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Unfortunately we need a pair, sorry. I think my wife would be a bit upset with me if we weren't together at the show. 😉

I have two "platinum" (which means only that I paid a higher price, I think) pista (field or pitch) tickets for the Barcelona show on May 27, 2023. I would like to trade them for a pair in the stands at the same show or one of the other Barcelona shows. Please let me know if interested. Thanks, Chris

All of the field tickets are for assigned seats. Not that anyone will be sitting in them during the show, but yes, seat location obviously does determine where you'll be standing.

STILL AVAILABLE AS OF JUNE 28th. UPDATE - JULY 27th --- SOLD.

My tickets are still available. I have them listed on Ticketmaster, too, but that service adds about $82 per ticket in resale fees. Not pretty. If anyone would care to buy them from me directly, you can save yourself some money!

I do still have them. Just sent you a reply via PM with my email address so that we can work out details. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for your interest.

I have an extra pair of tickets for this show - Club section 239, row 8. I've listed them in the "ticket exchange" thread if anyone's interested. Selling at cost ($419.75 for the pair), of course. Summer can't get here fast enough! :-) Edited on 7/5/16 to add price information.

I have two extra tickets for Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. Show is on Saturday, September 3rd. Happens to be on Labor Day weekend. Seats are Club Section 239, row 8. $419.75 for the pair, which was my actual cost through Ticketmaster during one of the presales. If interested, please send me a PM and we can work out details. I am fairly certain that I can transfer these directly through Ticketmaster to a buyer. STILL AVAILABLE AS OF MAY 10, 2016. Thought I had a buyer, but the sale fell through.

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Ticketmaster has absolutely nothing to do with the ticket prices OR anything to do with the act not having any GA section. All they control are the service charges (which are often a total ripoff in and of themselves, but that's not what you were complaining about). GA is much more difficult to do in the states because of the liability issues. Lawyers (and the tendancy to give them business by suing anyone in sight when one feels that someone has even been looked at "in the wrong way") are far too prevalent here in the U.S., but the lawsuits are far less common in other countries and that's why you DO see general admission ticketing for shows elsewhere. The risks are much higher with GA because of the greater possibility of someone being injured. Now, with the tour probably back for a much more extensive U.S. leg on the second go 'round, with "sheds" (amphitheatres) or even stadiums as the venues, they will probably incorporate some sort of GA section, or sections, for those outdoor shows (think "pit" in front of the stage for a few hundred and "lawn" tickets, as they've done in the past, if they play amphitheatres again). But, as others have commented, they've not done GA tickets for their U.S. arena shows in the past. So it's not surprising that they are not doing so this time around, either. And Ticketmaster has NOTHING to do with that.

#1 - The "boys" are not making the decisions about ticket prices. #2 - They're basically bringing a "stadium tour" inside to arenas in the states. The economics of producing the same type of show each night for about one-third the number of people certainly forces ticket prices to go up, as many of the production costs inside will be about the same as for the stadium shows elsewhere. #3 - These "VIP" higher priced tickets are having prices set by the promoter, who is trying to cover the cost of the show and production in each particular venue without raising prices significantly throughout the building. #4 - Many seats in the front sections of the floor would wind up going for $275 - $400 each anyway, on the resale market, if they were priced like the rest of the building and made available through general sale (and therefore snapped up by all the scalpers and "brokers" who usually get their hands on the prime seats near the stage). So why shouldn't the promoter price these seats for what the market is going to pay, anyway? At least this way most of them are being kept out of the hands of the resellers (because of the fact that these tickets are available only through will-call pickup on the show date), who really don't care about the band or its fans and are only looking to turn the tickets for the best seats at a profit. #5 - You still have a right to think that the whole system sucks and not participate by NOT buying these high priced seats. As a final comment, U2 went really elaborate with their staging for their last tour --- in stadiums --- and all the best reserved seats were still $250 each. Coldplay is going to sell these shows out so fast it'll make your head spin (I am expecting several more shows to be added to the U.S. tour such that they will probably be doing at least two, if not three, gigs in each city they've announced on this first U.S. leg) and they could easily be getting more $ such that the ticket prices would be higher throughout the whole building at each show. They're not. Let's count our blessings and be happy. They're probably the hottest band in the world right now. And if they're not right now, they will be in 2012. God bless 'em. It's good to see some nice guys having themselves a huge success.:D

