Joshua Tree Tour 2019
Legs (1): New Zealand, Australia and Asia
Shows: 15
  1. Originally posted by deanallison:The first night in Auckland seems to have done pretty good as well. Doesn’t look great when you click on seat map but overall there isn’t many tickets left. Japan still has general sales to go too.
    Ticketmaster has finally allowed seat selection for Auckland 2 (this isn't available for the first few days of sale).

    $60 seats are sold out, not too many $190 seats left either. Unexpectedly, when I checked earlier, it is possible to buy 4 X Red Zone tickets. They were in very high demand at virtually every other show. GA's still available too. There are also lots of $265 seats, & tonnes & tonnes of $370 seats left.

    I guess it'll be the common "dynamic pricing" situation we saw for many of the JT2017 in the US. Slow sales, Eeking out every possible dollar profit over the next few months. Then closer to the show, more publicity & if sales remain slow, a reduction in the price of tickets. Giving them away at bargain basement prices if there are still seats available right near show day.
  2. Looks like the 2nd nights have just been asking a little bit too much. It’s good though for the fans when there’s tickets easily available, and for the band with them already being set up I can imagine it makes sense too even if the venue was only to get to 75-80% of its capacity. They’re probably still going to sell close to 90,000 tickets for the 2 shows in Auckland with a 47,000 capacity for concerts. Probably more worrying is the places where they’re only playing 1 night and it’s easy enough to get a ticket but I’m sure they’ll still get a high percentage of the venue sold by the time the gig comes round.
  3. Can understand why tickets don't sell at these eye watering prices. CAT 5 $60 sold out very quickly, but there were never any CAT 4 $130 seats (only GA). So it was a huge jump from $60 to $190 for the CAT 3 seats! CAT 3 has sold well though, there's not many left. So couples can just stomach $400 for a night out to see U2. But over $500 for CAT 2, & over $700 for CAT 1 is too much to ask a casual couple to spend. I'm sure prices will be reduced at some stage, & tickets will sell better.
  4. I’ve actually just took a look at the tickets available for Auckland 2 and i’am amazed, when you used the words ‘lots’ and ‘tonnes’ that was almost downplaying it, have they even sold half the venue at this stage? Obviously I expected night 1’s to go a lot better but I’m genuinely gobsmacked at the fact they’ve nearly sold out Night 1 entirely but have so many left for night 2.
  5. Originally posted by deanallison:Looks like the 2nd nights have just been asking a little bit too much. It’s good though for the fans when there’s tickets easily available, and for the band with them already being set up I can imagine it makes sense too even if the venue was only to get to 75-80% of its capacity.
    I'm curious to see if Seoul gets a second show. As you say, the venue is already set up & ready to go. The seats sold well, but it's been hard to move the GA's. Particularly the rear GA section, which isn't much cheaper than the front section. Think they should have gone seats in that rear GA section, as seats seem to sell well here.

    Though maybe U2 doesn't want to finish a tour in a half empty stadium.
  6. Originally posted by ddarroch:[..]
    I'm curious to see if Seoul gets a second show. As you say, the venue is already set up & ready to go. The seats sold well, but it's been hard to move the GA's. Particularly the rear GA section, which isn't much cheaper than the front section. Think they should have gone seats in that rear GA section, as seats seem to sell well here.

    Though maybe U2 doesn't want to finish a tour in a half empty stadium.
    They might just stick to 1, if it had been like Singapore it probably would have been a no brainer just adding a night on to the end of a tour but while it’s still easy for fans to still pick up a ticket what’s the point of adding another night (I know fans travelling will want another show, so I hope for there sake they do add one but I could see why they wouldn’t bother).
  7. Originally posted by deanallison:I’ve actually just took a look at the tickets available for Auckland 2 and i’am amazed, when you used the words ‘lots’ and ‘tonnes’ that was almost downplaying it, have they even sold half the venue at this stage? Obviously I expected night 1’s to go a lot better but I’m genuinely gobsmacked at the fact they’ve nearly sold out Night 1 entirely but have so many left for night 2.
    I noticed that some of the upper tier sides are CAT 1. People were upset when this happened last year in Europe & the states. That was in arenas, where you're far closer to the action. Expecting to sell upper tier seats in a stadium for $370NZD is ridiculous!

    I'm sure when the seats get reduced in price to sensible levels they'll start to sell better. Just about all the seats under $200 have sold. We can thank Live Nation for this. But in the end they'll reduce the prices, sell tickets, & will have maximised their profits.
  8. Originally posted by ddarroch:[..]
    I noticed that some of the upper tier sides are CAT 1. People were upset when this happened last year in Europe & the states. That was in arenas, where you're far closer to the action. Expecting to sell upper tier seats in a stadium for $370NZD is ridiculous!

    I'm sure when the seats get reduced in price to sensible levels they'll start to sell better. Just about all the seats under $200 have sold. We can thank Live Nation for this. But in the end they'll reduce the prices, sell tickets, & will have maximised their profits.
    Yeah I do hope the prices start to become more sensible, not great for fans who have already paid these prices but it is what it is unfortunately. It’s a strategy that maybe pays off, we’ll be able to tell by comparing the gross profit as well as attendance with that of previous tours, I wouldn’t be surprised to see lower attendances bringing in more money.
  9. Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
    Yeah I do hope the prices start to become more sensible, not great for fans who have already paid these prices but it is what it is unfortunately. It’s a strategy that maybe pays off, we’ll be able to tell by comparing the gross profit as well as attendance with that of previous tours, I wouldn’t be surprised to see lower attendances bringing in more money.
    If only they provided real gross & attendance figures instead of faking them, yeah
  10. Originally posted by ddarroch:[..]
    I'm curious to see if Seoul gets a second show. As you say, the venue is already set up & ready to go. The seats sold well, but it's been hard to move the GA's. Particularly the rear GA section, which isn't much cheaper than the front section. Think they should have gone seats in that rear GA section, as seats seem to sell well here.

    Though maybe U2 doesn't want to finish a tour in a half empty stadium.
    GA in the front and seats in the back, now that's what I call awkward
  11. Anything to sell the tickets

    Looking at the size of the gap they often have between the separate GA zones, I think the sightlines would have worked.

    I think seats in GA at any time is awkward

    We had to deal with that at Popmart Sydney. We just left our seats, & stood at the catwalk rail