U2 Tour Dates - Now Official! — Page 13

Looks like it's official lades!!! I was toodling around interference this morning and saw this posted in the Vertigo Tour section:

Dear u2.com subscriber


It's official!

On Monday the new North American dates for U2's Vertigo//2005 tour will be
announced. The tour will stay in North America right up to the end of 2005.

As promised in Larry's letter last month, we have worked to improve the system,
to look after former Propaganda subscribers and those U2.Com Subscribers who
have not yet been able to buy tickets for the tour. This will still be on a
first come, first served basis and though we can't guarantee that you'll get
the ticket you're looking for, this time remember you'll only be competing
against other former propaganda members for tickets on the first day.


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As a former Propaganda subscriber with an unused code, you will be able to use
your code to buy 2 PAIRS OF TICKETS FOR TWO SHOWS OF YOUR CHOICE (4 tickets in
total) in the pre-sale for the Fall leg.

You will find your UNIQUE PRESALE CODE in the red box on the right hand side of
the home page of the Subscribers site when you log in.

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Dates and cities for this new leg of the tour will be officially announced on
Monday, March 7th. We will post the information in the Subscribers area of U2.
Com on Sunday night - along with the information you will need to buy tickets
in the presale.

There will be two separate presale periods open to U2.Com Subscribers, each
lasting three days. One begins this next Tuesday, March 8th, one the following
Tuesday, March 15th. The first day of each presale will only be open to former
Propaganda subscribers. (Please check in the Subscribers area for information
on which presales cover which shows).

It's no secret that the presale to the opening leg of the Vertigo Tour failed
many fans. This new system should enable as many subscribers as possible to get
tickets for the new shows. Again, you will not be competing for tickets with
anyone else but yourselves.

And don't forget no one can enter the pre sale until Tuesday, don't try to go
in earlier, you will be disappointed.

Again, we can't guarantee to give you the ticket you want, and we can't satisfy
everyone but we are doing our best to give you a fair shot.

And this time around there are more shows, we have been allocated greater
capacity for U2.Com Subscribers.

Thanks for your patience and your support.


Best wishes


The U2.Com Team.
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Looks like we'll have to be breaking out those credit cards again on Saturday!!! Not really thrilled that it's so soon, but I guess I'd rather have it's just as well that it's supposed to be on the 12th (knock on wood....PLEASE BE THE 12TH!!!!) because the week after I'll be on a bus to Boston, and I don't want to trust my mom (god, love her) on our deathly slow dial-up computer at home, or on the phone (which seems to be a lot less reliable). So, the fingers are officially crossed until exactly a week from NOW!!! (well, give or take 10 minutes!)

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Updated On: 3/5/05 at 10:02 AM

I'm starting to debate what to do next week...Should I go to a ticketmaster outlet or man the computers?!?!? Hmmmm...maybe I'll go to the outlet up the street at 9:15/9:30 and if there are 200 people in line, I'll just go back to the dorms and man the computers in the lab. I keep hearing that you're better off going to an outlet, but I feel like if you aren't one of the first half dozen or so in line, you'll end up getting shut out. You'll have people that want GAs, so they'll potentially have to try for each of the four dates and by the time a dozen or so people do that, that could be 30-40 minutes and all the tix will be gone. If only I were a Prop member, and I could get my tix on Tuesday and not have to worry about all of this!!!

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Okay, now I'm finished reading. (I got distracted. It doesn't actually take me 10 minutes to read. )

For the exact reasons that you said, I think that you should stick with the computers, for sure.

I told you how I wound up with GA Seattle tix, right?

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Mabel, you need to get yourself a Bono av!

I wound up with Seattle GA tix really funkily. (Yeah, that's a word now.) I had three windows open, and so did my friend. I had one window on .ca and two on .com. I hit refresh on the .com and suddenly it said tickets for the second show were on sale, so I put in for 2 GAs and typed in the code quickly. While it was loading, I refreshed both the other .com and .ca, and so did my friend, and the entire time, it refreshed and said tickets weren't on sale yet! And it wasn't until I was either close to finishing the processing or at the credit card page where the other 2 windows finally said tickets were on sale!

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Yeah, a Brooklyn Bridge pic! (BTW, I just listened to it this morning, and it's AWESOME so thank you v.v. much!) And don't forget to save it as .jpg format.

I would say try anything for Fri/Sat b/c those are the shows most people will try to get, and then GA for Mon/Tues. I wouldn't bank on there being more than 4 shows though.

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Maybe it's just the recording, but the Brooklyn crowd seemed louder and more raucous than the MSG crowd!

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*squinting to make it out* I'm hoping to get a cameraphone before the concert (ideally with videocam capabilities as well) and going APESH*T there.

