This is bizarre, SEATWAVE.CO.UK is now showing 80 GA tongue pit tickets available for the 25th, that's the most there's ever been since tickets when on sale whenever it was back in October ? Where the blazes have these suddenly come from ? Weird !

Still asking over £1K, so I ain't gonna be biting yet ....

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2012-11-13 14:44 by paulywaul.

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This is bizarre, SEATWAVE.CO.UK is now showing 80 GA tongue pit tickets available for the 25th, that's the most there's ever been since tickets when on sale whenever it was back in October ? Where the blazes have these suddenly come from ? Weird !

Still asking over £1K, so I ain't gonna be biting yet ....

Even weirder, the number available is also increasing for the 29th, that's now showing 67, also the most I've ever seen since ticket sales started ? Eh wot ?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-11-13 14:48 by paulywaul.

Aren't they people selling their tickets for a profit?

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Box Office does often get some extra tickets on show day, afternoon.

And they will, if available, upgrade your seats from Upper tier to Lower tier or Floor when asked (they also do this about an hour or so from show time on the 1st floor inside the O2, at the top of the escalator to your right as you go in the main entrance).

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Box Office does often get some extra tickets on show day, afternoon.

And they will, if available, upgrade your seats from Upper tier to Lower tier or Floor when asked (they also do this about an hour or so from show time on the 1st floor inside the O2, at the top of the escalator to your right as you go in the main entrance).

For free or..?

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Aren't they people selling their tickets for a profit?

Trying to I guess ?

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Box Office does often get some extra tickets on show day, afternoon.

And they will, if available, upgrade your seats from Upper tier to Lower tier or Floor when asked (they also do this about an hour or so from show time on the 1st floor inside the O2, at the top of the escalator to your right as you go in the main entrance).

I heard that's what they did for one or more of the 2007 shows. Wow, good deal !!

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Box Office does often get some extra tickets on show day, afternoon.

And they will, if available, upgrade your seats from Upper tier to Lower tier or Floor when asked (they also do this about an hour or so from show time on the 1st floor inside the O2, at the top of the escalator to your right as you go in the main entrance).

For free or..?

I think it was for free, yes ....

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Box Office does often get some extra tickets on show day, afternoon.

And they will, if available, upgrade your seats from Upper tier to Lower tier or Floor when asked (they also do this about an hour or so from show time on the 1st floor inside the O2, at the top of the escalator to your right as you go in the main entrance).

For free or..?

I think it was for free, yes ....

Yes, definitely for free. Last time I did it was when I took Pam to see Barbra Streisand and we were way up on the top 4th tier and we got put in the 1st row of the lower tier.

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Box Office does often get some extra tickets on show day, afternoon.

And they will, if available, upgrade your seats from Upper tier to Lower tier or Floor when asked (they also do this about an hour or so from show time on the 1st floor inside the O2, at the top of the escalator to your right as you go in the main entrance).

For free or..?

I think it was for free, yes ....

Yes, definitely for free. Last time I did it was when I took Pam to see Barbra Streisand and we were way up on the top 4th tier and we got put in the 1st row of the lower tier.

God almighty, now that was a deal !! I bet you and the good lady were .............. all the way to your new seats !!

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That's right. I was on my way to block 412 for the 2nd O2 show in 2007, and ended up in 110 absolutely free. Look out for people in blue polo shirts with the O2 logo embroidered on at the top of the escalator. With a great big stash of tickets in their hands.

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That's right. I was on my way to block 412 for the 2nd O2 show in 2007, and ended up in 110 absolutely free. Look out for people in blue polo shirts with the O2 logo embroidered on at the top of the escalator. With a great big stash of tickets in their hands.

<<< Look out for people in blue polo shirts with the O2 logo embroidered on at the top of the escalator. With a great big stash of tickets in their hands >>>

Bloody hell, I'm stunned !!

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Yep - who'd a thunk it.

At the time I was told that they were from a block of seats reserved for Greenwich residents, which was part of the venue's licencing agreement, and that if they haven't been taken up, they are offered to those in the nosebleeds.

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Yep - who'd a thunk it.

At the time I was told that they were from a block of seats reserved for Greenwich residents, which was part of the venue's licencing agreement, and that if they haven't been taken up, they are offered to those in the nosebleeds.

Good bit of info that, thank you very much for posting it here ... anything to help lessen the depression among those poor sods that have paid £400 for the dubious privilege of being up in the stratosphere whilst the Rolling Stones meanwhile are somewhere down at ground level about half a mile away !!

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So I finally booked my Ryanair flight and hotel for the second show. Still no ticket.The costs for flight plus hotel (2 nights) are half the price they ask for a show ticket - ridiculous. I must be crazy. But then....

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That's right. I was on my way to block 412 for the 2nd O2 show in 2007, and ended up in 110 absolutely free. Look out for people in blue polo shirts with the O2 logo embroidered on at the top of the escalator. With a great big stash of tickets in their hands.

