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Post by monkian on Aug 31, 2024 4:08:45 GMT -5
Taylor Swift was easier than this. First you selected what cities you wanted, then you either got through the ballot or didn't. The also did staggered sales, so some venues went on sale at 10am Monday, some at 2pm, some on Tuesday etc. I had presales cos I'd bought some stuff from her store - it literally took about 5 minutes to get decent tickets - it was so easy I was also able to login 2 hours later and get better tickets when I realised the first ones where almost behind the stage.
Today is a bloody shambles.
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Post by emil on Aug 31, 2024 4:08:56 GMT -5
I guess, if I keep my cool. I can just skip this (23.00 in cue) and in the spring if they haven't announced a 2026 Europan tour I could wait and try for a ticketmaster re-sell ticket (not caring where in the building I am) for the showdate the day after my birthday...
... or is there something wonky about my logic there...
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Post by Just Call Me The Roller on Aug 31, 2024 4:09:01 GMT -5
I don't mind casuals buying the tickets now, after all, this is the general sale. I hope they go to the gigs, hear songs like Roll It Over for the first time, and fall in love with the band as much as we have. My issue is that the management didn't make it clear who qualified for the pre-sale -- which in my head would've served the purpose of selecting out the most loyal of fans, though in limited numbers due to the popularity of the band even in hardcore circles. Instead, they were all shady and cryptic about this whole thing. Huge disappointment. I think its great that a younger generation is into them now and I hope they all get tickets, but aye I was thinking the same - they've got a list of folk from their mailing list, some folk like myself been on it since mailing lists were a thing, they maybe could have send those folk pre-sale codes first or something. Actually I think it would have been brilliant of their management if they had partnered with, maybe... Live4Ever! It's, well, a de facto Oasis fan club that has been around since God knows when. Give the website a quota of codes to be distributed between fans with a certain number of posts who've been around since a certain date. That would have been perfect. |
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Post by jojoww1877 on Aug 31, 2024 4:09:28 GMT -5
I can buy tickets but an error message keeps popping up that says something went wrong...
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Post by emil on Aug 31, 2024 4:10:14 GMT -5
Taylor Swift was easier than this. First you selected what cities you wanted, then you either got through the ballot or didn't. The also did staggered sales, so some venues went on sale at 10am Monday, some at 2pm, some on Tuesday etc. I had presales cos I'd bought some stuff from her store - it literally took about 5 minutes to get decent tickets - it was so easy I was also able to login 2 hours later and get better tickets when I realised the first ones where almost behind the stage. Today is a bloody shambles. Often, one persons "easy breezy" is another persons "total Freddy Krueger nightmare". |
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Post by burnageoasis on Aug 31, 2024 4:10:23 GMT -5
How is it possible that a company that
1. was founded for the sole purpose of selling tickets
2. has been selling for 50 years
3. even merged with another live company and
4. became so big that authorities started antitrust actions
sucks so much in selling tickets?
What's going on is completely laughable, no matter how big the demand is.
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Post by welshylad on Aug 31, 2024 4:10:32 GMT -5
Knebworth 4+ nights are coming anyway, they've been offered and they will have to top Robbie Williams' record
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Post by marqueemoon on Aug 31, 2024 4:11:01 GMT -5
It just feels like there's a genuine enthusiasm for them right now that maybe wasn't so present in the later years. Like a "wait we were wrong, come back" sort of feeling
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Post by Jgrp on Aug 31, 2024 4:11:50 GMT -5
Knebworth 4+ nights are coming anyway, they've been offered and they will have to top Robbie Williams' record Where did you hear this? |
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Post by emil on Aug 31, 2024 4:11:54 GMT -5
I think its great that a younger generation is into them now and I hope they all get tickets, but aye I was thinking the same - they've got a list of folk from their mailing list, some folk like myself been on it since mailing lists were a thing, they maybe could have send those folk pre-sale codes first or something. Actually I think it would have been brilliant of their management if they had partnered with, maybe... Live4Ever! It's, well, a de facto Oasis fan club that has been around since God knows when. Give the website a quota of codes to be distributed between fans with a certain number of posts who've been around since a certain date. That would have been perfect. When Pearl Jam has a fanclub sale, and announce a tour they have a cut off-date for memberships to the fanclub set before the announcement. Oasis could have just had a cut off date for email entries. So everyone before the tuesday announcement got a first presale code. Or something like that. If they really wanted to attract the loyal crowd. |
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Post by Marissa on Aug 31, 2024 4:12:15 GMT -5
Even with 128,111 people in the queue ahead of me now I think it still could be totally possible. I'm only going for a single ticket and I bet there will be straggler single seats from folks buying multiple
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Post by megyesitomate on Aug 31, 2024 4:12:36 GMT -5
2 things I'm hoping for:
- tickets offered for dodgy prices by scalpers will recirculate eventually
- some Americans, Asians and Australians will sell their tickets for these gigs upon announcement of the world tour
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Post by monstermagic on Aug 31, 2024 4:12:47 GMT -5
Are the Ticketmaster queue numbers allocated at gig level or site level.
