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Florence & The Machine - The O2, Dublin *No Ticket Sales/Swaps*

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    #122
    maddogcollins
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭maddogcollins


    She has nothing on her schedule for the 3rd but her UK tour starts the 4th. This day would normally be to allow for transport of the set etc.. But we can hope!


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    #123
    DougieHowser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭DougieHowser


    I would have thought it more likely to put the extra date on the Thursday but not sure if the o2 has anything on that day? This is the third time in a very short period of time I've missed out on two miserable tickets! Missed out on both Noel Gallagher gigs and now Florence! Booo I say! Better get those EP tickets booked this minute!


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    #124
    Neevie92
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Neevie92


    Was on at 9.00 they found me tickets and when I hit continue to pay all i got was an error message so I lost the tickets, went back straight away to try again and they were gone! Ticketmaster are offically on my black list :(


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    #125
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    Neevie92 wrote: »
    Was on at 9.00 they found me tickets and when I hit continue to pay all i got was an error message so I lost the tickets, went back straight away to try again and they were gone! Ticketmaster are offically on my black list :(

    Does this happen a lot? Cos if that's a problem with Ticketmaster, that isn't on.


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    #126
    maddogcollins
    Registered Users Posts: 998 ✭✭✭maddogcollins


    DougieHowser wrote: »
    I would have thought it more likely to put the extra date on the Thursday but not sure if the o2 has anything on that day? This is the third time in a very short period of time I've missed out on two miserable tickets! Missed out on both Noel Gallagher gigs and now Florence! Booo I say! Better get those EP tickets booked this minute!

    Very true, didn't think of that. O2 has nothing on its events listing for the Thursday so will have to keep an eye on it.


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    #127
    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users Posts: 13,134 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    bcirl03 wrote: »
    Ah I dont think it's 98fm that has pushed the demand, her music is excellent and as someone who saw her the Olympia the other year she was amazing live.


    I know im only messing :pac: I saw her at the Olympia was great show.

    Ah well have to see shall i fork out for Bruce now......


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    #128
    paddy7654321
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭paddy7654321


    https://www.facebook.com/Boycottneedaticket.ie - please join and spread the word - these guys are robbing people


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    #129
    How Soon Is Now
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    Neevie92 wrote: »
    Was on at 9.00 they found me tickets and when I hit continue to pay all i got was an error message so I lost the tickets, went back straight away to try again and they were gone! Ticketmaster are offically on my black list :(

    Thats what happened to me weird maybe it wasnt my fault lol


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    #130
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    When do you think they will announce the gig for thrusday (if at all)? Are we talking days? weeks? months?

    What was the point of doing it like this? 2 days would have sold out just as fast.


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    #131
    How Soon Is Now
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    When do you think they will announce the gig for thrusday (if at all)? Are we talking days? weeks? months?

    What was the point of doing it like this? 2 days would have sold out just as fast.

    Thats if they even announce another date...... Probley just stick it up on site randomally have to sit there clicking refresh for rest the day :pac:


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    #132
    bcirl03
    Registered Users Posts: 484 ✭✭bcirl03


    angerfist2009 wrote: »
    I know im only messing :pac: I saw her at the Olympia was great show.

    Ah well have to see shall i fork out for Bruce now......

    :)

    Now we are talking, good old Bruce.


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    #133
    DougieHowser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭DougieHowser


    Deleted User wrote: »
    When do you think they will announce the gig for thrusday (if at all)? Are we talking days? weeks? months?

    What was the point of doing it like this? 2 days would have sold out just as fast.

    Usually takes a couple of days or a week but you never know they just announced that extra London gig straight away so I'd keep checking back.


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    #134
    JJ
    Registered Users Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭JJ


    Right, let's do the maths here. Lungs went 4 x Platinum here in Ireland (http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum09.htm).

    Platinum status in Ireland is 15,000 album sales (http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/international-award-levels.pdf) so 4 x Plantinum = 60,000 album sales.

    The capacity for The Point at a standing gig is about 13,000-14,000 so even if half the people who bought Lungs in Ireland wanted to buy tickets to the Dublin gig, they'd fill The Point twice over with a few left out in the cold.


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    #135
    mutley18
    Registered Users Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭mutley18


    This is the first time I havent managed to get tickets when trying the second they go on sale, I'm gutted! When that screen comes up and says sorry no tickets were found it's like a massive kick to the balls, think I wear a cup next time I'm trying. Ticketmaster are a disgrace allowing 8 per person, no wonder they sold out so fast. Now hurry up and announce a second date you flame haired minx...


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    #136
    How Soon Is Now
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    JJ wrote: »
    Right, let's do the maths here. Lungs went 4 x Platinum here in Ireland (http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum09.htm).

    Platinum status in Ireland is 15,000 album sales (http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/international-award-levels.pdf) so 4 x Plantinum = 60,000 album sales.

    The capacity for The Point at a standing gig is about 13,000-14,000 so even if half the people who bought Lungs in Ireland wanted to buy tickets to the Dublin gig, they'd fill The Point twice over with a few left out in the cold.


    To be honest i wouldnt even bothering thinking and worrying about how tickets sales go with the Ticketmaster and o2 Olympia etc....

