stevieblooz wrote:
skelters wrote:
Usual appalling service from Ticketmaster for the Glasgow gig.
Online before 10am and nothing left at 10am.
So we'll not be going.
This is the first gig in Scotland I'll have missed since 1995 when I missed the SECC gig.
Can still get tickets from Getmein.
Ticketmaster Resale
Galleryfrom £121-£164*
Rear Circlefrom £143-£160*
Front Circlefrom £160-£215*
Stallsfrom £165-£209*
* Prices shown exclude delivery costs
Ticket Touts are frowned upon but corporate Ticket Touts like Ticketmaster are ok it seems.
I was at the secc front of line and the first one to ask for tickets as they went live there at 10.00. They had no tickets available for the front block at all. The helpful person behind the counter seemed a little shocked but despite consulting her workmates that was indeed the situation. I got 4 rows back in the stall just to the side of the front block and they look look good seats. Ticket master are supporting the touting in the way they do business with 'getmein'. I reckon the prices you quote will come down but this just stinks. Hopefully nobody will buy their expensive tickets and i will just slide across in to the empty seats row 1 centre.
hope you find one at cost somewhere
I was working away when the tickets went on sale this week, and when I finally got online at midday, all the Glasgow tickets were gone.
However back in 2004/05 I used to go to the SECC box office in the morning of the ticket sale and never got anything further away than dead centre second row.
Your post sums up exactly how this whole situation has been skewed away from the genuine fan who will always be there when the tickets go on sale (either in person or online). Make the effort to get the best tickets? Don't even bother - the carve up has already decided that you won't get them. That's for the Ticketmaster Official Touts (sorry, 'Get Me In'). The whole thing is a joke.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned as much is the face value cost of these shows now - £81 for a decent seat is ridiculous in anyone's language. I paid £30 for Bob at the Barrowlands. That's nearly a 170% cost rise in just 10 years. Why?
I'll wait until closer to the time and decide if I want to go. I did the same last time (2013?), bought a ticket a couple of days before the show and ended up with a great seat in the stalls.
If I can't get a ticket, at least I have memories of great shows gone by, and realise now that going to a concert isn't just about buying a ticket and going to see an artist whose music has been an important part of your life.
To get a decent seat now, you need to be lucky, have very deep pockets and accept that the ticket agency has already decided the areas you can't buy a ticket for. And it looks like it will stay that way.