SCNDLS said:

i got on 2 ticketmaster about this because of the arrival of the "mid tier" seat on the VIP packages, after two days i finally got a guy called tom who told me that their info had never been changed, but we all know their makin this up as they go.i was offered a refund as their may have been different info from a link that led me to ticketmaster when i told him i had went to ticketmaster direct not through any link he still offered me a refund even thou the have a no refund policy. Tom told me that they could not guarntee where my seats where as the event promotor will issue rows a and seats closer the date or on the date,when asked why i had a row and a seat number he said that was just to track the order isn't that what the order number is4 ??? seems the couldn't org a piss up in a brewary. so i took the refund, i got tickets for the sat anyway it was an impulse buy so am now £240 up and lookin forward to more shows @3121, ah the good old days when all u need was to skip school head to the SECC @ 6am front row centre with the out stretched hand those where the days of wild hit me nat no?

tashbootlegs said:

The fact that they gave you a refund when EVERYBODY knows TM does not do this, tells you that they know they're pulling a bait and switch meaning sell the tickets by promising a certain seat then changing the description of the package after the fact. That's some 4 real bullshit!

Just curious...how did you guys get VIP tickets? Is anyone able to get them?

I really wish he'd bring the music club back so the true fans could get the preferred seating.

CarrieLee said:

anyone could buy them starting from roughly 7pm last thursday. Quite a few still available but some nights are sold out. Main problem is no one really knows for sure what these VIP tickets get them in terms of where they'll be sitting or how it will all be allocated.

machinegun said:

Ugh he makes it so frustrating to buy tickets. There are so many fair weathered fans out there that he should really bring the music club back to separate them.

I'm jealous, I hope you all have a fabulous time!

machinegun said:

Pot luck is what it is. I spoke to them today and they said we will be allocated tickets but did not know if this would be on the floor or 1st 10 rows in the tier!

I am so Angry and pissed off. Feel like he has taken the piss out of his fans!

Savage said:

Kat just spoke to them and they said that It IS the first 10 rows of the floor seating!

Let's hope so!!!!

The whole VIP experience is leaving a bad taste in my mouth. I bought the tickets under the influence that I would be within 10 rows of the stage. I believe most of us did that.

I have never known anything as disorganised as this. I must look up ticketmaster number and see what different story they give to me.

ellieadore said:

0870 534 4444

or 0870 153 5353

At least they play Purple rain when they put you on Hold!

Savage said:

If you don't want to pay for the premium 0870 numbers you can dial the geographical versions:

0161 385 3211 (Information and booking line)

0161 385 1138 (Customer Services)

Completely off-topic, but anytime you need to call a premium rate number (in the UK), check out www.saynoto0870.com to see if there's a cheaper way. There's no catch!

Max

i think everything is cool for all us VIP ticket holders, because the only official info we had of our seats was when we brought our tickets in which it said it will be first ten rows on the floor or mid-tier. the people at ticketmaster who we speak to when we call ticketmaster have told me that there is no other official info from the promoters so everything else for now is just guesses.

i think everything will be cool for us
[Edited 5/17/07 14:16pm]

there is no mid tier indicated on seating chart which seems to change on a daily basis, spoke to someone at ticketmaster last night who says there will be a section reserved by a red rope for vip on the night and you will b allocated a seat nearer the time or on the night, don't worry guys we will get good seats for our money i'm sure.

If you don't want to pay for the premium 0870 numbers you can dial the geographical versions:

0161 385 3211 (Information and booking line)

0161 385 1138 (Customer Services)

Completely off-topic, but anytime you need to call a premium rate number (in the UK), check out www.saynoto0870.com to see if there's a cheaper way. There's no catch!

GREAT, you're on my wave length, I've been using www.saynoto0870.com for ages now, it's great!

Just spoke to Ticketmaster. I got told that the seats are all General Admittance to date and they don't actually know where everyone is going to end up.

The woman was very nice and I think she was tired of being asked the question. I guess we will all find out more as to how it will actually work a few days before the first concert or after the first concert.

I guess I am pleased that I am not going opening night so at least I have heads up as to what the process will be. It will be terrible if we all have to scramble for seats like on a low budget airline.

Guess we will all just have to wait and see.

