What happened at Milton Keynes was you were told to line up at a portacabin outside of the gig.....we queued up for about 5 hours...some had been there all night. You got your wristband...you then had to queue up in another queue to get into the bowl. Me, personally, went back to my hotel which was across the road (not interested in being front row or anything) Had a meal and a few drinks and then went back to the Bowl. Still got near the front though.
So, no, we didn't get there when we wanted...we had to queue up for hours to get our wristbands but then we had the option to do what we wanted until the gates opened. I'm not even sure if the fanclub got in any earlier then. We are getting in an hour early for Dublin but they don't have any gold tickets. There should be some news posted in the next few days at Backstage.