Ticket Drops [Archive]

louielouie2000

06-15-2014, 06:25 PM

I honestly stopped checking. It got so frustrating that it kind of made me lose interest.

I've also stopped checking. I've kind of resigned myself to not going this tour, yet again. I just couldn't pull up any seats worth a damn, and I certainly won't be paying the ridiculous Ticketmaster "resellers" (aka scalpers) ridiculous prices.

It's also still quite early...the tour doesn't start for another four months.

Exactly. Tickets don't "drop" until 2 weeks before concerts, at the earliest. Some don't drop until the day of the concert.

Nicks Fan

06-15-2014, 08:57 PM

I do believe there will be ticket drops as anyone who was willing to pay the ridiculous scalper /VIP prices already did so whatever inventory they have left they will have to sit on them till they decide to drop them. It may not happen for awhile yet but it will happen.

Last July the week before the show Eagles VIP tickets which as much as $995.00 dropped and went back in the pool for sale at regular price. I scored good 100 level seats close to the stage. This year the week before the concert the VIP tickets Cher was selling at up to $525.00 dropped and I scored 4 tickets in row 7 of the floor right up close to the stage. This was in Ottawa Canada.

I am looking for a good seat to Minneapolis and Ottawa but I am willing to wait till the ticket drops happen.

Matt

Eugene

06-20-2014, 11:36 AM

Not that past experience is any guarantee of future results, I've started my search for prime seats about two weeks before show dates. But I would keep checking reseller sites as there are bound to be great seats below cost as the time approaches.

BLY

06-20-2014, 02:21 PM

The only way I will be seeing them in DC on 10/31 is going to be a last minute decision. This will be a first.

jbrownsjr

06-20-2014, 03:55 PM

The only way I will be seeing them in DC on 10/31 is going to be a last minute decision. This will be a first.

Sometimes those are the best shows!

Musicman408

09-26-2014, 02:57 PM

Have you all seen any start to drop yet? Haven't really seen anything or had any luck finding floor seats to the 2 two possible shows I may be at.

mottabam

09-26-2014, 10:01 PM

I gave up on opening night.

I did see 2- 2nd row tickets(regular face value) for Fort Lauderdale pop up on ticketmaster a couple of weeks ago.

I'm only going to the Tampa show. I wish you guys the best of luck finding tickets.

Macfanforever

09-26-2014, 11:28 PM

I'm surprised that are any tix left and shows not soldout.

Except for whats left of the inflated broker tix.

cactusjack

09-27-2014, 05:04 AM

a few shows are completely sold out (e.g. Toronto)

aleuzzi

09-27-2014, 11:48 AM

a few shows are completely sold out (e.g. Toronto)

I was supposed to go there, but it sold fairly early. Can't wait for Pittsburgh!

Steviegirl

09-27-2014, 01:26 PM

I apologize that I am so uninformed, and I appreciate any information from you all because you have such an excellent command of these things.

I am beginning to worry because I am travelling to DC from VB for the Halloween show, and I always buy my tickets to FM and Stevie on the day of the show. This has always turned out well in the past; however, some of you seem to think that a number of shows might be completely sold out. With Christine's return, I, too, think this is a possibility. I think there's an even greater chance of this for a Friday night, Halloween show! :shocked:Do y'all think I should get tickets early this time? I'm getting a little nervous.

Musicman408

09-29-2014, 07:10 PM

This has been crazy! Anyone see anything for shows in December?

FM77

10-02-2014, 05:44 PM

Did anyone get anything? I was in the venue very early and wondered if there were any tix for sale outside? It sounds like all,shows are sold out except for Canada.

ViscountViktor

10-02-2014, 05:48 PM

Have you got any inside news on possible setlist changes?

Steviegirl

10-02-2014, 05:56 PM

I wonder if Prince was there.

