Tips for getting decent seats??

[guitarchick82]

Or are they all gone by now? I've pretty much accepted the fact that I won't be sitting in the first 5-10 rows. I checked out the pre-sale tickets and they were crap. So does that mean all the other seats on the floor have all been sold out? I'd ideally like to be on the floor at my venue (either Inglewood or San Diego), in one of the first three sections.

Any tips from veterans? I saw them once during the SYW tour and again last year--I was in the nosebleeds both times and would really like to move on up this year! Thank you in advance!

[olive]

you can keep searching , but between 3 - 5 consecutive searches TM may block you for 24 hours , it's not like a few years ago the game has changed BUT it's not impossible , a good percentage goes directly to Platinum seats ,vip packages and to resellers . So you either search or pay for them ..GOOD LUCK

[louielouie2000]

It's a risky game, but the way I've always gotten good seats is to wait until they drop- usually 2 weeks-2 days before a show. Last minute good seats that are either held back, or aren't used by radio stations/etc are released sometime in the 2 weeks before the shows. So if you aren't finding anything you like right now, you can always hold off.

[FM77]

It's a risky game, but the way I've always gotten good seats is to wait until they drop- usually 2 weeks-2 days before a show. Last minute good seats that are either held back, or aren't used by radio stations/etc are released sometime in the 2 weeks before the shows. So if you aren't finding anything you like right now, you can always hold off.

I don't do this for FM but have done it for other big shows. It is the best way. This tour will be a bit tricky since it is unique with Christine. Interest in his show will be high, so scalpers will grab a lot of tix.

[mottabam]

It's a risky game, but the way I've always gotten good seats is to wait until they drop- usually 2 weeks-2 days before a show. Last minute good seats that are either held back, or aren't used by radio stations/etc are released sometime in the 2 weeks before the shows. So if you aren't finding anything you like right now, you can always hold off.

^ Listen to this advise. Generally the best seats I've ever got including 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th row were bought anywhere from 2 weeks before the show or at the very last minute standing at the box office window at the venue. Be patient you will eventually find a great seat.

This is risky but I've done it a couple of times: Stand outside the door at the venue and see if anyone has an extra unwanted ticket. I got a free ticket this way to see Cyndi Lauper in Lauderdale last year, and also got a VIP Row 7 ticket for Cheap Trick at less than 50% face value a few months back in Sarasota, FL. This generally works best for 1 ticket rather than for 2 or 4.

[SteveMacD]

Redefine "decent"...

[michelej1]

Redefine "decent"...

First 5-10 rows.

Michele

[Neal]

The best way, in my experience, is to know someone. Or have a lot of money.

And I'm only being halfway sarcastic.

[FM77]

First 5-10 rows.

Michele

The lower bowl seats are very good too, if you are in the first few sections.

[michelej1]

The lower bowl seats are very good too, if you are in the first few sections.

If you can be in the first row of one of those, I guess that's pretty good, no one in front of you and close enough to see the performers without being dependent on the monitor.

Michele

[Nolastorms]

Last year I got extremely lucky! About 3 weeks out I went on ticketmaster for Pittsburgh just to look (I already had seats 18 rows back). They had only 2 platinum seats left and the price had dropped to $20 less than standard floor seats. I ended up with 4th row seats. Best part was when the lights went down I jumped up to place my arms on the stage right under Stevie's mic and never moved the entire show (got to play Lindsey's guitar)! It is just a waiting game mixed with luck. Also that was my third set of seats I bought for that show. If you find better don't be afraid to get them. I was able to sell both the other sets in less than 1 hour at face value on craigslist.

[FM77]

I remember the days of buying tickets at department stores and just lining up for hours to buy in person. Then they went to the lottery system at those locations. I miss the cool designs on old concert tickets. I have every stub since my first concert in 1977.

[michelej1]

I remember the days of buying tickets at department stores and just lining up for hours to buy in person. Then they went to the lottery system at those locations. I miss the cool designs on old concert tickets. I have every stub since my first concert in 1977.

Yes, I remember that. I also remember buying tickets over the phone. You would have to wait on hold for hours. Sometimes I would coordinate it with friends and whoever got through first would get the tickets. I would get my mom's credit card.

I know people don't want to use Stubhub, but if you do, keep looking and wait for the odd ticket to come up. At first you can only buy them in pairs, but as time wears on and people have made purchases in different numbers, you will see that they have 3 or 5 tickets available, instead of even numbers. That's when you swoop in and get the single ticket.

Michele

[Villavic]

I went to the 2009 show in Dallas, AA Arena, my seat was on the floor level, concert stage (the middle aprox), I remember (and I posted that year) I saw people standing near the stage, so I stood up and walk with my margarita to the edge of the stage, just to see how is to be there.. but I stayed... and stayed.. and nobody said me anything, and the lights turned off and then Fleetwood Mac appeared and I saw the whole show there, I could even touch Lindsey shoes!!

