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

That's what happened to us in Winnipeg. We met the gate keepers the
afternoon prior, & were told we would only get a # if willing to camp. We
would of been #20 or so, but unprepared to camp we left without #'s. We went
to the Burton Cummings Theatre to listen to the remastering of Achtung Baby.
People showed up w #'s, low ones (they got their #'s soon after our
denial). Even better, they had no desire to camp. Funny. We show up the
next day, & get #200. Pissed, we berated the gate keeper as it was the same
guy from the day prior. He played stupid (or just really was) & assured us
we'd "get in the circle." Up yours dude, we know that. Turns out they
denied other people around us. The gate keepers were holding spots for their
cartel. To remain nameless. We got the rail just a few people right of the
cartel. They were surprised at our spot. Yeah, we're tenacious.
On Jul 28, 2011 7:46 PM, "Erin Basile" <efarrell601@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Kate,
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> I totally agree with you! We had the same problem with the keepers of the
list. They added names of people that weren't even there! I think karma is
gonna get them in the end. If you are a dishonest liar, it's bound to catch
up with you. I could say some really mean things now, but want to end on a
positive note. Glad you had a good show otherwise. I thought it was
incredible!!
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> EFarrell
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> To: u2tour@yahoogroups.com
> From: contramundo@bellsouth.net
> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:02:53 +0000
> Subject: [u2tour] GA procedure, my experience in Pittsburgh
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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.
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> 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?
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> Kate in NC
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