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some of my friends did it at Vertigo Tour.

it was more than 24 hours in line.. a real nightmare because the queue was disorganized. I was trying to buy online because there were no sales point in my city, but the website crashed.
thanks to them I get tickets to the concerts in Brazil/2006.

blueeyedboy

9 years

this day and age I'm grateful for technology and being able to buy from the comfort of home. But when I look back and reminisce, these were some of the greatest moments of life...

BigGiRL

9 years

Originally posted by blueeyedboy:this day and age I'm grateful for technology and being able to buy from the comfort of home. But when I look back and reminisce, these were some of the greatest moments of life...

Well...for me it's more like "been there, done that"

Tickets went on sale typically in the winter months... and it was usually wet and cold... Glad to buy online! (But it is a pity that the tickets remain so boring...)

DerBFreund

9 years

I'm fair too young to even remember that
I hate lines, so no big miss for me.
I'll gladly buy them online.

Although the line for GA is something I like.
I hope one day I do it at my first U2 concert

BigGiRL

9 years

Originally posted by cesar_garza01:[..]
If you already have a photo of your ticket scanned in your computer, upload your picture to an online photo sharing service, like Photobucket (it's free). Then copy the address of your picture, click the "picture" icon that appears in the Quick Reply menu and paste the address. Your photo should appear now. PM me if you need help.

I use tinypic dot com... very easy and pictures seems to remain online forever

LikeASong

9 years

I spent a cold March night freezing my ass out, queuing to get tickets for Barcelona 2009. I was #46 on the queue and still I didn't get any, all 90.000 tickets were gone in 10 minutes

The next day I subscribed to U2.com and got tickets on the presale for the second night (which I later traded for night 1) Excuse the terrible sound and video quality (and the language) but this is proof

INCA

9 years

Elevation final leg. Most tickets were day before or day of. I showed up and hoped for he best. I even queued without GA in hand. I was medicated...dedicated.

BelgianBono

9 years

Originally posted by BigGiRL:[..]
I still have mine, or at least, what is left of it! I used it as a cover for the tape of the concert...

But it looked a bit like this, only then in orange:

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Wow, Joyce... Awesome !

LikeASong

9 years

I don't have my dad's copy of it (it's in better shape than this one i found somewhere) but this is the ticket for 1987-07-15 - Madrid, U2's first concert ever in Spain:

1.500 PTAS = 9 € today

(notice the flipped image, as Edge seems to be left handed. Yet another mess up by the promoter of this legendary event)

LikeASong

9 years

What about the ZOO TV tickets? Those were beautiful

blueeyedboy

9 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:I spent a cold March night freezing my ass out, queuing to get tickets for Barcelona 2009. I was #46 on the queue and still I didn't get any, all 90.000 tickets were gone in 10 minutes The next day I subscribed to U2.com and got tickets on the presale for the second night (which I later traded for night 1) Excuse the terrible sound and video quality (and the language) but this is proof

[YouTube Video]

Yes, i would never do now that you can buy online anywhere in the world. It was an experience that would never be the same now. Back then you couldnt log in and buy. You either stood on line or tried to get through on the phone (which was much like the ticketmaster servers crashing in the middle of an on-sale now!) And if you were going to see a show in another city, you relied on either a friend who lived there, or blind faith!

blueeyedboy

9 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:What about the ZOO TV tickets? Those were beautiful

[image]

Again... European tickets are artful souvenirs in themselves. I'll post some from American shows later...

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