Savage said:

On the seating plan I have, the gold circle seats are clearly shown as the floor space BUT ALSO the first rows of blocks 101 - 103 and 110 - 112... I guess we will just have to wait and see and not bother to speculate anymore!! Its out of our hands now!

it looks like the VIP tickets for the 3, 4 and 11 august are sold out on ticketmaster and all other non-VIP tickets as well because they are not on sale
[Edited 5/19/07 11:07am]

This is the latest reply from ticketmaster.

That's correct; we attempt to allocate seats in the VIP area according
to the time they were purchased. I say attempt because we have to
ensure that groups attending together are seated in adjacent seats and so
sometimes we use single or paired bookings to fill spaces.

Improving all the time!

Previous to this reply:

Contrary to the information you've been given, we've now been advised
that VIP tickets for this event will be allocated in the First 10 rows
on a first come basis. So you will have a pre-allocated row and seat
number and won't have to get there early to get the best seats.

The VIP area is separate from the £31.21 seating and these will not be
in the first 10 rows of the venue.

just read on the dawn experience that vip reception isfirst 3 rows around stage
and boat trip is within first 10 rows? dont know if that's a fact (although i hope so!) also mention of goodie bag!???

guess we'll all know after the opening night.....

Savage said:

that sounds good

Savage said:

excellent...so i do have time to take advantage of the bar and food!!

cammille said:

Just make sure you leave some champers for the rest of us!

Savage said:

Interesting.

My brother has bought 2 tickets for the VIP cruise/opening night thing. He bought his last week - we bought ours the first day, so we could end up partying on the boat together then splitting up for the gig.

I suppose you cant have it all ways, but to be honest, I am still so excited nothing will dampen my spirits!!!

I just got confirmation of my VIP seats!

I booked the Keith Prowse package deal. I got Block 111 Row A for Sat 11th and Sat 18th!

What a bargain! £237 all in for two people staying at the Hilton and Row A gold circle seats!

the VIP cruist tickets for the 1st of august are not on sale now, i wonder if they are sold out now?

SquirrelMeat said:

What confirmation did you get? Did you get your seat numbers?

growbotham said:

I bought 2 tickets for the VIP cruise and 2 Gold circle VIP tickets for 14th (at the time that was the last date!). I did get a refund from ticketslave for both because the descriptions had changed, no grantee where you'd be sitting / this first 10 rows of the lower tier thing came in. Nothing gold about that.

I checked my card and the VIP Tickets for the 14th hadn't been refunded. Called them on the 0161 385 1138 number (thanks for that Igo2DaMax) and they hadn't put it through, so check your refunds guys.

Now going to 5 of the gigs dotted around the venue so will be seeing the shows from all angles in the cheap seats but luckily from lower tiers, Saved a ton of cash and will get to go to more shows and make more noise. We were lucky to be at the front at Kokos too when Prince stage dived onto us

Have you noticed if you call ticketslave on the 0870 number before 10am they say to call back because of high caller levels but you get through on the 0161? crazy

All this has nothing to do with Prince, we know he would just want his fans there to have a great time.

So doe sthis mean the VIP seats are those in smaller blocks around the stage...? I'n still quite lost with this... guess I will just wait and see!

i'll say this...i'm looking forward to the shows,but if my vip experiences are not what they should be,if i do not get what i paid for i will be on to my legal advisor and will insist on a refund, if that doesn't happen with enough complaints from other ticket holders i'm sure we could invite ticketmaster to join us on tv's watchdog.

thesupercute said:

I got the block, the row and the seat number confirmed. I even phoned back through one of their sister companies and asked for an email confirmation including a change of booking for a non smoking room.

It all matched up!

OK, so I just called ticketmaster. I have a VIP ticket for the 11th August - GAO 7 on the booking.
I asked if we would be allocated seat numbers before the event and if so how these would be allocated.
I was told first that he 'thought' there would be general admission i.e. no seat numbers and just a scramble to get seats. I told him that this couldn't be the case as some other people who had bought VIP tickets from other sources had already been allocated seating.
He then went off to speak to the person who is in charge of ticketing for this event and came back to me. He then said that seating would definitely be allocated prior to the event and seat numbers would be sent on our tickets. He also said that seating would be allocated according to the time when the tickets were bought i.e. the earlier you bought them, the closer to the front you will be.

This seems the fairest way of doing things, so I hope it turns out to be the case.
[Edited 5/30/07 11:37am]