jeffwalsh

The long blue lines I think are jut part of the schematics of the drawing, I don't think they have any relevance on the stage design. 

Yeah, I think the blue lines are the mechanism that make Bono fly...

On one of my capchas, the first of the two words was edge. But that wasn't the one that got me my ticket.

 

There is absolutely no doubt that more shows are coming to Boston,NYC and Chicago.  Its not IF, its When.  I REAALLLLLY hope that they will be conducting a pre-sale for unused codes..July 24th and 25th is screaming NYC.  Anymore than an additional 2 shows may be pushing it for this leg inmo.  If they wanna come back a year later for a stadium tour they gotta be careful and keep demand high.  I'll also be surprised if they announce second level markets this leg...ie" Detroit, St Louis, Kansas city, etc,etc.  Its a science squeezing what they can outta these tours.  

Not sure about this.  If a lot of the $300 seats are empty, why would they add more shows?  I just can't see four more shows in NYC selling out (other than the cheap seats and GA's).

Ticketmaster just showed me a map for one of the MSG dates, and the notion that this isn't selling is a complete fantasy. Even the $500ish VIP packages were down to a single seat here and there. Nothing on any of the 100 level lower bowl, etc.

Yeah, there was a delay on all tickets, so 2 days after that...

Those could all be subscriber seats to season pass holders for whatever sports team plays there. They often get a chance to buy their block of seats for other events in advance, too. Plus, I worked at a company that had a box in a stadium, and whenever bands played there, you could buy the whole box from them at some flat rate, if you wanted it.

 

 

My GA tickets have a transfer option. That means you can transfer ownership to someone else.

can you be nice and transfer your tickets to me...lol

 

This option is actually disabled for U2's shows unfortunately...I tried already lol

The delay isn't lifted yet, though.

When I've done paperless before, it is just scan, print; scan, print; they aren't looking at anything. I'm sure they have to cling to what the actual policy is, but in practice, if the card swipes and a ticket comes out, it won't matter what name is on the card.

They shouldn't be full price on the other end of the main stage, either--even on the 1st level)

They weren't, those tickets were like $118, I think. As opposed to $300ish.

Pearl Jam has a good system to their fan club members...anyone not in it had to pay thousands of dollars for GA for virtually every show. So it's not fool proof either

It was pretty foolproof. You had to pick up tickets in person, with your ID, etc. Now, you could obviously then meet someone in person and sell them. Or, if you only needed one ticket, you had to buy two (two was the quantity for all tickets across the board), so for example, I won GA for the first night in Brooklyn, but then I found someone who won GA for the second night in Brooklyn, so we just worked together and got to do GA for both nights at face value.

But subscribers can always double as scalpers. The two will always overlap a bit. I could have just as easily sold my other GA pit ticket for a lot of money.

I saw tickets going for over $10,000. Ridiculous!!!

To be fair, you saw tickets listed at that price. Not selling at that price. Which are very different things. ;-)

I wonder what percentage of them actually sold at face value?

Well, all of them sold to someone for face value, unless you're suggesting Ticketmaster, etc., just put the tickets up on the secondary market themselves?

Pearl Jam have a very good system in place, but it takes a lot of effort. They don't let you know what tickets you have until you pick them up from their fan club booth day-of. And for the GA pit on this last tour, that was determined by lottery, and the pit was ONLY sold to fan club members, no one in the general public had access.

So, you said your first preference was Pit, second preference floor behind the pit, third preference was lower level, etc., and then they confirm you have tickets, but you don't know what you have until the day, but they also go by seniority, so the longer you have been in the fan club, the better the seats. They also release official "bootlegs" of every show through their website for like $10-15.

If you're looking for a model, that seems to be the one. Of course, you'll never find a system that doesn't make someone unhappy.

