Sunday, April 26, 2009

Where do these tickets come from


U2 seems to be pulling of a Madonna worthy publicity stunt for their upcoming 360 Tour. The two shows at the Amsterdam ArenA, that were supposedly sold out in a matter of hours, suddenly have a new stash of tickets being released.

Where exactly did these tickets for a sold out show come from? It cannot be credit card bouncers, as those tickets would have been released much earlir (credit cards bounce the same day a unauthorized payment is made, so LiveNation could have released the tickets one day after the initial sale).

LiveNation's favourite excuse 'production seats' can't be used with this show, as all the seats are on the tiers. The 360 Tour is a so-called 'in the round' show, so there will be no blocked seats. So, all they had to do was to count the number of seats at the ArenA, and sell them.

It looks like LiveNation has again claimed a concert selling out way faster than it actually did. This has Madonna written all over it.

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