MR

Tickets went on sale today for three U.S. shows on the U2 360 Tour, and all three were instantly sellouts. They sold 82,000 seats for Giants Stadium, 72,000 seats for Gillette Stadium and 65,000 seats for Soldier Field. All three cities already added a second date. I managed to snag a ticket for the September 12 Soldier Field show, which is the first date of the U.S. leg of the tour. Only $48 after Ticketmaster fees.

This is going to be a crazy tour. Here's a picture of the stage setup that they are going to have:



It's going to take 120 trucks to get the stage from city to city. Anybody else have any luck getting a ticket yet? The rest of the U.S. venues go on sale in the coming weeks.

fightingilliniJRNY wrote: I managed to snag a ticket for the September 12 Soldier Field show, which is the first date of the U.S. leg of the tour. Only $48 after Ticketmaster fees.

so the actual ducat cost 4 bucks?

Maui Tom wrote:

fightingilliniJRNY wrote: I managed to snag a ticket for the September 12 Soldier Field show, which is the first date of the U.S. leg of the tour. Only $48 after Ticketmaster fees.

so the actual ducat cost 4 bucks?

So true.

No State Fairs for them I guess. Only three shows so far on their U.S. schedule that I can see.

I am pleasantly surprised tickest were that low. How can they "afford" to truck around that kind of a stage setup and NOT RAPE THE AUDIENCE???

Heard on the radio today they will also be playing at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa in October.

jrnyman28 wrote:I am pleasantly surprised tickest were that low. How can they "afford" to truck around that kind of a stage setup and NOT RAPE THE AUDIENCE???

They've probably got some exclusive money making things going on that we don't know about.

Gunbot wrote:

jrnyman28 wrote:I am pleasantly surprised tickest were that low. How can they "afford" to truck around that kind of a stage setup and NOT RAPE THE AUDIENCE???

They've probably got some exclusive money making things going on that we don't know about.

Yeah, play as few shows as possible, then retire......

Gunbot wrote:

jrnyman28 wrote:I am pleasantly surprised tickest were that low. How can they "afford" to truck around that kind of a stage setup and NOT RAPE THE AUDIENCE???

They've probably got some exclusive money making things going on that we don't know about.

The tour is sponsored by BlackBerry. I'm sure that's how they can do it.

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:It's going to take 120 trucks to get the stage from city to city.

One hundred and twenty trucks. ...My God. In this economy... wasting all that diesel. For something as superfluous as a gargatuan stage like that?
...Just another reason to not care for U2.

Rhiannon wrote:

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:It's going to take 120 trucks to get the stage from city to city.

One hundred and twenty trucks. ...My God. In this economy... wasting all that diesel. For something as superfluous as a gargatuan stage like that?
...Just another reason to not care for U2.

Yeah, and gargantuan, too.

Gideon wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:It's going to take 120 trucks to get the stage from city to city.

One hundred and twenty trucks. ...My God. In this economy... wasting all that diesel. For something as superfluous as a gargatuan stage like that?
...Just another reason to not care for U2.

Yeah, and gargantuan, too.

Oh, go fuck yourself.

Rhiannon wrote:

Gideon wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:It's going to take 120 trucks to get the stage from city to city.

One hundred and twenty trucks. ...My God. In this economy... wasting all that diesel. For something as superfluous as a gargatuan stage like that?
...Just another reason to not care for U2.

Yeah, and gargantuan, too.

Oh, go fuck yourself.

I love you too.

Gideon wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

Gideon wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:It's going to take 120 trucks to get the stage from city to city.

One hundred and twenty trucks. ...My God. In this economy... wasting all that diesel. For something as superfluous as a gargatuan stage like that?
...Just another reason to not care for U2.

Yeah, and gargantuan, too.

Oh, go fuck yourself.

I love you too.

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:

Gunbot wrote:

jrnyman28 wrote:I am pleasantly surprised tickest were that low. How can they "afford" to truck around that kind of a stage setup and NOT RAPE THE AUDIENCE???

They've probably got some exclusive money making things going on that we don't know about.

The tour is sponsored by BlackBerry. I'm sure that's how they can do it.

Hope they won't be just phoning it in ...

DrFU wrote:

fightingilliniJRNY wrote:

Gunbot wrote:

jrnyman28 wrote:I am pleasantly surprised tickest were that low. How can they "afford" to truck around that kind of a stage setup and NOT RAPE THE AUDIENCE???

