November 16, 201510 yr how? don't know, when I tried to put them in my basket they were gone again and now it's back to sold out...
November 16, 201510 yr Twitter reactions: https://twitter.com/TicketWebUK/stat...46040426110976 I understand why people are mad but what can ticketweb do? Obviously some people were lucky and some weren't. And obviously selling the tickets for $$$$ is wrong but unfortunately i don't see much they can do about that.
November 16, 201510 yr Yeah, I take it payments ended up not being processed for the tickets that are reappearing? I just got some but again it wouldn't let me checkout with them. This basket taunting is awful. It's like the Exeter gig all over again for me :bigcry:
November 16, 201510 yr I got a ticket (I believe)! I got a confirmation from the booking-company. I live outside UK, I presume that doesn't change anything, right? I'm so happy right now, been listening to coldplay for years, and finally i get to see them! :D
November 16, 201510 yr Thanks Sparky. Glad you are going. The tweets say a lot. I wish I had screenshot the 10K tickets, that is bound to get some press/band response (i hope). What I always thought would be the best idea was just to get the fans into a ballot for tickets instead of this website free for all business - some bands have done this, and shows - there must be some web services geared up to handle it - e.g. a ticket lottery for this kind of show. If not, then I am going to build an app for it immediately ( I work in I.T.!). Other BBC shows have come up with a lottery process - not sure why this one needed Sh*ttickWeb to handle the sales. THe concerts next year - well, Glasto is a rumor - but again, Ive tried 4 yrs in a row and never got a ticket (sold out in 25mins last time I think). Big stadium gigs seem to be not the style of the band (e.g. if they do them, Im not sure its what they were really keen to do). I am happy to watch online - BBCR1's show - as AMac is cool anyways - as long as its DD5.1. ;-D Everyone who got tickets - Hope you enjoy the night and well done! What a great way to start the christmas season - enjoy!
November 16, 201510 yr i'm thinking of buyin it for 200quid on viagogo... but it's really against all my value...
November 16, 201510 yr Nice one elaijten! And I live fifteen minutes away and couldn't get tickets...
November 16, 201510 yr Congrats! If you are able to get tickets for this small gig, you can buy tickets for every Coldplay gig i think :) Enjoy the show everyone who has tickets!
November 16, 201510 yr It'd be nice if Coldplay did something akin to Muse when it came to ticketsales (like .mu website members have a unique code which gives them access to a fan only presale) it works pretty well... It's definitely how I got to see Muse at Exeter Grand Hall earlier this year. I do think Coldplay will be doing the arena/stadium circuit in the next 12 months or so though. These intimate shows are wonderful but their audience base is so large that doing them means so many people miss out. I think AHFOD will lend itself better to stadiums than Ghost Stories did-- that was a quiet, melancholic and personal album and so that's probably why they took the RAH angle and such.
November 16, 201510 yr Everyone on twitter etc. is freaking out again. Can't the guys just stop playing these small shows and move to stadiums or arenas again, please. This way you are just making fans mad and disappointed and the touts rich.
November 16, 201510 yr It's not a question of not playing small shows, because that has a totally different vibe to the larger ones. It is a question of making the tickets available in a way that is a fair. Particularly for small shows, in a way that rewards the fans who want that intimate vibe. Muse played a gig at the electric ballroom in Camden recently. Tickets sold at the door. Sure you had to cue, but no tout could benefit. Maybe Coldplay should have done this?
November 16, 201510 yr It's not a question of not playing small shows, because that has a totally different vibe to the larger ones. It is a question of making the tickets available in a way that is a fair. Particularly for small shows, in a way that rewards the fans who want that intimate vibe. Muse played a gig at the electric ballroom in Camden recently. Tickets sold at the door. Sure you had to cue, but no tout could benefit. Maybe Coldplay should have done this? Ok but for fans who live outside UK??? Travel for nothing? No, I think presale for fans is THE idea.
November 16, 201510 yr Presale for fans might be the idea. Better than the shit ticketwebs offered this time anyway.
November 16, 201510 yr Im from Sweden and will go on my own. If anyone else is in the same situation (going on your own) and wanna go together, send me a PM or something! :)
November 16, 201510 yr It's not a question of not playing small shows, because that has a totally different vibe to the larger ones. It is a question of making the tickets available in a way that is a fair. Particularly for small shows, in a way that rewards the fans who want that intimate vibe. Muse played a gig at the electric ballroom in Camden recently. Tickets sold at the door. Sure you had to cue, but no tout could benefit. Maybe Coldplay should have done this? Oh yeah, doing it first come, first served in a way like that would be awesome but then it really limits fans to people that live in London so it's no fairer
November 16, 201510 yr I think it's better in the sense that only fans would be able to get in. Shall we agree: presale > door sale > classic online sellers?
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