How to get good concert tickets

ChiliColdBlood · 04-13-2009, 02:44 PM

One thing I haven't seen mentioned is Pre-sales. If a show has a presale, treat it as a normal onsale time. Usually by the time the tickets go on sale to the public the best ones have already been sold during the presale. Sometimes getting the password is as simple as being signed up on the band's website (I've done this for the Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails). Other times, the password isn't as widely available. For the Unwigged & Unplugged (Spinal Tap, kinda) show in Toronto, I did a bunch of google searches for their presale passwords and tried different ones that they've had for previous shows. Eventually, one of them worked and I got good seats.

Ticketrush.com is affiliated with Live Nation and will give you free presale passwords to a ton of shows as long as you sign up. I don't really get why this site exists but you may as well take advantage of it.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 04-13-2009, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiliColdBlood

One thing I haven't seen mentioned is Pre-sales. If a show has a presale, treat it as a normal onsale time. Usually by the time the tickets go on sale to the public the best ones have already been sold during the presale. Sometimes getting the password is as simple as being signed up on the band's website (I've done this for the Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails). Other times, the password isn't as widely available. For the Unwigged & Unplugged (Spinal Tap, kinda) show in Toronto, I did a bunch of google searches for their presale passwords and tried different ones that they've had for previous shows. Eventually, one of them worked and I got good seats.

Ticketrush.com is affiliated with Live Nation and will give you free presale passwords to a ton of shows as long as you sign up. I don't really get why this site exists but you may as well take advantage of it.

That's what I was talking about, pre-sales are the tickets available to people with benefits such as owning Visa credit cards. Own that ****.

ChiliColdBlood · 04-14-2009, 09:17 AM

Oh ****, yeah. Missed your post. Yeah, I've seen AMEX Front of the Line presales for tons of shows.

jmct · 05-06-2009, 02:00 PM

So what do you guys think of the whole Ticket Master scam thing>??

jmct · 05-08-2009, 02:11 PM

no one around? i thought you guys would be all over this topic! it has "let's bitch" all over it! haha but for good reason and nobody in here would be the bad guy. For once something we can all agree on!

Jamia_Rung · 05-08-2009, 02:24 PM

I wish everyone would go to my introduction thread and tell me a little about yourselves

Syffuf25 · 05-12-2009, 01:18 AM

For the major mainstream shows local radio stations usually have presales you can check their sites, or if you really love the band join their fan club and you can get presale tix through that also.

05-08-2009, 02:24 PM	#36 (permalink)
Jamia_Rung Groupie Join Date: May 2009 Location: / Posts: 9	I wish everyone would go to my introduction thread and tell me a little about yourselves Last edited by Jamia_Rung; 05-12-2009 at 08:47 PM.

04-13-2009, 02:44 PM	#31 (permalink)
ChiliColdBlood Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: TO Posts: 184	One thing I haven't seen mentioned is Pre-sales. If a show has a presale, treat it as a normal onsale time. Usually by the time the tickets go on sale to the public the best ones have already been sold during the presale. Sometimes getting the password is as simple as being signed up on the band's website (I've done this for the Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails). Other times, the password isn't as widely available. For the Unwigged & Unplugged (Spinal Tap, kinda) show in Toronto, I did a bunch of google searches for their presale passwords and tried different ones that they've had for previous shows. Eventually, one of them worked and I got good seats. Ticketrush.com is affiliated with Live Nation and will give you free presale passwords to a ton of shows as long as you sign up. I don't really get why this site exists but you may as well take advantage of it.

04-14-2009, 09:17 AM	#33 (permalink)
ChiliColdBlood Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: TO Posts: 184	Oh ****, yeah. Missed your post. Yeah, I've seen AMEX Front of the Line presales for tons of shows.

05-06-2009, 02:00 PM	#34 (permalink)
jmct Groupie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: In a fanatasy world.. AKA Toronto Posts: 43	So what do you guys think of the whole Ticket Master scam thing>??

05-08-2009, 02:11 PM	#35 (permalink)
jmct Groupie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: In a fanatasy world.. AKA Toronto Posts: 43	no one around? i thought you guys would be all over this topic! it has "let's bitch" all over it! haha but for good reason and nobody in here would be the bad guy. For once something we can all agree on!

05-12-2009, 01:18 AM	#37 (permalink)
Syffuf25 Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 55	For the major mainstream shows local radio stations usually have presales you can check their sites, or if you really love the band join their fan club and you can get presale tix through that also.