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punk90kpunk90k Posts: 54
edited January 2012 in The Porch
Excuse me for being naive, but why do tickets for "sold out" shows come back on sale at a later date?

Just noticed that fairly decent seats for Manchester 1 have gone on sale via Ticketmaster.
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,577
    I think because of bad credit cards and stuff
  • jonbond1779jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,642
    Wow!

    Cant believe it - there are LOADS of good seated tickets for Manchester night 1!
    "Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"

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  • punk90kpunk90k Posts: 54
    I feel sorry for those who panic on the first day of sale and end up with nose bleed seats!!
  • Neosurfer79Neosurfer79 Posts: 290
    Concerts are never officially "Sold Out"...venues always release tickets closer to the day of the show, they are either seats that sponsors or the promoter/band couldn't use...or possibly season ticket holders who have released their seats for sale.
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  • sonnasonna Posts: 377
    Its utter bullshit. Much better seats than what I have are now available. And as per Ticketmasters policy, they won't exchange or transfer tickets.

    Gonna have to rely on a tout to see if I can trade and pay a bit extra to get better tickets.

    Still annoyed over this whole fiasco.
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  • Jamminonthe1Jamminonthe1 Posts: 1,243
    As much as I understand the frustration, with what's been going on lately I think any ticket is better than no ticket.
  • sonnasonna Posts: 377
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    As much as I understand the frustration, with what's been going on lately I think any ticket is better than no ticket.

    Course it is. I'd rather be going than not. But I'd also rather be sitting a little closer and not have to keep wiping the blood from my nose!
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  • UKpearljammerUKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    Unfortunately this happens all the time and there's many reasons for it as listed above. Other reasons are they might have changed the production i.e. realised they don't quite need as much space as they thought and so released tickets in other sections or opened up behind the stage. It's also true about shows never being really sold out when they say they are as tickets are often drip fed even up to the day of the show. I travelled without tickets to most of PJ's 00 tour to so-called sold out shows but got there early and scored tickets on the day. However sometimes they are totally sold out and you can't get a ticket for love nor money.
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
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