Please use this thread to discuss details about ticket sales, travel and more regarding the SHANGHAI show of the Rolling Stones "14 on Fire" tour 2014.

Bjornulf

So which outfit is most likely to be selling tickets for Shanghai and is its website likely to be in Chinese only?

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Beast
So which outfit is most likely to be selling tickets for Shanghai and is its website likely to be in Chinese only?

Maybe you'll already found it, there is only a phone number on Mercedes Arena official ticketing page for ticket reservation.....

I know that Tokyo show ticketing info is provided only in Japanese but still possible to apply on internet.


And I found a news
[www.mercedes-benzarena.com]


This is about Metallica show in last summer. It says that all tickets were sold out in 10 minutes and they will have an extra show.

Seriously???

I was thinking that western rock fan base is very small in mainland china so it will be easy to get a ticket in Shanghai.
But if it was true, things not easy...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-14 07:47 by a bigger nut.

Thanks for the info. I hope I'm proved wrong but it doesn't look as if buying a ticket is going to be that straightforward. I found a couple of official ticket-selling sites and they have an English version, but if you go through the motions of trying to buy a ticket for a show at the Mercedes, you'll find that the ticket details are in Chinese only. If you translate the ticket details page using a translation tool, there seems to an option to pay online but possibly using only cards issued by certain Chinese banks? The process is not very clear and the fact that the translation is less than perfect doesn't help! I sure can't speak Chinese and wouldn't like to bet on the telephone operators being able to speak English...

These are the sites but they are essentially the same, as they have identical telephone numbers:

www.culture.sh.cn

www.365ttk.cn

...Shanghai confirmed or not (yet)?

Not!

[www.iorr.org]

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Beast
These are the sites but they are essentially the same, as they have identical telephone numbers:

www.culture.sh.cn

www.365ttk.cn

There is inquiry mail address ShanghaiTickets@gmail.com
But this is GMAIL. It is strange, especially in China.
I have ever traveled mainland China more than 10 times and I know that sometimes google service is blocked in mainland.
In my experience, Hotmail is still OK but reliability of gmail is far less in mainland.(It is OK in Hongkong and Macau.)

Anyway I have sent an inquiry how to purchase tickets from foreign country without domestic bank card.

The last show in Shanghai was a real scary affair. A site went up on line by the promoters as I remember earlier then sanctioned by the Stones business people, and many of us hit on it right away ( as I remember I did it over the phone, but could not swear to it.) Several of us then sat in limbo, with the people in Shanghai saying "don't worry," while being unable to confirm anything. It worked out for the best though We were up on the rail for the show. My sister got to meet Barnard (she thought he was funny,) Blondie ( she was not impressed) and Ronnie ( she thought he was pretty drunk.) Shanghai is a great place and the Stones seemed really relaxed in an environment where they could get out and around without being mobbed.

Well, I was going to ask you how you got your tickets last time but I figured you wouldn't remember LOL...

a bigger nut - please let us know what they say if they reply to your e-mail.

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kahoosier
A site went up on line by the promoters as I remember earlier then sanctioned by the Stones business people,

It might happen in China. lol
Tons of fake, non-authorized issues in the country.

I have ever seen fake viagra in China. On its package, Cristiano Ronalds's face was printed.

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Beast
Well, I was going to ask you how you got your tickets last time but I figured you wouldn't remember LOL...

a bigger nut - please let us know what they say if they reply to your e-mail.

Off course!

YES!! 12 March. Tickets on sale on 20th January - yikes - via two hotlines (one in English) and two websites. See details on RS app.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-17 00:01 by Beast.

Tickets are on sale at 5 pm - but what time zone are they referring to? Anyone??

It is a good morning news in Asia.

Then I need to book another flight to Shanghai, the first time since 2008 Olympic for me.

RS.com says 5pm CST.

There is a "CST" time zone in China on a map that I found. That area includes Shanghai.

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6s7s9s
RS.com says 5pm CST.

There is a "CST" time zone in China on a map that I found. That area includes Shanghai.

Officially, China has only one timezone. GMT+8hours.

Is there a seating chart available anywhere yet?

RS.com says 5pm January 20 Beijing time.

SmartShanghai.com:

"SmartTicket will have them, and the prices will start at 480rmb and go up to 2880rmb. Then there are VIP packages that get you into some kind of lift that hovers over the stage or something, those go for 3880, 5880 and 8880rmb."

480 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 59 Euro = ca. 79 US-Dollar
680 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 83 Euro = ca. 112 US-Dollar
1280 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 156 Euro = ca. 212 US-Dollar
1880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 230 Euro = ca. 311 US-Dollar
2880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 352 Euro = ca. 476 US-Dollar
3880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 474 Euro = ca. 641 US-Dollar
5880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 719 Euro = ca. 972 US-Dollar
8880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 1085 Euro = ca. 1468 US-Dollar
(exchange rates from Yahoo Finance)


Thanks to erikjjf for the Flyer.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-17 21:30 by Irix.

Post Deleted secondary to panicked peer pressure.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-19 21:36 by kahoosier.

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Irix
SmartShanghai.com:

"SmartTicket will have them, and the prices will start at 480rmb and go up to 2880rmb. Then there are VIP packages that get you into some kind of lift that hovers over the stage or something, those go for 3880, 5880 and 8880rmb."

480 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 59 Euro = ca. 79 US-Dollar
680 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 83 Euro = ca. 112 US-Dollar
1280 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 156 Euro = ca. 212 US-Dollar
1880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 230 Euro = ca. 311 US-Dollar
2880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 352 Euro = ca. 476 US-Dollar
3880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 474 Euro = ca. 641 US-Dollar
5880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 719 Euro = ca. 972 US-Dollar
8880 Chinese Renminbi = ca. 1085 Euro = ca. 1468 US-Dollar
(exchange rates from Yahoo Finance)


Thanks to erikjjf for the Flyer.

Yikes, that's er ..................... a lot of money !! O well, such is the price of a Stones gig in 2014, makes one wonder what it'll be in 2015 !!

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

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paulywaul

Yikes, that's er ..................... a lot of money !!

Indeed ... a lot of money, but there was already a 'Tongue Pit Package' at the '50 & Counting Tour' for 1500 US-$ in Spring 2013. See this Post as well as this Ticketmaster link.

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Irix

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paulywaul

Yikes, that's er ..................... a lot of money !!

Indeed ... a lot of money, but there was already a 'Tongue Pit Package' at the '50 & Counting Tour' for 1500 US-$ in Spring 2013. See this Post as well as this Ticketmaster link.

O well that's OK then, in that case it's a bargain, an absolute bargain. I'll take a dozen. No wait, make that two dozen ................... !!

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

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6s7s9s
RS.com says 5pm CST.

There is a "CST" time zone in China on a map that I found. That area includes Shanghai.

So are we sure that it's Beijing/Shanghai time? (Central Standard Time)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-20 04:00 by frenki09.

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frenki09

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6s7s9s
RS.com says 5pm CST.

There is a "CST" time zone in China on a map that I found. That area includes Shanghai.

So are we sure that it's Beijing/Shanghai time? (Central Standard Time)

CST is not Central Standard Time, but China Standard Time... ><

Shanghai Seating Chart and Price.

Thought this was time for Shanghai tickets to go on sale. Anyone have a site linK?

Sales link:

[www.smartshanghai.com]

Have a look too at Damai.cn - the official redirect from RollingStones.com.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-20 12:35 by Irix.

Quote from ticket page:

"VIP 1
One Incredible Seat in the Tounge Pit"

A seat!?

And it looks like we need an address in China to buy tickets on smartshanghai...