Music: Re: [u2tour] Re: Balto show

I think it's a myth that you need to show up at the crack of dawn, unless you ABSOLUTELY need to get a specific spot right along the front rail.

Wrote about Denver here:

http://www.atu2blog.com/photo-getting-close-to-the-stage-at-530-pm/5180/

Walked in at 5:30 pm and could've had amazingly close spot.

m2

On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Scot Kleinfeld wrote:

> I feel the same way, but I am still wondering how it happens. How do people
> both having GA tix but arriving 7 hrs later get the same spot in the
> circle? I guess a lot must prefer along the outside of the circle.
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> If I go to Pittsburgh I doubt I will get there so early.
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> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Jennifer Breton <jenhybr@hotmail.com>wrote:
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>> I noticed that too, Scot. I also got there at 10 (probably sitting next to
>> you in line?) and we wound up second row in prime real estate right in
>> between Bono and Edge. The people in front of us were like #7-9 in line and
>> had gotten there the day before and camped out. I wouldn't say their
>> experience was any better than ours being a foot closer, particularly in a
>> stadium where there's so much extra space between you and the stage anyway,
>> unless you're going for bragging rights that you were front row... I'm still
>> showing up early for Philly cause I just enjoy the camaraderie and
>> experience of the GA line, but I don't know if I'd ever go through the
>> trouble to camp out when it doesn't make a HUGE difference in position for
>> the stadium tours.
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>> To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
>> From: scotk09@gmail.com
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:57:23 -0400
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>> Subject: Re: [u2tour] Re: Balto show
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>> So about the GA line experience.
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>> I was there at 10 AM and got where I wanted to be inside the circle. But
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>> the people right next to me got there at 530...PM.
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>> So do a lot of people in the GA line want to be outside the circle? If not,
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>> how do people gettig there so late still get prime spots on the inside?
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>> Scot
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>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Jennifer Breton <jenhybr@hotmail.com
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>>> Agreed; great show and way better than DC (even though I think I
>> preferred
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>>> DC's setlist)... I love heat and wasn't dying being outside all day, but
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>>> man, that pit was holy hot and so disgusting, LOL. I lost 2.5 pounds. I
>> got
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>>> one of Bono's water bottles he threw--do you think anyone would wonder
>> why I
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>>> have a crushed plastic water bottle in a shadowbox on my wall? Or anyone
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>>> know someone who does human cloning? I figure his DNA has got to be on
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>>> there... ;)
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>>> See you guys in the the GA line in Philly!
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