I’ve picked my date and 140k in the queue. If it’s gig level I’ve got no chance.
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Post by emil on Aug 31, 2024 4:12:49 GMT -5
How is it possible that a company that 1. was founded for the sole purpose of selling tickets 2. has been selling for 50 years 3. even merged with another live company and 4. became so big that authorities started antitrust actions sucks so much in selling tickets? What's going on is completely laughable, no matter how big the demand is. What is sucking? Pretty sure 99,999% people understands that a que will have to be formed and other than that, it will go smoothly. |
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Post by welshylad on Aug 31, 2024 4:13:25 GMT -5
Knebworth 4+ nights are coming anyway, they've been offered and they will have to top Robbie Williams' record Where did you hear this? Can't remember where but apparently the owners of Knebworth have invited them back in 2026 |
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Post by racingman11 on Aug 31, 2024 4:13:40 GMT -5
Be aware that this shows are expected in 11 months, with 1,3 million tickets sold.
I you can’t secure a ticket today you can be confident that by frequently checking official resellers over the next months you will have something.
It is the case for any big event I attended, from Rugby World Cup to Men’s 100m final at the Olympics.
Do NOT buy from scalpers, ever.
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Post by Marissa on Aug 31, 2024 4:14:37 GMT -5
How is it possible that a company that 1. was founded for the sole purpose of selling tickets 2. has been selling for 50 years 3. even merged with another live company and 4. became so big that authorities started antitrust actions sucks so much in selling tickets? What's going on is completely laughable, no matter how big the demand is. What is sucking? Pretty sure 99,999% people understands that a que will have to be formed and other than that, it will go smoothly. As expected, an unbelievable amount of server errors and crashes have made the process much harder than it needed to be. |
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Post by SallyIsTheMainCharacter on Aug 31, 2024 4:14:47 GMT -5
JESUS CHRIST I GOT WEMBLEY Congrats. What number in the queue were you? below 3000, the midweek wembley one, i finally got in the waiting room the last min and somehow thats a small number |
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Post by balloonless on Aug 31, 2024 4:15:10 GMT -5
Are the Ticketmaster queue numbers allocated at gig level or site level. I’ve picked my date and 140k in the queue. If it’s gig level I’ve got no chance. It’s gig level |
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Post by tomlivesforever on Aug 31, 2024 4:15:15 GMT -5
Even with 128,111 people in the queue ahead of me now I think it still could be totally possible. I'm only going for a single ticket and I bet there will be straggler single seats from folks buying multiple That's guaranteed. You'll definitely get one. |
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Post by powerage09 on Aug 31, 2024 4:15:18 GMT -5
It just feels like there's a genuine enthusiasm for them right now that maybe wasn't so present in the later years. Like a "wait we were wrong, come back" sort of feeling Awful lot of revisionism and u-turns on this band and reunion, its everywhere, even on here. |
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Post by emil on Aug 31, 2024 4:15:40 GMT -5
What is sucking? Pretty sure 99,999% people understands that a que will have to be formed and other than that, it will go smoothly. As expected, an unbelievable amount of server errors and crashes have made the process much harder than it needed to be. "unbeilable amount"? I'm pretty sure the server errors are still in minority for the 500.000 people trying Should obviously in a perfect world be zero crashes |
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Post by surrealneil on Aug 31, 2024 4:15:56 GMT -5
Even with 128,111 people in the queue ahead of me now I think it still could be totally possible. I'm only going for a single ticket and I bet there will be straggler single seats from folks buying multiple Yeah I reckon you've got a decent chance of a single ticket Stick with it |
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Post by zeberdee on Aug 31, 2024 4:15:57 GMT -5
Seems like lots of people have been freezing at the "confirming availability" stage when buying tickets which is tragic.
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Post by burnageoasis on Aug 31, 2024 4:16:10 GMT -5
How is it possible that a company that 1. was founded for the sole purpose of selling tickets 2. has been selling for 50 years 3. even merged with another live company and 4. became so big that authorities started antitrust actions sucks so much in selling tickets? What's going on is completely laughable, no matter how big the demand is. What is sucking? Pretty sure 99,999% people understands that a que will have to be formed and other than that, it will go smoothly. -That they obviously limit the site-wide ticket purchases to a VERY small number per minute. With the current speed I reach the end of the queue at something like 6pm today. -That servers are crashing although everyone knew that the demand would be HUGE. -That I'm sitting in front of my laptop for 3 hours and still have no idea whether I will be able to purchase tickets or not
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