Paperless ticketing can do the same thing, yet still assure the fan who has to travel to get to the show that he/she will be able to get in and see the show! And what about the weather? I went to Chicago for 2 shows on the Lost Highway tour. The shows were at the United Center in February. That's not the best part of Chicago, and even though they'd had a bit of a warm front to come through, it was still pretty damn cold - cold enough that they opened the doors one of the nights to let us wait on the concourses rather than outside while the band finished soundcheck. I wouldn't have cared to wait in a line all day in that cold in that neighborhood with a wad of cash in my pocket. Sure, chances are we wouldn't have been robbed because of the number of people, but does any band really want to set their fans up for that possibility? As I understand it, many of the venues no longer wanted the fan club camp-outs for tickets -- this would be so much worse because it would be so many more people! And yes, I realize that you queue in Europe and that the weather isn't always ideal. Nonetheless, the band generally tours your stadiums in the spring and summer. Our arena tours are often in the winter and early spring. I sure wouldn't have gone to Montreal this year if I hadn't had tickets in hand. The weather turned out to be fine on the 2 show days . . . but a day later they had to de-ice the plane before we could leave.