I've had two Coldplay concerts, two interesting seats, one up near the rafters (easier to see the band, they were tiny, though) and one on the floor (everyone stood up when the music started, could only see the TV screens).

 

So my question is, how do people get those "seats" up close to the stage? Are you guys waiting in line for hours or is this something you pay dearly for? I will definitely be at the MX tour but want to increase my chances of seeing the guys as well as hearing them!

Thanks in advance (way in advance!)

I've had two Coldplay concerts, two interesting seats, one up near the rafters (easier to see the band, they were tiny, though) and one on the floor (everyone stood up when the music started, could only see the TV screens).

 

So my question is, how do people get those "seats" up close to the stage? Are you guys waiting in line for hours or is this something you pay dearly for? I will definitely be at the MX tour but want to increase my chances of seeing the guys as well as hearing them!

Thanks in advance (way in advance!)

 

I went to 3 shows on the Viva tour in 2009 and saw them at Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits festival this year. All of these shows were general admission(had pit tickets for all 3 of those Viva shows) and I literally waited all day long to get close to the stage. I have been lucky enough to be in the first or second row at all of those shows, because I waited all day to be that close. Am really hoping that when they do their next US tour, they will have general admission again :)

Seats on the floor are total crap and I had to put up with them at both shows I went to on the Viva tour, and these were the same venues I've seen other bands have total floor GA for. Just Coldplay's system and it was stupid. Judging by your sig, you were at the Home Depot Center show too, and that's not an arena, that's a stadium. Having thousands upon thousands of seats on a stadium floor was absolutely ridiculous and killed everyone's mood down there. It was horrible. There was a small GA section toward the front but those tickets were elusive. (Honda Center, on the other hand, I think was ALL seats.) I will tell you right now that my spot for the Home Depot show (which was still in the front half of the floor) was NOT worth the face price I paid.

 

So to answer your question, it all depends on band/venue. I really hope Coldplay smartens up and ditches floor seats at North American arenas/stadiums this tour. And for GA, you really do have to queue all day to ensure a great spot. (When I followed Muse around, for instance, I would always arrive at 6am and still be like 15th in line.)

I agree, floor seats at Home Depot were awful. I had a seat in the 15th row behind the GA, and it wasn't that great. I think if it's small GA, floor would be good, but not floor seats. I don't know how people got GA at Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine the night after Home Depot, but there were only about 150 or so. Festivals are different, because everyone has GA, and then it's just first come.

Exactly, and that's one thing I love about festivals (downside is that you're sometimes sitting through acts during the day that you might not be interested in, while you're in the way of those bands' actual fans). Really, though, Coldplay should have no problem doing full-floor GA if other bands can do it in the exact same venues. (for instance, I've seen numerous shows at Honda Center and Coldplay is still the only one to have floor seats)

 

Of course, amphitheaters are different since those have such small pits to begin with, so those are perfectly understandable. But in arenas or stadiums, I can't think of much excuse.

eh. i've been everywhere with all the concerts i've been too. i've gone from literally last row to front row with coldplay. i don't really mind. i know i'm not answering your question just saying. i guess i'm just happy that i'm seeing my favorite band..

 

the only real problem/complaint was the last concert i went to coldplay of course at UCLA... it sucked because my ticket said "full view" but it wasn't at all...

eh. i've been everywhere with all the concerts i've been too. i've gone from literally last row to front row with coldplay. i don't really mind. i know i'm not answering your question just saying. i guess i'm just happy that i'm seeing my favorite band..

 

the only real problem/complaint was the last concert i went to coldplay of course at UCLA... it sucked because my ticket said "full view" but it wasn't at all...

 

Yep, not happy at all with that UCLA show :( And no one would do anything about it, not Ticketmaster, UCLA or Samsung, I emailed all of them.

 

But I'm not complaining about anything now, because I won tickets to Kevin and Bean's Breakfast with Coldplay next Tuesday! Fewer than 80 people total, how bad can the view be? ;)

Seats totally depend on venue.

 

If there is general admission in the front, that can be awesome if you have a strategy to get to the front (which usually means getting to the venue really early, and there are still no guarantees). If it's a venue with no general admission/standing in the front, I've found it's totally worth buying tickets from scalpers for front row (or close) if it's within the realm of affordability. Front row can be better than a meet and greet.

 

I had front row center seats for Billy Idol at a small winery last night and it was incredible - he was literally *right there* and I got some cool souvenirs. I would imagine Coldplay front row seats somewhere though would be prohibitively expensive, because they are so huge right now.

 

I'd rather have far away seats with great (far away) views over floor/standing seats and not seeing anything. But if you are going to see, say, Coldplay a few dates in a row, I'd probably mix it up GA/Standing and seated (not floor) to have both experiences.

 

Jason