U2 ticket hints.

["weapons of mass destruction-related program activities" <spamtony>]

As I was saying, I picked up a GA/floor ticket for U2's 
Monday show in Philly at 3PM the day before on 
Ticketmaster.com. 

If getting one of these $54 tickets is the only way you're 
going to get to go see Patti and Bono ROCK Madison Square 
Garden on November 21 and 22, you might want to keep some 
of the following in mind: 

There are pre-show ticket drops on ticketmaster.com, and 
pre-show ticket drops at the box offices. Box office drops 
usually consist of held-back stuff not used or claimed by 
press or friends of the band by a certain hour, and are 
distinct from the pool offered for sale via TicketMaster,
as these "band holds" have been pulled from the general pool, 
and are (usually) physically set aside in neat little piles 
in some dark cave somewhere for distribution by the band's 
personnel as they see fit.

In a city especially hot for U2 - like NYC, Boston or 
Chicago - the box office pickin's can be pretty slim,
and the conditions grim. 

In particular, I've heard some horror stories about the 
day-of box office drops at Madison Square Garden and up in
Boston. Everything from 12-hour lineups to hordes of homeless
guys hired by scalpers, and physical threats made by scalpers
to anyone in line who narcs. 

If I could pick one and only one avenue of ticket procurement 
in the day(s) leading up to the November 21 and 22 shows, 
featuring U2 and PATTI SMITH at Madison Square Garden, I'd 
have to say I'd stick with the online offerings at TicketMaster.com 
before trying my luck in the flesh. And I'd also opt for 
"ticketfast" - whereby TicketMaster.com emails you images of 
your tickets and you can print them yourself on any color 
printer: No "Will Call" drama!!

If you want to buy from someone on eBay, I'd say it's an
okay method if you're used to shopping on eBay and are 
familiar with what to look for as warning signs in 
terms of things like seller feedback, auction volume, 
other sales offered, payment options, etc.