After realising that there was no chance of logging into Ticketmaster.com, I headed down to the local AFL club to join the queue. I think I would have been about number 50 in the queue at 9.30 am. It was a hot morning and some were more prepared than others. Fortunately I had an umbrella to keep the sun off, a chair, a water bottle, and a Sharon Daloz Parks book on faith development to read through.
We heard that Sydney had sold out in an hour and that scalpers were already getting high prices for tickets on eBay. Melbourne sold out shortly after. It turned out that the Ticketmaster.com website was down due to the high online demand. The phone lines were likely to be overloaded as well. Staying in the queue was our best chance.
I only had to wait 40 minutes after sales opened at 12 noon. It seemed like each person was taking 5 minutes. I managed to get five reasonably close seats for the family.
The New Zealand concert was booked out within 15 minutes if all reports are to be believed. I understand that a second concert is being organised with tickets going on sale next Monday. And maybe there’ll be extra concerts in Sydney and Melbourne.
“The New Zealand concert was booked out within 15 minutes if all reports are to be believed”
Well, yes, and no.
I sat on the phone and the mouse for ridiculous amounts of time today, to no avail… I was then talking to a friend at lunchtime, and one of her friends scored an online one at 11.30, about 2 hrs after they were supposedly sold out. I didn’t give up. After countless reloads and a ridiculous amount of time, I scored a pair about 6.45pm (Auckland time), followed by another pair about 15 mins later, for some friends. I’m pretty sure there will be more released over the next few days.
Oh, and hi! Long time no see, although I do stalk your blog a bit, cos you write such interesting stuff! (SU/ISCF staff worker in the 90’s in Auckland…)
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I realised it’s not in my profile!
Hi Larraine! Great news! I remember reading on the Ticketmaster site yesterday that this can happen – when credit cards don’t go through or seats allocated to the band aren’t needed.
Hi there, I have a ticket for Saturday night’s U2 Nov 18th Melbourne Concert that I would like to swap for a Sunday Nov 19th night one if possible.