Getting Hot Concert Tickets

If you are in possession of a ticket to a U2 concert, consider yourself lucky. Their tour appears to be one of the hottest tickets out there right now. A recent eBay auction had bid two tickets in the lower level for the May 18th concert in New Jersey up to $735, with three days still to go in the bidding. Think that’s steep? TicketPro has lower level seats for that same concert going for as much as $905 per ticket! Another ticket broker listed similar tickets in the $865 range. The point here is that you can still get tickets to the concert of your choice, even if it says it’s sold out, if you’re willing to pay the price. According to Ticketmaster, the official ticketing agent for the May 18th U2 concert, face value for tickets ranged from $49.50 to $165.00. The cheapest tickets available through TicketPro and Stub Hub were currently $215 and $150 each, respectively. There are plenty of ticket brokers out there on the Internet. TicketPro and Stub Hun are just two of them. They are a group of what’s known as secondary market vendors, and they are in the business of providing tickets to any and all events. They buy the tickets from other contacts and sources at fluctuating market prices. In turn, they sell them based on the price they paid, and the difficulty in obtaining the tickets. That means not only will you pay more than face value for the tickets you want, chances are you will pay a premium price. The advantage is you can guarantee you’ll have that seat at the concert you want. Before you resort to a ticket broker, you might want to make sure that the concert to which you want tickets is truly sold out. Sometimes, additional tickets become available to concerts that were listed as sold out. This can happen for a variety of reasons. A certain number

of tickets are normally held in reserve by promoters, the band, and even the venue itself. As the date of the concert draws near, they may realize they don’t need as many tickets, and they release some them for sale. Ticketmaster handles ticket sales for many large venues, so it’s a good idea to check back with their site to see if any tickets have become available. Of course, if it’s something you must have, then you always have the options of online auctions like eBay or going to through ticket brokers like TicketPro. The longer you wait, the bigger the gamble you take that you will be able to find the tickets you need, or that the price may go even higher than what it currently is.