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No Banter_ Just Wembley Arrival Times And Queue Strategy!

London_JamLondon_Jam Posts: 173
edited May 2007 in Given To Fly (live)
Well - maybe SOME banter is acceptable but only after this has been sorted!!

With the tickets available for pick up at 12 noon (10 club obviously) what will be the best thing.

Of course, if you line up next the entrance you lose your place when it comes to collecting the tickets. Or do you line up at the ticket collection and then when you pick up your tickets you make your way to the entrance to take your place in the line (obviously behind those who were in front of you at the ticket collection point)?

And after this question is sorted out exactly HOW early do we have to be to ensure being down the front (or as near as possible)?
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  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    10C tix come in pairs... make sure you arrive with the person getting your other ticket, one queues in the general queue and the other in the 10C one! Go out all night, don't go to bed, make your way to Wembley when the clubs have shut (and the first tube starts), then get in the queue and sleep..... Sorted... now... back to the garden...
  • London_JamLondon_Jam Posts: 173
    Thats a good idea
  • danleridanleri Posts: 497
    redrock wrote:
    10C tix come in pairs... make sure you arrive with the person getting your other ticket, one queues in the general queue and the other in the 10C one! Go out all night, don't go to bed, make your way to Wembley when the clubs have shut (and the first tube starts), then get in the queue and sleep..... Sorted... now... back to the garden...


    shhh red... don't reveal all the tricks... :D:D:D
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  • London_JamLondon_Jam Posts: 173
    danleri wrote:
    shhh red... don't reveal all the tricks... :D:D:D

    lol - its not new... i did it in Marseille and Barcelona last year!

    But people are not seriously thinking about lining up at 9am are they?
  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    replace entrance with entrances and you see there's no solution or guarantee, no matter how early you're there, to get to the barrier.

    and anyway, there's so many of us that if you agree on something, if everyone is following it it will solve absolutely nothing.
  • belfast1belfast1 Posts: 788
    i say chill and watch the whole spectacle from the back of row Z...
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  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    danleri wrote:
    shhh red... don't reveal all the tricks... :D:D:D
    Don't worry... not telling anyone my REAL secret! ;)
  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    redrock wrote:
    Don't worry... not telling anyone my REAL secret! ;)
    you mean getting everyone to go down the pub.. then sneak out and be at the front of the queue whilst everyone else is drinking? (see Dublin) ;)
  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    We're not so fussed about being as close as humanly possible. Like we did last year, we want to get to a rail of some sort, if its at the front then it's cool but we liked the centre parting rail so we try and go for that. My girlfriend panics if she's too squashed so we don't want that.

    But this is a different situation because there's so many 10c members this time all aiming to get to the front. No way im going there for first thing in the morning though, i want good sleep the night before!
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  • jrdjrd Posts: 3,060
    redrock wrote:
    10C tix come in pairs... make sure you arrive with the person getting your other ticket, one queues in the general queue and the other in the 10C one! Go out all night, don't go to bed, make your way to Wembley when the clubs have shut (and the first tube starts), then get in the queue and sleep..... Sorted... now... back to the garden...

    the question is do you BOTH have to be there when the 10c member gets the tickets ?
    3) Each Ten Club ticket buyer will receive 2 general admission tickets and 2
    wristbands for entrance to the arena floor.
    do they just give you the tickets and wristbands, or do they give you the tickets and put the wristbands on ?
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  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    jrd wrote:
    the question is do you BOTH have to be there when the 10c member gets the tickets ?

    do they just give you the tickets and wristbands, or do they give you the tickets and put the wristbands on ?

    You don't both have to be there. The person who has the tickets in their profile has to be there to show I.D. so the other person can wait in the queue for you.

    From my experience, they just give you the wristbands rather than putting them on you.
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  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Yeah.. well my strategy at Dublin was having HH queue for me and me back at the pub drinking,but... had to go see her and give tix and they wouldn't let me out again!!!!! So had to queue with HH......

