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  1. Hi all, Alanis Morrisette is touring Australia in April and while I'm not a huge fan I thought her show may be worth checking out, so I had a look at ticket prices. They're not unreasonable but I've never seen a show before with the option to buy "aisle seating" for an additional AU$10. This is explained with the following notice:

    "Aisle Seating Tickets are tickets located in preferred seating positions within the venue, such as seats on or close to an aisle. The prices are above the face value of standard tickets. Please note, this means your Aisle Seating allocation may or may not be the seat directly adjacent to an aisle".

    I know airlines charge you more if you want to get extra leg room with an exit row, but is this something that happens in Europe or North America? I've never seen it here before and I'm intrigued.
  2. I had never saw this before last month when I noticed Black Keys were charging more for aisle seating.
  3. I bought tickets for my wife and I to see KISS last year in Columbus, and they charged extra for the 2 seats next to the aisle. That’s the only time I ever saw that option for a concert. I imagine it’ll become a standard practice soon. Just another way to milk a little more money.

    To be honest, I am a big guy (not morbidly obese, just tall and wide shoulders), and I usually opt for aisle seats if I can just to have some more room. So I’d probably pay a little extra for that if I had to.
  4. I just noticed that Alanis is playing her hometown of Ottawa Ontario in July. I wouldn't pay to see her but at least she is not forgetting her roots.

    I'm surprised no one is speaking about the Rage Against the machine debacle. Every seat in the house is the exact same price. Nosebleeds and floor are the same.
  5. miryclay, that was standard back in the 80s when I first saw U2.
  6. Not in America. It actually breaks me on a purchase because the price often determines whether I will go or not. If I can get a nosebleed for a more economical price I'm in.
  7. I'm starting to wait for last minute tickets for artists I only have a passing interest in. For example, I got nose bleed tickets to Phil Collins last year for less than half price. I'll buy ahead for others but for bands I'm 50/50 On I'll wait.
  8. That's my approach as well.
  9. Originally posted by miryclay:I just noticed that Alanis is playing her hometown of Ottawa Ontario in July. I wouldn't pay to see her but at least she is not forgetting her roots.

    I'm surprised no one is speaking about the Rage Against the machine debacle. Every seat in the house is the exact same price. Nosebleeds and floor are the same.
    I paid $125 for lower bowl tickets for Rage. Very happy with the price and location. They did have more expensive “member only fan club” spots for more. GA was $125 also.
  10. Alice Cooper tickets where 135 a piece or 175 for decent seats.

    Solution. Wait until the week before the show. You can buy the same tickets on Lasttix or Tixketswap for just 60 dollar.

    The lesson I've learned is not to buy your tickets on sale time anymore. You are just screwing your wallet over.
  11. Tickets are so expensive now that concerts never sell out quickly. They slowly drop the cost of tickets until eventually people buy them all up. The game has changed. I'll never buy tickets the day of the onsale again.

    In 2018, I kept watching the 2nd Chicago concert for U2. Lots of unsold $300 seats off to the sides of the stage. Eventually some of them were reduced to like $100, so I grabbed one. So I already had a great spot. Then when I got to the concert, they saw that I was by myself (wife stayed with kids in the hotel) and asked me if I wanted to move even closer, because there were some empty seats RIGHT NEXT to the stage. So for 1/3 of the cost, I was literally in the first row right next to the stage. Bono and Adam came within a few feet of me several times.

    In 2017, I was eyeing the U2 Indianapolis concert map on TM. Waited until the week of the concert, and was able to score some pretty good seats for at least half price, maybe $70. I won't ever do a pre-sale or buy tickets immediately ever again.

    Of course, the demand for U2 (and all concerts) is a little different here in the midwestern US. I wouldn't recommend this method if you're trying to get U2 tickets in Amsterdam, Dublin, Paris, etc.
  12. As long as I pay a 'reasonable price' for a hards days music work l can rest at night. But TM and there nefarious practices require fans to take dubious measures.