a burqa a criminal offence. Not the wearing of face-covering clothing in general, no, specifically burqas. Basically, it's a big 'fuck you' to freedom of expression and freedom of religion. What I'm...

The EU a socialist project? Gimme a break. The EU is incredibly neo-liberal. For example, nationalization is practically forbidden under EU law. So is making things free for your citizens: some years ago, the Dutch government had devised a plan to make textbooks free for secondary school...

The article in the opening post takes it all out of context and out of proportion. Sinterklaas is an important part of Dutch folklore. Read about it on Wikipedia. As for the Zwarte Pieten being black: yes, of course this has a colonial origin. Sinterklaas' helpers (or, if you wish, slaves) were...

How can a rumour ever be proof?

A British veto last night paved the way for a "two-speed Europe". Ironically, a two-speed Europe is exactly what the British government said it wanted to avert. Eurozone countries go it alone with new treaty that excludes Britain

This doesn't have anything to do with my political opinion. This is about you believing everything the Telegraph writes, fact of fiction, as long it's confirming your own beliefs on how wrong and evil the EU is. As I said, I don't have problems with euroscepticism, as long as it's based on facts...

When Robert Fico was prime minister between 2006-2010, he and his social democratic party formed a coalition with the nationalist party and the People's Party. Back then, this combination had a parliamentary majority. In the 2010 elections, however, while Fico's social democratic party won even...