HonestMan13 said:

ficktyt said:

Exactly, look at other concerts, now they have those interactive arena charts where you can pick whatever available seats you want. It is even like that for Mohegan sun with Lady Gaga. If they want to charge more for prime seats, no problem, that is business and they are out to make money, but this was nuts!

The average concertgoer buys a ticket and then goes to the show. Simple. They don't buy a ticket and then spend the next three weeks checking Ticketmaster to see what other seats are available then repeatedly calling Ticketmaster to arrange to move their seat. I've only heard Prince fans go on about this "issue".

I totally agree, a lot of whining going on here. I just bought tix the day they went on sale(in section 24 - ok, not the best but at least I'll be there) and that was that. Actually, it was quite easy. If you are going great. If not, so be it. Maybe some of you are new to ticket buying but this type of thing is common. I have bought great seats to "sold out" shows on the day of the show numerous times. Tickets are held back for every single concert. That's just the way it is. I really doubt Prince could care one way or another how the tix are sold as long as he gets paid. It was his choice to play a casino in Connecticut.

[Edited 12/24/13 23:05pm]

You are probably right! We got spoiled by the NPGMC and can't handle being one of the many now!

jjazznola said:

HonestMan13 said:

The average concertgoer buys a ticket and then goes to the show. Simple. They don't buy a ticket and then spend the next three weeks checking Ticketmaster to see what other seats are available then repeatedly calling Ticketmaster to arrange to move their seat. I've only heard Prince fans go on about this "issue".

I totally agree, a lot of whining going on here. I just bought tix the day they went on sale(in section 24 - ok, not the best but at least I'll be there) and that was that. Actually, it was quite easy. If you are going great. If not, so be it. Maybe some of you are new to ticket buying but this type of thing is common. I have bought great seats to "sold out" shows on the day of the show numerous times. Tickets are held back for every single concert. That's just the way it is. I really doubt Prince could care one way or another how the tix are sold as long as he gets paid. It was his choice to play a casino in Connecticut.

[Edited 12/24/13 23:05pm]

HonestMan13 said:

ficktyt said:

Exactly, look at other concerts, now they have those interactive arena charts where you can pick whatever available seats you want. It is even like that for Mohegan sun with Lady Gaga. If they want to charge more for prime seats, no problem, that is business and they are out to make money, but this was nuts!

Precisely! From the not one, not two, but THREE presales that allowed fans an exclusive opportunity to purchase crap seats ... to the announcements of "less than 1,000 available for each show" .... to the TM message saying "Not Many Left!" which disappeared a day later ... to the lowering of ticket prices in some sections ... this has been the most ridiculous ticket sale I've ever seen.

Lessons learned? Never again will I waste time and effort on presales, and never again will I buy tickets more than a day in advance.

red2793 said:

On a more serious note; based off of several FB and Twitter feeds, members of the NPG are headed to CT..With that said, , outside of 3EG, they are gonna play with one days rehearsal?

jcush said:

Do u know what members of npg r headed 4 ct? I haven't seen anything on twitter...but hearing this makes me even more excited. I guess I won't complain about the ticketmaster mess.

Liv, Marcus, Lasiter

lwr001 said:

On a more serious note; based off of several FB and Twitter feeds, members of the NPG are headed to CT..With that said, , outside of 3EG, they are gonna play with one days rehearsal?

i read that Cassandra O'Neal & Shelby J will also be there. If true, I hope they only play on a few songs tomorrow night. I really just want to hear P & 3EG rock the house! And please no 70's covers sung by backing singers, I'm paying to see P. Can't wait!

[Edited 12/26/13 1:59am]

jjazznola said:

lwr001 said:

On a more serious note; based off of several FB and Twitter feeds, members of the NPG are headed to CT..With that said, , outside of 3EG, they are gonna play with one days rehearsal?

i read that Cassandra O'Neal & Shelby J will also be there. If true, I hope they only play on a few songs tomorrow night. I really just want to hear P & 3EG rock the house! And please no 70's covers sung by backing singers, I'm paying to see P. Can't wait!

