U2 Joshua Tree Tour 2017 / 2019 **No Ticket Sales**

poundhound

I read about someone who paid over the odds for 2 Billy Connolly tickets for one of last week's 3arena shows, and was turned away as the tickets were fake.

He bought them on seatwave.

Avoid at all costs!

readytosnap

poundhound wrote: »

I read about someone who paid over the odds for 2 Billy Connolly tickets for one of last week's 3arena shows, and was turned away as the tickets were fake.

He bought them on seatwave.

Avoid at all costs!

He will get a refund and the seller has no advantage selling fakes.

poundhound

The purchaser may get a refund, but he missed the show.

rubadub

readytosnap wrote: »

He will get a refund and the seller has no advantage selling fakes.

The seatwave seller might not know they were fakes. I was reading why tickets can appear so fast on seatwave, the sellers may not even have them yet, they sell them on the basis that they can send them out later. In the meantime they go looking at other ways to get them, so could buy on ebay etc and get fakes that way.

So this is in a weird way the "advantage" to the seller of being able to sell fakes. Seatwave unchecked allow him to sell potentially fake tickets and he can decide to take the risk. I wonder what fine/penalty, if any, the seller incurs for selling fakes. Maybe he can easily set up a new account. There was some trick involving prepaid credit cards.

Meanwhile he screws over someone who might have travelled all day to the event, got hotels, meals, annual leave etc.

readytosnap

rubadub wrote: »

The seatwave seller might not know they were fakes. I was reading why tickets can appear so fast on seatwave, the sellers may not even have them yet, they sell them on the basis that they can send them out later. In the meantime they go looking at other ways to get them, so could buy on ebay etc and get fakes that way.

So this is in a weird way the "advantage" to the seller of being able to sell fakes. Seatwave unchecked allow him to sell potentially fake tickets and he can decide to take the risk. I wonder what fine/penalty, if any, the seller incurs for selling fakes. Maybe he can easily set up a new account. There was some trick involving prepaid credit cards.

Meanwhile he screws over someone who might have travelled all day to the event, got hotels, meals, annual leave etc.

A real credit card in the name of the seller has to be registered on seatwave, a prepaid won't work here, seller wont get paid till a couple of weeks after the gig anyway.

Tinkerbell4484

My collector tickets arrived this morning

readytosnap

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

My collector tickets arrived this morning

No sign of mine yet

PTH2009

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

My collector tickets arrived this morning

Mine arrived too

Bit disappointed as its the exact same card that appeared on the website

Thought they were changing design

MML

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

My collector tickets arrived this morning

Same here!

Seve OB

Mine too

EverythingGood

For the Dublin concert, I presume?

Seve OB

EverythingGood wrote: »

For the Dublin concert, I presume?

Yes. Still no sign of my London tickets

Wheety

Anyone else still waiting for the regular paper tickets for the Dublin gig?

JKerova1

Anybody thinking of driving up to the concert and driving down after? I am thinking of doing this as I can't bare parting with an extortionate amount of money to stay somewhere for a few hours. Any recommendations?

I was thinking LUAS P&R as I will be travelling from the south but I'm not sure what time the Luas runs until and don't want to have to be rushing out at the end of the gig. Another place that I was thinking of was the Mater multistory carpark in Eccles St. Anybody else planning on using this on the night?

MisterAnarchy

JKerova1 wrote: »

Anybody thinking of driving up to the concert and driving down after? I am thinking of doing this as I can't bare parting with an extortionate amount of money to stay somewhere for a few hours. Any recommendations?

I was thinking LUAS P&R as I will be travelling from the south but I'm not sure what time the Luas runs until and don't want to have to be rushing out at the end of the gig. Another place that I was thinking of was the Mater multistory carpark in Eccles St. Anybody else planning on using this on the night?

Park at the Red Cow roundabout and get the Luas to Busaras ,then walk to Croke Park.

The Luas runs till 1am I think so should be no hassle getting back to Red Cow .
I've done it a number of times ,inc U2 at the 3arena ,very handy.

Veloce

I haven't got my collector tickets yet.

For anyone who has received them: on ticketmaster order history does it say that your tickets have been dispatched?

ITgirl73

Veloce wrote: »

I haven't got my collector tickets yet.

For anyone who has received them: on ticketmaster order history does it say that your tickets have been dispatched?

Same boat here no sign of them.

