How to get Awsome Seats????

TamiP9981 · #1 04-19-2005, 01:09 PM

OK, i know a lot of you here have sat in the very front rows and i was wondering how you went about getting those tickets? Did you use ticket master or one of those rip-off brokers? I've bought tickets for the last three shows here in philly and i can never get closer then 5 miles away it seems. PLEASE let me in on the good seats. THANKS!!

DrummerDeanna · #2 04-19-2005, 02:08 PM

I've only been lucky enough to get front row tix to one show - and I took everyone's advice and it worked...

First off they never release the front row seats like the first day tickets go on sale - you just have to wait until closer to a show then religiously check TM....I did this and sure enough - a few weeks before a Fleetwood Mac show row1 popped up - I snagged it right up

dissention · #3 04-19-2005, 02:56 PM

Sleep with a broker.

skcin · #4 04-19-2005, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Sleep with a broker.

...and still pay triple the ticket price.

ShangriLaTroubl · #5 04-19-2005, 03:30 PM

I've done many routes...I got lucky for 9-7-03 Atlanta show, I just simply checked Ticketmaster and about a month before the show 2nd row tix popped up..

For Knoxville 03 I had 5th row, and someone posted here on the Ledge that a lot of good tix had been released on tickets.com (the Knoxville show wasnt sold through TM), and I grabbed them up...and because of the area and whatever other reasons, Knoxville tix were only $85 each for the top tix..

For Jacksonville 04 I paid $360 for two tix in the 3rd row from Ebay, and the venue ended up letting the first 3 rows stand at the stage, so I had FRONT ROW...

For Atlanta 04 at Chastain on the other hand I paid WAY too much, for tix not even that close from a broker...but I really wanted to see the Mac at a small little place, and the tickets were sold out BEFORE going on sale to the public (gotta love those season ticket holders!)..although they did release SOME on ticketmaster later, but nothing good

Chris

paleshadow · #6 04-19-2005, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TamiP9981

OK, i know a lot of you here have sat in the very front rows and i was wondering how you went about getting those tickets? Did you use ticket master or one of those rip-off brokers? I've bought tickets for the last three shows here in philly and i can never get closer then 5 miles away it seems. PLEASE let me in on the good seats. THANKS!!

Waiting seems to work. I got 2nd row last year through the overpriced fan club package, but I met 2 people in the front row who just decided to drive down that day and try to get tickets. The only thing I noticed was that they didn't have any pairs of seats available, so if you are going to go alone you may want to take a chance and wait till the day of the show to get your tickets.

ShangriLaTroubl · #7 04-19-2005, 03:38 PM

Also many ppl have scored great seats by risking it, and going to the box office the day OF the show...i saw a man in atlanta, walk right up and get 2 front row center, at 5:30 pm day of the show

chris

GateandGarden · #8 04-19-2005, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

Also many ppl have scored great seats by risking it, and going to the box office the day OF the show...i saw a man in atlanta, walk right up and get 2 front row center, at 5:30 pm day of the show

chris

Wow! That's crazy! I'm afraid to wait, y'all, because if the first two rows thing doesn't pan out, I'll probably be stuck with the worst seats! This may be the only time I see Stevie so I don't want to chance it like that. Also, I'll be one of three people going together, I'm sure, so that lessens the chances of getting seats that good all together, right?

TwistedGypsy · #9 04-19-2005, 04:27 PM

I think the best thing to do is check TM as much as you can. I got 4th row for Atlanta last year through a broker and for the Jacksonville show I checked TM all day everyday, literally and ended up with 4th row and got to stand at the stage (next to Alex!) From my experience the closer to the show the better the tickets get, but you never know.
Brit

jannieC · #10 04-19-2005, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by paleshadow

Waiting seems to work. I got 2nd row last year through the overpriced fan club package, but I met 2 people in the front row who just decided to drive down that day and try to get tickets.

Ha! That could have been my husband and I! It was my third FM show on this tour and we just decided to go for it- was this is North Carolina by chance???

Nicks Fan · #11 04-19-2005, 08:52 PM

I was just wondering what the chances are of getting a good seat in Toronto if I go all by lonseome self?

Mad4stevie · #12 04-19-2005, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by paleshadow

Waiting seems to work. I got 2nd row last year through the overpriced fan club package, but I met 2 people in the front row who just decided to drive down that day and try to get tickets. The only thing I noticed was that they didn't have any pairs of seats available, so if you are going to go alone you may want to take a chance and wait till the day of the show to get your tickets.

For Pittsburgh in 2003, I got tickets for the 2nd row two days before the show.

For Hershey 2004, I paid for front row from a broker because I was determined to make it to at least one front row concert with FM. It was worth every damn penny to be in the front row and have LB play his solo for "Come" right in front of me! I paid for that chance, and it worked and I have never regretted it!

My boyfriend went along to the Hershey show, and even though he is far from a FM fan, he said it was the best concert he had ever attended.

gjack5404 · #13 04-20-2005, 05:15 PM

This will probably !never! happen again but I got front row to 4 shows last year. I waited a few days before the show and sure enough front row popped up. Previous to that I had bought regular seats and sometimes got stuck with what I had paid for those as well being unable to sell them. I was unable to get two seats together for a couple of the shows so my wife had a seat at the other end of the row but we stood up the whole time by the stage for a couple of the shows.

Sometimes, venues add seats to the front row in the last few days as well so it pays to keep looking.

Good luck!!!

gjack5404 · #14 04-20-2005, 05:16 PM

And a couple of the shows it was just me, so it didn't matter about seats being together. I never worry about going alone because people including myself are so into Stevie-it doesn't matter if your there alone-of course, it may be funner with someone else but go for it.

LiquidBlue5000 · #15 04-20-2005, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

Also many ppl have scored great seats by risking it, and going to the box office the day OF the show...i saw a man in atlanta, walk right up and get 2 front row center, at 5:30 pm day of the show

chris

Yup.. in Camden last year, they released the entire 4th row at about 630PM... i was actually able to upgrade my seats from 18th row to 4th row, with no extra charge.. Then when me and my friend got to our seats, the security guard said that if we wanted to, we could go to the front of the stage... so basically, we ended up with front row seats an hour before the show