advice on getting good seats?

Kayt1234 · #1 12-15-2008, 10:29 AM

I was hoping to get some advice from some fans that seem to know their stuff on getting great seats! I have been checking Ticketmaster all the time and all I'm getting are seats that are SO far away from the stage. I'd really like to get seats on the floor, close the stage (which I know is hard to do). I've always had success with Lindsey and Stevie but never FM. What should I do to get good seats?

Would you suggest waiting until the last minute? Should I buy elsewhere (which I don't really care to do but at this point, I feel like getting them at TM is a dead end). Do you think the price of tickets with the economy where it is will make getting good seats easier in some way? Any advice I'd appreciate since I just seem to be having no luck at all!

Regina · #2 12-15-2008, 10:33 AM

It's a waiting game that involves a lot of patience and persistence.

There is total junk out there now. Very rarely, I've been semi-lucky on the first day, but that doesn't seem to be happening at all with this tour.

I expect it will be semi-last minute, like the last tour (and, yes, I bought through ticketmaster for regular price).

Villavic · #3 12-15-2008, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

I bought my ticket for the MSG show today. Just thought it would be fun to start a thread for those going to MSG. I tried to find a good seat on Ticketmaster, but had no luck, so I went the VIP route. So nobody gets Christmas presents this year.

Anyway, I'm sure it will be worth it!

seems Ticketmaster is not the best option.

GavinBrown · #4 12-15-2008, 11:45 AM

Well this will probably drive you crazy, but on the SYW tour i waited til day of for 2 shows....and checked ticketmaster allllll day. One show i got third row, and the other, i got first row...2 tickets each. Its very stressful, but well worth the wait i think.

This time I used my rich uncle to call into his AMEX concierge for his black card, and they tried for days, til they got us 4 floor tickets in the 13th row on the left side!

DeeGeMe · #5 12-15-2008, 01:28 PM

As hard as it is to do, WAIT. First of all, these shows will not be sell-outs, the economy is too bad for that. Secondly: in my experience, the best seats come up just a few days before the show. Good luck!

Regina · #6 12-15-2008, 01:31 PM

Ticketmaster is not the best option NOW.
It's just fine later on.
If you have the patience and persistence to wait and keep trying.

But, I will stay home before encouraging them to screw their most devoted fans by buying All Access or whatever that thing is called. Even if I could afford it (which I can't--when there is a choice between one FM concert with rehashed material and my mortgage, the mortgage wins).