linusvanpelt

Through immense amounts of frustration and patience, I was able to get a ticket (one) to see the re-formed Van Halen and a ticket (one) to Bruce Springsteen. It was not a fun day. Ticketmaster put too many high profile shows on sale at the exact same time this morning. I am surprised the site didn't just completely crash. This should have been planned out better. I know they have things in place to stop brokers from being able to buy multiple tickets for resale, but the simple fact remains that a majority of tickets (for seats both good and bad) end up there while the lowly music fan (me) ends up being either shut out completely or stuck with seats closer to the ceiling than the stage. If you plan to see an A+ level show (which I would imagine Springsteen falls into), expect to pay through the nose, or get not great seats, or miss out entirely. If I try buying a ticket literally the second they go on sale for a place as big as Madison Square Garden, I should reasonably expect to get a ticket easier than I was able to this morning. Yet, if you go to one of the ticket broker sites, seats a plenty are already available. That is quite fishy to me.