Just adding my experiences -- we got there at 6:30pm the night before just to scope out the venue and see where the door was, and were SHOCKED to see dozens of tents (with generators!) and tons of people already in line. We had no intention of lining up until early Saturday morning, but we decided we'd better get in on it once we saw the crowds. We were 79 and 80 in line at 6:30pm the night before. People that showed up at 6am or so were about 300.
It was the craziest thing I ever saw. I'm all for camping out, but I didn't think anyone in their right minds would sleep outside in 10 degree weather (Fahrenheit). So we sat outside from 6:30 am (when they made us come back with the wristbands) to 6:30 pm when they let us in, and we really thought we were going to die of exposure. And I'm from Chicago. For the record, I had on 3 shirts, 2 wool sweaters, a big down jacket, a pair of tights, a pair of long underwear, a pair of leggings, a pair of jeans, 2 pairs of wool socks, 2 pairs of industrial mittens, 2 hats, a hood, a scarf, and a 5 degree sleeping bag, and I was beyond miserable. Those Montreal people are crazy nuts. And so many of them didn't even speak a word of English! I'm not sure that I would line up for 24 hours in the winter for a band that communicated in a different language...
Interestingly, we showed up at 11pm the night before Las Vegas 2 and were #1 and #2 in line. In nice weather. In Montreal, we show up at 6:30pm and are #80 in the freezing and driving snow. That just goes to show you that Montreal KICKS ASS. It was my first visit, and I fell in love with that city. It certainly has spirit.
And, by the way, it was the GREATEST SHOW I'VE EVER SEEN. Totally worth it.