U2 Tour Dates - Now Official! — Page 14

Thanks for the update Tiff! I did see yesterday that MSG is supposed to go on sale Monday at 9...CRAZY! I guess that's when Elton John tix are going on sale for MSG too. I'm predicting major system overload! Thanks for the heads up on .ca too! I'll have to man a couple of computers w/ .ca too! Good lord! At least it's quasi-early in the morning, so there shouldn't be too many people in the lab. I'm thinking right now, I'm going to be keeping an eye out for added dates. I'm convinced they've got to add at least a couple for that entire free weekend. W/ all the success stories coming in from former Prop members, I'm thinking by the time the u2.com members dig out their chunk, there likely won't be much of anything for GA w/ those 3 dates. Oh my god, this is going to be a mess!!! I'm just hoping that this turns out to a magical U2 day, where I get GAs and catch the boys at the Waldorf sometime later in the day...NOT a total disappointment (which I'm know is SO much more likely) where I come up empty handed and piss away hours waiting out there for nothing...sigh...

Talk to ya later (oh, and be sure to set your alarm for 9 am EST, what is that 6 in Vancouver?...that'd be such a pisser to set it for 9, just out of force of habit, and have them all be gone by the time you get up and on TM!!!)

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Awww, Ellie!!! I dreading Monday morning too!!! I know, I know...at least I have tix for Boston. BUT, it's MSG! How could I NOT see them there?!?!? I was so optimistic last week, but that's quickly dwindling away. I think seeing all the Prop members getting GAs so easily kind of freaked me out. I'm having serious doubts that there'll be many GAs left. I mean, good for them and everything, but what about us?!?!?! I still totally believe that they'll add dates on Monday. I don't know how many of what days, but I can't believe that they'll leave that week open, and I see them adding MSG dates before adding Philly dates (the next city after NYC). It'd just suck to get say Wed. the 12, because that'd kind of throw off our little shindig...then I'm also wondering if I should just try for some nosebleeds right off and then play around trying to get GAs (hell, nosebleeds are better than nothing!)

I'm almost tempted to try for GAs for Boston or some other city on Saturday just to see if it's going to be totally impossible to get them (I'm not going to buy them...just test out the waters, if you will...No, that's a bad idea! I won't want to give them up if I happen to score some, and it'll just be depressing and freak me out even more for Monday if I come up empty handed!) DAMN YOU U2 for being so friggin popular!!! Biggest band in the world, my ass!!!

Gotta go to class...I'm sure there'll be much more venting and bitching over the next few days from our little group of ticket seekers!!!

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Awesome Mabel. I'm guessing after his NYC weekend, he'll be in Vancouver until the 19th. Let the Vancouver fangirling begin (then)!

Tell us how it goes!! (PS. Just wear some high-end clothes and waltz into Saks like you own the place. Oh, and hide your Joshua Tree LP beforehand, eh?)

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No, I didn't...As I was getting ready to head out the door w/ my HTDAAB book thing (from the CD/DVD/book combo thing...I figured it was small and less conspicuous) I was already feeling kind of blase' about going. Something about asking for an autograph at a department store was really starting to make me feel like a total ass (even if it was for a launch... there was just something about it just seemed really tacky, like I couldn't imagine asking for a picture standing next to the lingerie department!) Anyway, I was just putting my phone in my bag and a friend stopped by wanting to get something for dinner, so I opted to pass on Saks...Just as well, because I read this morning that the people that were there were booted out anyway! I will definitely be swinging by the Waldorf Astoria on Monday though. I think I'll pop by before my class and see if there are any rumors floating around as to when/where they're expected to show up, and then go back again after class. I don't have very high expectations for that either, but what the hell?!?!? Speaking of not having very high expectations for success...I'm pretty convinced that tix (at least GAs) for MSG are going to be near impossible to get. I played around trying for tix during the general sale this morning, w/o much luck. I did come up w/ one GA for Tampa (which I didn't buy), but that was pretty much it. They added two December dates in Boston (it looks like that was it for added dates; I was shocked!) I tried for GAs (doing Best Available $50) as soon as they went on sale and got nothing. Nothing really for Chicago either, which I also tried just out of curiosity...though there were actually still some nosebleeds left a half an hour or so ago...I was surprised it they didn't sell out right away, like the Boston shows. Anyway, that's about it for now. Best of luck to everyone on Monday. I don't know what I'm going to be shooting for...I'm also wondering if I'd be better off just searching for a single rather than a pair (which I don't want to do, but that's how I ended up w/ the GA for Tampa). Or if I should hop right on nosebleeds and start looking for those right from the get go too??? God, this got loooooong!!! Sorry!

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I'm not picky about dates, I'll take anything, thankyouverymuch. But I'm going to try to get four tickets, and three of my friends are also going to be trying for four. So that'll either leave us with O/4/8/12/16 tickets. So we're going to be working out our plans after that. Yay.

Well...I have no plan at the moment, apart from just desperately trying to secure a ticket for myself - screw anyone else! Suffice to say, any future plans will not include you.

Yeah, Ellie...I didn't want to rain on your parade, but I think it'll probably be a bit of a stretch trying for 4 tix (though, I guess you never know...you might be able to get 4 nosebleeds if that's what you went for right when tix went on sale). I think (especially if you've got a slew of people trying for tix) you'd be a bit better off having everyone go for pairs. Yeah, it'll suck not being able to sit together as one big group, but...better to be seperate and meet up before/after than to walk away empty handed...Sorry!

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*deflated* How about two of us try for two, and two of us try for four? *eyes cross*

Yeah, as of right now, I'm going pairs at Best Available/$50 all the way. I'm planning on manning a corner of the computer lab...they're kind of blocked off in little sets of 4, which'll give me one for each date and one to refresh looking for added dates...AAHHHHHH!!!!! As much as I'd kick ass seats, I'm focusing on getting nosebleeds (that way if some miracle happens and GAs pop up, I'll/we'll be pleasantly suprised!) SH*T...The bottle of flavored water that I opened just exploded all over the place...I think I need to go towel off!!!

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Ok, so maybe pairs is the way to go. But that would mean not sitting together... Tell me, Tiffy, in your grand scheme with b_s_t, Shub, mabel, yourself and myself going....what did you have in mind? I call not sitting with Tiff!

*huff* Well it doesn't matter, Eleanor. You prioritized your "real" friends over the charming strangers you met online! What kind of buddy is that, huh? Huh?

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