To be pissed off with Lady Gaga and all her "Little Monsters"

[HamletsSister]

My son wants to see Lady Gaga in Glasgow in October - a reasonable request. He will be 14, so not old enough to go alone or with friends (venue rules). If you join her website, you get a priority code so you can buy tickets from today at 9am in a sort of pre-sale for avid fans. So, there I was, 9am code and credit card in hand, ready to purchase. Nothing. I have been trying all day. The tickets are for keen fans so are standing up, but near the stage. TBH, I would have preferred (old lady) tickets up the back with an actual seat, but those are not available yet.

I have been trying all day and I once got through to some tickets but they were 160 each (seriously?). So, I had a quick google and discovered that 02 phone customers also get 3 days of priority, but can book any seats they want - not just the avid fan spots, but any seats. Can't do that as we are not customers and O2 doesn't work in large chunks of Scotland anyway.

So, I google a bit and discover tickets all over the Internet on websites like Viagogo being sold for twice or three times their face value, plus huge booking fees. He wanted to take a friend or his sister too so we wanted 3 tickets - you can't buy 3 tickets it is either 2 or 4.

So AIBU to be really fucked off with the whole thing and with the whole "priority" booking process if all it does is try to charge us ridiculous amounts of cash for standing up or put ridiculous amounts of cash into the pockets of blatant profiteers?

(I accept to some of you IABU to encourage his love of Gaga but, in my defence, he is 13).

Also, any advice on getting tickets. The last concert I went to was the Paul Simon "Gracelands Tour"!

But could she OP? It would take every single artist to make a stand, like another poster mentioned she won't get an extra penny the only people raking it in are the touts. Administrative costs would push the ticket price up too, think booking fee and postage x5.

I think Fanpower would actually be more effective but it won't happen.

I managed to get a ticket for my dd this morning via ticketmaster. I was checked out by 9:03.

It's annoying and disappointing but not really a scam - the tickets will sell, it's just capitalism in action. Maybe that's why I'm a socialist

We tried and tried. I think what rankles the most is that Ticketmaster themselves are now selling, "Platinum Packages" for £££.

TBH, I would mind less if the tickets were £200 each to start with. At least that way we would have said, "No". But, at £35, we thought, fair enough. I think the artists should charge what they like but have tickets with names on that you can resell through approved sellers at face value, in the event of a change of plans.

Well done alistron. Jealous!!!!!

I go to a lot of gigs, and got an O2 sim card (which I use once every couple of months to keep it active) in order to access O2 priority. Well worth it for regular gig goers.

I've seen Gaga live. She was not good. However, if you do want to get tickets, check back on ticketmaster/gigsandtours/seetickets/whoever else was selling as some will be put back on sale because people's credit cards are declined etc. Also check #twickets on twitter, and also keep an eye on ticketing websites close to the date of the gig (even on the day itself) as really good tickets often become available - unused media allocation or unsold VIP.

I went to see her. Glad my friend did the booking now.

Also, i always thought my ex was lying about his signal being bad in Scotland. He is on o2 and i could never get through if he was in his parents house unless he was in the bathroom or in certain areas. Nice to know he wasn't lol.