Difficulties Finding Decent Tickets
 

all i get is high demand and a link to platinum seats
hope someone is having luck

Same. This is ridiculous.

I was hoping to improve my seats for the DC show but nothing even remotely good is coming up. Just 4 pairs of seats (ONLY through the Amex listing, not the regular one) all towards the back of the arena (2 back of the floor, 1 lower bowl, 1 middle bowl).

I have decided to wait to even try to get tickets to the DC show. I might even decide on missing this tour if there is no new music. I have seen the band 10 times over the years and really like when new songs are added to the set list.

I'm just really bummed because I've never seen them before - my mom has, several times, but I haven't. Ughhhhh. I really think I'll have to do StubHub. Will prices go down or go up the longer I wait?

in DC i get not only links to pull-your-seats (all crap of course, if anything!) and plats but also straight to resale (also all crap, highest bleachers) - right there on TM site, one of the 3 tabs. wow! :laugh:

yeah just wait it out now stubhub lowers the prices of the tickets the closer to the date so that is you best bet now. if you want an even better deal wait until the day before or the day of the show.

I saw those resale tabs too when I was browsing through Columbus (just because). What are those anyway? Did people already sell their tickets back to TM? Or are those tickets that have been bought back by TM from radio or places like StubHub?

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Same for Philly. It is either nosebleed or nothing comes up.

I will just wait then.

Lee :distress:

Good/decent seats? Or nosebleeds?

I noticed TM does not sell tix for the XL Center in Hartford .I was redirected to their partners website. I tried 5 times and had no problem with getting shut out.

The XL center box office site was fast and got through the process with no problems and no stress worrying about getting timed out.

Their selection sucked probably due to the presales BS,radio station give away and other promotional deals.

I was just happy to get inside.If it was a Stevie show .It would be a different story.

always good seats i dont sit anywhere but floor and i dont like to be any further than 5-10 rows back at the most. i also check ebay as well i have this like obsession with finding good seats for face value or less.

This is so discouraging--and the reason I rarely go to shows in So. Cal. The prices have gotten ridiculous and the lack of availability makes it such a hassle. So very sorry that you're all having that experience. I'm not even going to try for tickets to LA (will be in a meeting at work when they go on sale today anyway).

I hope you're able to find tickets closer to show dates!!

Just a heads up everyone - the Chicago general sale has been changed to 12pm CDT instead of 10am. Ticketmaster apparently did this last night but there was no announcement at all.:shrug:

Similar experience for Atlanta regular onsale today. For the first 15 minutes or so, the only tickets that came up were lower level (I wanted floor). Then I was able to get an occasional single floor ticket come up, but half way back or even further back on the floor. Too far back from the stage for what I want.

I again saw a variety of "Platinum" tickets available in the first 3 sections on the floor (sections 1, 2 and 3) for like $500-$750 depending on how far back they were. Too expensive for me.

I kept trying, and about 35 minutes after tickets went on sale, I was about to give up, then was surprised to see a single ticket in Section 2, row T come up. Still further back than I would like, but I went ahead and purchased that ticket.

Anyone else get a better ticket in the Atlanta regular onsale today?

PS... After I got 1 ticket, I kept checking to see if maybe an even better ticket would come up, and when I was switching back and forth between Platinum and regular tickets, Ticketmaster's automated systems apparently determined I was doing something their algorithms don't like, and they blocked my IP address from their website. GRRRRRRRR. Not sure why they did that at that point. Earlier, I had checked MANY more times, so not entirely sure that it was the number of times I checked for tickets. Anyway, cleared all my cookies, in case it was cookie-based, but that didn't change anything, it appears to be a block on my IP address based. Of course, I can still use the TM app on my iPhone though via 3G connection. But this is a pain in the neck. Ticketmaster blocks real fans like me, but the scalpers always seem to do okay. Go figure.

Same thing with Dallas. This tour seems to be off to a messy start! :laugh:

I wasn't able to find anything in the front sections at all. Going to keep searching periodically throughout the day just in case.

Best I pulled up was second row in the outer middle sections... but I really want in the front section so I can attempt to rush the stage.

don't go to TM from your computer anymore for now. they block for 24 hrs from the time you last checked. i think they add up all your tries since the moment you first started.

scalpers have software, i guess.

