No they wouldn't be coming up for general sale at all, if all of them were used. But if the promoters see that there will be 100 seats in prime locations throughout the room, they release them for general sale.
Plus it adds to the coffers of the show. The high-priced tickets are always the first priority because they drum up the most revenue for the show. This is the priority for both promoter and artist. If FM is getting $750K per show (which is what I've heard) they NEED to sell all those seats up close. If they are not being used - they have to be sold. It's illogical to purposely hold them until the end as there's the possibility they waited too long might not be sold in the first place.
Trust me, this happens with nearly EVERY show, sold out or not. In high school, I twice got fifth, then third, row seats to see DMB in Boston - back when they were first getting hot. And I got them three days or so before the show after they had been "Sold Out" for weeks.
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