I'm expecting the worse.

Got tickets at the back of 110. I'm so confused by where the good seats/bad seats are tha ti've given up on caring. lets just go and have a great time regardless.

If your seats are crap just drink more - it the great british way!!

p.s i can be relaxed like this as i saw the little man at koko!!

i think ticketline has it right, except for the symbol.

Jesus, you've got me all worried. I was all cool about block 108 being face on, now it might be arse on!! Look, the ticketmaster map must be the right way. All the tickets went on sale through them didn't they? I've got to say it IS important which way round the stage is.

machinegun said:

What makes you think that? The Ticketline one has had far more effort put into fitting the blocks around the symbol shape, so you would think the artist doing it would have got it right. With the Ticketmaster map, it looks quite amateurish, they've simply pasted a low-res pic of Prince's symbol into the centre - and whoever did that could easily have got it the wrong way around.

Guys, the more I think about it, the ticketmaster map must be right. Look at how much of the arena is in front of the arrow in their map. It can't be the other way as most of the audience would be behind him. Right?

I'm expecting the worse.

Got tickets at the back of 110. I'm so confused by where the good seats/bad seats are tha ti've given up on caring. lets just go and have a great time regardless.

If your seats are crap just drink more - it the great british way!!

p.s i can be relaxed like this as i saw the little man at koko!!

Sly said:

I'm with you on this (although I didn't see him at the Koko).

Those paying £250+ for the Gold Circle might find that often, their view of P is restricted by keyboards, drumkits, other performers etc. etc. etc.

Those in the lower tiers may be overjoyed that they'll be not far from the stage, only to learn that Prince has his back to them for the most part (can't see it myself - I'd guess he'll know that for a full show, he'll have to move about somewhat).

Those in the upper seats may be thrilled that, although they're able to watch his every move, they won't be that close. But they'll ultimately wish that they were a little nearer (like me )

But. . .

It's in the round. The venue is an arena, not a stadium. The atmosphere will rock! The fans will be coming 2gether as 1 and whether we're 20ft away from him or 200, we'll all be mesmerised and be sharing an amazing experience! Anybody here who is lucky enough to see him even once during this run should be feeling blessed that they're going to be enjoying something that the majority of Orgers here won't be able to experience, and would kill for right now - even the furthest seats away from the stage would appeal to Orgers who live thousands of miles away from London.

The place hasn't even opened yet so I'm guessing that any seating plan we see right now is only an artist's impression and once we start seeing proper photos taken inside the arena, we'll be breathing a sigh of relief that we'll all be getting a pretty good view of the show wherever we're sat.

We're gonna be able to experience a Prince concert. For some, it'll be the first time, for some it'll be a long time since the last and for some, it'll be something that they've done recently, but can't get enough of.
Wherever we're sat, whatever our visual memory of it is, the 'experience' will be one to remember!
No matter where you're sat, when we're all Whooo hooo hoo hooo-ing to Purple Rain, let's all ensure that we think of each other and be glad that we're all part of the joy that is Prince fandom!



Dammit, I love the way red wine makes me go all optimistic.

sets up a stage like that.

does any know where that link to the Canadian show went to.. it had the same floor layout ! but with the love symbol in the right place .

best thing to do is go to 4 shows.. N E W S... - 111 - 107 - 115 - 102 -..thats where I'll be.. then floor seats for 21st sept.. if that is the last night..

Gx
[Edited 5/16/07 6:08am]

leaked TM info from last week had 5 more dates 20/21 sept being the last ones..
15 already confirmed so 6 more to come to make 21 London shows.

Gx

I have been to about 14 concerts and aftershows. I have been a fan for many years. As Prince said in one of his songs "Never been a good seat at any of this man's shows" (hope my quote is correct!!) meaning he can't win. We can't all have the best seats but if you haven't been to a concert before, believe me you'll get carried away by the atmosphere. No one will know until they get to the venue what their seats are like because the venue is so new. I can't wait and intend to enjoy each of the concerts I have got tickets for. Hope you all do the same and have a great time.

I've just received another email from Ticketline. They have checked the original plan sent to them by the promoters and it is the same as Ticketmaster's, so it seems their art department has screwed up re-drawing the plan or something. So it seems the way it is set-up on the Ticketmaster diagram is likely to be correct (even though the symbol is incorrectly mirrored left-to-right still!) which does make sense as it then points towards the bulk of the seat blocks. It also means I'm likely to be watching Prince from the rear for most of the night, bah!

Sly said:

I'm with you on this (although I didn't see him at the Koko).

Those paying £250+ for the Gold Circle might find that often, their view of P is restricted by keyboards, drumkits, other performers etc. etc. etc.

Those in the lower tiers may be overjoyed that they'll be not far from the stage, only to learn that Prince has his back to them for the most part (can't see it myself - I'd guess he'll know that for a full show, he'll have to move about somewhat).

Those in the upper seats may be thrilled that, although they're able to watch his every move, they won't be that close. But they'll ultimately wish that they were a little nearer (like me )

But. . .

It's in the round. The venue is an arena, not a stadium. The atmosphere will rock! The fans will be coming 2gether as 1 and whether we're 20ft away from him or 200, we'll all be mesmerised and be sharing an amazing experience! Anybody here who is lucky enough to see him even once during this run should be feeling blessed that they're going to be enjoying something that the majority of Orgers here won't be able to experience, and would kill for right now - even the furthest seats away from the stage would appeal to Orgers who live thousands of miles away from London.

The place hasn't even opened yet so I'm guessing that any seating plan we see right now is only an artist's impression and once we start seeing proper photos taken inside the arena, we'll be breathing a sigh of relief that we'll all be getting a pretty good view of the show wherever we're sat.

We're gonna be able to experience a Prince concert. For some, it'll be the first time, for some it'll be a long time since the last and for some, it'll be something that they've done recently, but can't get enough of.
Wherever we're sat, whatever our visual memory of it is, the 'experience' will be one to remember!
No matter where you're sat, when we're all Whooo hooo hoo hooo-ing to Purple Rain, let's all ensure that we think of each other and be glad that we're all part of the joy that is Prince fandom!

Dammit, I love the way red wine makes me go all optimistic.

metalorange said:

hang on, with ticketmaster isn't left to right correct already? From reading your email, I thought ticketline got the arrow wrong (which makes sense to me) but their art department have done a better job of where all the blocks are located, but their symbol is right to left which must be the wrong one.