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What time should you pick up tickets?
Ok, so I'm going to the 2 Chicago shows in August. The e-mails said that tickets will be available to be picked up at 11am on the day of the show. My question is: Does it matter what time you get there? I remember 2003 when they had the "Blocks"... in other words, they would block, say, membership #s 100xxx - 150xxx. And if you got there early you could get the best seats in your block section.
So to make a long story short... is this PURE SENIORITY, as in your 2 seats are already decided no matter what time you pick them up? Or do you think there will be seniority blocks?
So to make a long story short... is this PURE SENIORITY, as in your 2 seats are already decided no matter what time you pick them up? Or do you think there will be seniority blocks?
1998: 6/26, 6/27, 6/29
2000: 8/15, 8/18, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12
2003: 6/18, 6/21, 6/22
2005: 9/9, 9/28
2006:5/16, 5/17, 6/26, 6/27
2007: 8/5
2009: 8/23, 8/24
2010: 5/3, 5/4, 5/21
2011: 9/3, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12
2013: 7/19, 11/16
2014: 10/3, 10/9, 10/12, 10/17
2016: 4/16, 8/20, 8/22
2018: 8/18, 8/20, 9/2
2022: 9/18
2023: 8/31, 9/2, 9/5
2000: 8/15, 8/18, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12
2003: 6/18, 6/21, 6/22
2005: 9/9, 9/28
2006:5/16, 5/17, 6/26, 6/27
2007: 8/5
2009: 8/23, 8/24
2010: 5/3, 5/4, 5/21
2011: 9/3, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12
2013: 7/19, 11/16
2014: 10/3, 10/9, 10/12, 10/17
2016: 4/16, 8/20, 8/22
2018: 8/18, 8/20, 9/2
2022: 9/18
2023: 8/31, 9/2, 9/5
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yep! this is 'pure seniority'.
i never heard of this 'you could get the best seats in your block section if you got there early jam!"
noww.
2010: 5/20 NY, 5/21 NY ... 2011: 6/21 EV NY, 9/3 WI, 9/4 WI ... 2012: 9/2 PA, 9/22 GA ... 2013: 10/18 NY, 10/19 NY, 10/21 PA, 10/22 PA, 10/27 MD
2015: 9/23 NY, 9/26 NY ... 2016: 4/28 PA, 4/29 PA, 5/1 NY, 5/2 NY, 6/11 TN, 8/7 MA, 11/4 TOTD PA, 11/5 TOTD PA ... 2018: 8/10 WA ---- http://imgur.com/a/nk0s7
But I'd still go as early as you can. The rumors are the Chicago shows are mostly 10c tickets, so lines could be long. I missed the opening song (Wash) at the Gorge in 2006, and there were still hundreds of people behind me in the 10c line waiting to get their tickets.
In 2000 my tickets came in an envelope, and I got great seats. The 3 shows that I saw in '03 however, were done in blocks. I remember the line at Bryce Jordan (State College) looked a mile long when I arrived there.
I'm so glad they only did the block sections for one tour, it's SOOOO much better now.
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
I guess it depended on venues. I didn't make a show on the 2003 tour, but my tickets in 2000 were definitely the block system.
they did in most places i think. i know for sure they did it in albany and philly. however the MSG shows were pre-determined like they've been lately.