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LAMBERLUST, Thank you so much for the info. I was wondering how big the venues would be. Looks like they are all very big, except for Las Vegas, but they will have 2 nights. What a wonderful experience for Adam. Wonder if he will be satisfied to go back to his own band and smaller venues. Although after this he might need larger venues, but it won't be the same as him singing with Queen. We will have to wait and see, when he goes on tour probably in 2015.

9:35 I will be attending San Jose! We are really excited to go to this! Thank you.

It looks like large bear star constellation. Dr. Brian May probably came up with this tour route.

@9:59 To me it looks like Ophiuchus, the 13th zodiac sign... :)

9:35, it says Vicki Wiley did it.

9:59 pm, during one of the interviews Brian said it was behind the scenes people who arranged the tour within the limited parameters they were given. Brian said all he wanted for sure was Madison Square Garden and the Forum.

Lambertlust, we can feel your love for Adam! Thanks for all your info and keeping us updated. I was so curious about the capacity of the venues and you answered my curiosity. Amazing!! All glamberts must have some kind of sixth sense LOL!

Love that our tickets will be at MSG in NY!!!!

Been waiting years for this so happy :)
Can't afford tickets . . so sad :(

Tickets are listed at about $100 on ticket master but all I see is higher

Wanted to go to Conn show.

If StubHub and other outlets are selling . . .will there be tickets left on Ticketmaster on Monday for presale....

All I'm seeing is that NY and Conn are just about sold out and Ticketmaster hasn't even offer tics yet????

I just purchased my tickets for Mohegan Sun. I had no idea you buy them now! Don't wait until Monday to purchase tickets if you are planning to go to any of the concerts. So glad I got the info about the tickets being sold early from THIS site.
Thank you, peeps!

4:41 "could" buy them now!

What's sickening is the tickets brokers who sell way prior to pre-sale at prices WAY over the top.
Then Glamberts wonder why they can't get fantastic seats!

Ticket sellers are assigned certain amount and location of tickets. No one is taking anything away from anyone by you choosing who to buy from and when. If you wait for March 14, you will have the same selection Ticketmaster has been given from the get-go.

For all those who have and will have tickets, I'm excited for you.

Only about 10% of tickets are sold to the general public. Hopefully Queen requested a lot for their fan clubs.

I think there will be plenty of good seats left for general purchase. These ticket sellers, like StubHub, etc. only get so many to sell. So don't worry. There will be seats left, probably even better than the two I just bought. I just got them early to keep my blood pressure from going through the roof. LOL. And I had a credit card with a zero balance, so what the heck. They'll be jumbo screens, I'm sure. Adam's beautiful face will be up there for all to see no matter where you sit.

DRG

Has anyone heard anything about the opening act and if there will be one or 2?

2 49
I've seen ticket prices start around 35 dollars. That's as cheap as any mainstream concert. The scalpers tickets are for those who really want a specific VIP seat, but there are going to be plenty of regular tickets for sale.

Interesting read about how concert ticket sales work: [From Australia, but much info about US ticket sales...]

"Why you can't get a ticket to your favourite concert"

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/why-you-cant-get-a-ticket-to-your-favourite-concert/story-e6frfn09-1226634119343

And some advice for all of us:

"So, how can you increase your chances of getting a ticket at face value price?
Establish a relationship and a loyalty with the promoter, so you can sign up early to pre-sales and fan clubs
See if your credit card company, such as Visa, has pre-sale tickets available
If you’re buying online on the day of general sale, log on early and be in the system before 9am
Follow the promoters, the venue, the fan clubs and the artists on social media to pick up on special offers
If you are looking for a ticket in the "secondary market" – wait. As it gets closer to the show, some get nervous and drop the price. "I have a friend who went to 18 concerts in a row and he actually paid less than the ticket price because he waited and scalped the scalpers," Budnick says.
Consider buying on your mobile rather than your desktop, says Lazarus-Hall, as the "bots" can't work on mobiles.
Read the frequently asked questions on the promoter or ticket-sellers website before you buy so you understand how the sale process works
Dean Budnick and Josh Baron’s book, Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped is available through Penguin Books."

2:49, what you are seeing priced expensively over the face value is on the resellers/scalpers sites. They do not have access to all the tickets. Regular priced tickets will he available through Ticketmaster on Monday and Friday.

These reseller sites don't have just VIP seats, they have seats in the nosebleed sections too. They are just reselling tickets people have access to from their jobs or plans change and someone needs to sell their ticket. There is no guarantee these reseller sites have better seats than Ticketmaster will release.

6:43, do you have any source to cite to back up that number? I've never seen that before.

@8:10 . . I've read this 10% story too somewhere . . if you can only purchase a set number of tickets . . how does StubHub get theirs and sell them at such a high price?

