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  1. Originally posted by flowerchild:it's almost a little numbing after having the constant feeling of 'something will happen tomorrow/next week!' and now there's suddenly... nothing.

    Yeah, I feel Numb
  2. Paperless Tickets For 2009 Tour?
    http://www.atu2blog.com/2008/10/13/paperless-tickets-for-2009-tour/

    For those of you who have been keeping up with how the concert industry has been slowly trying to combat scalpers (aka ticket resellers), there has been a development thanks to AC/DC and Ticketmaster.

    Over the weekend, a Dallas show for AC/DC went on sale and the only way you could purchase your ticket is by means of paperless tickets. The entire building was sold this way. Through doing a paperless ticket, it means that there is nothing physically available for sites like StubHub or eBay (or anywhere/anyone else looking to resell the ticket). For example, if I bought 3 pairs of tickets, and walk in 3 times with 3 different people, I’d have to pay 100% for 3 tickets and can only resell 3 as opposed to up to 6 (if it was a show I wasn’t interested in going to.) Waste of money for the ticket reseller, not to mention a heck of a headache to manage. The reselling market dries up as a result.

    According to an industry source, this is most likely the way U2 will go with their concert ticketing for next year. Also, the source said that Live Nation will partner with Ticketmaster for the ticketing: “U2 is the biggest client and they don’t want to risk something going wrong with their system while they are still working on it.”

    Now, the only issue with a paperless system would be the amount of swapping that happens between fans from city to city, and even between General Admission and seats. I’ve been a part of multi-city General Admission trades and I know how helpful they can be. This will impact this type of fan-to-fan help…but I’d take this inconvenience over having to deal with the ticket resellers ANY day!
  3. If it beats the scalpers then bring it. The only tickets i'm worrying apart are my own (thats assuming they are tickets, or codes, or special handshakes with the box office staff etc). New tour is gonna be exciting
  4. Originally posted by germcevoy:If it beats the scalpers then bring it. The only tickets i'm worrying apart are my own (thats assuming they are tickets, or codes, or special handshakes with the box office staff etc). New tour is gonna be exciting


    Yep. But then again these "tix" would mean that I can't buy them for 10 bucks 5 minutes before the show. Shit.
  5. Originally posted by yeah:[..]

    Yep. But then again these "tix" would mean that I can't buy them for 10 bucks 5 minutes before the show. Shit.


    Your lucky enough then to be visiting shows that aren't sold out. It,l be interesting to see how this pans out. could you imagine it going wrong?? Haha lol would be my thoughts
  6. Originally posted by germcevoy:[..]

    Your lucky enough then to be visiting shows that aren't sold out. It,l be interesting to see how this pans out. could you imagine it going wrong?? Haha lol would be my thoughts


    Well, the shows actually were sold out. But the scalpers obviously couldn't resell their tix - so I could get them cheap. Worked twice...
  7. Originally posted by yeah:[..]

    Well, the shows actually were sold out. But the scalpers obviously couldn't resell their tix - so I could get them cheap. Worked twice...


    You sicken me. Suppose it pays to take the chance then.
  8. Originally posted by yeah:[..]

    Yep. But then again these "tix" would mean that I can't buy them for 10 bucks 5 minutes before the show. Shit.


    I agree with Yeah. I use stubhub for a lot of my tix...so i can get preferable seating (ie floor, etc.). While it will stop scalpers, it will prevent others from being able to go because the shows 'sold out'.
  9. Originally posted by yeah:[..]

    Well, the shows actually were sold out. But the scalpers obviously couldn't resell their tix - so I could get them cheap. Worked twice...


    lucky!
  10. It was random stadium gigs in Germany and France, though. Can't really see that working in Ireland or indoor shows in some other european countries.
    And if that paperless ticket comes, that's over anyway. Although I didn't really get how it should work. Some kind of codes or what?


  12. My friends and i use stubhub, a ticket resale site. How can someone wait in line for tix if they have school, for example?
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