Biffy Clyro - The Helix MTV Unplugged Sat 15th Sept

scudzilla

Tickets on sale Friday 11th May
https://mcd.ie/biffy-clyro-just-announced-2-intimate-irish-dates-dublin-belfast-read/

Mushy

Odd not to release tickets for so long. Will definitely try to get to this though

Furious-Red

Surely the 11th of May is a mistake? Announcing a gig but not putting tickets on sale for the bones of a month is weird

Birneybau

Furious-Red wrote: »

Surely the 11th of May is a mistake? Announcing a gig but not putting tickets on sale for the bones of a month is weird

There's a few months between May and September

Furious-Red

Birneybau wrote: »

There's a few months between May and September

I just meant that they announced the gig yesterday but usually they tickets go onsale a week or so after the announcement not a few weeks later (excluding the Rolling Stones at Croker)

Zardoz

Furious-Red wrote: »

I just meant that they announced the gig yesterday but usually they tickets go onsale a week or so after the announcement not a few weeks later (excluding the Rolling Stones at Croker)

May 11th is correct .
They are using the time between now and May 7th to entice people to pre order the album .
If you preorder the album you will get a presale code to try and buy tickets for the tour .

Q. When does the first access offer end?
A. Pre-order from the Official Store by 23:59 BST on Monday 7th May 2018: for first access to Biffy Clyro MTV Unplugged Tour tickets.
Q. When will first access to tickets begin?
A. Presale access for MTV Unplugged Tour tickets begins on Thursday 10th May 2018 at 9am BST.

Nice to have a bit of time to think about buying the ticket instead of the usual tactic promoters use to panic people into buying by announcing a gig on a Monday or Tuesday and starting presales the following day.

spodoinkle

Will this be an all seated gig and how many does the Helix hold?

delbertgrady

I'm assuming it will be fully seated. The Mahony Hall can accommodate 1,050 if done "theatre style", like a conventional seated show, and that would presumably be where they're going to be. The Theatre, which is a very nice space, seats 435, so that's far too small.

spodoinkle

Jesus, talk about gold dust tickets!!

Eegorbishcan

Where will they sell the tickets through? 
The Irish dates aren't showing on the Ticketmaster site yet, all other dates seem to be there...

Ricosruffneck

Eegorbishcan wrote: »

Where will they sell the tickets through? 
The Irish dates aren't showing on the Ticketmaster site yet, all other dates seem to be there...

It'll be on Ticketmaster,

Closer to the date.

Homesick Alien

Is it actually being filmed for MTV unplugged? Have to say I didn't think that was still a thing

Mushy

Homesick Alien wrote: »

Is it actually being filmed for MTV unplugged? Have to say I didn't think that was still a thing

No it's just a small tour promoting the Unplugged album that'll be released soon

jack presley

Homesick Alien wrote: »

Is it actually being filmed for MTV unplugged? Have to say I didn't think that was still a thing

No, the tour is in support of an MTV Unplugged album that is getting released around the same time. The actual MTV gig was last year

Edit - sorry didn’t see post above.

kg703

No chance anyone has a presale code and only getting one ticket theyd be willing to share?

languagenerd

Anyone have any luck with the presale? Entered the code in 9am on the dot, it searched for a bit and then at 9:03 it said "Tickets are not available" :mad:

delbertgrady

I got a standing one for the Helix and a single seat in the upper area for the Waterfront. Normally, I'd be fussy about selecting specific areas and trying to get the stalls, or whatever, but I wasn't messing about with this. Once I'm in the building, I'm happy.

Whitters22

Not having any joy either 😠

sink

No luck here either. Kept getting 'communication error' and then 'tickets currently not available'.

ts_editor

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spodoinkle

Forgot all about this, I never received a pre sale code though??

languagenerd

delbertgrady wrote: »

I got a standing one for the Helix and a single seat in the upper area for the Waterfront. Normally, I'd be fussy about selecting specific areas and trying to get the stalls, or whatever, but I wasn't messing about with this. Once I'm in the building, I'm happy.

Dammit, they did actually go on sale then. You got lucky

Absolute joke for the rest of us though.

delbertgrady

I know someone who got standing for the Helix as well. I did get an error message the first time (for both venues), but I just re-submitted the selection and it worked.

phunkadelic

Never got my email with the password

LittleBoBeep

Anyone have an idea of how much tickets cost?

delbertgrady

Standing in the Helix was €52.90 including fees.

Mushy

52.90...I think that's my mind made up. Could justify if was full show, but not acoustic. Disappointed, love the band so hope it's still a good show.

amckenna96

What're the chances of getting tickets in the morning? Or did they just put very little on sale this morning during the pre-sale?

billybonkers

No chance, in the queue now. I hate TM so much.

Can we please go back to the days of queuing outside in the rain to secure tickets. I much preferred it!

Edit: Communication error and had to start again

aj89

I was in the queue and no joy. The missus then went on the app at 09:05 and got two no problem.

delbertgrady

Off-topic (slightly), but I see now that if you've already bought your quota, Ticketmaster alert you to the fact on the artist page. I got two yesterday, so it says Ticket Limit Reached (2). This means there's no ambiguity about what the allocation is, but does rule out the chance for anyone to potentially try for a better seat further down the line (for any show where there's a ticket limit), as part of their new swap policy.