    Its all luck at end the day with gigs like this you just have to be there bang on at 9 to have any chance. Even a few seconds late will cost you.

    There was massive demand for this but who knows what kind of number of tickets where given to Ticketmaster and other websites. They could even be holding out on tickets knowing they would get extra ''Huge demand'' sales.

    Its all luck really when you have that many people clicking buttons all at the same time. Myself and another poster who mentioned losing tickets when we clicked continue cant be only ones who had problems......

    Even when you actually do get tickets on Ticketmaster they take them from you :pac:


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    #137
    [Deleted User]
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    Standing are up on ebay for more than quadruple the price. Sick.


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    #138
    Gauge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,818 ✭✭✭Gauge


    There's people trying to sell seated tickets for €250! :mad: I hope nobody buys them and they're stuck with them.


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    #139
    yankeegirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭yankeegirl


    I was dying to see her! She's coming on my birthday and everything!
    Ticketmaster competely screwed me over. I had the standing ticket at 9:01 this morning then when it got onto the 'run time' page, it kept adding minutes! Then it said 'None available blah blah blah'
    Well now they're sold out of course and what's worse....my friends that I was going with managed to get tickets.


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    #140
    harriet24
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭harriet24


    I managed to get 3 tickets this morning but both my sisters missed out, I didn't realise they would go so quickly but now can't believe how lucky I was! another girl in my office got 4 at the same time I did. Its awful that people who aren't true fans have just bought them to make a quick buck, makes my blood boil!! :mad:


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    #141
    wannabe214ever
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭wannabe214ever


    I could not get any tickets on PRE-SALE ON WEDNESDAY nor today so I got thme for Alexandra Palace, North London on 10th March.....extreme , i know but actually looks like a superb venue...can only hold 7000. now can anyone suggest a route to go from Knock airport and where to stay central enough to london and access to concert N. london......all help needed as I do not know london at all.
    HELP :-)


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    #142
    memaeve!
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    angerfist2009 wrote: »
    Thats what happened to me weird maybe it wasnt my fault lol

    Same with me! :(
    xm


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    #143
    Neevie92
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Neevie92


    Da Shins Kelly wrote: »
    Does this happen a lot? Cos if that's a problem with Ticketmaster, that isn't on.

    I'm not sure, I emailed them about it and I just got back a generic reply, one of their templates or something. Like I had the tickets and hit continue to go pay for them, but it errored. Feel very cheated.


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    #144
    How Soon Is Now
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    memaeve! wrote: »
    Same with me! :(
    xm

    Strange of course theres no way of proving that to anyone or to Ticketmaster like you could even get in touch with them anyway...... There customer service is bollox.


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    #145
    Ammsy500
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭Ammsy500


    So glad I got two tickets I was on it refreshing the page at a minute to 9. Oh my nerves thinking the page would freeze when I pressed continue thank god it went through! I can't imagine she won't be playing another gig after such high demand. If it's not around the same date than it will be somewhere towards the end of her tour.


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    #146
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,953 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    She might not ad a 2nd date for this tour but prob the next one. Eg since this is the first tour for this album , she will then be doing festivals during the summer then followed by a full Arena tour later in the year which will prob include Belfast and Dublin this time


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    #147
    BunShopVoyeur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭BunShopVoyeur


    Had to get tickets for the Glasgow gig at 9.06.........was waiting and waiting for the O2, wait time 7 minutes. Feck that!

    Ah well, that's the girlfriends xmas sorted anyway.


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    #148
    red face dave
    Registered Users Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭red face dave


    For anyone who cares Florence is on BBC Radio 1 now doing 6 songs live


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    #149
    greengrass87
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭greengrass87


    thanks for that
    thats after cheering me up a bit now
    heres hoping she annoounces another dat
    im refreshing pages all day hoping against hope that another date will be added


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    #150
    jonsmoke
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭jonsmoke


    I queued at Stephens Green tickemaster from 8 this morning. At 8.45 the ticketmaster guy came out to the queue of people and asked everyone how many tickets they wanted. He said only standing and the second tier seats are available, all the first tier tickets are gone already. I know there was pre-sale tickets on the Florence website and the O2 premium club thing, but it's strange to think that they reserved all those seats for those people.
    At 9.05 he started selling tickets. I got mine at about 9.20. He had a big pile of tickets pre printed and just handed you what you wanted from the pile.
    Do they allocate a certain amount of tickets for shop sales and another amount for online sales?


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    #151
    Vertigo100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭Vertigo100


    jonsmoke wrote: »
    I queued at Stephens Green tickemaster from 8 this morning. At 8.45 the ticketmaster guy came out to the queue of people and asked everyone how many tickets they wanted. He said only standing and the second tier seats are available, all the first tier tickets are gone already. I know there was pre-sale tickets on the Florence website and the O2 premium club thing, but it's strange to think that they reserved all those seats for those people.
    At 9.05 he started selling tickets. I got mine at about 9.20. He had a big pile of tickets pre printed and just handed you what you wanted from the pile.
    Do they allocate a certain amount of tickets for shop sales and another amount for online sales?

    Nothing allocated. Shops pre print tickets constantly till the are all sold out.


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