I guess I need to read that book on the Rise 0f Concert Industy

If can't get tickets for this concert (money factor) hopefully Adam will tour with next album . . I miss BB...

Re the 10% figure: read the article I posted at 7:58 AM

Another quote:

"How does an arena that seats 80,000 sell out in two minutes?

A very small percentage of seats are available to purchase during the initial general sale.

"Before that time a lot of artists have committed their ticket inventory to credit card companies they have alliances with, to their fan clubs for pre-sale, to the promoter who has a variety of opportunities, to sponsors and to the venue," explains Budnick. "Plus they also keep some inventory for themselves and the secondary market (more on this to come)."

At Justin Bieber's Nashville show in February, only seven per cent of tickets to the show were available to purchase at the general sale, meaning 93 per cent of tickets had already been set aside for other partners.

At Taylor Swift's US concerts, just 15 per cent of tickets were available at the advertised on-sale date. For Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana tour, the numbers were similar, about 15 to 20 per cent.

The moral of the story? "If you don’t have a ticket before the general on-sale, you're going to find it extraordinarily challenging," says Budnick."

By the way, I didn't post the above article to scare the living daylights out of everyone.. because I can tell you I've bought concert tickets in general sales for superstar artists like Bruno Mars and Pink, in 15,000 seat arenas.. with no problems.

But those hugely popular concerts do sell out quickly. And by the time the general sales come along, all of the really desirable seats are long since gone, and available only on secondary sales/resale sites like Stub Hub.. so it's just worth knowing something about how the concert sales market works..

Those of us who have learned a bit about this through following Adam the past 5 years, living through the concert pre-sales, etc., and we who have learned a thing or two about Stub Hub as a result, can pretty much attest to the general info contained in the article.. There is no doubt much more to it than what is contained in the article, and each artist and concert situation is different, but just good to know something about how it all works.. and sometimes doesn't work..

That's just twisting numbers and deceptive to say only 10% available to the general public. If another percentage is available through the fan presales and another percentage is available through a credit card promo, etc, a large percentage is available to the general public.

That is so not true that all the desirable seats are gone for hugely popular concerts once the general sales start. I got row 3 for Macklemore in the general sale and row 13 for Bruno Mars in the general sale.

@Anon 8:51 PM
I'm just speaking for myself here... You have a lot more luck than I ever have! I'm going to have you help me get those great seats next time.. :)

9:00 AM, I'll only help you if you stop posting untrue generalizations like all the good seats are already gone. You getting a kickback from stub hub? :))))

8:22 AM, what I have read is that the tickets available on stubhub right now are tickets that people in the industry already have access to. Later it includes tickets from people like you and me who need to sell tickets we can't use anymore because our plans have changed. There was also some sort of scandal at some point about a portion of tickets going directly to stubhub and some musicians found out about it and put an end to it happening with tickets from their concerts.

About Stub Hub:

They are the ticket "reseller" "arm" of EBay..and are not the direct sellers. They don't sell tickets themselves per se. Others post tickets for sale at whatever price they wish to ask for the tickets and Stub Hub takes a percentage of the asking price as commission.

Some artists resell tickets on Stub Hub (and other reseller sites)..

Many tickets are bought through the various sales (presales via the artist, fanclub, credit card..etc), and general sales and then resold for the express purpose of making a profit over and above what they paid initially.

And some people buy tickets only to find they can't attend the event and end up on Stub Hub. Sports tickets are also resold on Stub Hub..

I've used Stub Hub multiple times to buy tickets for a wide range of events, particularly to "sold out" events.. Or to upgrade a seat.

Love 'em or hate 'em, they are a source that is used by a vast number of people to both buy and sell tickets..

@Anon 9:13 AM
I was only kidding about asking you for help. I do just fine thanks.. But my own personal experiences are true. And they are true for many others..As I said, you are just darn lucky. :)) Read the article I posted. Not generalizations at all. No kick back from Stub Hub. I wish... :))))

Love them or hate them? There is only a hate option for me.

Most of these resellers take a percentage fee from both sides of the deal.

Shame on the artists that resell tickets themselves.

Hooray for artists and venues that find ways to get tickets into the hands of fans without the rip off of Ticketmaster/Live Nation and the resellers. Wish there was more of them so they could break the backs of Ticketmaster and Stubhub and their cohorts.

So I guess Adam just hates the south as he avoids it like the plague.

Maybe there just weren't any venues available in the South to accommodate the time schedule they have. Adam does not do the booking of the venues; so don't say he hates the South. Other parts of the country might also say the same thing and it is just not true. This summer concert series is only 19 days and they can't cover every city in every time zone of the country to make everyone happy. I know I won't be able to go, but I will rely on this blogsite to give us any videos of the concerts as they move from city to city.

Huh, I could have sworn Texas was in the South ;)