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

Exactly! The whole point of GA is first come, first serve. If you are there the day of show and 20th in line then you are 20th in line. Not 250th like you said waiting for these people to show up. These line nazi's really ruin it for people. Most venues will say they have nothing to do with the list and its not honored, so really you can just line up wherever. But of course these nazi's will indeed bully you until you move. I dare these jokers go to any other show and try to pull that list crap, say at a Metallica show or something. People would laugh them off the property. Enough with the list and numbers. Get there when you get there that's all.
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From: Darren Dempsey
To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [u2tour] GA procedure, my experience in Pittsburgh

Find the BS list and rip it up..they have ZERO authority to do this!

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:02 PM, blessedpoverty
<contramundo@bellsouth.net>wrote:

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> 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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