By the way, just read on interference - rumor is U2's going to be here until March 19, meaning I might not miss the boys at all!

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MABEL! If you get this in time, CNN's airing never-before-seen photos of the boys in an upcoming segment tonight!

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BUMP!!!!

3rd Leg Dates (from interference):


From U2.com:-

12th September Toronto - Air Canada Centre
14th September Toronto - Air Canada Centre
20th September Chicago - United Center
21st September Chicago - United Center
23rd September Minneapolis - Target Center
25th September Milwaukee - Bradley Center

03rd October Boston - Fleet Center
04th October Boston - Fleet Center
07th October New York - Madison Square Garden
08th October New York - Madison Square Garden
10th October New York - Madison Square Garden
16th October Philadelphia - Wachovia Center
17th October Philadelphia - Wachovia Center
19th October Washington - DC MCI Center
20th October Washington - DC MCI Center
22nd October Pittsburgh - Mellon Arena
24th October Detroit - Palace of Auburn Hills
28th October Houston - Toyota Center
29th October Dallas - American Airlines Arena

01st November Los Angeles - Staples Center
02nd November Los Angeles - Staples Center
13th November Miami - American Airlines Arena
16th November Tampa - St. Pete Times Forum
18th November Atlanta - Philips Arena
25th November Ottawa - Corel Centre
26th November Montreal - Bell Centre

07th December Hartford - Civic Center
09th December Buffalo - HSBC Arena
10th December Cleveland - Gund Arena
14th December St. Louis - Savvis Center
15th December Omaha - Qwest Center
17th December Salt Lake City - Delta Center
19th December Portland - Rose Garden

No mention yet of what dates go on sale when.

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Hmmm...Big open gap between NYC and Philly...I wonder if extra dates will be added or not?!?! HERE WE GO!!!!

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I'd say Friday/Saturday (7th/8th) would probably be the best work/class wise, but I'm sure if all that we can scrape up is Monday the 10th, then I'm just going to hope I can finangle something to blow off a day...I'm hoping for added dates in that BIG GAPING EMPTY WEEK that's sitting there between MSG and Philly...If they do add in there, I'd jump all over Thursday the 13th (no classes scheduled for Yom Kippur).

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*high fives all around like the happy fangirl she is*

YAY!

Twice? My, my aren't you greedy. TWO times for U2 AND one time for Green Day?

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There's been some speculation as to whether or not GA is at the top of the list when you select Best Available. I'm not sure. I know for me, I'll be picking "GA" specifically, because all I can afford is $50 seats (well, I suppose I could pick Best Available at the $50 price range and assume they'd consider GA better than nosebleeds in the rafters). Best of luck Elphie! I was tempted to try for Hartford too, but it'll be right around finals time and I don't think I'm going to be up for the trek then. Who knows, if the tix for that go on sale next week and I get shut out of MSG this weekend (at least I think it's this weekend...it's still not listed on TM yet), I may be trying for Hartford after all! Though I really want GAs and I don't think I'd be up to camping out in Hartford in December!!!


ETA: It's starting to look like the MSG tix might be on sale next weekend, which will ROYALLY SUCK! If that's the case, I guess I'll be heading to Boston a day later, because there's no way I'm going to take my chances on my slow ass computer at home/relying on getting tix over the phone. Come on people. I just want to get this whole ticket fiasco done and over w/ this weekend, so by next weekend, I'll be home, eating a big ass steak, and vegging on the couch w/ my dog! (And yes, I realize this is an incredibly embarrassing and pathetic way to spend spring break, but when you're financially challenged and only have a week, this is what it comes down to!) I don't think I'm asking too much! Work w/ me folks @ U2 management/ticketbastard!

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Updated On: 3/7/05 at 01:52 PM

Oh good...I'm so glad I'm not the only spring break looser!

I guess I can keep hoping MSG gets tossed in the mix before tomorrow morning, but I have my doubts. Oh well, whatever it is, it is...I've got a friend coming to visit next Thurs/Friday from PA, so there's no way I'd be heading home as early as I'd initially hoped to anyway...what's one more day?

It's a tough call w/ GAs in CT for December! Could be kind of brisk! I think the Hartford Civic Center's kind of a smaller venue too, so maybe the seated cheap seats wouldn't be so terrible if it came to that? I've only been there once (a couple years ago to see Paul McCartney, and we were high, but close to the stage...totally worth the $50! I wish they broke down exactly what sections were listed at what price, so you could know ahead of time if it's even worth while checking for seated cheapies...if there are high, but close sections or if they're all behind the stage/WAY in the back, etc)

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Updated On: 3/7/05 at 03:31 PM