Always seems to be a few empty seats.

peppeken said:

There were empty seats in 111 last Sunday night - I saw at least 6 - best seats too!

on the 6th, blk 102 there was a row and a half empty. But they told me that it was all sold out.

yoda7 said:

Yep i think the problem comes from ppl not being able to make it or last minute drop outs!! i guess ppl are prepared to do that with £35 ticket. The Footballs on tonight so im not sure what will happen hope there are not many empty seats, but the o2 staff seem to get in late comers into better empty seats or ppl from the upper tiers - which i have no problems with.
Ill have one tonight as i had a couple of late drop outs

All the shows I've been to have been effectively full. There have been empty seats but they are few and far between. It's not like you'd scan the arena quickly and see masses of them.

There's something about rows C and D in blocks like 111... I'm not sure how, but great swathes of those seats have ended up in the hands of touts, who can no longer sell them outside the venue, but are using some of the online ticket services to shift them at stupid prices. These services look official, but they're not.

The problem is, because they're not actual agencies, those tickets can't be returned for sale on TM. So if the seats don't sell via the online touting services, they will be empty on the night.

It's criminal... when fans are desperate to go to the show, there are chunks of the best seats in the house that are empty.

Of course, the O2 itself isn't helping by refusing to accept returns on the night or let genuine concert-goers sell their spare tickets at face value, when the box office itself is sold out. So that'll be another source of empty seats. Crazy.

popelife said:

Yep you're quite right, these exact rows are currently on sale on Viagogo for 21/9.