ITgirl73

Looking at some of the twitter posts. One of photos has lovely lanyard with Croke Park collector tickets with 1987 2017 on it while others have standard plain lanyard. Are some people receiving the nicer ones?

psychozeb

ITgirl73 wrote: »

Looking at some of the twitter posts. One of photos has lovely lanyard with Croke Park collector tickets with 1987 2017 on it while others have standard plain lanyard. Are some people receiving the nicer ones?

Recieved my tickets,only the plain lanyards.

Tinkerbell4484

Mine are plain too

Seve OB

plain here too

WeleaseWoderick

Any word on what the fanclub gift for 2017 is yet?

EverythingGood

WeleaseWoderick wrote: »

Any word on what the fanclub gift for 2017 is yet?

Nope, still waiting on that also. Might contact them next week about it.

ITgirl73

Pity they are plain Europe seem to have lovely ones with 1987-2017. Still no sign of my tickets

Seve OB

EverythingGood wrote: »

Nope, still waiting on that also. Might contact them next week about it.

what difference is that going to make? surely when it is announced, it is announced. I don't think they are going to tell you over email before they make the big announcement themselves

lazer.blue

The latest update from one of the community managers on the website is as follows:

"its coming... what/exactly when - unknown... don't have any more for now

as soon as able.. will post"


So basically don't hold your breadth which is par for the course with the fanclub gifts

PTH2009

Only 2 months to go til the start of the tour (12 May BC Place Vancouver Canada)

Whats everyones hopes for the setlist ??, where will the Joshua Tree album be on the setlist ??

Id like to see it like this

Part 1
1 I Will Follow
2 Out Of Control
3 Gloria
4 New Years Day
5 Sunday Bloody Sunday
6 A Sort Of Homcoming
7 Bad
8 The Unforgettable Fire
Video Package about the Joshua Tree Album
Part 2
9 MOTD
10 Exit
11 One Tree Hill
12 Trip Through Your Wires
13 In Gods Country
14 Red Hill Minning Town
15 Running To The Standstill
16 Bullet In The Blue Sky
17 With Or Without You
18 ISHFWILF
19 WTSHNN
Some Donald Trump/Political Video
Part 3
20 Desire
21 Mysterious Ways
22 Stuck In a Moment
23 Vertigo
24 City Of Blinding Lights
Encore
25 Beautiful Day
26 Mircle Of Joey Ramone
27 Pride
28 One

rubadub

PTH2009 wrote: »

Whats everyones hopes for the setlist ??, where will the Joshua Tree album be on the setlist ??

I have been to 4 or 5 gigs of "classic albums", pretty sure 100% played the album in full and in perfect order, with no songs beforehand. They all did a selection of "greatest hits" afterwards, usually after a short break, or ran into a few songs straight after and then a good few more after an break/encore. I have absolutely no doubt U2 will do extra songs (think I saw some people somewhere concerned it would be JT and thats it, or just a few more), some were in doubt about other gigs I was at, or that it might be just 1 or 2, I was never disappointed, in croke park I doubt there is any chance of being shortchanged.

You can check setlists on setlist.fm to show most do this. I remember sometimes thinking it would have been better to not be in prefect order. I do like a good opener, to get things going from the get-go, but some albums had several of my favourites at the start, and if I had the choice I would have had them wait until a bit later. And in normal gigs they might have held back those "well known classics" until later.

The only reason I do like them being in order is to plan bar/toilet breaks

PTH2009

rubadub wrote: »

I have been to 4 or 5 gigs of "classic albums", pretty sure 100% played the album in full and in perfect order, with no songs beforehand. They all did a selection of "greatest hits" afterwards, usually after a short break, or ran into a few songs straight after and then a good few more after an break/encore. I have absolutely no doubt U2 will do extra songs (think I saw some people somewhere concerned it would be JT and thats it, or just a few more), some were in doubt about other gigs I was at, or that it might be just 1 or 2, I was never disappointed, in croke park I doubt there is any chance of being shortchanged.

You can check setlists on setlist.fm to show most do this. I remember sometimes thinking it would have been better to not be in prefect order. I do like a good opener, to get things going from the get-go, but some albums had several of my favourites at the start, and if I had the choice I would have had them wait until a bit later. And in normal gigs they might have held back those "well known classics" until later.

The only reason I do like them being in order is to plan bar/toilet breaks

I try to avoid toilet breaks but sometimes after a pint or 2 it's hard lol

Yeah can't wait to see what the setlist will be after the first show of the tour

Croke Park will be special

Scorpion Sting

Hard to see them playing 28 songs. I'd say 23/24 would be more likely.