FM77

10-02-2014, 06:09 PM

I seriously doubt there will be changes soon. You know this band doesn't change much. I did hear that Brown Eyes was never in the setlist, so I doubt it will pop up later.

jenniferuk

10-02-2014, 07:50 PM

I seriously doubt there will be changes soon. You know this band doesn't change much. I did hear that Brown Eyes was never in the setlist, so I doubt it will pop up later.

Thank you for the confirmation / ending the BE speculation.

Back to your initial post: I didn't check tix for MNPLS as I assumed that would be a sellout. Curious to hear if anyone tried to get tix on the day. There are tix available for some shows I have checked, mainly upper deck or back rows of the lower bowl so not yet complete sellouts. Still lots of resale options for those willing to spend $$. I am not expecting many drops.

Steviegirl: I am not 100% on this but I think Prince had his own gig the same night. I do not recall specifics, just some tweets.

elle

10-02-2014, 07:55 PM

Steviegirl: I am not 100% on this but I think Prince had his own gig the same night. I do not recall specifics, just some tweets.

he did. album release party i think.

Steviegirl

10-03-2014, 03:32 PM

Thanks, y'all. That makes sense. I just heard on the radio that he had an album (or two albums?) coming out.

The Analog Kid

10-03-2014, 07:52 PM

FM77

10-04-2014, 02:12 PM

I got a fifth row lower level single for Minneapolis about six days before the show. I had been checking every day for months. A couple weeks back, some upper-level behind the stage tix appeared but I knew I could do better.

Was this a $200 seat then? There were people purchasing singles in Chicago Friday night. I saw a guy selling a great floor seat for $200 or face.

Steviegirl

10-04-2014, 02:52 PM

I got a fifth row lower level single for Minneapolis about six days before the show. I had been checking every day for months. A couple weeks back, some upper-level behind the stage tix appeared but I knew I could do better.

Sorry I don't understand tickets better; I always buy at the box office on the day of the show--Do you mean you got it from TM or from stubhub or an "independent contractor"/scalper? I'm getting really nervous about DC. I called Chicago both nights, and they had a few crappy tickets (behind the stage; although, I've heard behind the stage can be fun since you see things from the band's point of view), BUT I'm scared about waiting, and I don't know what to do. Thank you for any information at all.

FM77

10-04-2014, 03:00 PM

DC on Friday/Halloween will probably be a tough ticket. Although there were guys buying singles in Chicago last night around 530pm. You might even be able to buy from someone looking to sell at the show.

There were about 20 people last night doing the meet and greet with Mick. I thought that was a lot for what he is charging.

Steviegirl

10-04-2014, 03:02 PM

Thank you, FM77.:xoxo:
And I need TWO tickets, which is even worse. :(
By "ticket drops," do people mean that tickets will suddenly become available? That's my last question, I promise.

Musicman408

10-11-2014, 12:26 PM

Quickie- is there typically a time of day tickets tend to drop? Morning or evening?

louielouie2000

12-12-2014, 10:46 AM

Has anyone noticed any ticket drops at all this tour? I've been checking periodically for the Texas dates, and so far nothing. Dallas is this Sunday, so I'm starting to lose hope. It looks like the shows this tour are selling out quickly with zero tickets dropping later. Or has anyone else here experienced anything different?

wondergirl9847

12-12-2014, 11:24 AM

I've been checking for Dallas this Sunday too and nada. :( VERY disappointing, but I might keep checking even tomorrow and Sunday morning, although there is 99.9% chance I will not be going at all to this particular tour. I despise seeing concerts here in North Texas as everyone is more concerned about getting drinks and running to the bathroom every 5 seconds. :rolleyes: I think we all know how crappy the Fort Worth audience was at Lindsey's Bass Hall show....sans the few of us die-hards. ;)

Was considering going to the Oklahoma City show in March, as I saw Keith Urban there many years ago and it was wonderful, but it depends on ticket availability.

I'm almost to the point where I am just....over it. Seeing arena concerts, I mean. I will definitely be seeing Lindsey when he tours solo again. :thumbsup:

kak125

12-12-2014, 11:29 AM

For the Pittsburgh show there were at least 2 tickets drops that I saw but they went fast. I think at least 30 tickets in rows 5-10 were showing up about a week before the show and then the day before there were another 10 tickets or so put out there. At my work I have 2 computer screens so I just had ticketmaster up all day and let it refresh which is really the only way to get these good tickets since they were gone in less than a minute.

