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stereomanic
Hi,
First time I've ever managed to get some Lucky Dip tickets for any Stones show (Paris 3rd date on my birthday - definitely lucky!).
Everything was in French including the email I got with an attachment.
Do I just show up to the Arena with a print out of the confirmation along with my ID and card I used to pay with? Will this be sign posted when I get there and what sort of time should you turn up?
Any ideas where in the Arena you are likely to be? I mean would I be right in thinking *most* of the lucky dip tickets are probably just General Admission or seats at the back? Or have people ended up in the tongue pit before with these lucky dips?
Any other advice regarding these tickets and any good stories?
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stereomanic
Hi,
First time I've ever managed to get some Lucky Dip tickets for any Stones show (Paris 3rd date on my birthday - definitely lucky!).
Everything was in French including the email I got with an attachment.
Do I just show up to the Arena with a print out of the confirmation along with my ID and card I used to pay with? Will this be sign posted when I get there and what sort of time should you turn up?
Any ideas where in the Arena you are likely to be? I mean would I be right in thinking *most* of the lucky dip tickets are probably just General Admission or seats at the back? Or have people ended up in the tongue pit before with these lucky dips?
Any other advice regarding these tickets and any good stories?
Hi, I'm basing this on having LD's 5x, all in the USA.
1. Yes, to everything you've written about showing up with ID/card/confirm, and sign posted for LD pickup. However, it may be actually implemented looser or a little diff than the requirements per location, at least that's what I found. The tickets were always pre-picked with my name before you arrive. That is, we weren't picking out of a random stack of envelopes. As for time, I think they recommend early, but it's not that big a deal.
2. I'll guess that where you get seated is influenced by ticket sales. Figure on good sales leaving more crap seats for LD, and v-v. Of my 5, one was pit, one was LL, and three were terrible. I've read quite a few people writing about LD pit, so it definitely happens.
There's my 2-cents... Good luck!
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Stoneswolf
Had ld for Paris 2014. Seats were near to the stage upper left which made it interesting as we could see the band arriving and leaving backstage.
It was great fun as the French audience is so energetic - in contrast to Switzerland where I also had lucky dip but every body around me kept seating on their seats. Luckily it was no problem to move to the standing section in Zurich.
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syrel
And if anyone would like to increase their chances of getting a great seat out of the Lucky Dips in 2017, I have a spare LD ticket available for both Munich and Dusseldorf
syrel
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Topi
Barcelona had single Lucky Dips.
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Nate
If you travel solo with lucky dips then it is easy you find the prettiest girl in town and ask her if she wants to come see the greatest band in the world tonight.
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Nate
If you travel solo with lucky dips then it is easy you find the prettiest girl in town and ask her if she wants to come see the greatest band in the world tonight.
Nate
As soon as she sees the shitty seats you have she will leave))))))
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BitchKeepsBitchin
I've had Lucky Dips for 6 different venues and the way it works is each venue sets up their own area for ticket pick-ups. Some places are heavily guarded and others have very little security. You def need the Credit Card used to purchase, plus Photo ID, and the guest has to be there with you. And once you get the tickets, you cant get back outside to try and sell them. But its totally random, they hand out envelopes with pairs. I ended up with expensive seats that didn't sell, decent seats, and nosebleeds, so you take a chance buying these but I always try moving closer to the stage if that happens. Your still in the house for cheap. No matter what its worth it. One thing I'm gonna say is, I think there is a special person who holds the envelopes with the Pit Seats. If at all possible, try to scope that person out in advance, try to get their attention and make the case that you are a huge fan, etc, act excited, and you might get the very Lucky Dips!
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grzegorz67
As a veteran of 6 Lucky Dips (wow!) did you see any solo Lucky dippers? What happens to them? If they haven't been able to find a guest are they still allowed to collect one ticket but not the other? It must happen sometimes.
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As a veteran of 6 Lucky Dips (wow!) did you see any solo Lucky dippers? What happens to them? If they haven't been able to find a guest are they still allowed to collect one ticket but not the other? It must happen sometimes.
I went in solo to Berlin 2014. It was irritating (to me) but not a problem. Both tickets were in an envelope, I just used one.
