Only "true" fans are entitled to rail!
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bonocomet
Blue Crack Distributor
I'm pretty sure Remi and Romi are 2 different people, however I can't say I know who exactly these posts are referring to. But there are 2 separate people who go by those names.
Same here. 
d.darroch
War Child
Haha, ok, good to know. I hadn't heard of Remi. Just have met Romi, who was a bit invoved in the lines from memory. He was certainly spread all over the rail in Anaheim though
cobl04
45:33
It was Romi I was thinking of. He, along with steved, were the reasons I blocked the tour forums for years. I wish no ill will on either but I do hope neither return. This forum will be much better.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
We may well have seen the last of the Daffy Duck gif
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Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
Let's hope so. Setlist parties were fun but some of that shit really ruined the mood often.
SpiralStaircase
War Child
What is a "setlist party"?
corianderstem
Blue Crack Distributor
When there's a show, there's at least one person online or via text reporting the setlist, and it gets posted in a show thread here, and people chat, hang out and vicariously participate in the show online.
There are sometimes audio streams of the shows, but they often sound like underwater basketball or something, which leads to hilarity.
They can be fun, they can be annoying, but it's worth going through one just to see what it's about.
There are sometimes audio streams of the shows, but they often sound like underwater basketball or something, which leads to hilarity.
They can be fun, they can be annoying, but it's worth going through one just to see what it's about.
prbiker15
Blue Crack Addict
Hope so.
pepokiss
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Look what I've done to you... 
SpiralStaircase
War Child
Ah, I see. Cheers. Sounds like something I might have a look at - but only when the time is right, i.e. I'd have to wait til Turin until the time difference wasn't so ridiculous.
Hallucination
Refugee
What the fuck is wrong with you? Not once did I even remotely say ALL red Zone people will be from out of town. I simply said what is likely to be true, that many of them will be. No different than people in the stands and people in GA. Some of you have really turned into pricks on this site since the 360 tour.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
Read back through your last 30 posts and tell me with a straight face you haven't, too.
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d.darroch
War Child
Please make it stop, it hurts so much! Even though I agree with some of your points
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
In all honesty, Hallucination is right and there's a lot of deflection happening in here. People paid for one thing based on a lack of information (it was either that or not go at all) and got something else. There wasn't a line drawn through the chart indicating areas in GA that would be inaccessible to me unless I paid $350. There should have been and I understand why people are upset. I would have just gotten seats if I had known I would be consigned to the middle of a crowd no matter my efforts. Rail spots are more comfortable and give you fewer heads to look over.
The silver lining is that there's no point in standing in line for 12 hours this time around. And a lot of really terrible control freaks won't be able to ruin the experience. It's not all bad, but it's worse than I had anticipated when I bought the tickets.
The silver lining is that there's no point in standing in line for 12 hours this time around. And a lot of really terrible control freaks won't be able to ruin the experience. It's not all bad, but it's worse than I had anticipated when I bought the tickets.
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dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
But this casually ignores the fact that there is more rail than ever before, and BOTH STAGES are free.
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Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
I don't think misinformation is the problem here. It's the entitlement people have when they buy a GA ticket they'll get up close to the band.
While all it is is a ticket to the floor. The band decides where you end up. Rich people buying red zone tickets aren't the problem. They either save it, can afford it, or want to do good. Who cares what their reasons are, they get their tickets, you get yours. They stand in their zone, you stand in GA. It's as simple as that...
While all it is is a ticket to the floor. The band decides where you end up. Rich people buying red zone tickets aren't the problem. They either save it, can afford it, or want to do good. Who cares what their reasons are, they get their tickets, you get yours. They stand in their zone, you stand in GA. It's as simple as that...
SpiralStaircase
War Child
If I'd have known about the Red Zone rail hog before I bought tickets...I'd still have bought GA, even though I could conceivably have afforded RZ. General admission just gets you in the building, does it not? Which is enough for me.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
So it's either get front row at a U2 show (LOLOLOL good luck) or be the furthest possible distance from the band in the entire pit. Those options are supposed to be better than last tour?
Seats are a better option unless you do RZ. I didn't know that was the case when I bought GA tickets.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
There isn't a single spot more than 30 feet from a part of the stage. I can safely say that is MILES better than standing next to the soundboard 300 feet away.
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LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
It is a relatively smaller pit area. That's nice. And if you're 6'5", you're golden anywhere. If you're not, your rail options are limited. I'm not, so I wish I had bought seats, but I'm not going alone so I'm stuck where I am. It is what it is. I'll have fun regardless, but I wish I had known all of this beforehand.
I'm not at all new to this ticket buying thing and this is the first time I've seen such a stark difference between the initial seating chart and reality.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
What you're describing re height isn't exclusive to this tour. It has been a problem since Moses played guitar week nights at the Sphinx Club.
We can't take general problems and claim them as specifics for the issue at hand.
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pepokiss
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Let's get something straight here:
The Red Zones sold where 2 spots in the middle of GA, close to the e-stage and nothing more.
GA had al the pit, including rail. THAT'S what we bought. The CHANCE to be there if we tried and got lucky. Now we're behind Red Zone, and that's NOT what we bought.