Grrrrrrrr!
 

:mad:I got on the computer AND the phone at exactly 10 a.m. All I got on the phone was high demand.The computer put me on hold and I finally got through on the phone.I was so excited but when the lady answered she said I GOT THROUGH BECAUSE THEY WERE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.Unf....ing believeable...I 'll have to check around maybe a couple of days before the show and see if I can find something do-able.:distress::(

They probably log you IP number on their servers plus the cookies.probably your TM screen name too.


Thats probably how it works.

An IT person could answer that.

I wonder why the time change for Chicago and Dallas.

Could it be TM server overloads.

This is really going to suck when the solo tours come up.

WARNING. I got a feeling this tour will sellout quickly so try to pick a seat to just get inside.



I had a show soldout when I was to fussy getting good seats and got bummed out because a concert got sold out right under me .

Got a map to come up for DC. Nothing on the floor available at list price, only the corners of the stage in the lower bowl. Not much better on the 200 and 400 levels. Row B center is going for $2K a piece resale and Row Z on the floor for $600 a piece.

A venue has sold out within an hour? Which one? :confused:

I had gut feeling this was going to happen this morning.

I hope they can drum up more seats and release them soon.I blame those presales on this.

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I also might just skip this tour if they don't have any surprises to make it worthwhile. Probably won't even try for regular sale today as I feel all the decent tickets went to VIP/Platinum/scalpers.

MEH.

Agreed. I was initially very excited, but this is looking like yet another bungled cash grab oldies tour. If I don't pull up and decent seats at noon, I think I'll put the money towards a much needed vacation, instead. :)

hey all- same

i can't even get seats? I got on right at 10

presale was bad too

don't get it

also can't read the letters half the time so that takes forever..

thing is with the presales- last tour the presales were worst than the onsale date and I got a presale and was bummed I didn't wait. This time I waited and now I have nothing. Unless I want nosebleed. no thanks.

also now if you click on premier seats, they want 550 EACH for section 146??? I could have had that section at presale

this is horrible

I've had success with stubhub and similar places. I paid more than face value but I'm sitting where I want to sit. I probably wouldn't go that route for anyone other than The Mac. For me, it's worth spending the extra $$.

when i first tried for pittsburgh seats i got nothing but now i keep pulling up the club sections like 102 & 111 and i pulled up section 4 but i am not bothering to get anything right now unless something better comes up.
what i do like about ticketmaster is that if you find better seats later they will just exchange them for you.

Another Boston show has been added on October 25th, so Boston folks will have another chance. I'm interested in seeing what other cities get multiple dates.

Wells Fargo Center Philly,PA.

Well then, fingers crossed for another NYC date. They definitely left room for another date between the 6th and the Today Show on the 9th.

When I try to pull up 2 tickets in Dallas, I get the High Demand message every time. When I try with 1 ticket, I only get really crappy stuff. So I will probably be sitting this tour out. Boo. I was really looking forward to finally seeing Christine. :(

so 70 minutes later and i have just pulled up 17th row for pittsburgh show so they are giving out better and better seats. so keep checking.

I think this high demand - 2 min wait stuff is BS to get you to panic and buy whatever seat pops up and/or get you to buy "platinum"... But maybe I'm just cynical.

Nothing but the back of the floor, if that, for Chicago and Atlanta. I'll wait and see if better tix show up later.

just wait till the week before the show i am sure you will find something good its so far away now.

Pfftttt.
 

Same here, Louie. :(

Concerts have always been something to look forward to and I like to travel so I try to incorporate visiting various places with going to see FM or LB. These days....I'm just over all of this crap. Finding gold in my yard would be easier than finding a decent ticket to a show. They have taken all the joy out of seeing a concert for me with this BS ticket crap.

I will go see LB, but looks like I'm out as far as FM are concerned.

We got floor in Sacramento. Still some showing up too! Guess other California residents forgot about that one. :shrug:

WOW, there's only ONE listing left for Chicago on Platinum seats. The closest I ever got was Sec. 5, Row 8 on the Floor. But that was only for one ticket and someone's probably already bought it. I'm glad I got what I got when I did because everything else is pretty much resale.:distress: