U2 Joshua Tree Tour 2017 / 2019 No Ticket Sales

murpho999 · 16-01-2017 11:01AM

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

There will be an extra show on 30 July in the Amsterdam ArenA. The on sale for the new show will start on 23 January, with an U2 fanclub pre sale starting on 18 January.

This bit would annoy me a little tbh.
The fans got presale to the 1st gig, and you'd imagine that most would only go to one gig, so this is just another opportunity for touts to cream it.

Second dates generally went on sale pretty much straight away after a gig sold out, giving those that missed out a chance to pick a few tickets up.

This presale b0llox means there'll be another scrap for tickets come general release, if you don't relent and pay €50 to U2 to have access to a presale code.

The pre sale sold out too and not all subscribers got tickets. It's not a guarantee to tickets.

ghostdancer · 16-01-2017 11:01AM

marvin80 wrote: »

If TM only facilitate the sales through Seatwave, surely they should have a rule where people can only re-sell tickets at face value.

but they get a huge transaction percentage on each sale, so the more someone sells their ticket for, the better for TM/Seatwave.

aaaaaaaahhhhhh · 16-01-2017 11:01AM

This is bloody ridiculous
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MisterAnarchy · 16-01-2017 11:01AM

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

There will be an extra show on 30 July in the Amsterdam ArenA. The on sale for the new show will start on 23 January, with an U2 fanclub pre sale starting on 18 January.

This bit would annoy me a little tbh.
The fans got presale to the 1st gig, and you'd imagine that most would only go to one gig, so this is just another opportunity for touts to cream it.

Second dates generally went on sale pretty much straight away after a gig sold out, giving those that missed out a chance to pick a few tickets up.

This presale b0llox means there'll be another scrap for tickets come general release, if you don't relent and pay €50 to U2 to have access to a presale code.

Not only that but U2.com specifically stated and repeated that there would be no presales for 2nd gigs.
The rotters were basically encouraging people to use their presale codes up so as to buy more for the 2nd gigs .
That Oseary chap :mad:

jon1981 · 16-01-2017 11:03AM

aaaaaaaahhhhhh wrote: »

This is bloody ridiculous
Tickets

Absolute c**ts

mojesius · 16-01-2017 11:03AM

I wasn't trying to get tickets for this gig but FWIW Ticketmaster/all news/radio etc. said Bruce Springsteen's first Croke Park date was sold out in a similar time. I wanted standing tickets and was in the queue at 9 but no joy.

Thanks to a tip from Boards, I logged onto ticketmaster later in the afternoon, managed to buy 5 x 1 standing tickets, which were supposedly completely sold out a few hours earlier. If i tried to buy 2 or more tickets, nothing came up but buying in increments of one worked.

Worth a try

johnpatrick81 · 16-01-2017 11:04AM

ghostdancer wrote: »

but they get a huge transaction percentage on each sale, so the more someone sells their ticket for, the better for TM/Seatwave.

So they are touting. It needs to be regulated.

cormie · 16-01-2017 11:04AM

I still have them 4 x Davin Stand section 319 seats beside eachother from the presale to swap for 4 standing tickets if anyone isn't so confident about their legs

Thundercats Ho · 16-01-2017 11:05AM

murpho999 wrote: »

The pre sale sold out too and not all subscribers got tickets. It's not a guarantee to tickets.

Yea but if you paid U2 50 quid you had a pretty good chance of getting tickets compared to general sale this morning. It's just another way for them to rake the cash in.

If a 2nd date went on sale this morning (unlikely) it'd be a level playing field.
In any case i'm just raging i lost out!

ghostdancer · 16-01-2017 11:06AM

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

It's not just people selling on it though. It's been proven that the tickets are being allocated directly to seatwave in bulk by the promoters. It's nothing like donedeal.

it's not "nothing like dondeal", it's a place for people to sell tickets.

if the band/promoter are signing an agreement with TM to hold back tickets to put on Seatwave, then that's the band/promoter at fault.
although that doesn't seem to happen in Ireland usually, loads of sold-out gigs here (eg. Electric Picnic) usually only have a few tickets up on Seatwave. after EP sold out last year there was only about 10 pairs of tickets on Seatwave for quite a while.

U2 must bring out the touts though, probably loads of them already signed up to the fanclub and buying the tickets last week with new memberships on different cards then putting them straight onto Seatwave.

Seve OB · 16-01-2017 11:06AM

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

There will be an extra show on 30 July in the Amsterdam ArenA. The on sale for the new show will start on 23 January, with an U2 fanclub pre sale starting on 18 January.

This bit would annoy me a little tbh.
The fans got presale to the 1st gig, and you'd imagine that most would only go to one gig, so this is just another opportunity for touts to cream it.

Second dates generally went on sale pretty much straight away after a gig sold out, giving those that missed out a chance to pick a few tickets up.

This presale b0llox means there'll be another scrap for tickets come general release, if you don't relent and pay €50 to U2 to have access to a presale code.

Will ya g'won ta fock. Most fans will want to go to as many shows as they can.