The beauty of GA is that if I want to arrive at the very last I'll have a spot in the back or wherever I can move, and if I want and take the time to pull it off, I can be in the rail or wherever I choose to be. We have OPTIONS that WE take or not.
It's not like a seat, that's just a seat an nothing more, you can't move, etc.
In GA you have options. GENERAL Admission. Everybody can make it.
Now we can't.
And that's why we're upset.
That's why I'm upset.
I'm traveling a shit ton of kms/miles and wanted for once in my life be in the front rail of a U2 show. It's opening night. My dream, even more than a Dublin show. That's what I wanted and that's why I bought GA.
Now I can't because no one told us before that there'll be people in front of us.
If I had know about this, I would've bought a RZ for the first night and GA the next ones, I don't know, but I would've had the chance to choose. Now I don't. Now we don't.
So stop this "you should be thankful" crap.
I am thankful for going to 2 diferent countries, like 4 states, 5-6 cities, for breathing, having running water and for having internet. And still I can moan for something real simple: I DIDN'T BOUGHT THIS.
Oh, and I'm 5'7"
It's that simple.
PS: The Red Zone line goes all the way to the i-Stage. They have that rail too.
The Red Zones sold where 2 spots in the middle of GA, close to the e-stage and nothing more.
GA had al the pit, including rail. THAT'S what we bought. The CHANCE to be there if we tried and got lucky. Now we're behind Red Zone, and that's NOT what we bought.
The beauty of GA is that if I want to arrive at the very last I'll have a spot in the back or wherever I can move, and if I want and take the time to pull it off, I can be in the rail or wherever I choose to be. We have OPTIONS that WE take or not.
It's not like a seat, that's just a seat an nothing more, you can't move, etc.
In GA you have options. GENERAL Admission. Everybody can make it.
Now we can't.
And that's why we're upset.
That's why I'm upset.
I'm traveling a shit ton of kms/miles and wanted for once in my life be in the front rail of a U2 show. It's opening night. My dream, even more than a Dublin show. That's what I wanted and that's why I bought GA.
Now I can't because no one told us before that there'll be people in front of us.
If I had know about this, I would've bought a RZ for the first night and GA the next ones, I don't know, but I would've had the chance to choose. Now I don't. Now we don't.
So stop this "you should be thankful" crap.
I am thankful for going to 2 diferent countries, like 4 states, 5-6 cities, for breathing, having running water and for having internet. And still I can moan for something real simple: I DIDN'T BOUGHT THIS.
Oh, and I'm 5'7"
It's that simple.
PS: The Red Zone line goes all the way to the i-Stage. They have that rail too.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
Let's get something straight here:
The Red Zones sold where 2 spots in the middle of GA, close to the e-stage and nothing more.
GA had al the pit, including rail. THAT'S what we bought. The CHANCE to be there if we tried and got lucky. Now we're behind Red Zone, and that's NOT what we bought.
The beauty of GA is that if I want to arrive at the very last I'll have a spot in the back or wherever I can move, and if I want and take the time to pull it off, I can be in the rail or wherever I choose to be. We have OPTIONS that WE take or not.
It's not like a seat, that's just a seat an nothing more, you can't move, etc.
In GA you have options. GENERAL Admission. Everybody can make it.
Now we can't.
And that's why we're upset.
That's why I'm upset.
I'm traveling a shit ton of kms/miles and wanted for once in my life be in the front rail of a U2 show. It's opening night. My dream, even more than a Dublin show. That's what I wanted and that's why I bought GA.
Now I can't because no one told us before that there'll be people in front of us.
If I had know about this, I would've bought a RZ for the first night and GA the next ones, I don't know, but I would've had the chance to choose. Now I don't. Now we don't.
So stop this "you should be thankful" crap.
I am thankful for going to 2 diferent countries, like 4 states, 5-6 cities, for breathing, having running water and for having internet. And still I can moan for something real simple: I DIDN'T BOUGHT THIS.
Oh, and I'm 5'7"
It's that simple.
PS: The Red Zone line goes all the way to the i-Stage. They have that rail too.
Except that you aren't 'behind the red zone' unless of course you were planning on charging straight for the catwalk instead of one of the stages? Which if I had lined up all day, I sure as shit would be going for a stage. Which has no red zone. Which means this whole thing is redundant.
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LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Height is especially relevant to this situation, actually. Rail spots improve view because you can pick yourself up slightly and aren't being swallowed by the crowd on every side. That's why it's more expensive (unbeknownst to me when I bought my tickets).
I suppose I'm not about to convince you that this is an issue at all, so we'll agree to disagree.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
My point is that there is more rail, and less people competing for it. If anything, it's better for short people (of which I am one).
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SpiralStaircase
War Child
This is it, exactly. It doesn't look like there are any RZ areas in front of the main stage where presumably there will be a rail. People who want a shot at a rail spot still have that, as far as I can see.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
I don't see how 2/3rds of the front row + the curved rail at the end of the catwalk is more real estate on the rail than past tours. I probably should go dig up one of the stage pics but I'm on mobile.
pepokiss
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
You don't read PSs, do you....
pepokiss said:
That's how it looks to be.
Hell, that yellow "South" sideways makes me think that the outter rail will turn there, so they'll have the whole front rail and the catwalk.
SpiralStaircase
War Child
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