1st time General Admission tips

in general, rail people are kind of nuts, they line up between say as early as midnight and as late as 9am. maybe now that "the list"(see your 10club confirmation email for details) is no longer tolerated that window might slide a little later in the day. but if that all sounds awful and a bit extreme: it is.

doors are 6:30, show will start around 8. If you get in line around 5:30 to 6:30, expect to still get an excellent spot. if youre not the very front row, youre better off being say 8 to15 "rows" back anyway and enjoying better sound, still with a TON of great, positive energy. after mad rush for rail and first few spots in front of ed, people tend to be pretty chill and sort of enjoy their day and stroll in a little before doors. spend your day doing something fun with your son, and pop over to the line a little before doors open. you'll still have a little line to wait in and get through, and while meeting you'll meet some cool neighbors (who you'll probably wind up in proximity to at the show) and get a great spot.

even if you're tight on time and don't get there til say 7, youll still be in a great spot, lets say around "15th to 20th row".

those are all just guidelines and every venue is different. depends on how many people have nothing better to do but line up all day, how many seats the venue sells for the area, etc.. ive seen some floors really packed, and i remember in hartford last year that the floor was only 1/2 to 2/3 full 5 mins before lights went down.

enjoy your day, id say just dont stroll in at 8:15 as the show starts, you guys are better off getting in a little earlier, finding a good spot and getting situated. youll have a great time and dont have to spend all day in a line to be 13 feet closer to the stage.

High Fidelity 2000 said:

Don't waste your day waiting in line with the non-showering nuts. Enjoy yourself, show up late after the doors open, and walk up on the sides. You'll still get pretty close. The GA area is so small compared to a whole floor of GA like other concerts. If you're not crammed in with someone's back 4 inches from your son's face, he'll actually be able to see better. The sides and the back are where it's at. My 2 cents.

(I walked into the floor in Phoenix at about 8:00 and got about 12 people from the front, before I moved off to the side where I could see better and was even with the best side-stage sections.)

No need to generalize the people that do wait, this is mine and my girlfriend's first chance to be this close and who knows when we will have that shot again, we are perfectly sane and clean people just want to experience it while we can, plan on getting there between 8 and 9am

Wave to me up in my comfy 10c seats!

My experiences with any GA:

I'm 6'1 and every time I'm at any show that is GA, I'm good for about 5 minutes. Then sure as shit someone that's 6'8 manages to camp out directly in front of me. So I generally try to find a spot at least 30-40 feet from the stage. The distance helps you get a better view of the stage and you're still really close to the action.

Am in Europe so have had lots of GA. My favourite, find a spot 2/3 back on Stone's side about parallel with the mixing desk. All is good. Cannot be arsed with getting jostled all night.

Yes. Unless I am with someone.

Coop66 said:

My son is 5'4". The rail would be fantastic but I'm not going to wait all day or make him spend all day in line for the chance. I just want him to be able see well and not get trampled.

Honestly, if you don't care about the rail and since your son is young/short, I would find someone with wing seats to trade with. You can probably find someone on here or around the 10C windows who has a low number and will prefer GA to seats.

Had a great time in Phoenix by not worrying about the GA mess - we went in about an hour before the show was set to start and camped out in the back! Had great vews, the ability to move around and had a much better time than I've had up towards the front!