Well, I guess it was coming. But here's a prediction for us all..... Charlotte was the last North American show of the tour ---- not just the tour LEG, but the tour. I think Wembley is going to wrap it up, folks. I hope I'm wrong. But from all the vibes I've been getting from what I'm reading and hearing, the band and crew are ready to wrap this one up. I think the boys are ready to get back into the studio next year (after a nice fall and holiday season break) and lay down the next record. Which means that the existing tour schedule will be a wrap for the Viva La Vida tour. It makes sense, really... to go out with these huge stadium dates, on a real high note, before the "home" crowd. But it all seems a bit surreal, since Charlotte was the last NA show and we all didn't even know it at the time. And for me, as a Charlotte resident, to have missed that very show (I was down in Florida that night for another concert and then traveled over to Tampa for this "show that never was").... I dunno, it seems a bit ironic, personally. Now if I can only figure out how to get a refund on four other tickets I had purchased on Ebay and then resold, as I guess I owe a couple of folks some money.... ~sigh~ So disappointing. But that's life. The sun will still come up tomorrow.:)

Okay, thanks. I'm actually thinking that the longer we are delayed in hearing an answer, the better our chances are of having this show rescheduled. Not that it wouldn't be nice to hear some sort of official word, though.... just a "we ARE working on rescheduling" message would be much appreciated!

Okay... is this quoted from somewhere else, or is this just you writing this? If it is "official" I would take this to mean that the tour is ending on September 19th in London. As in "not just this leg of the tour, but the entire tour." Which of course would mean that Tampa will NOT be rescheduled and there will not be a Latin America leg of the tour in 2010. True? If so, please site a source. Thanks!

Have you REQUESTED a refund and they've refused to grant you one? I would think by now they'd be obligated to give you one if you asked for it. Your ticket(s) is basically a contract, giving you admission to a specific event on a specific date. Since they couldn't provide the event at the time and place specified on your ticket, I believe they have to give you a refund if you ask for it. Try sending their customer service depart an email. Personally I am not asking yet, as I'm still willing to wait for a decision on rescheduling. If they do reschedule and I can't make the new date, then I'll ask for a refund.