Wooderson · 16-01-2017 11:06AM

Pre-sale wasnt such a "scam" after all. This morning was a fiasco.

lazer.blue · 16-01-2017 11:06AM

Whether there are or are not going to be extra dates an announcement needs to be made and people put out of their misery

deeroy12 · 16-01-2017 11:08AM

London,Paris & Amsterdam get 2nd nights...Dublin will be a cert for another night

jon1981 · 16-01-2017 11:08AM

Rumour is they don't have permission for a second date...maybe this is a formality to overcome should there be a second.

johnpatrick81 · 16-01-2017 11:08AM

ghostdancer wrote: »

it's not "nothing like dondeal", it's a place for people to sell tickets.

if the band/promoter are signing an agreement with TM to hold back tickets to put on Seatwave, then that's the band/promoter at fault.
although that doesn't seem to happen in Ireland, loads of sold-out gigs here (eg. Electric Picnic) usually only have a few tickets up on Seatwave.

U2 must bring out the touts though, probably loads of them already signed up to the fanclub and buying the tickets last week with new memberships on different cards then putting them straight onto Seatwave.

Have you even watched the dispatches documentary linked a few pages back? If not, then watch it. It's concrete proof these sites are a joke. I'm not getting into semantics with you again. You seem to have issues with words.

The fact is, they are screwing genuine fans and making loads more money. If you wanna support that then go ahead. I'll continue to call a spade a spade, it' 100% corrupt.

Wooderson · 16-01-2017 11:09AM

Its unusual that an announcement either way isnt forthcoming re: 2nd night.

sjb25 · 16-01-2017 11:11AM

jon1981 wrote: »

Rumour is they don't have permission for a second date...maybe this is a formality to overcome should there be a second.

It's all garths fault

Veloce · 16-01-2017 11:11AM

jon1981 wrote: »

Rumour is they don't have permission for a second date...maybe this is a formality to overcome should there be a second.

Could be that the rumour is just to hype things up to the max!

jon1981 · 16-01-2017 11:11AM

Wooderson wrote: »

Its unusual that an announcement either way isnt forthcoming re: 2nd night.

for this reason maybe?

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/this-is-how-the-u2-concert-could-force-leinster-final-out-of-croke-park-for-the-first-time-in-73-years-35361538.html

hatrickpatrick · 16-01-2017 11:11AM

jon1981 wrote: »

Rumour is they don't have permission for a second date...maybe this is a formality to overcome should there be a second.

Jesus Christ, if the people who choose to live beside a massive f*cking stadium make a bollocks of this I'm going to be so pissed. Croker haven't hit their three concert limit yet FFS. :mad:

MisterAnarchy · 16-01-2017 11:12AM

If they play 2 nights in Paris ,that's the Tuesday and Wednesday after Dublin so they wont be playing the Sunday night ,it will be the Friday if there is an extra gig in Dublin .

Thundercats Ho · 16-01-2017 11:12AM

aaaaaaaahhhhhh wrote: »

This is bloody ridiculous
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Just reported them for touting

Seve OB wrote: »

Will ya g'won ta fock. Most fans will want to go to as many shows as they can.

Really, good for you or others if they can afford to go to multiple gigs on the same tour. I'm thrilled for them.

hatrickpatrick · 16-01-2017 11:14AM

It looks like something seriously weird or last minute happened regarding a second show. Irish Times tweeted literally just this morning that the band were to announce a second show, but since then the article's headline has changed to "no second show expected". Thing is, the original tweet linking to the article is still there, so you can see that the article originally said that there would be a second date and has since been changed:

https://twitter.com/IrishTimes/status/820916525481816064

Seve OB · 16-01-2017 11:14AM

jon1981 wrote: »

for this reason maybe?

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/this-is-how-the-u2-concert-could-force-leinster-final-out-of-croke-park-for-the-first-time-in-73-years-35361538.html

what has that got to do with a second night?

acquiescefc · 16-01-2017 11:15AM

lazer.blue wrote: »

Whether there are or are not going to be extra dates an announcement needs to be made and people put out of their misery

How can you announce something thats not happening?

Wooderson · 16-01-2017 11:16AM

jon1981 wrote: »

for this reason maybe?

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/this-is-how-the-u2-concert-could-force-leinster-final-out-of-croke-park-for-the-first-time-in-73-years-35361538.html

Good shout. Livenation should confirm that Dublin only getting the one night then. Put people out of their misery and enable them to plan to travel.

Benbecul97 · 16-01-2017 11:17AM

deeroy12 wrote: »

London,Paris & Amsterdam get 2nd nights...Dublin will be a cert for another night

Where is that confirmed?

paulbok · 16-01-2017 11:17AM

Anyone got Pat Hickeys phone number?
He's usually good for a few tickets

MisterAnarchy · 16-01-2017 11:18AM

acquiescefc wrote: »

How can you announce something thats not happening?

If they are playing an extra night in Amsterdam then they will definitely play one in their hometown .

You can see the spaces in the schedule allow for 2nd nights in most venues on the European leg.
Its all about building the hype ,pardon the pun.

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U2 Joshua Tree Tour 2017 / 2019 No Ticket Sales