    Release Me.. I hate the centre parting rail.. do they have that at Wembley?
  • GyöngyLekvárGyöngyLekvár Posts: 584
    redrock wrote:

    I hate the centre parting rail.. do they have that at Wembley?

    i dont think so, at least there never was when i went... :)
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  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    GyöngyLekvár wrote:
    i dont think so, at least there never was when i went... :)

    I believe it's something that Pearl Jam either bring with them or insist on for their GA shows these days. I like it because it breaks the crowd in half which helps lessen the squashing.
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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    Double post. :(
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  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    ||Release_Me|| wrote:
    I believe it's something that Pearl Jam either bring with them or insist on for their GA shows these days. I like it because it breaks the crowd in half which helps lessen the squashing.

    I like the centre railing. :D

    I prefered the set up at Dublin, with a seperate area at the front for 10C members and a few GA people...but obviosly that area is the entire floor at this show. ;)
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  • shootenany!shootenany! Posts: 122
    I don't get into London until about 2.30pm, so I doubt I'm going to be at the very front of the queue...damn my non-refundable non-changeable train tickets.
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    Really not fussed about being right at the front for this particular show. I won't get too many chances to be in an all-10c section. No chance of any passenger drop-ins around me this time.
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  • skippy at a gigskippy at a gig Posts: 10
    Mines a simple tactic, Arrive at 17:55 collect ticket and wristband since all 10c tickets will have been collected by then, Walk to Enterance at 17:56 see 3K 10C members tap each one on the shoulder saying I'm with them pointing to someone vague in the distance (All ways works at festivals).

    Thing is I'm getting to old to be crushed at the barrier but like a good mosh so somewhere in the middle of the floor will do me fine.

    Any ideas how many 10c members will be on the floor.
    Back in 95 at the tennis centre in Melbourne Aus the night after the seats were ripped up and security were sacked a standing area was created and was only 3/4's full (Had tickets for row 10 and ended up at the barrier. Knowing PJ's crush prevention policies I could see this being the case again.
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  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    skippy at a gig wrote:
    Mines a simple tactic, Arrive at 17:55 collect ticket and wristband since all 10c tickets will have been collected by then, Walk to Enterance at 17:56 see 3K 10C members tap each one on the shoulder saying I'm with them pointing to someone vague in the distance (All ways works at festivals).

    Thing is I'm getting to old to be crushed at the barrier but like a good mosh so somewhere in the middle of the floor will do me fine.

    Any ideas how many 10c members will be on the floor.
    Back in 95 at the tennis centre in Melbourne Aus the night after the seats were ripped up and security were sacked a standing area was created and was only 3/4's full (Had tickets for row 10 and ended up at the barrier. Knowing PJ's crush prevention policies I could see this being the case again.

    I think someone posted a seating plan a few weeks ago, and only about two-thirds of the floor will be standing (the 10c section) and then down the two sides of the soundboard will be seats. So i'll make a guess of about 5-6,000 10c members on the floor, if that.

    We were about half-way back on the floor for the Lisbon II show last year and we couldn't always see too great but we had enough room to jump and dance, so that's what i'm looking for again this time.
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  • skippy at a gigskippy at a gig Posts: 10
    6K 10c members now that would make a 6 hour queue to get tickets and wristbands

    I feel a long wait or a disaster comming on
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  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    skippy at a gig wrote:
    6K 10c members now that would make a 6 hour queue to get tickets and wristbands

    I feel a long wait or a disaster comming on

    hmmm, it depends how organised the tenclub and the venue are on the day. There may be more than one window to collect wristbands/tickets. I guess we'll find out on the day!

    Capacity for a concert at Wembley Arena is 12,000 so i don't know what the ratio is for standing/seating.
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  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    ||Release_Me|| wrote:
    hmmm, it depends how organised the tenclub and the venue are on the day. There may be more than one window to collect wristbands/tickets. I guess we'll find out on the day!

    Capacity for a concert at Wembley Arena is 12,000 so i don't know what the ratio is for standing/seating.
    There will be about 2500 10c members on the floor. That's 1750 pairs, so really just twice the work of a normal gig.

