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Old 02-03-2011, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by wrponall View Post
I am asking about shows in the United States. I am weighing my options to get the best possible tickets for the show in Orlando.
Because there's a fan club trip for Orlando, that may be a tougher ticket than some of the other shows. The fan club will still get a good number of tickets, but the ones sold as just tickets (as opposed to packages) may be farther back since there's another group (the fan club trip folks) taking a bite out of the pie. It's hard to know for sure what will be offered because of the trip and because that's a new arena.

For most shows, I have been able to get good floor tickets close to (but not ON) the Circle via Backstage if I bought when the initial batch of tickets was put on sale. Sometimes additional tickets (which may or may not be better) are made available later, but there's no guarantee. Like anything else, you need to educate yourself about the seating chart so that you know what's being offered to you, and only buy when you're satisfied. For the upcoming Madison Square Garden shows, I wasn't willing to buy the tickets that Backstage initially offered for 2 of the 3 shows. (The two when there's a fan club trip, by the way.) I got a ticket for one night via a Ticketmaster auction and played the waiting game for the other night. I just bought a ticket for that night on Tuesday when TM dropped more tickets. It's all a matter of how obsessive you want to be!

The fan club does NOT get all the best tickets, and you should not assume that what the fan club offers you is the best that you might be able to get.
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