Wing126

Was there two standing prices? 47 and 52?

aj89 wrote: »

I was in the queue and no joy. The missus then went on the app at 09:05 and got two no problem.

I always use the app when buying tickets. It seems to have priority over the website.

languagenerd

I got 2 on the app this morning too. Had the website open on my laptop as well, but it just got stuck spinning.

sink

I also got two on the app while the website was still spinning. I then went back and got one more while the website was timing out. App FTW.

aj89

Defo be using the app in future myself!

MisterAnarchy

delbertgrady wrote: »

Off-topic (slightly), but I see now that if you've already bought your quota, Ticketmaster alert you to the fact on the artist page. I got two yesterday, so it says Ticket Limit Reached (2). This means there's no ambiguity about what the allocation is, but does rule out the chance for anyone to potentially try for a better seat further down the line (for any show where there's a ticket limit), as part of their new swap policy.

I'm pretty sure that was an error about the ticket limit being reached as it was displaying that for me on the website despite I having bought no tickets.
It also had some connection issue error .

The website was useless this morning ,this new queuing system is buggy,I got 2 on the App but it kept on failing on the credit card payment stage.
I kept getting "Sorry the service you requested is not available at this time".
Eventually managed to pay for 2 on another phone .

aqn29swlgbmiu4

Tickets sold out after less than a minute.

Actually sick of trying to buy tickets to gigs at this stage with them selling out instantly

MisterAnarchy

Lucas Warm Nanny wrote: »

Tickets sold out after less than a minute.

Actually sick of trying to buy tickets to gigs at this stage with them selling out instantly

Well on the website there was nothing available at all but they were available on the app for a while ,I eventually managed to pay for 2 at 9.53.

MisterAnarchy

So after buying 2 tickets this morning for my niece I got this gem of an email around 3pm.

Biffy Clyro Terms and Conditions

Dear Customer,

We're sure your looking forward to Biffy Clyro at The Helix on the 15th September! Below is a reminder regarding the terms and conditons of your purchase!

Jot this down!...

Terms and conditions:

- A photo ID will be required to be presented by the lead booker upon arrival at the venue on the night of the show.

- We reserve the right to cancel any ticket purchase made by any person whom we reasonably believe to be associated with any ticket broker or tout.

- To enter the venue, each original purchaser and any person accompanying them to the show must be present together on entrance to the venue. There are no exceptions to this.

- Tickets cannot be resold

- All ticket purchases are subject to the standard terms and conditions and Purchase Policy of Ticketmaster Limited,, as well as these terms and conditions. In the event of any inconsistency, these terms and conditions will apply.

Anything else?...

That's it for now!

Ticketmaster

So Ticketmaster are now trying to add in terms and conditions after the tickets went on sale ,as there were definitely no restrictions mentioned this morning .
This is surely illegal ?

boyznoise

Did same thing with Paramore last year

MisterAnarchy

boyznoise wrote: »

Did same thing with Paramore last year

Yeah I know they did ,I mentioned it at the time.
I had to go to the gig with my niece,I looked a bit out of place.
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=103821310&postcount=52

I wont be caught out this time

boyznoise

Yeah was in same boat and they didn't even ID when l turned up

Corholio

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

So after buying 2 tickets this morning for my niece I got this gem of an email around 3pm.



So Ticketmaster are now trying to add in terms and conditions after the tickets went on sale ,as there were definitely no restrictions mentioned this morning .
This is surely illegal ?

Strange that Ticketmaster didn't let these terms be known as Biffy themselves have been warning people about the ticket restrictions for a while now through email and social media.

Pelvis

Standing at an acoustic gig seems a bit weird.. no?

Mushy

Pelvis wrote: »

Standing at an acoustic gig seems a bit weird.. no?

Did it before for biffy, except in the 3arena. Not as weird as I expected it to be, but seats would be the way to go

EyesClosed

I managed to get some tickets on the twickets app today.
It seems they can be resold via twickets, and I need to show ID and my twickets email to show it was bought via them.
I'm well excited for this now.
Anyone who is stuck, set up an alert on twickets.

stop animal cruelty

EyesClosed wrote:

I managed to get some tickets on the twickets app today. It seems they can be resold via twickets, and I need to show ID and my twickets email to show it was bought via them. I'm well excited for this now. Anyone who is stuck, set up an alert on twickets.

I'm stuck for 1 ticket, how do u know if tickets are genuine?

Wing126

stop animal cruelty wrote: »

I'm stuck for 1 ticket, how do u know if tickets are genuine?

I dunno about Biffy, but Arctic Monkeys tweeted this - https://twitter.com/arcticmonkeys/status/976478610348478464?lang=en - So it seems twickets is genuine.

spodoinkle

I have been offered 2 tickets at face value from a friends relative, was there anything about have to bring id/credit card to the gig when the tickets were bought originally??

bodhrandude

Has this happened yet?

Wing126

spodoinkle wrote: »

I have been offered 2 tickets at face value from a friends relative, was there anything about have to bring id/credit card to the gig when the tickets were bought originally??

Not sure when it was said, but you do need to bring the id/the card used to purchase tickets to get into the event, so I wouldn't chance it unless they're going too.

bodhrandude wrote: »

Has this happened yet?

Not too sure what you're asking, But the gig is on the 15th of September and they have already done their official MTV Unplugged gig at the Roundhouse in London, so this gig and the others they're doing for the tour are that setlist.