Horsens presale

Listening to "Unknown caller", I got my hands on 2 GA's for Horsens. I wanted RedZone but there were no such tickets up for sale as far as I could see. Maybe they already sold our or maybe you cannot buy those tickets during presale? I just don't get it but I'm very happy with the GA's I have. I guess the tickets for Horsens will be dispatched and delivered before this week is over. That is normally what happens when you buy tickets from Billetlugen.

Helsinki presale

It was too much of a walk in the park getting tickets for Helsinki. The presale code worked like a charm and there was no load on the webserver. Clear and easy-to-understand instructions on the site allowing you to order exactly the tickets you want. Selecting Swedish as the language helped a lot, Finnish is not my cup of tea. I got 2 GA's so I will not have anything up for trade when the second show in Helsinki is announced. That's a lot calmer, not havig to deal with people but on the other hand I'm relying heavily on the open sale for the second show. Ok, now, only 30 minutes til they open sale for Horsens via billetlugen.dk.

I'm sure it will be a lot more unpleasant on Monday when the Helsinki tickets are released for public sale. Not that I need tickets but as the first night will sell out almost immediately and the second night goes on sale immediately, I have to struggle a lot to get 2 tickets for that second show. So, there will be a lot of pushing and shoving on the web Monday morning at 8.20 AM.

Pay more for less

At last, the Danish ticket vendor Billetlugen has released some information on why there is a category of GA tickets for 800 DKK and one for 595 DKK. Turns out the expensive GA:s give you access to the stands at the side, almost behind the stage. I wonder who would pay 800 DKK for those tickets.

It may seem a bit strange with all this rush for tickets when there's almost 1 year til the shows kick off. Still, it's here and now it's going down and tickets will be gone in minutes.

Finally facts

I checked back again and what I see is great satisfactory. Now we have the hard facts.

Nerves of steel?

I couldn't take the pressure any more so I renewed my membership today. No nerves of steel here but maybe that'll turn out to be a good thing in a very important question like this.

Total confusion

I must admit that the ticket presales (Vienna, Horsens and Helsinki) starting on Tuesday and goes on til Thursday causes a real chaos. I just doesn’t make sense. I had a presale code that I used for a show in 2009. That code should be marked as used. When I had completed the purchase in 2009, the code disappeared from my u2.com account (as expected). Logging on the ”my account” yesterday, there is actually a presale code. How is that possible? I checked the code that I received when I got my membership in 2009 and it’s the same code allright. Does that mean that I can use that old code for buying tickets in 2010 even if it’s used? Seems highly unlikely and it just can’t be that way. I used my code for 2009, so why is it still there?

Also, U2.com has sent an e-mail urging us to renew our memberships (USD 40) to obtain a presale code for 2010. This implies that the 2009 code cannot be used. Still, I’m very tempted to try the 2009 code again, after all, it’s there. Postings on U2.com says that everything will be clarified and be fixed on Monday. It has to be an error in the system. So many questions and no answers. Obviously there are people who renewed and still there is only the code from 2009 visible. Also, many fans have renewed and see a new code on the U2.com page.

There is no rhyme nor reason here. Hoping for better information tomorrow. I admit I’m getting nervous. I’m here with my credit card thinking about renewing right away. I can’t stand the risk of losing out on tickets. The pressure on the ticket sales in Helsinki, Moscow and Istanbul should be incredible. To make things even more complicated, I’m sure there will be tickets for a second show in most cities. Will the presale code be valid for those second shows also (provided you didn’t use the code for a purchase allready)?

To bring some order in all this chaos, I’ll just wait until Monday and hope for official information. There are some indications that you have to renew the membership and that seems logical and fair enough. If it’s the old code that is reactivated or a new code that will appear on the site, I haven’t got a clue. This is what U2.com says:

Q - I have unused code from my 2009 U2.com subscription and now that I have resubscribed to U2.com for another 12 months into 2010, I have a second code with the full four-ticket allocation. How do i tell which code is which?
A - Your new code, against your 2010 subscription, begins with a 2.

My code starts with U2 and that should indicate that it’s not valid. But why is the code there at all? Quite annoying in such an important question. What a waste of money, USD 40 if the old one actually can be used. I can assure you, the forces of capitalism and commerce rule. Of course you have to renew the membership to get a valid presale code for 2010. It would be very odd otherwise.

Hit the road Jack

So it's true then...God, it's time to hit the road again. I simply have to see the shows in Horsens, Moscow and Istanbul for a minimum. This is awesome! I'm sure more dates and venues will be anounced soon (the "holes" in the tour schedule implies exactly that). Probably there will be 2 gigs in each city like in 2009.

10 August, 2010 Frankfurt
12 August, 2010 Hannover
15 August, 2010 Horsens
20 August, 2010 Helsinki
25 August, 2010 Moscow
30 August, 2010 Vienna
3 September, 2010 Athens
6 September, 2010 Istanbul
15 September, 2010 Munich
18 September, 2010 Paris
29 September, 2010 Seville
2 October, 2010 Coimbra