Concert tickets sold out, but I want to go!

[happily single]

Lana Del rey tickets went on sale at 10:00am last Week. I was on Ticketmaster at exactly 10:00am, not 10:01. Anywhooooo, they totally sold out!!!!

I have not been able to find tickets on stubhub, but ebay -and craigslist has them for $400 a ticket. Face value is $60.xx!!

Anyone have any suggestions on how/where to buy legit tickets for reasonable prices?

 

[flea1267]

wait until the day of the show...my daughter works at a music venue and they generally have "holds" on tickets for like the artist, radio stations, etc....and sometimes when those "holds" aren't needed they release tickets the day of. we saw Bruno Mars in August....and the day of the show, I got my DH a seat right beside the stage and until that day the only thing available was upper/nosebleed level. don't give up!

 

[Tigerlulu]

There are usually tickets to be had outside the stadium too. The closer to show time, the cheaper they get!

 

[happily single]

wait until the day of the show...my daughter works at a music venue and they generally have "holds" on tickets for like the artist, radio stations, etc....and sometimes when those "holds" aren't needed they release tickets the day of. we saw Bruno Mars in August....and the day of the show, I got my DH a seat right beside the stage and until that day the only thing available was upper/nosebleed level. don't give up!

Thanks! This is looking like our only option right now

 

[tasha99]

(Almost) Same thing happened to me for Neutral Milk Hotel. I wanted to buy some scalped tickets for DD21, but the venue has a policy: no tickets--to get in you show the credit card used in the booking and a matching ID. Sooo . . . no tickets sold after they sold out instantly. I wouldn't have even been able to buy tickets from the venue for my own kids with that policy. I'm a rarity because I think scalping has a place in that it gives those willing to pay a second chance.

 

[christineann]

I agree with the suggestion to wait or check again a day or two before the show. I tried to get tickets to Hootie and the Blowfish at a small venue here, and though I was on the phone and computer before the tickets even went on sale, they were all gone by 10:04 a.m. I kept checking and was able to get some great seats the day before the show on StubHub at face value, even though some of the StubHub tickets were being sold for more than three times that. The seats right next to us were $15 more than ours were. Keep checking, and good luck!