purplegypsy said:

funny...i'm listening to pop right now whilst i waste away the minutes in the computer lab 'til the presale starts!

so i'm getting nervous...my brother just phoned me from philly (where he was trying to get presale tix for that show) to tell me that there were no tix available...

SassyBritches said:

Apparently, since only 10% of the tickets were reserved for U2.com members, it's almost impossible to get GA tickets for the shows. Interference.com is crawling with stories of people that couldn't score GA tickets, and some that couldn't score any tickets.


Hope this gets resolved before the third leg starts... I also hope that all of you on here were lucky enough to get the tickets that you wanted.

Okay, this really SUCKS The ONLY reason I joined their bloody site was to get concert tix. EVERY TIME I tried I got "internal error, try again" on the ticketmaster page. Now it won't even let me through to the order page. Guess I missed the boat. $40 down the fucking drain. FUCK

CalhounSq said:

Your not alone. I got the same, as have thousands across the country. The interference.com fourms are filled with this story.


FUCK FUCK MOTHER FUCK

Stax said:

Call and/or fax Principle Management and let them know that you're displeased. Hopefully, they'll get enough faxes/phone calls and will have to rectify the situation. U2.com already has a message about mistakes with the British pre-sale. If I can't get GA tickets through U2.com, I will be highly pissed. That's the only reason I spent 40 bucks on that stupid website.

Finally got through after all kinds of error messages, two $160 tix on the far side of the arena (Section 104, Row 10). I'll pass. Thanks anyway.

Fuck world hunger, aids, Iraq, et. all, Bono needs to worry about Ticketmaster.

Stax said:

SAME HERE! Like a fool I'm still trying b/c when I sent it to search again I got the error again. But now I'm wondering if I should have snagged the $160's eventhough they were all the way @ the back of the arena. Fuck, I want to see them but this is insane. I've never paid that much for those kinds of seats!

CalhounSq said:

Me neither and I never will, particularly for a show in the acoustical nightmare that is the Shark Tank. Sorry, CalhounSq.
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Stax said:

Can you believe I'm still trying? They were starting to get better (i section over) now they're the seats behind the stage

Axchi696 said:

So I still have a chance @ decent seats w/ the general public sale?

CalhounSq said:

According to what I've read, yes.

Also, from what I understand, there aren't supposed to be any seats sold behind the stage; something about "huge video screens", etc...

Officially giving up, gonna try to be ON IT when the general public sale starts. This really sucks nuts - a fucking hour & 45 minutes... & I woke up for this shit BACK TO BED

Axchi696 said:

Well, I shouldn't say "behind" but it's right on that edge where you'll probably have an eye line w/ the drum kit. Shitty seats nonetheless I'll take my chances on Sunday. If I'm gonna pay $160 a pop I will NOT be @ the back of the venue

This has totally turned into a giant cluster fuck. U2.com has now taken down the links to the ticketing page. Reports now coming in of people being charged different service charges for tickets of the same value. Some people buying $160 tickets are being charged a service fee of $12.75 per ticket, others only $9.50 per ticket.

I smell a class action suit.

i still have not had any luck with tickets.

SassyBritches said:

Sorry SB.

the worst thing about all of this is that while NOBODY on any u2 sites has spoken of scoring GA seats, they are all over ebay! what the fuck!

SassyBritches said:

I'm thinking someone on Ticketmaster got ahold of some tickets underhandedly, and you fill in the rest...

Hopefully when Principle Management and U2 get word of what went on today, they'll take steps to rectify the situation. U2 have built a reputation on being a particularly fan-friendly band, and I would imagine that they wouldn't want to do anything to screw that up.

Axchi696 said:

how do i contact principle management? i looked them up online but could find no contact info.

SassyBritches said:

This is the phone # for their NYC office: (212) 765-2330

This is their fax #: (212)765-2372

thanks. i passed the info to my brother as well so he can vent, lol. i'll call on my way home. maybe enough people will bitch and moan that something will actually be done about the problem.

on the brighter side of things...its nice to see that royal internet ticket fuck ups are not reserved entirely for the npgmc.

Well, not to sound like a U2-apologist, but I really think that once they get word of this fuck-up, they'll be trying to make things right again. Honestly, unless these articles from the past 25 years are all made up by Paul McGuiness, U2 really has forged a special relationship with the fans. I really had hoped that this tour would be similar to Elevation, where the fanclub members got priority for tickets inside the heart. I really think that if Bono and teh boys don't do something about this, there will be a huge outcry amoung the U2 fan community. I'm sure they know this too, and would try to avoid it happening.

SassyBritches said:

THIs happened with fleetwood mac in 2003! Everyone complained and when people started calling their credit card companies and getting their fan club $$ back, the FM fan club went under new management for the 2nd leg of the tour. THe pre-sale process was seamless.

purplegypsy said:

Hoping that this happens with U2 as well; I was initally pissed that Pittsburgh and Cleveland weren't on the first leg of the tour, but maybe it's a good thing. They'll have more time to get all of the bugs worked out.

principle management acknowledged they are aware of a problem with tiketing for the event. don't know if anything will come of it or not but they took my name and number in order to get back to me when they have more info. they also said something will be posted on u2.com. sounds to me like they are trying to figure out a way to solve the problem.

SassyBritches said:

*thegypsycrossesherfingerthatsassycomesto1000stevies*

ok...so i got tickets. not tickets that were worth joining any club for but tickets nonetheless. i suppose these are my "at least i'm in the building" tickets. on saturday i'll be joining the rest of the herd in line for the "real" tickets. if i can score better seats i will just have a raffle or something and get rid of these seats at face value.