Thanks, now you got me thinking...

I would also be on the the Lookout for a ticket drop from Ticketmaster for the two Newark shows, not too long after the 1 minute sell out of the Brooklyn show.



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Box Office does often get some extra tickets on show day, afternoon.

And they will, if available, upgrade your seats from Upper tier to Lower tier or Floor when asked (they also do this about an hour or so from show time on the 1st floor inside the O2, at the top of the escalator to your right as you go in the main entrance).

For free or..?

I think it was for free, yes ....

Yes, definitely for free. Last time I did it was when I took Pam to see Barbra Streisand and we were way up on the top 4th tier and we got put in the 1st row of the lower tier.

God almighty, now that was a deal !! I bet you and the good lady were .............. all the way to your new seats !!

We certainly were (and the top price for her concerts was £500 face value, and I'd paid for £50 seats !!)

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Box Office does often get some extra tickets on show day, afternoon.

And they will, if available, upgrade your seats from Upper tier to Lower tier or Floor when asked (they also do this about an hour or so from show time on the 1st floor inside the O2, at the top of the escalator to your right as you go in the main entrance).

For free or..?

I think it was for free, yes ....

Yes, definitely for free. Last time I did it was when I took Pam to see Barbra Streisand and we were way up on the top 4th tier and we got put in the 1st row of the lower tier.

God almighty, now that was a deal !! I bet you and the good lady were .............. all the way to your new seats !!

We certainly were (and the top price for her concerts was £500 face value, and I'd paid for £50 seats !!)

<<< and the top price for her concerts was £500 face value >>>

Ssshhh .... don't tell MJ !!

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Pulling 450.00 singles now for Dec 15 and 800.00 singles for the Dec 13th show.

I got my ticket upgraded from Nosebleed to row 8 FOS at the LA Forum service desk ten minuets before the show. I had to pay the face value price difference, which I gladly did.

Currently pulling crappy section 3 $813 singles for 12/15...

And section 103 singles for $450...

For anyone that's counting, there's a fairly staggering 709 tickets currently for sale for 25th November on SEATWAVE alone; heaven knows how many also on GETMEIN or VIAGOGO, Ebay, Gumtree and the like ....

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The number of tickets for the NJ shows on Stubhub is increasing. Now, 2570 tickets for 12/13 and 2072 tickets for 12/15. Up by nearly 10% from a few days ago.

On ebay I see a number of auctions for concert tickets that end after the events have taken place, like this one:

[www.ebay.com]

What's the point of that?

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The number of tickets for the NJ shows on Stubhub is increasing. Now, 2570 tickets for 12/13 and 2072 tickets for 12/15. Up by nearly 10% from a few days ago.

So to what do you attribute this, as a matter of interest ? On this side of the pond, I'm just rather puzzled by the fact that as the day of the first show draws ever closer, the number of tickets going up for sale in some quarters does actually seem to be increasing ? Surely it should be the other way round ........... shouldn't it ?

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On ebay I see a number of auctions for concert tickets that end after the events have taken place, like this one:

[www.ebay.com]

What's the point of that?

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Er (scratching head in bewilderment) ..... don't know !! Seems completely stupid. I think someone's brain wasn't working when they listed that ... ?

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The number of tickets for the NJ shows on Stubhub is increasing. Now, 2570 tickets for 12/13 and 2072 tickets for 12/15. Up by nearly 10% from a few days ago.

So tdo what do you attribute this, as a matter of interest ? On this side of the pond, I'm just rather puzzled by the fact that as the day of the first show draws ever closer, the number of tickets going up for sale in some quarters does actually seem to be increasing ? Surely it should be the other way round ........... shouldn't it ?

Maybe it has something to do with a lot of people now having their tickets in hand knowing they need money back for them ASAP?
A pair of £406 tickets went on eBay today for £540. Take the eBay/Paypal fees off and it's nearly a free ticket being given away by the seller. That'll burn!

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The number of tickets for the NJ shows on Stubhub is increasing. Now, 2570 tickets for 12/13 and 2072 tickets for 12/15. Up by nearly 10% from a few days ago.

So tdo what do you attribute this, as a matter of interest ? On this side of the pond, I'm just rather puzzled by the fact that as the day of the first show draws ever closer, the number of tickets going up for sale in some quarters does actually seem to be increasing ? Surely it should be the other way round ........... shouldn't it ?

Maybe it has something to do with a lot of people now having their tickets in hand knowing they need money back for them ASAP?
A pair of £406 tickets went on eBay today for £540. Take the eBay/Paypal fees off and it's nearly a free ticket being given away by the seller. That'll burn!

Do you mean £540 EACH, or £540 for a pair of tickets with a face value of £406 each ? If you mean the latter, then yes - yowch !! Someone lost a lot of money there !!

GOOD !!

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