U2 Joshua Tree 2017

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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    edited January 2017
    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol
    Post edited by RobbyD462 on
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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    mcgruff10 said:

    whitepants said:

    I worshipped U2 back in the 80s and have seen them 3 times, last time was in 2001. I have been put off by their corporate rock facade and charging extortion rates for tickets, but I am very excited about the Rose Bowl show for Joshua Tree's 30th anniversary. I saw them back then and I'm compelled to see them now. I managed to get a ticket to the show and it sold out seconds later. Amazing.

    I can't even imagine how good they were live in the 80s. Did they vary their set lists back in the day?
    I've seen more than 1500 concerts in my life, and their 2nd Philly show in '85 at the Spectrum, I think on the "Unforgettable Fire" tour, remains in my top 5 shows ever. And I had the flu, I had crappy seats, and my mouth was full of novacaine because I was supposed to have dental work but then my dentist said the flu made the work not possible. In other words, I was in about as bad shape as I could be, had only a single ticket so I was alone among strangers, and even with ALL OF THAT... One of the top 5 best shows ever ever, it was unreal. We all left the arena sobbing and singing "40" with our arms around each other (all strangers) and just...

    Next day read a review in the paper that literally I could have written about why it blew me away so much, was so glad someone else wrote it up because I was still in shock.

    I've seen them many other times, always good, sometimes great. Did NOT like Zooropa tour much, and that was the last tour I saw. Was tempted to buy for this Joshua Tree tour but was hoping for Radiohead tix, still gonna try public onsale but if that doesn't work out, may start asking around to my U2 friends to see if anyone's got any extra...
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    edited January 2017
    I just had a thought: is it possible U2 may be playing Jazzfest in NOLA this year? Pure speculation on my part, but that line up should be announced soon. It leaked early last year.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    chitty said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Super easy to get tix... I guess because the venue is so big... unless U2 has finally lost its popularity on the west coast, lol. I'm still able to get GA tix for Vancouver half an hour into the sale. There are also still singles in the 200 level (not that I'm actually still looking to buy tix - always just curious about how TM sales go).

    I don't know how you were able to do that, me and at least five other people I know were totally shut out! Vancouver. Well check that, I did have four GA tickets, that I wanted. For some reason and I buy alot of tickets, so I know it wasn't my doing, no matter which credit card I used it kept coming back that I couldn't pay. Tried minimum 25 times. No dice. Accidentally hit cancel and they were gone. NO one else got anything
    Sounds like a great experience.

    The show is not sold out. Is it?
    Yeah, it is now (aside from TM's own fucking secondary market. OMG, you should see the resell prices). But I dunno chitty. Our of curiosity I tried several times until after 10:30, and I wasn't shut out a single time until probably 10:35am. No idea why others who were trying couldn't pull anything up.... I have been told this before though. One time I had a friend on the phone while he was trying to land 1 GA ticket for Neil Young and he couldn't pull anything up. But then I'd try it, and I pulled one up every single time, and there is no way that was just because it was in my cart while he was trying, since this went on for 20 minutes during the first half hour of the public sale. I ended up just buying it for him. Really strange.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    Well TM will still buy them from you, and then resell them at quadruple the price! SMH.
    What I hate about CC entry is that there is no hard copy ticket. I like to keep my tickets, and this really ruins that. :frowning:
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    PJ_Soul said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    Well TM will still buy them from you, and then resell them at quadruple the price! SMH.
    What I hate about CC entry is that there is no hard copy ticket. I like to keep my tickets, and this really ruins that. :frowning:
    Same here I keep them too.
    After all we payed for the ticket!

    TM resale is criminal. It's amazing how 40 000 seats instantly sells out and is on their secondary market for $1000's within minutes.Crooks
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    RobbyD462 said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    Well TM will still buy them from you, and then resell them at quadruple the price! SMH.
    What I hate about CC entry is that there is no hard copy ticket. I like to keep my tickets, and this really ruins that. :frowning:
    Same here I keep them too.
    After all we payed for the ticket!