You may be exactly right on the "keeping it from blowing away" theory, as it is highly unusual to have someone below it be in a position to catch it as it falls. Far more "usual" to have several people standing by to whisk it away after it hits the stage. But if it was windy, they may well have had others holding it at the edges, too, in an attempt to make sure it fell properly (without hitting people or equipment on stage ---- it would certainly be a tragedy to have a band member hit in this type of circumstance, as a serious injury could result and bring the tour to a screeching halt --- witness some of the Aerosmith troubles of late!). As for "how well organized" everything is, rock n' roll may not quite be a Broadway play, but it often comes close. Alice Cooper and David Bowie, among a few others of their era in the 1970's, were the pioneers that often took their staging that direction, and certainly many others have followed. The days of just standing up there and playing your music, at least in large (arenas and stadiums) settings, are long gone. Ever wonder why the setlist doesn't vary much for these types of shows? Quite simply it often can't! Each song has specific lighting and sound programming (via computers) set for all the equipment and various accompanying personnel handing the performers the exact correct instruments (pretuned guitars, pianos, etc. in place, tuned in the right key) in exactly the right position. If the performers were to call an "audible" it would derail the whole express train and create a disaster! The only performer who seems to get away with this type of change-up is Bruce Springsteen, and he can do it only because of a few key things ---- 1) His lighting is very simple (check it out sometime... no special effects of any significance, basically simplistic lighting and video) and 2) Both his band and his crew have been with him a long, long time... so they know the actual setlist is often going to be shot full of holes by the time the full show is over... and the bottom line is they've come to expect it and often they are "winging it" right along with him. That's one of the things that makes Bruce so great.... he never does the same show twice. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this would work for everyone - as a matter of fact I doubt it would work well for pretty much anyone else. But Bruce has found a way to do that and he, his band, and his audience seem to all thrive on that fact. For most everyone else it's a standard one or two set lists throughout the whole tour or at least each leg of a tour. Is one way right or wrong? No. But yelling out requests for obscure songs at a Coldplay concert certainly isn't going to get the band to play any of them! They have a little leeway on the B and C stages (particularly on the "C"), since the equipment is pared down there and the lighting is not varied much. But if they were to truly start playing "audibles" without planning I'm sure they'd absolutely throw their crew for a loop! That's why you so often read internet blogs from crew or band members talking about being "in the zone" or "in the groove" or words to that effect. Once things settle in to their expected pattern a comfort level is reached where everyone knows what to expect and they are hitting on all cylinders, producing consistent shows night after night. It's still exhausting, it's still thrilling, the adrenalin still flows each time, but they begin dealing with a known quantity where everyone pretty much hits his or her marks most of the time and the show can be produced with a certain high level of quality such that the audience in City "A" is getting the same exact show that the crowd in City "B" sees the next night. It's not about four guys in a band anymore (although they pretty much get all the glory), but the hundreds behind the scenes that help them pull it off night after night. At Coldplay's level all those behind the scenes folks are well compensated, so you'll rarely hear them complaining, but they all bust their butts to an unbelievable degree to make it all happen. I admire them tremendously. I'm well beyond the age, now, where I could do it. If I ever could have, that is. I dabble in concert promotion occasionally, so I've seen it in action. But fortunately I've never been a "road warrior" like so many who are involved in Coldplay's current tour. I'm sure I wouldn't last a week!

That person is there to catch the front scrim when it drops to reveal the band. If you read one of Roadie 42's recent blog posts, he talks about how the scrim drop at the second stadium show in Europe recently took out Chris' mike stand. When that thing drops it is supposed to miss all equipment and people and be quickly whisked out of the way and out of sight. Notice how his arm is out. That's to "catch" something to do with the scrim equipment as it falls, I'm sure. By the way, in the concert business the whole way a band or act is first seen by their audience is commonly referred to as a "reveal". It's not just a matter of coming on stage. As you've seen, the current Coldplay tour reveal is handled in stages. Band comes out onto the stage without lighting, behind the transparent scrim that is up between them and their audience. Music begins and backlighting is added such that they first become visible and begin playing live to the recorded track. Scrim drops and front lighting is added to fully reveal them, now playing on their own. It's all very carefully thought out. Just like with the X&Y tour the big LED screen at the back of the stage had the "countdown" and Chris taking his huge jump forward as the "clock" hit "0" and the front lighting was added in a huge "burst". Both reveals worked pretty well for maximum visual effect, no? :)

Going to? :laugh3: Seriously, though, I am getting a little upset that those of us still holding tickets for this show haven't received any sort of update. Even an email saying "we're still working on it" would be appreciated. Other than the original two emails announcing the delay (the first with the announcement and then the second with the "oops, we listed the wrong time in that announcement" info), I've heard nothing. The week after the postponement I sent an email to LiveNation, asking when we might hear something. The response I got back was basically "we don't know anything". I just sure hope that this show IS indeed rescheduled. If not, it's pretty lousy of them (with "them" being the promoter and the band's booking agency, not the band themselves) to string us along this long.