The Analog Kid

12-14-2014, 06:40 PM

Got a 3rd row balcony seat earlier today for the Dallas show tonight-- been checking constantly for weeks and there was nothing until today. I'm in the perfect location, side-stage on Lindsey's side. Can't wait!!

michelej1

12-14-2014, 07:57 PM

FM77

12-14-2014, 08:14 PM

I wish you could just pay someone to check Ticketmaster all day long for tickets for you, looking for newly released seats. I think that would cost less to pay someone to do that, than to pay the stubhub price for tickets.

Michele

There is a guy who does that for Springsteen tours. He charges $10 per show and sends a text alert as soon as there is a drop. Works great.

PHX dropped a bunch of side stage seats on the morning of the show.

nightbird89

01-09-2015, 09:03 PM

Just wanted to let all know that a bunch of tickets just dropped for the Cleveland show, few in the first 10 rows. Found floor 1 row f, good luck to all.

FM77

01-10-2015, 06:16 PM

Vivid Seats and Ticket Liquidator have some good seats for Lincoln well below face. Floor and side stage.

g. fish

01-14-2015, 08:58 AM

My wife and I have great seats to the Kansas City show (center floor, row 18) but we were wanting to take on a second show in Lincoln. Two weeks ago, tickets were going 50% over face value. We just picked up a pair of tickets on the floor, row 16, for $275. That's $275 for the pair!!! We bought them from a nice young man who said wasn't able to attend (he transferred them to us through Ticketmaster). But there seems to be a lot of reasonably priced tickets that are flooding the market.

michelej1

01-15-2015, 12:40 AM

Someone told me tickets were just released (Ticketmaster.ca) & lots of them for the Toronto show in rows 6-11 on the floor.

Michele

welcomechris

01-17-2015, 01:42 PM

$60 for Nassau Coliseum!

TimeCastASpell

01-22-2015, 01:53 PM

Sounds like there's been better luck as far as drops the second leg of the tour? I did Detroit with two family members and due to my own precarious health we bought day of the show and had the first row side stage. It was an interesting experience and I got some cool shots of Lindsey's guitars. But I also had side but not quite so far over in 2013.

I'm going single to Rosemont, IL and I haven't seen anything good yet. I'm going to be in Chicago with my car on a vacation (that I actually rescheduled for the Rosemont show, boy hotels are cheap right now in Chicago but since the show itself is Valentine's Day the hotel prices almost double that night!). But point is I can wait. I'm bummed because the seats I just saw were worse than last week so it has me questioning things.will be my second show of this tour so if I end up off on the side again, I'll deal but both shows I've been on the side, Lindsey's side, so I'm sort of hoping for something better.

What do you all think my chances are of finding something better? I mean yikes, it's still $200 and tax for those far on the side seats so if I'm going to pay $200 again I'd actually like to be able to see the whole band (I couldn't see John at all and only the few songs Christine got up to the mic in the front could I see her, got a fun shot of Steie turned back at Mick with her tambourine but mostly I have everyones backside in my pictures! But that's what the side seats are like if anyone wonders. First show I was on the side but could still see front of the stage, this was ideal and ultimate,y best seats and viewin the house beyond those right up front on the floor!) Anyway I figure since I only want one I have a chance.

Also, do any of you buy from Stubhub? I know I've heard of people being burned though not sure that was actually stubhub or some place else. Have you had good experiences? I've never bought through them for anything though I've had friends get seats to otherwise sold out shows that way so... I just have this huge fear I pay money and show up and get told my ticket is fake or something.