I live in NYC, so I'm down for more MSG shows, but four more shows after NYC could mean Philly, Atlanta, anywhere really. I just don't see why that means more MSG necessarily. But, hey, let's hope it does... ;-)

I was not complaining.  I was stating how I would feel.  I don't think it's gonna be exactly like Springsteen but they might have several options, all hooked up with the video, from which they can choose and make a distinct setlist each night.  If they did acoustic one night and electric the next, I think a lot of people would be very, very upset.  Saying I would be upset was not complaining.  I'm ecstatic.

So when you used "people" it was in a generic sense, but when I said people it only meant you?! OK... if you say so, I guess. ;-)

I just looked and if you click the "Event Info" link for your date on Ticketmaster, it says there that there will be a delay. For the date I just checked, it says they are delayed until 12/8.

I guarente you'll be able to buy $312.00 tix for 1/2 price off Stub Hub @ noon the day of these shows..maybe earlier ...Especially if you just want a single. 

I hope you're right. That would help me plug in the one MSG date I don't have a ticket for... ;-)

I would be let down as a fan to know there was a big difference between two nights as one of them is going to seem better than the other to many people no matter.

It is still U2 playing both nights, how bad can it be?! People can always find something to complain about if they try hard enough. It used to be what acoustic song Bono and Edge played on different nights, etc. 

I can't imagine they are going to rehearse the whole catalog and just go on the fly like Springsteen, though, seeing that U2 tend to put on more of a show than he does as far as multimedia, moving stages, and other things. So, if there are lighting, video, and other elements linked to certain songs, in certain orders, you lose some ability to just make it up as you go.

 

7.18 appears to be sold out for pairs. Occassional $312 pairs show up. It's Saturday that's why.

7.19, 7.22 and 7.23 have $312/tx available.  Nothing cheaper.

 

My guess?? U2 has overpriced their tickets. They are still plenty of too expensive $300+ seats available. I wonder if they will add those supposed extra 4 dates to MSG...

Once they add another 4 shows to Boston and NYC and those 160,000 tix flood the market, prices will plummet....This is the apex of the hype for shows that are more than 1/2 yr away....I also think the pre-sales for the additional dates will be much easier to get whatever you want. 

Typically, you don't get the rollover dates if you don't sell out the initial ones. So, don't count on those extra 160,000 tickets just yet.

I do think the shows will sell out, though. I mean, we're in the bubble. There are people interested in seeing U2 who don't even know tickets went on sale this morning.

Did you take a look at what the packages cost?   They are almost $3,000.

That is only the travel packages that include hotel rooms, etc., not the VIP ones. The VIP options were both under $600, I think. And for the MSG show I was looking at the more expensive VIP options looks sold out... so outrageous or not, they sold.

Hmm, it's only been offering me $118 ones for a while now, although I may be tweaking it by only having it search on FLOOR SEATING. Maybe they think I'm on a budget?! heh.

Well, here we are, two hours after the general sale started and still plenty of ($300) seats left at several venues. In past tours, I recall shows being sold out in a matter of minutes, but not so this time. $300 may be OK for lower bowl at an arena for a band like U2, but for upper bowl too? That's a rip-off, and most people seem to be balking at paying these prices. I think this may end up being the first time since Pop that not all shows sell out. Wonder how the band will take it?

You're clearly not looking at MSG. I don't think I saw a $300ish ticket all day, all gone.

Should print them both out, since it is looking for that credit card number. But, you know, if you have to swipe twice... not a huge concern, heh.

Ticketmaster isn't allowed to scalp. Only you are, if you buy a ticket. The benefit of reselling your tickets on Ticketmaster is they will cancel your tickets and reissue them to the new buyer, so it avoids the StubHub concern of whether these tickets will work/scan at the event, etc. And, yes, they get a cut of your resale ticket price.

Not sure which plan you want. There is VIP PARTY and VIP FAN. Not seeing VIP Merch.

For NYC, Party is $595 and Fan is $240.

It must take a long time to gain entry to venues when everbodyy hast scan their bleedin credit card.

One scan that spits out 4 tickets is quicker than 4 individual tickets to scan...

KEEP TRYING on your phone or ipad and throw away your laptop pronto!

Can't I keep it to do other things?!