The New Australian Date(s) Ticket Sales Thread

bono_man2002 · 08-10-2006, 07:31 PM

A Thread title longer than a U2 album!

I have my Sydney III GA is of 9:02am this morning from the outlet.....Stress free...I notice that the tickettek site is down

How'd Everybody else go?

AndrewCowley · 08-10-2006, 07:56 PM

Let me just state the obvious... the ticketek web site is a total disgrace.

Anyway I got lucky... after 1/2 hour of the website crashing I finally got through to the end and came out it with A reserve, row 5 in section 105-1.

bono_man · 08-10-2006, 08:11 PM

I got Sydney III ticket in GA this morning. Thats 4 U2 shows in 6 days!!! What a fucking week!!

I wonder when it will sell out...

Axver · 08-10-2006, 08:26 PM

I was at uni when the tickets went on sale, but one of my friends picked up tickets online so I'm happy.

shortfuse · 08-10-2006, 08:55 PM

I just managed to buy a ticket for the show on the 10th on ticketek... a limited number appear to have been put up for sale... its a C - Reserve ticket but thats still something. Maybe worthwhile checking for people hoping to attend this show.

shortfuse · 08-10-2006, 08:56 PM

btw that was online.....

MsGiggles · 08-10-2006, 08:58 PM

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Originally posted by bono_man
I got Sydney III ticket in GA this morning. Thats 4 U2 shows in 6 days!!! What a fucking week!!

Whoohoo me too

Axver · 08-10-2006, 09:21 PM

Huh, just checked Ticketek and tickets are still available for every section - except D Reserve!

timothius · 08-10-2006, 09:44 PM

Theres no way the third will sell out. As if 80,000 people will want to see U2 on a Thursday when there are 160,000 tickets to see them on a weekend.

If I go to the third I'll probably pick up tickets closer to the date.

Axver · 08-10-2006, 09:53 PM

What's the promotion been like for this show? If it's been decent, I think it will sell out soon enough. Seems like it's not going in a terrible hurry, but I think the demand is there.

timothius · 08-10-2006, 09:57 PM

Not much promotion really.

I was thinking of picking up seats for the Tues show, but really it would be the best night to have GA wouldn't it, given it's a weeknight. You'd really just have to beat the rush of school kiddies at 3 and workers at 5 and you would be pretty much set.

Axver · 08-10-2006, 10:42 PM

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Originally posted by timothius
Not much promotion really.

That's going to let it down really. I'm surprised GAs are still available - and that the only section sold out yet is still just D Reserve, of all reserves.

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I was thinking of picking up seats for the Tues show, but really it would be the best night to have GA wouldn't it, given it's a weeknight. You'd really just have to beat the rush of school kiddies at 3 and workers at 5 and you would be pretty much set.

Well, it's a Monday, not a Tuesday, but it's not like that changes your point. I'm actually most looking forward to this show - should have the best set. Are you going to both of the first two shows, Timo?

Also, I hadn't noticed this before, on Ticketek's U2 page:

RUNNING TIMES:
5:30pm : Gates Open
7:30pm : Support Act - Kanye West
8:45pm : Main Act - U2
11:15pm : Finish

So U2 are actually scheduled in to play 2.5 hours, not 2? That bodes well ...

MsGiggles · 08-10-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally posted by Axver

So U2 are actually scheduled in to play 2.5 hours, not 2? That bodes well ...

OceanGirl · 08-11-2006, 12:03 AM

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Huh, just checked Ticketek and tickets are still available for every section - except D Reserve!

What was that I said about it being a struggle to sell out a 3rd show?

As for promotion, I saw more mention of the 3rd shows in the media than I ever did with the first 2. I don't think it matters how much promotion there was.... the 3rd show was never going to sell out as quick as the first 2 shows.

Quote:

Also, I hadn't noticed this before, on Ticketek's U2 page:

RUNNING TIMES:
5:30pm : Gates Open
7:30pm : Support Act - Kanye West
8:45pm : Main Act - U2
11:15pm : Finish

So U2 are actually scheduled in to play 2.5 hours, not 2? That bodes well ...

I hadn't noticed that either... 2.5 hours, hey? That's awesome.

Do most of their shows usually go for 2 hours or does it vary?

americangoth · 08-11-2006, 12:10 AM

i got my c reserve ticket
apparently the bozos at the box office did not have a seating map so a few of the peeps were confused

I came in with a map in color and the guys made 3 copies and plastered it all over

now i have tickets to BRISBANE I, SYDNEY III & MELBOURNE I

I am unlikely to go to Brisbane though, now that I have bought the Sydney ticket

MAGS ma boy - you are in luck.....we will discuss the issue of how i should send my ticket to your brisbane family and discuss the price as well (BTW its an A RESERVE seat) - talk 2 u soon.

