ACDC

[ratbane]

Spent 1.5hrs trying to get through to the NEC this morning for ACDC tickets, as did several of my mates. Max 2 per caller. None of us managed to get any.

Therefore, how the feck is it that on ebay, there are touts selling tickets, several pairs in some cases, for up to £275 (bin), for £40 tickets.

Not getting tickets is fair enough, but how do touts get so many?

I never pay above face value, as it keeps those parasites alive. DONT BUY THEM.

Edited by ratbane on Friday 17th October 20:22

[onlynik]

If I remeber correctly the presale was available to fan club members.

That's where a lot of the tickets will have gone.

[ratbane]

You weren't guaranteed them either. Not so much a fan club, as a pre-booking fee. (40 squid to join). Lots of bands seem to do this nowadays.

Edited by ratbane on Friday 17th October 15:27

[Dr Prod]

ratbane said:

Not getting tickets is fair enough, but how do touts get so many?

They must have loads of mates all getting 2 each!

[onlynik]

ratbane said:

You weren't guaranteed them either. Not so much a fan club, as a pre-booking fee. (40 squid to join). Lots of bands seem to do this nowadays.

Yep, but you have more of a chance to purchase the tickets.

TBH I wouldn't be surprised it the announced another show at teh O2. (not much good for you, but stil...)

[ratbane]

onlynik said:

ratbane said:

You weren't guaranteed them either. Not so much a fan club, as a pre-booking fee. (40 squid to join). Lots of bands seem to do this nowadays.

Yep, but you have more of a chance to purchase the tickets.

TBH I wouldn't be surprised it the announced another show at teh O2. (not much good for you, but stil...)

I would guess that they may do a few more nights with that type of demand.

[Russ35]

Just seen this on the BBC site

Row over O2 tickets

The Ebay user mentioned in that article (Royalalberthalltickets) had some AC/DC tickets for sale this morning.

Just had a look and if you do an ebay search for AC/DC tickets the first one that comes up is from that seller (£147 per ticket) and they have 20 available.

[MonkeyBusiness]

I was one of the lucky people who got a ticket for the Manchester gig from the gigsandtours website.

I'm sickened to see all the Ebay sellers though. How do they get away with that?

[S7Paul]

Managed to get tickets for the London on the 14th, and I'd say it was definitely worth joining the fan club first. I see most of the gigs have been selling out in 5 minutes. Couldn't agree more about the eBay situation; totally unfair. Also, looking at some of the seat numbers being sold, I suspect that some of these sellers had also joined the fan club just to make sure they could get their tickets to put straight onto eBay. Have a look at this:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-AC-DC-STANDING-TICKETS-O2-...

£3100 for 2 tickets!!!!!!!!

[MonkeyBusiness]

S7Paul said:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-AC-DC-STANDING-TICKETS-O2-...

£3100 for 2 tickets!!!!!!!!

Bloody hell! Mind you the winner has zero feedback.

[Rollin]

Just heard from someone in the know that there are more dates to be announced. One more each in Manchester, Birmingham, Dublin and London. Also some festival dates in the summer.

[MonkeyBusiness]

More dates :
6/26/09 London, UK Wembley Stadium
6/28/09 Dublin, IE Punchestown Racetrack
6/30/09 Glasgow, UK Hampden Park

[satchbot]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Touts are scum!

[funk odyssey]

couldn't agree more

[daphantom]

Ill be ready + primed (again!) on thur morning when they release the Punchestown tickets! Ive already lost out on Kings Of Leon + Morrissey for Belfast after sitting ready beside my PC at release time. Fingers crossed for DC

Edited by daphantom on Tuesday 16th December 22:26

[onlynik]

Got ones for Wembley, Hampden was sold out.

Now to book flights and hotels.

[daphantom]

Got my 2 tickets for Punchestown this morning- delighted!! 165euro which was dearer than expected though !