Edited to add- has anyone bought tickets through craigslist for a show in another state? How'd you handle it? I see some floor seats on Craigslist Chicago but I'm in MI until four days before the show so I'm not totally sure how I'd manage that or if these people would actually want to wait until I was in town, suppose I could wait until I'm in the area myself and see what's available.

pattyfan

01-22-2015, 02:16 PM

I got tickets once for one of Lindsey's solo tour shows via stub hub or another site like that. But I think it was stub hub. I got 4th or 5th row, dead center, for less than face value, and I bought the tickets maybe 2-3 days before the show. I think people who have tickets and feel like they are going to loose all their money lower prices once the show gets near. Of course, if people are buying tickets, then that might not happen. I think I had to pick the tickets up at a Fed Ex office or something like that because it was too close to the show date to actually have them delivered. In any case, I was super happy with the tickets and the price. I guess it all comes down to how much risk you are willing to put up with. I saw FM twice during the first part of the tour, so the only way I will go to another show is if I get really good seats for at most face value, which is already really expensive. But if you are worried about not getting tickets, then you probably will be willing to risk less. Good luck :)

Kevin

Montclare

01-22-2015, 06:35 PM

Also, do any of you buy from Stubhub? I know I've heard of people being burned though not sure that was actually stubhub or some place else. Have you had good experiences? I've never bought through them for anything though I've had friends get seats to otherwise sold out shows that way so... I just have this huge fear I pay money and show up and get told my ticket is fake or something.

Edited to add- has anyone bought tickets through craigslist for a show in another state? How'd you handle it? I see some floor seats on Craigslist Chicago but I'm in MI until four days before the show so I'm not totally sure how I'd manage that or if these people would actually want to wait until I was in town, suppose I could wait until I'm in the area myself and see what's available.

Regarding Stubhub- I bought my Rosemont ticket through them (above face value though), and was slightly freaked out when I looked at Ticketmaster and saw that someone had tagged themselves as sitting in the seat I had purchased. I called Stubhub and they said the seller I had bought the ticket from was one of their most trusted sellers and that if there is a problem when I get there to call them (I believe they sometimes have representatives at events as well) and that the replacement seat will be as good if not better than the one I bought. Fingers crossed.

I flat out wouldn't trust Craiglist. A lot of legit sellers on there, but there's no guarantee and it's hard to track people down if they do scam you.

TimeCastASpell

01-25-2015, 10:54 PM

Regarding Stubhub- I bought my Rosemont ticket through them (above face value though), and was slightly freaked out when I looked at Ticketmaster and saw that someone had tagged themselves as sitting in the seat I had purchased. I called Stubhub and they said the seller I had bought the ticket from was one of their most trusted sellers and that if there is a problem when I get there to call them (I believe they sometimes have representatives at events as well) and that the replacement seat will be as good if not better than the one I bought. Fingers crossed.

I flat out wouldn't trust Craiglist. A lot of legit sellers on there, but there's no guarantee and it's hard to track people down if they do scam you.

Thanks. I think I'm waiting either way, I get to Chicago on the 10th. As far as being scammed on CL, assuming I say met someone in person and they showed me the ticket, I'm guessing less chance of being scammed then? Honestly I'm sort of asking less for the FM show since there's still some actual seats left and more because I would love to see the Sleater-Kinney reunion tour and they're at the Rivera theatre the Wednesday after FM in Rosemont but that show is long since sold out and stubhub is selling tickets at at least double. Granted that's still cheaper than FM but if I'm shelling out for Mac I'd rather not for SK. I don't know. The idea of actually meeting up with someone at Starbucks or something and seeing the ticket doesn't seem so bad. But really nice to know about Stubhub. definitely helps to know they stand behind their tickets. That makes me feel way better exploring that route. And hey, maybe I'll see you at the show. :)

g. fish

01-26-2015, 09:28 AM

As I mentioned above, my wife and I bought two tickets for the Lincoln show, row 16 for $275. Yes, I was skeptical because it seemed like it was too good of deal. Plus, the seller was located in Omaha and we live in the Kansas City area. He transferred them through Ticketmaster. The tickets popped up in my Ticketmaster account with a pay now for $275. It was pretty slick. The tickets were reissued in my name. As I understand it, this type of transfer only works if the tickets were originally purchased through Tickmaster.