They've probably got some exclusive money making things going on that we don't know about.

The tour is sponsored by BlackBerry. I'm sure that's how they can do it.

Hope they won't be just phoning it in ...

Ummm yeah, that was funny...

Updated tour dates for North America

13 September 2009 Soldier Field Chicago IL US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. April 6
16 September 2009 Rogers Centre Toronto ON CA ENDED VIP Packages SOLD OUT
17 September 2009 Rogers Centre Toronto ON CA ENDED VIP Packages SOLD OUT
20 September 2009 Gilette Stadium Boston MA US ENDED SOLD OUT SOLD OUT
21 September 2009 Gilette Stadium Boston MA US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. April 6
24 September 2009 Giants Stadium New York NY US ENDED SOLD OUT SOLD OUT
25 September 2009 Giants Stadium New York NY US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. April 6
29 September 2009 FedEx Field Washington DC US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. 6 April
01 October 2009 Scott Stadium Charlottesville VA US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Fri. 3 April
06 October 2009 Georgia Dome Atlanta GA US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. 6 April
09 October 2009 Raymond James Center Tampa FL US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Sat. 18 April
25 October 2009 Rose Bowl Los Angeles CA US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. 6 April
28 October 2009 BC Place Stadium Vancouver BC CA Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. 6 April

Gunbot wrote:Updated tour dates for North America

13 September 2009 Soldier Field Chicago IL US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. April 6
16 September 2009 Rogers Centre Toronto ON CA ENDED VIP Packages SOLD OUT
17 September 2009 Rogers Centre Toronto ON CA ENDED VIP Packages SOLD OUT
20 September 2009 Gilette Stadium Boston MA US ENDED SOLD OUT SOLD OUT
21 September 2009 Gilette Stadium Boston MA US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. April 6
24 September 2009 Giants Stadium New York NY US ENDED SOLD OUT SOLD OUT
25 September 2009 Giants Stadium New York NY US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. April 6
29 September 2009 FedEx Field Washington DC US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. 6 April
01 October 2009 Scott Stadium Charlottesville VA US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Fri. 3 April
06 October 2009 Georgia Dome Atlanta GA US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. 6 April
09 October 2009 Raymond James Center Tampa FL US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Sat. 18 April
25 October 2009 Rose Bowl Los Angeles CA US Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. 6 April
28 October 2009 BC Place Stadium Vancouver BC CA Tues. - Thurs. VIP Packages Mon. 6 April

Soldier Field night one is September 12, but other than that that looks like the correct updated list. Spring 2010 is the next leg of the U.S. Tour. 90-100 shows when this tour is all said and done.

Naturally all the GA field tickets were sold out instantaneously (yet there's tons on ebay). Fuck you, ticketmaster. I hope your entire company dies in a fucking fire.


I'll be there. On the field. Somehow.

Just ordered pre-sale tickets today for Georgia Dome, got the medium priced tickets at $95 each, 2nd (club) level close to stage. Haven't seen them since the Joshua Tree tour (87, I think).

WalrusOct9 wrote:Naturally all the GA field tickets were sold out instantaneously (yet there's tons on ebay). Fuck you, ticketmaster. I hope your entire company dies in a fucking fire.


I'll be there. On the field. Somehow.

I wish they would take on Azoff like Bruce did. Bono has the same amount of pull as Bruce does.

Azoff is amazingly slimy. He is hard to catch to be sure.

WalrusOct9 wrote:Naturally all the GA field tickets were sold out instantaneously (yet there's tons on ebay). Fuck you, ticketmaster. I hope your entire company dies in a fucking fire.


I'll be there. On the field. Somehow.

Soldier field supposedly sold 70,000 tickets in 5 minutes which is bullshit. 50,000 were sold as pre-sale before tickets "were officially for sale" For $50, u2.com provides you with a pre-sale password, ebay users were selling password for $1. I googled it, and paid nothing for password.

Ticketmaster put validation controls to stop scalpers from buying huge bulks of tickets which has worked but it is too easy to get presale these days and ebay/stubhub users buy a lot of tickets to resell for a huge profit. Ticketmaster also has a site to resell tickets.

Walrus, the Atlanta U2 show will officially sell out on Monday and they will add another date so you will have another chance to get tickets at face value (try to get the pre-sale password) it will only help your chances.