Since I have not yet seen Radiohead I couldn't resist the opportunity to see the Friday show in Chicago. Ticketmaster is a mess. I got in right away on my desktop computer but did not get an option for "best available". Instead I saw a list of tickets like you will now if you go to the site. And of course it was defaulted to "least expensive". So I saw two tickets in the first row of section 307 at the $65 level. Looked great. Save a few dollars and see the entire floor and the stage from the front. Well, it didn't work out. I was clocking for ever, but they said they were securing my reservation.
Meanwhile I got through on my iPad. And it was going much quicker. Two seats appeared in the 14th row of section 334. I played the game of taking as much time as I could on each step while waiting for the other seats to be secured so I could proceed. Finally, I just grabbed the seats offered on my iPad.
Eventually, I simply clicked outside of the window that told me to "sit tight" and I lost the reservation. I suspect I never had the reservation.
So good news all around. I am going budget for Friday and I think I am close enough to the stage that it won't matter that I am up high. I will also get to check out how things look on the floor to plan out strategy for Saturday's show.
Looks like there are a few seats left so I trust all the true fans wanting to see the band in Chicago will be able to go.
By the way, I will be very surprised if Chicago gets another show. Looking at the North American schedule, it appears they play two shows in a row and have one night off. If they were to add two more in Chicago they would be looking at July 3 and 4th. Over a million people will be going to Grant Park for fireworks on the 3rd and I really doubt they would play on the 4th.
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