Jezzup

01-26-2015, 01:34 PM

As far as being scammed on CL, assuming I say met someone in person and they showed me the ticket, I'm guessing less chance of being scammed then?

Be careful of Craigslist. People have been robbed and killed when meeting with someone to conduct a transaction.

Montclare

01-26-2015, 09:45 PM

Thanks. I think I'm waiting either way, I get to Chicago on the 10th. As far as being scammed on CL, assuming I say met someone in person and they showed me the ticket, I'm guessing less chance of being scammed then? Honestly I'm sort of asking less for the FM show since there's still some actual seats left and more because I would love to see the Sleater-Kinney reunion tour and they're at the Rivera theatre the Wednesday after FM in Rosemont but that show is long since sold out and stubhub is selling tickets at at least double. Granted that's still cheaper than FM but if I'm shelling out for Mac I'd rather not for SK. I don't know. The idea of actually meeting up with someone at Starbucks or something and seeing the ticket doesn't seem so bad. But really nice to know about Stubhub. definitely helps to know they stand behind their tickets. That makes me feel way better exploring that route. And hey, maybe I'll see you at the show. :)

I think the only way I'd trust Craigslist (and this could just be me being paranoid) is if the seller was actually willing to go to the gate with me. I've heard that electronic tickets are better than hard copies since once someone transfers a ticket, it then gets a new barcode and the old one is no longer valid. So someone could legitimately sell someone an electronic version and then sell the original that's now no longer good.

Good luck! Hopefully we both get in! :thumbsup:

Macfanforever

01-26-2015, 09:51 PM

Be careful of Craigslist. People have been robbed and killed when meeting with someone to conduct a transaction.

I would not trust CL even if it was the last resort.Stubhub is great .

jeets2000

01-30-2015, 11:06 AM

editme2

01-30-2015, 09:43 PM

Hi, everyone.....

I'm thinking of buying tickets to the Connecticut show off of StubHub. I've never used them before and I'm wondering if they're legit. Can anyone share experiences before I hit the purchase button.

Thanks so much!

bethelblues

01-30-2015, 09:55 PM

I never had a problem with StubHub. I got tickets for Long Island very last minute, three hours before the show. This time I used TicketSpot, and bought two seats in row 9 of the floor Lindsey's side for $116 each. They were fantastic--I had an amazing time! You can get some really good deals down to the wire.

sodascouts

02-01-2015, 01:56 PM

Stub Hub is generally reliable, but I got burned badly once. Some front row seats they were selling turned out to not actually exist. I got a refund, but i wound up sitting in the back and very, very disappointed.

TimeCastASpell

02-01-2015, 09:03 PM

Hey guys! Been about 10 years since I was active on here, but this last tour has got me back in the fold!

Anyway, with regard to ticket drops--I've had some great luck getting floor seats at the last minute. On Saturday, I got 2 floor seats to Atlantic City at 2:30p (I live in DC and it's about a 3-hour drive to AC) and off we went by 3! Was a great show.

I'm going to the DC show tonight and seeing lots of floor seats pop up again. I got mine on Monday, Row N on Lindsey's side. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm done buying tickets right when they go on sale. Seems like Ticketmaster's MO is to drop these late. Nothing this good popped up right when they went on sale...

It's a little nerve wracking, but I think this is the way I'll do it from now on (until I get burned, of course) :lol:

This is great to hear!!! Hope I luck out, turns out a friend may be hitting the Roemon show with me too, so to the people who fear Im going to killed because of Craigslist (personally I think some people make bad choices and are lacking basic street smarts... And I'm unlikely to be killed at say a Starbucks anyway...) I think I'll find a way. Lol.

