Where do you see the second date for Montreal?
I don't see any additional dates on Ticketmaster.
When do additional dates normally go on sale, the next day?
How have the sales gone so far this morning? I noticed the Montreal date has sold out and a new arena one added but how are the others doing?
Unfortunately, ticket sales in many markets seem sluggish. Boston is my local market and there are still some tickets available, largely i'm betting due to their high price. Previous tours have sold out almost instantly; this one, not so much. When you are charging $650 for a "VIP" ticket (plus fees, mind you), what does Live Nation expect??l![]()
The ticket costing in America seems way way overpriced. If you want to charge $330 for a top ticket then go ahead but for tickets in the upper decks. That's ridiculous
Unfortunately, ticket sales in many markets seem sluggish. Boston is my local market and there are still some tickets available, largely i'm betting due to their high price. Previous tours have sold out almost instantly; this one, not so much. When you are charging $650 for a "VIP" ticket (plus fees, mind you), what does Live Nation expect??l![]()
I don't think it's (only) because of the high price. I tried to get Boston tickets today (for a friend). When sales started, for a long time I couldn't search for ticket. At every attempt I got an "Error With Search" message, no matter which price category. So I gave up searching, after a while.
Then, 2+ hours later I noticed that the search was working again. Though not many pairs were available, plenty of singles were, also in the <$100 range. But I guess not many people were aware of that. Or, after the first rush for tickets went away, people started to rationalize more. And yes, then those $650 VIP packages look a lot less attractive.
So I'd say that part of the fact that this tour isn't an instant sellout yet is due to Ticketmaster fucking up at 10:00 when sales started.[/QUOTE
I ran into the same problem using Safari, but I switched to Chrome and no problem. Ticketmaster's fault regardless.
I kind of assumed they'd focus on Europe, Australia and Asia this year and then get to NA again in the early part of 2019. Give people a chance to miss them. I'm not worried for them, these shows will all sell out by next spring. Yes, ticket prices will be reduced. This happened a lot at the JT shows.
So I'd say that part of the fact that this tour isn't an instant sellout yet is due to Ticketmaster fucking up at 10:00 when sales started.
That's why I put "sell out" in quotes!
Tickets are selling HORRIBLY and it's not just due to over-saturation from the past 2 tours or the verified fan system. If U2 and Guy Oseary think people are gonna pay nearly $400/ticket to sit in the upper level at MSG, they are sorely mistaken. That's exactly why I just got an email from Ticketmaster saying that tickets are "still available" for 10 different US shows. Mind you, this email came to me nearly 5 HOURS after the East Coast tix all went on sale. NYC-area, DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Philly, etc all have plenty of tix remaining. What a joke. I can't remember a U2 tour that this has ever happened on, and I've been to every tour since Zoo in '92. PopMart had its one-off issues (I'm looking at you, Memphis), but nothing like we are seeing here.
These upper-level seats are gonna be 50% off on Stub Hub soon enough. Don't bother buying them on TM; save a bundle by waiting instead. I'm wondering if these non-sell-outs are also going to put the additional dates at risk. I know Montreal got a 2nd date, but it speaks volumes that places like MSG still haven't gotten one, and have tons of inventory left in the upper sections as of 3:30p ET.
Has Tulsa sold out?