U2 - Ottawa - I'm ticketless - should I go anyway?
JaneNY
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Do you think I can buy a legit ticket from someone outside? Never done this before. (I have my PJ ticket from the same company so I can compare the tickets to see if it looks legit)
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do you have a thousand dollars..?
i think that's what their tickets cost nowadays isn't it...?
bah.
fuck them, they're too damn conceited. i'd love to have a world wide boycott of U2 until they ground themselves... but that will never happen.
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Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
They are playing back to back nights there..
Wish I could go to see Arcade Fire open especially in Montreal in their hometown
Heh I expected a few answers like that lol. I wouldn't follow them like PJ, but I'd like to see them once though.
and no i don't have thousands of dollars. I'm leaning toward not. Wondering if I'd have a better chance in Montreal tomorrow. The website hasn't released ANY tickets, and I've been checking all day.
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
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8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
The local rock station here "The Bear" has been having a bunch of contest to give away tickets..I think they had like 50 to give out
Or you can come to Ottawa and try to get tickets and if not I'll take you on the town and we'll have some beers !!... LOL
If you want to start it now count me in (a former U2 fan now completely rehabilitated.)
-The crazy guy with the Ramones t-shirt.
Mexico C. 12/10/05.
"There is a rose that I want to live for
although, God knows, I may not have met her"
-J. Strummer
"And you'll never know just how dark this screen could be"
Actually for Ottawa and both Montreal shows int's the Montreal band "Arcade Fire" opening...
If you have the cash, are willing to part with it and want to see the band that bad, then you have to decide...
But if you are only going to be willing to spend some flat amount and will turn around and go home, I'd just stay home.
To all the U2 haters, go drive off a cliff. Pearl Jam's tickets are what, $55 a show? Have you seen the stage setup that U2 has? Have you seen the amount of people needed to operate it? The number of trucks sitting outside the venue. There are probably as many people that sit on top of the stage manning just the lights for U2 than Pearl Jam crew members. And yet, U2's tickets are $50 for general admission, and then $120 for club seats. Let go of the jealousy folks. Number one rock band in the world...U2. My favorite band...Pearl Jam.
and Pearl Jam tickets should fall back towards the 20's when they go on the main US tour.
http://www.wishlistfoundation.org
Oh my, they dropped the leash.
Morgan Freeman/Clint Eastwood 08' for President!
"Make our day"
Even Bono admits he's conceited. I just love their music, and if there is anyone in the world of rock that deserves to act like Bono, it is Bono. Part of being the way he is what allows him to get his foot in the door of the White House and whatever building Tony Blair works in. If Bono acted the way he does while at the same time not doing anything to better the world, then I'd say he is a tool. But he brings about change, and it's the attitude about himself that allows him to come up with huge goals like ending world poverty. The One.Campaign, G8 Concerts, getting countries to cancel third-world debts, it's all part of it. I for one am not against promoting your band. As long as you continue to put out good music, then promote away. I've said it a million times here, if Pearl Jam could handle fame like U2, then they might do the same thing. But they can't, and therefore you don't see music videos or tv appearances.
Ha, you're a better man than I.
I'm going to Montreal ticketless tomorrow. I have a friend lining up early at the box office.
I'm a little nervous tho cause U2 fans aren't as generous as PJ fans are...and arent' as opposed to scalping as PJ fans are :(
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
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You could call me a casual fan - I know most of their hits, have a few of their albums, but never got around to seeing a show though I wanted to. They put on a great show - different than Pearl Jam, but it was nice to step into someone else's universe for a day. As a casual fan, I was glad to hear some of their main hits, Where the Streets Have Name, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Mysterious Ways, Beautiful Day, Elevation, Vertigo, Pride in the Name of Love, one of my favorites. (Its good to see a band for the first time because you get reminded that its NICE to hear some of the hits! When we see PJ for the 33rd time we want all rarities, but its easy to forget that the majority of showgoers aren't like us and may just get to one show.) Bono sounds good live, and the band played great! They have screens that show either them playing or pictures, though I didn't look at the screens much. At one point they had the Prime Minister of Canada's phone number, and the phone number of some others, I expect MPs (members of parliament) on the screens. He talked about the One campaign - everyone cheered for that.
I know not everyone likes them here, but there's a little of my experience fwiw.
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
I went to the Bell Center last night, could not even score a decent scalper tickets, unless i would have spend 125$ for a 200 section, it suck but i might try again tomorrow.
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Arcade Fire was good too! Had not heard them before - quite versatile and energetic. I didn't know any of their material but am prompted to look into the a little more.
Oh small note, I wonder if how many people recognized Glitter In Their Eyes (Patti Smith) being played as they were setting up between Arcade Fire and U2. I'm a huge Patti Smith fan, so that was kind of cool. As was them singing a little of Rock the Casbah (tagged onto which song, I've completely forgotten now), but Bono gave some nice respect to Joe.
I hope you get a ticket for tomorrow.
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
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yeah thanks and thanks for the advice (pm) i'll try tomorrow.
Did he say that they would be moving to Montreal somewhere during the show? Cause some rumors have them working with Cirque Du Soleil in the future, that might be what he meant.
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
I ended up section 102 Row O. GREAT GREAT seats!! O was about 20 rows up on Edges side...looking right down on the middle of the ramp.
I missed half of arcade fire cause the stupid Bell Centre decided to have ALL the fans with No GA's come in one set of doors in the front. What a MESS!!!
BTW if you are going to do ticket line...DRESS WARM!! They kicked us out from the ticket area in the early afternoon and made us wait in the cold!! FUCKERS!!!
Was a great show though. I FINALLY got to see Original of the Species live!! I freaked when they went into it! Also was happy to get Until the End of the World. I LOOOVE that song!!!
and ending with my fave song Bad..with Danny boy Lanois on Guitar....wow! just wow!