I have never been in the front row for a concert in my life. I am going to be in the front row (all the way to the right, albeit), but FRONT!!! The front row only has 22 seats in it, though so I won't be that far from his Buckinghamness
. Here is how I did it. I noticed the presale thingy for the 7th and called the theater box office itself on the 7th. I said I couldn't figure out how to get the presale. They said you have to be a patron (you have to donate) of the theater to get to buy tix before they go on sale. How much I said? It starts at $75. So I say, "You are telling me that if I donate $75 to you I can buy the tix right now??" "YES" she says!!! "Done" I say. So, she says I have 4 left on the front row (and this is after they have been on presale for about 2 hours). I figured that the tix price plus the $75 was the same amount I spent to see Stevie the other night and WHO KNOWS when this opportunity will present itself again
(I have to rationalize this b/c I'm also a mom with 2 kids counting every penny).
I called today to confirm my tix and told the guy at the box office at the theater that the best that was popping up on TM today was row S and T. He said to remember that with little theaters that TM only gets a portion of tix to sell. Then I realized that must have been what was happening when I tried to get Tampa tix and at 12:01 the best that they had was row K. The small theaters must hold some back (and maybe the best seats). My advice is to call the theater if it is a small one and see if they are selling tix at all before TM does. (The Tampa theater started selling them at 10am and TM started at 12 noon). But at the Tampa theater they would only let you buy them in person from the box office.
Hope this helps someone else~~
Dena