I know that's not fair for people who bought premium seats, but I remember I didn't feel guilty cause I did want to buy one, but that year premium seat sale wasn't allowed to foreign credit cards. :mad:

So, that's just a tip, if you go to Dallas show, you could probably be in first row even if you don't get first row seat, they didn't control it. However I don't know this year.

And in NYC, MSG, I was seated in upper level but I saw seats well very controlled and they didn't allow to get far from your seat or stand near the stage (1997).

[Nicks Fan]

I wonder if Ottawa wil sell well. We just had Bluesfest Tickets go on sale and they were enough in terms of price so I wonder if people wil be willing to part so quickly with more cash. I think this show will sell better closer to the date of the show.

[TsnFan4Ever]

I tried to buy tickets for Southern Cal's venues right when they went on sale here and the only seats available were really terrible. After several tries for LA, San Diego and even Phoenix, I broke down and bought a VIP ticket for San Diego. I hated doing it because of the principle but after seeing the prices for platinum seats ($1500 for LA), when second row center came up, I was so ecstatic that I bought it. (Husband went "You did what?").

[streetangel27]

I wonder if Ottawa wil sell well. We just had Bluesfest Tickets go on sale and they were enough in terms of price so I wonder if people wil be willing to part so quickly with more cash. I think this show will sell better closer to the date of the show.

I'm planning on buying the VIP package for Ottawa.
I already have to travel there anyway-- and I adore Mick-- I might as well shell out the extra cash.

[jkmaletic]

During last year's tour I bought 2 of Mick's VIP tickets. It was pricey, but worth it in the end. A very cool experience all around. I paid $425 each for them. This tour they are much more - $750 each! The only difference is they are throwing in a piece of "merchandise" this time and of course, Christine. (so I guess that means Christine is worth $325 plus a t-shirt? :cool:) So I won't be doing that this time around.

I have gotten lucky ONCE and bought 2nd row tickets during a presale. I also got lucky once during a regular on sale and pulled 2 front row tickets (but that was for Stevie solo). All of the other times I've never pulled anything within the first five rows for any other shows I've been to. So I either ended up buying tickets through a broker as the prices went down, or the VIP tickets last year.

As far as waiting until the last 2 weeks or closer to score good seats, I know that happens, but last tour was different (at least when I checked). Even though I had VIP tickets, I checked periodically for ticket drops for curiousity and learning purposes. When I did this, I never saw any seats within the first 5 rows come up (at least for the San Diego show). I attributed this to Ticketmaster's Platinum seats and Mick's VIP seats taking up the bulk of them. I mean, there's only so many seats in the first 5 rows. I'm thinking it could be slim pickens this time around as well. So keep that in mind when making your ticket buying decisions.

As far as myself, I have to wait due to my finances being tied up at the moment with moving expenses. But I'm not stressed. My show, the San Diego one, isn't until December. So I have time.

~ Jamie

[michelej1]

As far as waiting until the last 2 weeks or closer to score good seats, I know that happens, but last tour was different (at least when I checked). Even though I had VIP tickets, I checked periodically for ticket drops for curiousity and learning purposes. When I did this, I never saw any seats within the first 5 rows come up (at least for the San Diego show).

Yes, last year I kept checking the San Diego show, because I can drive there, and nothing good ever came up. I must have been looking regularly for the whole month before the show. So, I ended up finding better tickets in Northern California. Even though I had to take a plane and get a hotel, it was cheaper than San Diego.

Michele

[FM77]

I went to the San Diego show and was surprised how small that arena seemed. I liked it.

[michelej1]

I went to the San Diego show and was surprised how small that arena seemed. I liked it.

I should have gotten Mick's package for that show as soon as it was available, instead of trying to do something a few weeks ahead of the concert. Michele

[sywlindseyfan]

Hey everybody, what do you think of waiting for the General sale? I'm afraid that there won't even be any tickets left. Is this a rational fear? I am going to post this same thing in other threads until someone calms my nerves down, thank you.


What I don't understand is why the cheap 40-60 dollar tickets are only being sold for $118.00. This doesn't make sense to me!

[FM77]

Hey everybody, what do you think of waiting for the General sale? I'm afraid that there won't even be any tickets left. Is this a rational fear? I am going to post this same thing in other threads until someone calms my nerves down, thank you.


What I don't understand is why the cheap 40-60 dollar tickets are only being sold for $118.00. This doesn't make sense to me!

You should be able to get tix on the general sale. These shows are NOT sold out. Keep trying.