    TM resale is criminal. It's amazing how 40 000 seats instantly sells out and is on their secondary market for $1000's within minutes.Crooks
    I know, the fact that it's actually legal for them to do that is completely shocking to me.
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  • iammine16
    iammine16 Vancouver, BC Posts: 856
    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    I will be on the floor too!
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    edited January 2017
    iammine16 said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    I will be on the floor too!
    Ditto! Not sure what the GA deal is for U2 generally. Are any of you other GA people planning on getting there before doors? That is one massive floor - I'm thinking it might suck to be why back on it. Might be worth a little bit of wait time to get up closer to the stage. Thoughts? I'm not generally willing to wait longer than maybe half an hour before doors, lol.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    PJ_Soul said:

    iammine16 said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    I will be on the floor too!
    Ditto! Not sure what the GA deal is for U2 generally. Are any of you other GA people planning on getting there before doors? That is one massive floor - I'm thinking it might suck to be why back on it. Might be worth a little bit of wait time to get up closer to the stage. Thoughts? I'm not generally willing to wait longer than maybe half an hour before doors, lol.
    If there are drinks I'm in!
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    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    iammine16 said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    I will be on the floor too!
    Sweet I see beers in our future!
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    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,398
    eeriepadave said:

    I didn't try for tix,mainly cause they were so damn expensive. However I wouldn't mind seeing U2. Never seen them before and love the Joshua Tree. Also hear they are pretty awesome live. I remember during the achtung baby tour MTV did something with them. I think it was the music awards and Wayne and Garth played with them :lol:

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    RobbyD462 said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    iammine16 said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    I will be on the floor too!
    Ditto! Not sure what the GA deal is for U2 generally. Are any of you other GA people planning on getting there before doors? That is one massive floor - I'm thinking it might suck to be why back on it. Might be worth a little bit of wait time to get up closer to the stage. Thoughts? I'm not generally willing to wait longer than maybe half an hour before doors, lol.
    If there are drinks I'm in!
    Haha, well you go ahead! I don't drink until after the show when I'm in GA (that I care about)... How do you not go to the bathroom when you're drinking?? I stop drinking fluids at 3pm when I have floor tix that night. :lol:
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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    PJ_Soul said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    iammine16 said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    I will be on the floor too!
    Ditto! Not sure what the GA deal is for U2 generally. Are any of you other GA people planning on getting there before doors? That is one massive floor - I'm thinking it might suck to be why back on it. Might be worth a little bit of wait time to get up closer to the stage. Thoughts? I'm not generally willing to wait longer than maybe half an hour before doors, lol.
    If there are drinks I'm in!
    Haha, well you go ahead! I don't drink until after the show when I'm in GA (that I care about)... How do you not go to the bathroom when you're drinking?? I stop drinking fluids at 3pm when I have floor tix that night. :lol:
    I'm like a camel lol
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  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    edited January 2017
    I have never seen U2... guess I will be "working" Bonnaroo again this year.
  • chitty
    chitty Posts: 610
    I called TM about tickets I had in my cart, knowing full well they'd do nothing for me.
    The astounding thing is the girl says, well we do have our secondary market you can buy from! Cheapest at that time was $851. Yeah no thanks
    Ridiculous it's allowed
  • Eddieshometown
    Eddieshometown Evanston, IL Posts: 986
    Saw them on the Joshua Tree as well in Champaign. They got bored in their campus hotel room after the show so they stopped by an area sorority. I have a single ticket left from my U2 fan club membership (I bought 3 and you get 4 tickets). I think there are GA available still
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  • iammine16
    iammine16 Vancouver, BC Posts: 856
    RobbyD462 said:

    iammine16 said:

    RobbyD462 said:

    I landed two GA pit tickets for $188 for the pair.
    See you guys in Vancouver!
    No tickets though.
    I gain access with my CC.
    Sucks if I wanted to flip they are non transferable.lol

    I will be on the floor too!
    Sweet I see beers in our future!
    Sounds like a plan!

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    See you in Detroit!!

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