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The Philly Best Buy pre-sale started at 10 am this morning.

http://ev15.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventList?groupCode=CON&linkID=global-wachovia&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode=

The Philly show won't be sold on Ticketmaster, it will be on Comcasttix.com

Anyone know if they are doing any pre-sales for the tickets?

They're playing the Corel Centre in Ottawa on March 17.

I had a look during the AMEX pre-sale for the sake of curiosity, and pulled up Section 2, Row 30 tickets. I live on the East Coast, so no use to me, but there were floor tickets available, just not in the first 15 rows or so.

That appeared to be the only option, at least for the show that I bought for (Mohegan Sun).

Touche :D I didn't phrase it very well, did I? Anyway, they'll be getting loads of publicity now due to how badly the pre-sale has gone!

This has nothing to do with the topic, but I just really hate the term "old" fan as opposed to "new". Even though I'd classify as an old fan and saw Coldplay in 2002 and 2003 when it cost me like $15 bucks to see them play, but I still find it really arrogant to give favor to someone because they've known about you longest. Who the heck cares, a fan is a fan is a fan. I do agree that these pre-sales have been very messy. I did the presale thing back in 2003 and got wonderful seats. But it seems they have kept this same format, which obviously needs to change since Coldplay have grown to be a huge success worldwide, and they need to accomodate all (or most of) the fans that come with that. With that said, I've been shut-out in this presale and will have to hassle it in Ticketmaster. :embarrased: I do wish they'd change the format. It's horribly done and no one can deny it.. :embarrased: I didn't mean to imply any arrogance with regards to 'old' vs 'new' fans. It just seemed that the way it was done was very hokey, and put a big strain on the system.

Using a lottery system, as they have, is bound to cause frustration, as there will be fans shut out. However, there have been some VERY sloppy aspects to this pre-sale: 1/ The 'Talkthetour' site was a ridiculous way to start. The band invited nearly 900,000 people to 'unveil' the venues for the tour, a percentage of which would have been 'new' fans. This diluted existing fans' chance to get the pre-sale tickets. 2/ The e-mail stating that you won the lottery should have been sent out at a set local time for all venues. Using local time would have helped to spread the computer load. Also, based on modern computer systems to suggest that this couldn't be done at once is just bullshit. People who didn't win should have received an e-mail stating that they didn't win. This could have gone out at a different local time if necessary. 3/ The e-mail which announced the unique password for Houston and OKC had the sites mixed up. Minor one, you may say! However, to not state on the same e-mail WHEN the pre-sale for these two shows are is inexcusable. Other bits and pieces: 1/ Confusion over Tampa, Orlando and Cleveland dates. 2/ Having TWO Chicago dates in the drop down list for registering for the lottery. 3/ Not CLEARLY stating when the pre-sale dates are for the shows. If there is any element of doubt from the band, management, etc. DON'T post it!

From the http://www.coldplay.com site (under New/Latest/Pre-sale Updates for us & Australia): 4 dates that aren't Ticketmaster will also now have a pre-sale but this won't be part of the lottery system as there is 1 single password. We will mail these links with the password to all US subscribers on Wed with all general sale information and news of special ticket auctions. This, IMHO, is not good news. Namely: 1/ If by 'all US subscribers' they mean all US fan club members, this process is wide open to scalpers. 2/ If by 'all US subscribers' they mean US fan club members who registered to get these venues, then these fans have been really screwed. The password will be easy enough to get from various sources (including bastards on ebay who will sell it to you), and your registration will be essentially lost. You could have used it for another venue. 3/ Unless the 'special ticket auctions' proceeds are going to charity, it's the equivalent of scalping by the band themselves.

They're on sale on Friday. If it's anything like the demand for Night #1, you will need to be VERY lucky to get a ticket.

It will probably be handled by the venue itself, namely: http://www.okfordcenter.com/events/Coldplay.html Ottawa and Houston will be the same - they will be handled by the web-site of the venue.