[Edited 12/26/13 1:59am]

I would assume there is some serious practicing going on at the casino right now

raddahone said:

ficktyt said:

have FUN everybody who is going

i'm going to sunday's show...alone because a friend didn't have money to go but that doesn't matter. i'm just excited to see my first Prince concert.

have fun everyone..

[Edited 12/26/13 11:16am]

tab32792 said:

i'm going to sunday's show...alone because a friend didn't have money to go but that doesn't matter. i'm just excited to see my first Prince concert.

Going alone is fun. I always make friends at the oncerts when I go alone.

raddahone said:

ficktyt said:

Great job. What night? I didn't see anything good.

Sunday evening - purchased a single tix.

Eye upgraded to front row for Sunday 12/29 and have 2 GREAT seats available in section 4, Row F seats 9 & 10. Eye was unsuccessful in getting a refund from Ticketmaster and would love to get these seats over to one of you Fams. TM said I could just do a ticket transfer on-line with soemone who already has an account. Please PM me if you're interested as I Eye would hate to see these tix go wasted not to mention be out of the $$. Thank U!! Everyone else who is going PARTY UP!

rickyprynce said:

raddahone said:

ficktyt said: Sunday evening - purchased a single tix.

Eye upgraded to front row for Sunday 12/29 and have 2 GREAT seats available in section 4, Row F seats 9 & 10. Eye was unsuccessful in getting a refund from Ticketmaster and would love to get these seats over to one of you Fams. TM said I could just do a ticket transfer on-line with soemone who already has an account. Please PM me if you're interested as I Eye would hate to see these tix go wasted not to mention be out of the $$. Thank U!! Everyone else who is going PARTY UP!

I had tickets in section 4 and sold them on Craigslist. I got tons of people responding. I offered them at face value and they were sold within one day. Just in case they don't go on the org.

lwr001 said:

For those who still hesitate, I found this site that has a lot of Great floor seats for way cheaper than TM VIP options!! If I were closer I'd totlly go...

http://www.directseats.co...csrc=A209#

Jboogiee said:

lwr001 said:

On a more serious note; based off of several FB and Twitter feeds, members of the NPG are headed to CT..With that said, , outside of 3EG, they are gonna play with one days rehearsal?

Just cause they're headed to CT. Doesn't mean they didn't rehearse ahead of time. Prince keeps his bands rehearsed.

Exactly. I'm sure they are very well rehearsed!

[Edited 12/27/13 10:58am]

ItaLiNCuTiE said:

How do you upgrade on ticketmaster

The only way you can upgrade from what I saw via "Ficktyt" was to call the 800 # and speak with someone directly. If you're super fortunate that might work. What I was posting for is a Ticket Transfer which is done via Ticketmaster's site. Here I would send TM a notice including your e-mail provided you already have an account with TM set-up. The offer would be for the tickets to be transferred directly to you in your name and you would then print the tix on-line all 1000% verified via TM's site. Totally safe and agian all done through TM. You can look on-line and or call to confirm what I am saying, plus I have been on here for a long time and would NEVER hurt any fam. Just hate to waste great seats as I have upgraded to front row after buying these back on 12/9. $400 is a bit of money but P is so worth it given I have seen him 35 plus times and would still pay twice as much for these seats.

The tickets I am still offering are excellent floor seats for Sunday Night (final Show)Sec 4 Row F seats 7 & 8. $ 200. Face value and another $ 28 in processing fees. This is exactly the same as having bought these tix 3 weeks ago like Eye did. U send me an orgnote along with your email address and Eye can send U the offer where you either accept or decline. It is very easy provided U have a TM account whcih most if not all on this site must have.

You're just a simple orgnote away from great seats to see the main man.