What are the chances of getting GA tix the day before/day of the show

[iamagnomethief]

I know a lot of fans are going to have to resort to this method...but how many are usually released? What are the chances of actually getting decent tickets?

Has anyone ever had to do this before, or know anything about it?

 

[editorinchief]

for boston 2 on elevation. They released 8 GA the day of the show. I was there at 10 am and got the 6th one.

When they released them to us at 6pm the line was about 400 people long.

They also released a few regular seats as well. It was one ticket per person and you had to go right in.

 

[dstalksalot]

There is a good chance that you can buy tickets the day of the show. We were VERY lucky and bought tickets on a whim the day of Anaheim 2 for the Evevation tour and got 2 GA's....

 

[oceane]

Almost garantee there will be some, but yeah, it might be just a few, and if they only release them at the end of the day that sucks. Some shows I`ve been to however, they released them in the morning so that was good.

I personally think it`s worth to risk going to a venue without a ticket, because not only is there very often GAs (or really good seats) at the box office, but there is also often fans in the GA line with extra tix willing to sell at face value. People will often wait until the last minute to sell their extras, because they will try with friends first and so on.

Plus, if you have to resort to a scalpers, prices will be much lower the day of the show than right now.

I would personally risk driving to 6 hours to another city without a ticket. There are a few good options, but I would be prepared to pay 100$-150$ for GA if I really have to.

 

[Tech]

Yeah I've also done this. For Anaheim 3 I went and got one GA the day of so you have to wait and be lucky I guess but it's an option. Also people in the GA line are great and will sell u floor tickets if they have extras for face value ( I did that for Anaheim 2 last tour.)

 

[bonoed]

there's just too many people this time. Last time there was a huge long line at the ticket windows at each show I went to long before the windows even opened, they had been there from the early morning, and only a few got tickets.

 

[aidansfaither]

Keep checking TM. I bought 2 GAs 2 days before the Indianapolis show during Elevation. There is of course a much bigger demand this time around.

 

[sneeb]

This goes back a few years, but the only reason I stood in line at the former Boston Garden during the ZooTV tour was because I knew that U2 had a tradition of releasing tickets on the day of the show. So, for this special show, on St. Patrick's Day in 1992, I kept my fingers crossed and got in line.

Sure enough, about three hours before the show we were issued wristbands that would allow us to return to buy two tickets each. I phoned a friend, he came into town, and we returned at about 6:30 to buy tickets (cash only) and we were escorted right into the Garden. We got really good seats just to the left of the stage, only about twenty feet from The Edge. Scalped tickets for the St. Patrick's Day show were going for hundreds of dollars. Some guy even offered me a hundred dollars for my place in line!