Whatsat? (he writes, squinting at screen....) Where da heck did I put my 'readers'? Oh.... here they are.... YEP! I'M 51. Er, sorry.... didn't mean to yell at ya. I guess I'm getting a little deaf in my advanced age. ;) Too many concerts over the years. :laugh3: I actually talked to a lady at the parking booth who told me "I don't know anything. I work for the fairgrounds, not Live Nation. You need to talk to those guys who are hanging out around the sign. They work for Live Nation." So I did. They didn't know squat, either! :rolleyes:

I was there, too, as I didn't "get the message" about the postponement until I arrived at the Tampa venue about 2:00-ish on Sunday afternoon. Totally bummed. But I am encouraged that we haven't received notice of a cancellation yet. That means that they are indeed trying to figure out a way to get this show rescheduled, somehow. I'm not counting on it, though. The logistics seem incredibly difficult. I drove back up from Florida yesterday (was staying right on the edge of WDW property in Lake Buena Vista for Saturday and Sunday nights). Jackson Browne was incredible in St. Augustine on Friday night, the Magic Kingdom was exhausting (and EXTREMELY hot and humid) on Saturday, then Sunday was, well, a pretty big let down. But I'm holding out hope....

Well, I finally broke down last night and bought myself ANOTHER pit single. I say "another" because I had four earlier on, that I had purchased through Ebay, and then I resold them in pairs on Ebay (I think at least one of my buyers is posting here on this board and I'm pretty sure is on this thread.... a woman from the Miami area, right?), 'cause I was absolutely certain that I couldn't make this show. Then when I saw that additional Pit tix had opened up on sale I started drooling all over again and finally checked with the wife to see if she'd be horribly upset with me for staying down in Florida for a few extra days such that I could catch the show on my own (as she's flying out west from Jacksonville on Saturday morning, after we see a Jackson Browne concert in St. Augustine on Friday night). Ah... it's all so confusing. But I'll be there on Sunday night, with bells on (or probably some glow necklaces, anyway). THE PIT ROCKS!!! RIGHT? Now if my legs, feet and bladder will only make it all the way through! ;-) LOL!

There are something like 40 sets of tickets up on Ebay, I think. Many are going for prices very near to "face value", too. Face value is around $130 each (U.S.) after one factors in all the Live Nation parking, ticket service fees and ticket taxes added to each $95 ticket. You might try there, if you don't mind paying a small premium in order to get your tickets in advance (and also avoid the risk of getting shut out if the show sells out before August 7th). (and yeah, I must admit that I have two of my Pit tickets up on Ebay ---- hopefully I'm not breaking any rules by saying that! ---- if I am, someone please let me know and I'll come back and edit this portion of the post out --- someone else has a pair of Pit tickets up on Ebay for $550.... I'm looking for FAR less than that! --- actually if my tickets sell for the minimum bid I've set, I'll be losing a good deal of money after the Ebay and Paypal fees, 'cause I paid $145 each when I bought them)

Yes, but I can't sell them here because I paid above "face value" for them (and for obvious reasons I don't want to sell them at a loss). So once I figure out how many I'm selling, I'll probably do so through Ebay.

My Pit tickets arrived today as promised and are, indeed, labeled "GA Pit". Seem to have been purchased back on May 19th (according to the order information printed on each ticket).

Uh, it looks to me that the Pit covers the entire lower area (where sections 1, 2 & 3 normally are) for this Tampa show and all the Pit tickets have been sold. At least that's how it appears on the "pick a seat" seating chart on LiveNation. I picked up four Pit tickets on Ebay this past weekend for $580, which is about $20-per-ticket over "face" (at least the "face" including all the LiveNation service fees and what not... which runs about $125 per ticket). They're supposed to arrive at my home via FedEx today. I'll post back here after I've viewed them, to confirm that they're Pit tickets. It also appears I'm only going to need to use 1 or 2 of them myself, so I will probably have to resell 2 or 3 of them. Since this is the last show of the North American leg, I'm guessing they may be holding back some of the Pit tix to cover band and crew "friends", radio and record label VIP's, etc., so maybe they'll release more Pit tickets for public sale as the show date gets close. But I wasn't going to wait out that gamble.