pjgirl, I don't know if you're in the U.S. or not. I am, and I belong to the fan club. Most of my tickets for the upcoming tour came from the fan club. Yes, I did pay a surcharge for them, but they are better than what I could have gotten on Ticketmaster at the time that tickets went on sale. For a few shows, I did better on TM. Had I waited until late ticket drops, I might have done better for some additional shows through TM, but there are no guarantees.

One additional point, if you're asking about the fan club because you're interested in tickets for the U.S. shows on the first leg, you're probably too late. There are still tickets for some shows available, but most shows are sold out. The initial ticket sales were held back in November.

Let me know if you have any other questions . . . if you're in the U.S. I don't know anything about the European system, but there are a lot of other people on this site that could help you with info about those.