Hoodie

See me at front row? At the end of the clip. Wearing a light grey "hoodie" right in front of Gary.

Oh happy day

So, the support acts are now all set for 2010. Horsens will be treated with two splendid Snow Patrol gigs and Helsinki gets two gigs with Razorlight. To be honest, I don't know much about Razorlight, but I have some time to catch up on their songs. This means I'll get to see Snow Patrol 5 times during the 2010 tour, a true joy. Something happened to me during the Snow Patrol gigs in 2009, something that most definitely could be filed as highly unlikely, turning from a pure dislike of their music to an avid fan. Wonderful things happen under the claw.

More Danish gold

Today I got 4 of the hottest tickets so far for 2010, thinking about how extremely difficult it was to get my hands on them.

Precious Horsens 2

I sometimes wonder how I manage to put all that energy and effort into getting the tickets for Horsens 2.

Background
Extremely hard to get tickets for Horsens 1 at the public sale on Saturday 10 am. Tickets for Horsens 2 were  released abuot 10.15 am as tickets for Horsens 1 sold out immediately. Got my tickets for Horsens 1 via presale. No presale for Horsens 2 was offered.

And then...


I tried in every possible way to get tickets for Horsens 2 through dba.dk and blocket.se. There are only a few tickets on sale and prices are outrageous. None of the 5 sellers I've e-mailed have replied. I assume the tickets are gone.


As you may see in yesterday's posting, there are 2 links on u2.com showing there are still tickets available for Horsens 2 if you have a presale code. Don't have the nerves to try that. How can I find out if there are only seats left? Don't want to waste my presale code if there are no GA's available.


I've been thinking a lot about if there are a limited number of tickets available for each presale group. That would be the most logical and to give everybody a fair chance. I'm especially worried about the fact that Billetlugen responds that there are no tickets for postsale. Probably they didn't understand my question.

Also a bit afraid that the info on U2.com is not correct. It would not be the first time they state "tickets available" and when you go to the ticket vendor's site, it's sold out. In this case it would be a catastrophy.

If there are seats in the very back of the arena, U2.com and Billetlugen have done their part in all this and I cannot complain. I had the chance to get tickets, they never promised GA's.

THANK YOU Fredik who posted at u2.se that there still are GA's for Horsens 2 if you use a presale code. So, this morning at 5 am, I did it. I logged in with my Breathe presale code and got GA's. My presale code was intended for Istanbul but it's probably better to use it for Horsens 2 and as a matter of facts, I do have those precious 4 GA's now.

Postsale with presale

 

 Looks a bit strange at U2.com. Are you telling me there really are tickets left for Horsens 2? Too good to be true. I dare not try logging in with a presale code. What if there are only bad seats left and my presale code is concidered as used after logging in? Actually U2.com have fulfilled their obligations if there are any kind of tickets left. GA's are the only kind of tickets I want. I simply dare not try. On the other hand, it would be great if I could get tickets through Billetlugen, 100% genuine and not over priced.

Sent an e-mail to Billetlugen and got a very short reply: "There are no tickets left for postsale"

Down the drain

There was absolutely no chance of reaching the site billetlugen.dk. So, the hunt for Horsens 2 tickets goes on and I'll probably have to buy spares for a lot of money. Thank God it almost a year from now, there should be a fair chance of getting tickets. Damn, I should have bought 4 tickets for Horsens 1, then I would most likely be able to trade for Horsens 2. Read more about the disaster here:


100 000 fans queuing in vain for tickets

Countdown

It's ok if the tickets for the first show in Horsens are gone when I manage to get on the site as I allready have what I need, 2 GA's. I feel pretty sure they will add one more show right away and that's when I need to be alert and ready to buy. I feel butterflies in my stomach.

No shit Sherlock

"One of the biggest bands in the world"...no shit Sherlock!
I assume that as soon as the tickets for Horsens 1 are sold out, there will be a second show on sale right away. My guess is that both of the shows will sell out in about 15 minutes. Casa Arena is a small place, about 35 000 visitors at concerts.

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.