Think I mentioned earlier in the thread, I went last minute actually on both concerts I've been to (in 2013 I got accessible seats, health issues are part of why I've learned to wait but wow there's not been any accessible seats available with this tour) and first time we did great, second time, to the2014 Detroit show it probably didn't help that we were looking for three seats (in general for concerts and Broadway shows and such buying a single ticket last minute you can score awesome seats most of the time!) but nothing dropped. Same three seats on the side were the best available for days. Though I think we bought them in the morning of the show, maybe we should've waited a few hours!

I just really, really would like to get a decent seat on the Christine and John side. Both tours I've been to the far right and never have gotten a good photo of John and mostly couldn't see Christine this tour. Seems even now there's more available seats on the Lindsey side and even on Stubhub prices are higher on the Christine side, don't know if that's intentional or not. If I've got someone with me and feeling up for it, the floor is my dream but I'm going to have to sit for at least some of it, but since I already saw Detroit, Rosemont would be a good time to go for it. Less of a big deal to me to if I have to sit and can't see. But I'm also only 4'11" so...

Anyone know how high the stage has been at most shows? I think I'm too darn short to get the best experience even if I got right up against the stage. But it's a dream...

bethelblues

02-01-2015, 09:25 PM

TimeCastASpell

02-01-2015, 09:41 PM

Anyone realize how much farther back Stevie is than Lindsey from the front of the stage? I know, it's probably common knowledge, but I didn't know that the three aren't all up front. It's kind of like a diagonal line going from Lindsey to Christine, rather than parallel to the edge of the stage.

They move around though, some, like Christine did several songs at the front and Stevie moves back and forth a ton. Makes some sense with the piano for Chris. That and Lindsey is the only one who really plays right to the people at the edge of the stage.

No idea how it was in 97 or before. In 2013 Stevie was the other side of the stages and played up front.

Because of where I sat during this tour, on the Lindsey side, far over on the side, I didn't notice how diagagonal it was, if anything I got the best photos of Stevie because she movies back and turn around to Mick a lot (I basically had a back view) but makes sense why more seats are gone on the other side of the stage then, they see everyone on that side, you don't on Lindsey's side.

AliceLover

02-01-2015, 10:02 PM

I got fifth row, dead center the day of the Providence show for $200. I think the low price was due to the 2ft of snow that came down the day before, but what an unbelievable deal.

Macfanforever

02-01-2015, 10:25 PM

I was lucky to get first row at Stevie's show by calling the casino box office the first day on sale .I almost died when the tix agent said "I have a single front row tix here for you".

Another time I got forth row at Stevie's show about a week before the show.

Now I surprised the rest of this tour is not sold out.

I just check my local venue for next Saturdays FM performance at Mohegan Sun here in Connecticut and they only have a few left which I just checked and they have some inflated nose bleed seats for plus $ 200 bucks.

bethelblues

02-02-2015, 12:16 AM

Eeeek don't buy off Ticket Master. Such a ripoff because they monopolize the ticket industry. Check StubHub or TicketSpot the day of and you can really make out. I was on the floor for $116, and Ticket Master was selling lower deck for $230 each + extra fees.

BigAl84

02-04-2015, 08:22 PM

Anyone looking for decent Cleveland seats, a bunch of side stage seats in section 111 just popped up. This section appeared sold out for the last two weeks or so, but tonight I checked and there are about two rows of seats between rows 14 & 15 (section starts with row I believe). Never sat directly at the side of the stage, super excited!

BigAl84

02-04-2015, 08:23 PM

I forgot to add, you won't have to deal with Lindsey's hot blondes! ha!

Macfanforever

02-06-2015, 01:07 AM

Before Ticketmaster and the internet , I had to go to Ticketron by ordering on the phone.A couple of times I had my mother and sister work the phones when the tix went on sale since I was at work.I got great seats then.

I cant recall if it was any better then now.Tix were cheap and I dont recall of any drops then.

Back then the concert tix were about the price of a tee goes for today.

Also It was a pain in the a$$ then finding out when Stevie or FM and other of my favorite artists were touring.No internet then and had to call radio stations and listen for info on a 20 minute concert update recording which took about 3 tries to get all the info on the dates and times of the shows.

RollingStone was another good source then.