AND GET THIS.........I managed to get the SAME SEAT

that I had to give up as Pearl Jam are playing in brisbane on nov 11 and ill be there......wikkid

also..........i went there and arrived at 6 AM, anticipating a huge line

all i could see were 2 scalpers, who ive known for a bit who had slept under a roof for 5 days straight....

they bought 4 A RESERVE TIX and splashed out the cash like 'twas nothin!!!

08-10-2006, 07:31 PM	#1
bono_man2002 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: My Avatars Chest Posts: 17,041 Local Time: 08:32 PM	The New Australian Date(s) Ticket Sales Thread A Thread title longer than a U2 album! I have my Sydney III GA is of 9:02am this morning from the outlet.....Stress free...I notice that the tickettek site is down How'd Everybody else go?

08-10-2006, 08:26 PM	#4
Axver Assver, Setlist Antichrist Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Melbourne tram departing Wellington Posts: 88,887 Local Time: 08:32 PM	I was at uni when the tickets went on sale, but one of my friends picked up tickets online so I'm happy. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard “Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat.” - Ian McCulloch U2gigs.com: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database on the web! Contradiction is balance: Axver's blog \| Axver's crappy photography

08-10-2006, 09:21 PM	#8
Axver Assver, Setlist Antichrist Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Melbourne tram departing Wellington Posts: 88,887 Local Time: 08:32 PM	Huh, just checked Ticketek and tickets are still available for every section - except D Reserve! __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard “Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat.” - Ian McCulloch U2gigs.com: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database on the web! Contradiction is balance: Axver's blog \| Axver's crappy photography

08-10-2006, 09:53 PM	#10
Axver Assver, Setlist Antichrist Premium Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: A Melbourne tram departing Wellington Posts: 88,887 Local Time: 08:32 PM	What's the promotion been like for this show? If it's been decent, I think it will sell out soon enough. Seems like it's not going in a terrible hurry, but I think the demand is there. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard “Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat.” - Ian McCulloch U2gigs.com: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database on the web! Contradiction is balance: Axver's blog \| Axver's crappy photography

08-10-2006, 09:57 PM	#11
timothius Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In the late 70s, early 80's... Posts: 8,465 Local Time: 08:32 PM	Not much promotion really. I was thinking of picking up seats for the Tues show, but really it would be the best night to have GA wouldn't it, given it's a weeknight. You'd really just have to beat the rush of school kiddies at 3 and workers at 5 and you would be pretty much set. Last edited by timothius; 08-10-2006 at 10:00 PM..

08-10-2006, 07:56 PM	#2
AndrewCowley Acrobat Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 422 Local Time: 08:32 PM	Let me just state the obvious... the ticketek web site is a total disgrace. Anyway I got lucky... after 1/2 hour of the website crashing I finally got through to the end and came out it with A reserve, row 5 in section 105-1.

08-10-2006, 08:11 PM	#3
bono_man Thom's Bitch Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2,097 Local Time: 07:32 PM	I got Sydney III ticket in GA this morning. Thats 4 U2 shows in 6 days!!! What a fucking week!! I wonder when it will sell out...

08-10-2006, 08:55 PM	#5
shortfuse The Fly Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: still waiting...for the dawn Posts: 257 Local Time: 04:32 PM	I just managed to buy a ticket for the show on the 10th on ticketek... a limited number appear to have been put up for sale... its a C - Reserve ticket but thats still something. Maybe worthwhile checking for people hoping to attend this show.

08-10-2006, 08:56 PM	#6
shortfuse The Fly Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: still waiting...for the dawn Posts: 257 Local Time: 04:32 PM	btw that was online.....

08-10-2006, 09:44 PM	#9
timothius Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In the late 70s, early 80's... Posts: 8,465 Local Time: 08:32 PM	Theres no way the third will sell out. As if 80,000 people will want to see U2 on a Thursday when there are 160,000 tickets to see them on a weekend. If I go to the third I'll probably pick up tickets closer to the date.

08-11-2006, 12:10 AM	#15
americangoth The Fly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia Posts: 53 Local Time: 07:32 PM	im excited!!!! i got my c reserve ticket apparently the bozos at the box office did not have a seating map so a few of the peeps were confused I came in with a map in color and the guys made 3 copies and plastered it all over now i have tickets to BRISBANE I, SYDNEY III & MELBOURNE I I am unlikely to go to Brisbane though, now that I have bought the Sydney ticket MAGS ma boy - you are in luck.....we will discuss the issue of how i should send my ticket to your brisbane family and discuss the price as well (BTW its an A RESERVE seat) - talk 2 u soon. AND GET THIS.........I managed to get the SAME SEAT that I had to give up as Pearl Jam are playing in brisbane on nov 11 and ill be there......wikkid also..........i went there and arrived at 6 AM, anticipating a huge line all i could see were 2 scalpers, who ive known for a bit who had slept under a roof for 5 days straight.... they bought 4 A RESERVE TIX and splashed out the cash like 'twas nothin!!! Last edited by americangoth; 08-11-2006 at 12:15 AM..

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