Music: Re: [u2tour] GA procedure, my experience in Pittsburgh

That's so different than Philly. Yes, you could check in the day
before but you had to come back that night and check in again and if
you weren't there for the 4:30 AM call you were dropped from the
list. Very fair as I see it.
On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:02 PM, blessedpoverty wrote:

> OK, the Pittsburgh show was AWESOME. But the GA line "system" was a
> major downer. We got there at 4am, ready to stay until the show.
> There were about 20 people there, so we thought we were in good
> shape. The list holder gets our names down and it turns out I'm
> number 250-something! So where are the other 230 people ahead of
> me?! In bed, at breakfast, anywhere but waiting in line! What
> happened to coming to the GA line and staying to hold your place?
> Where do you get the secret information to "check in" on the list
> and then take off? Of course, there's nothing to do about it. No
> offense to anyone who actually waited in person, and I would have
> been happy to be in the 200s if 200 people were actually there, but
> I'm pretty tired of the elite U2 society using unfair tactics to
> crowd the front of the pit and exclude those of us who are out of
> the social loop but putting in the effort fairly to get close to our
> favorite band. When Bono said "I see! so many familiar faces" I just
> sort of cringed--from the back of the circle.
>
> I won't even bother waiting in line in Moncton. Now I know there's
> probably already a list up to the hundreds consisting of people who
> aren't even in New Brunswick yet. Maybe I'll start using the tactics
> of the drunks who come in late and push their way to the front. Is
> that really any different than putting your name on a list the night
> before the show and going back to bed?
>
> Kate in NC
>
>

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