[Kubrick2788]

Is there a huge difference between being in the back half of the front floor section and the front of the middle section? I don't think I'll be rushing the stage, but is there a huge difference that makes waiting until the general onsale necessary? I've never been on the floor in an arena for one of their shows so I'm not sure what I want to buy just yet. Help?

[FM77]

Is there a huge difference between being in the back half of the front floor section and the front of the middle section? I don't think I'll be rushing the stage, but is there a huge difference that makes waiting until the general onsale necessary? I've never been on the floor in an arena for one of their shows so I'm not sure what I want to buy just yet. Help?

The sound isn't any different, that's for sure. I don't need to rush the stage. My preference are seats in the lower bowl next to the stage. But I do not get those tickets. If I was buying, that's would I would be going for.

[ChickenStu]

Share your stories of how you got them.

Like I mentioned in another thread I struck out on 02 Priority on Wednesday (you've no clue how heartbreaking that was, especially as I was kept in the virtual waiting room for 45 minutes...)

Luckily I somehow managed to fluke a pair for Wed 27th May 2015 yesterday through Live Nation.

Be interesting to hear how the rest of you pulled it off...

[Neil72uk]

Share your stories of how you got them.

Like I mentioned in another thread I struck out on 02 Priority on Wednesday (you've no clue how heartbreaking that was, especially as I was kept in the virtual waiting room for 45 minutes...)

Luckily I somehow managed to fluke a pair for Wed 27th May 2015 yesterday through Live Nation.

Be interesting to hear how the rest of you pulled it off...

If you're talking about gigs at the O2 then O2 Priority is the best bet. I would have used them myself but I was at work when the presale started so missed out on the seats I wanted first time around. I did get in eventually but was put off by the extra fees they were asking for. That's when I opted for plan B - Livenation presale! Thanks to this forum I got another from AXS for the 22nd - happy days.

[tango87]

If you're talking about gigs at the O2 then O2 Priority is the best bet. I would have used them myself but I was at work when the presale started so missed out on the seats I wanted first time around. I did get in eventually but was put off by the extra fees they were asking for. That's when I opted for plan B - Livenation presale! Thanks to this forum I got another from AXS for the 22nd - happy days.

I've had rather a chequered few days... I tried I the O2 presale first on Wednesday and rejected one ticket as it was too far back for me, then immediately regretted it as I was never offered any more, apart from way way back. So I tried again in the Live Nation/Ticketmaster presale yesterday - the first 20 minutes were spent wrestling with my computer, as Live Nation insisted tickets weren't on sale yet, even though I knew they were! Then endless typing in of those horrendous and illegible 'Captcha' codes. I was never offered anything even close to what I wanted.
So I steeled myself and tried again in the general sale this morning, going through O2/AXS - about 10 minutes of tension but then I was offered a brilliant seat, Christine side 8 rows back on the 27th. Very happy, very relieved! AXS was the most straight-forward site, in my opinion.

[Neil72uk]

I'm surprised Stargreen didn't have tickets listed as they're usually pretty reliable

[SorcererJP]

Well, I had a planned meeting from 10 till 11 am.

At 10 am the sale for Antwerp should start, at 11am the sale for Amsterdam.

Last time, the Amsterdam show was sold out in an hour, so I had to line up the home-front to get me tickets. So I instructed my mum (wo's Chris' age) to get me tickets ...

In the meantime my meeting kinda was delayed and very short too. So at 10am I logged into the Belgian pre-sale site and scored me a ticket, went into my meeting at 10:10am and finished it at 10:55am

Logged in at the Dutch ticketmaster-site and ended up in a digital waiting line. Somehow it was a sort one and only a few minutes after 11 o' clock I had my floor-ticket for Amsterdam as well....

Meanwhile my mother was still in that waiting line.

Just (17:34h) checked though. Still plenty of decent tickets available for Amsterdam ...

[James89]

Tried on O2 priority Wednesday morning for Birmingham and couldn't get very far as there was trouble with my password. I then decided that I'd just try on Friday but I thought I'd try again just in case at 2pm which I thought was silly but where's the harm in trying?!

I managed to get 5 tickets in decent seats at around 3pm which I was very surprised at! So happy and I can't wait! :]

[Desert Angel]

I went through 02 presale on Wednesday; at about 30 seconds past 9am I managed to get three tickets third row from the front (floor) on Christine's side so I snapped them up like no bugger's business! Always been up in the rafters before now so I was pretty chuffed! :)

[ChickenStu]

I'm just happy to be there. As long as I can hear the music I'm happy and I'm sure I'll be able to see the big screens that will inevitably be there.

[julieannboo]

First 5-10 rows.

Michele


Buy a meet and greet package.

Ticketmaster always do this. They are selling all of the rubbish seata first for the london shows. Only half of the tickets have gone on sale. To crete hype plus they have added two extra london dates.