    I doubt the mayhem mentioned earlier on will be an issue at all ;)

    I was there a few weeks back and the venue's default barrier is standard (without partition/central reservation) and yes,there are SEVERAL ENTRANCES. About 5 to be precise :eek:
  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    Scratchin a Letter wrote:
    There will be about 2500 10c members on the floor. That's 1750 pairs, so really just twice the work of a normal gig.

    I doubt the mayhem mentioned earlier on will be an issue at all ;)

    I was there a few weeks back and the venue's default barrier is standard (without partition/central reservation) and yes,there are SEVERAL ENTERANCES. About 5 to be precise :eek:


    So there won't be a centre raile splitting the crowd?
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  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    ||Release_Me|| wrote:
    So there won't be a centre raile splitting the crowd?
    Unless the band personally request it I wouldn't think so..
  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    Scratchin a Letter wrote:
    There will be about 2500 10c members on the floor. That's 1750 pairs, so really just twice the work of a normal gig.

    No, that's 1250 pairs. :rolleyes:

    Four times the work of a normal gig. There are normally 300 10c pairs per show, which makes 600 people.
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  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    audiodave wrote:
    No, that's 1250 pairs. :rolleyes:

    Dave is straight in there when he sees a mathematical error, lol. You're almost like a superhero, keeping the world on the straight path.

    I'd be surprised if the band didn't request the centre rail seeing as they have done for almost every other GA show in the last couple of years.
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  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    audiodave wrote:
    No, that's 1250 pairs. :rolleyes:

    Four times the work of a normal gig. There are normally 300 10c pairs per show, which makes 600 people.
    actually I believe last year it was 300 TICKETS, i.e. 150 pairs.
    that's what I heard and it certainly fit with the queues I remember, no way there was 600.
    so it's 8 time more, which is why they start 6 hours before opening rather than 2 .
    well, that's assuming they don't pull a Verona and ACTUALLY start at 12 :rolleyes:

    if by centre rail you mean the T barrier, yeah, I'd bet that unfortunately it'll be there at Wembley.
    I don't like it because I think it actually increases the pressure as people are bottlenecked into a corner. Once you're there the only way out is over the top rather than able to pull back like with a straight barrier.
    The second barrier, like in Dublin, I think Arnhem, Prague and Berlin is much better (as long as people behind the 2nd one know it's there). I believe we'll have that in Katowice and Nijmegen; considering the size of the gigs, they'll have to (ignore the "no 10c only area" mentioned in the emails. That was there last year too; it only means that if there's a front area, it's not JUST 10c, but will include the first GA to get in too..far more of them than 10cs actually)
  • CornishManCornishMan Cornwall, UK Posts: 447
    No dilema for me. I won't be lining up early as I will be stood at the back since my wife will be 6 months pregnant! :) Hey, at least I can go for a couple of beers before the show instead of queing for hours :D
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  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    Pegasus wrote:
    actually I believe last year it was 300 TICKETS, i.e. 150 pairs.
    that's what I heard and it certainly fit with the queues I remember, no way there was 600.
    so it's 8 time more, which is why they start 6 hours before opening rather than 2 .
    well, that's assuming they don't pull a Verona and ACTUALLY start at 12 :rolleyes:

    if by centre rail you mean the T barrier, yeah, I'd bet that unfortunately it'll be there at Wembley.
    I don't like it because I think it actually increases the pressure as people are bottlenecked into a corner. Once you're there the only way out is over the top rather than able to pull back like with a straight barrier.
    The second barrier, like in Dublin, I think Arnhem, Prague and Berlin is much better (as long as people behind the 2nd one know it's there). I believe we'll have that in Katowice and Nijmegen; considering the size of the gigs, they'll have to (ignore the "no 10c only area" mentioned in the emails. That was there last year too; it only means that if there's a front area, it's not JUST 10c, but will include the first GA to get in too..far more of them than 10cs actually)

    That all makes sense, i'm glad there'll be a second barrier in Nijmegen otherwise the surge forward will be huge. Personally, i like the T barrier though. Just like having something to hold onto in the crowd.
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