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Nate
If you travel solo with lucky dips then it is easy you find the prettiest girl in town and ask her if she wants to come see the greatest band in the world tonight.
Nate
As soon as she sees the shitty seats you have she will leave))))))
They aren't always shitty Leteyer. There are plenty of posters on here who've done very well with Lucky Dips. They are always cheaper than the lowest category of regular ticket so imho, you can't lose. I've never done Lucky Dip before but I'm looking forward to doing it for Paris 1 & 2, even though my 1st preference was Fosse Or.
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Nate
If you travel solo with lucky dips then it is easy you find the prettiest girl in town and ask her if she wants to come see the greatest band in the world tonight.
Nate
As soon as she sees the shitty seats you have she will leave))))))
They aren't always shitty Leteyer. There are plenty of posters on here who've done very well with Lucky Dips. They are always cheaper than the lowest category of regular ticket so imho, you can't lose. I've never done Lucky Dip before but I'm looking forward to doing it for Paris 1 & 2, even though my 1st preference was Fosse Or.
It was a joke..I have done LD twice, one in Dusseldorf was my worst ever sitting and the other was pretty bad but I manage to get to the FOS...I have LD for Paris 3.
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Nate
If you travel solo with lucky dips then it is easy you find the prettiest girl in town and ask her if she wants to come see the greatest band in the world tonight.
Nate
As soon as she sees the shitty seats you have she will leave))))))
They aren't always shitty Leteyer. There are plenty of posters on here who've done very well with Lucky Dips. They are always cheaper than the lowest category of regular ticket so imho, you can't lose. I've never done Lucky Dip before but I'm looking forward to doing it for Paris 1 & 2, even though my 1st preference was Fosse Or.
It was a joke..I have done LD twice, one in Dusseldorf was my worst ever sitting and the other was pretty bad but I manage to get to the FOS...I have LD for Paris 3.
I know it was a joke leteyer . I suppose the whole thing is a gamble and that's what makes it exciting. I'm hoping my LDs for Shows 1& 2 give me decent seats for at least 1 show out of 2. It certainly seems that Paris is the most popular show(s) of the tour, like last time so I hope my spare LDs will be much easier to sell than at other venues. They haven't appeared on my bank statement yet but they should be around £50 GBP, which is an amazing price to see the Stones in 2017.
Last time I got so so lucky for Paris when I met your young friend Alin on the London-Paris bus the day before the show and she sold me your spare for Pelouse Or outside the Stade de France on showday. My friend of 30 years travelled from U.K. and his ticket was for the same entrance so we could queue and stand together. Paris seems like a great place to live for concerts. I saw Paul McCartney at Bercy last year - 73€ in GA!
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I've had Lucky Dips for 6 different venues and the way it works is each venue sets up their own area for ticket pick-ups. Some places are heavily guarded and others have very little security. You def need the Credit Card used to purchase, plus Photo ID, and the guest has to be there with you. And once you get the tickets, you cant get back outside to try and sell them. But its totally random, they hand out envelopes with pairs. I ended up with expensive seats that didn't sell, decent seats, and nosebleeds, so you take a chance buying these but I always try moving closer to the stage if that happens. Your still in the house for cheap. No matter what its worth it. One thing I'm gonna say is, I think there is a special person who holds the envelopes with the Pit Seats. If at all possible, try to scope that person out in advance, try to get their attention and make the case that you are a huge fan, etc, act excited, and you might get the very Lucky Dips!
As a veteran of 6 Lucky Dips (wow!) did you see any solo Lucky dippers? What happens to them? If they haven't been able to find a guest are they still allowed to collect one ticket but not the other? It must happen sometimes.
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SirCorto
Last time lucky dips, at least in Israel, were sold in 2 different
time slots (being sold out and after a few weeks another time slot).
It was the same in other sites for the 2014 On fire tour? Is there any
chance for the same (another lucky dip time slot) this tour?
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leteyer
I have done LD twice, one in Dusseldorf was my worst ever sitting and the other was pretty bad but I manage to get to the FOS...I have LD for Paris 3.