Second set of tickets on sale tomorrow. There is a gap of two days between many of these shows which I'm guessing might mean there can be a round 3. They have a huge GA section from the maps.
6/26/98 & 6/27/98 - Alpine Valley, 10/9/00 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL 6/18/2003 - United Center, 5/16/2006 - United Center, 5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty, 8/24/2009 - United Center, 7/19/2013 - Wrigley Field, 10/3/2014 - St Louis, 10/17/2014 - Moline (GA), 10/20/2014 - Milwaukee, 5/14/2015 - Pete Townshend/EV, 8/20/16 & 8/22/16 Wrigley Field Part 2&3, 8/18/18 & 8/20/18 Wrigley Parts 4 & 5, 9/18/2022 - St Louis
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Got GA for Sunday United Center though my iPad. Ipad was quicker than laptop but wouldhave been able to get GA on laptop too. Good Luck all. Might be hanging out closer to back and not in the middle of the crowd
6/26/98 & 6/27/98 - Alpine Valley, 10/9/00 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL 6/18/2003 - United Center, 5/16/2006 - United Center, 5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty, 8/24/2009 - United Center, 7/19/2013 - Wrigley Field, 10/3/2014 - St Louis, 10/17/2014 - Moline (GA), 10/20/2014 - Milwaukee, 5/14/2015 - Pete Townshend/EV, 8/20/16 & 8/22/16 Wrigley Field Part 2&3, 8/18/18 & 8/20/18 Wrigley Parts 4 & 5, 9/18/2022 - St Louis
Ticket prices are obscene for these shows! $312 for upper level seats at MSG, no thanks. Been a fan and attended every tour since 1987, jumping off the bandwagon. I can watch PJ play 3+ hours for $75 and wipe the floor with U2. U2 greedy SOBs.
6/26/98 & 6/27/98 - Alpine Valley, 10/9/00 - Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL 6/18/2003 - United Center, 5/16/2006 - United Center, 5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty, 8/24/2009 - United Center, 7/19/2013 - Wrigley Field, 10/3/2014 - St Louis, 10/17/2014 - Moline (GA), 10/20/2014 - Milwaukee, 5/14/2015 - Pete Townshend/EV, 8/20/16 & 8/22/16 Wrigley Field Part 2&3, 8/18/18 & 8/20/18 Wrigley Parts 4 & 5, 9/18/2022 - St Louis
I see it this way, back in the 80s, concerts were not as frequent as they are now. You'd generally be lucky to see 3-4 good shows a year (big bands). Tickets were priced well and tours typically commenced to support the release of a new album. Album sales were the primary income generator for bands.
Nowadays, I'm thinking tours are much bigger and more significant to bands for making money. With people taking a bands music without paying for the music, bands need to be on the road and they need to charge what they can to keep their bank accounts really healthy.
Somebody could argue that they should desire less so that it wasn't such a strain on their wallets, however arguing such is speaking from their own selfish perspective. Its ultimately saying 'play cheaper so I can have more money instead of you'. There's not a lot of services out there that perform their service as cheaply as it can to save the consumer money. Most charge as much as they can to maximize profit margins- not so much that people won't choose to employ the service, but right at that line where people still do (albeit begrudgingly).
I guarantee U2 thought carefully about how much they could and should charge taking into account multiple variables before settling on ticket package prices.
Do I wish prices were cheaper? Of course. Am I glad that bands are touring much more than they used to given the changed landscape of the music industry. Yes! It all boils down to choice made by the consumer. For those that can't afford tickets, I feel badly for you; however, given everything- I'm glad I'm going.
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5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty,
8/24/2009 - United Center, 7/19/2013 - Wrigley Field, 10/3/2014 - St Louis, 10/17/2014 - Moline (GA), 10/20/2014 - Milwaukee,
5/14/2015 - Pete Townshend/EV, 8/20/16 & 8/22/16 Wrigley Field Part 2&3, 8/18/18 & 8/20/18 Wrigley Parts 4 & 5, 9/18/2022 - St Louis
20 minutes
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
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http://www.UNOS.org
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5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty,
8/24/2009 - United Center, 7/19/2013 - Wrigley Field, 10/3/2014 - St Louis, 10/17/2014 - Moline (GA), 10/20/2014 - Milwaukee,
5/14/2015 - Pete Townshend/EV, 8/20/16 & 8/22/16 Wrigley Field Part 2&3, 8/18/18 & 8/20/18 Wrigley Parts 4 & 5, 9/18/2022 - St Louis
EV
Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
Face value, of course: $230US. Email transfer of tickets.
MY wife and I each nabbed a pair at noon, not expecting to get any.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/u2-innocence-experience-tour-2015-chicago-illinois-06-29-2015/event/04004D83EE7A3B41?tm_link=edp_onsale
5/17/2006 - United Center (7th row center, caught Eddie's pick), 6/29/2006 - Summerfest with Tom Petty,
8/24/2009 - United Center, 7/19/2013 - Wrigley Field, 10/3/2014 - St Louis, 10/17/2014 - Moline (GA), 10/20/2014 - Milwaukee,
5/14/2015 - Pete Townshend/EV, 8/20/16 & 8/22/16 Wrigley Field Part 2&3, 8/18/18 & 8/20/18 Wrigley Parts 4 & 5, 9/18/2022 - St Louis
I see it this way, back in the 80s, concerts were not as frequent as they are now. You'd generally be lucky to see 3-4 good shows a year (big bands). Tickets were priced well and tours typically commenced to support the release of a new album. Album sales were the primary income generator for bands.
Nowadays, I'm thinking tours are much bigger and more significant to bands for making money. With people taking a bands music without paying for the music, bands need to be on the road and they need to charge what they can to keep their bank accounts really healthy.
Somebody could argue that they should desire less so that it wasn't such a strain on their wallets, however arguing such is speaking from their own selfish perspective. Its ultimately saying 'play cheaper so I can have more money instead of you'. There's not a lot of services out there that perform their service as cheaply as it can to save the consumer money. Most charge as much as they can to maximize profit margins- not so much that people won't choose to employ the service, but right at that line where people still do (albeit begrudgingly).
I guarantee U2 thought carefully about how much they could and should charge taking into account multiple variables before settling on ticket package prices.
Do I wish prices were cheaper? Of course. Am I glad that bands are touring much more than they used to given the changed landscape of the music industry. Yes! It all boils down to choice made by the consumer. For those that can't afford tickets, I feel badly for you; however, given everything- I'm glad I'm going.