Why do Seetickets want to encourage touting by not letting you cancel tickets?

Seems a bloody stupid way to run a ticket company...

Stephen wrote:

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Why do Seetickets want to encourage touting by not letting you cancel tickets?

Seems a bloody stupid way to run a ticket company...

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 See Tickets are a pain.  They send tickets out at the last minute.  At Christmas, I got tickets just two days before a couple of gigs.  Was fortunate someone was in to collect them.  I wanted to cancel because I could have just printed the tickets off ticketmaster, but alas I couldn't.

If I had a choice I'd get them elsewhere, but as they seem to have had a couple of Pulp pre-sales, I have had little choice.

yes yes yes yes yes!!
I got a friend to try to get me the ticket whilst I was on the train and he was saying stalls standing were gone in seconds, then tried from my phone at about 9:20 and got it straight away
I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED (and skint)!!!

Now.... lets arrange a meet up!! :) :) :)

Mia, you most probably will, don't worry :)

Whre are you travelling from Mia? sorry I hadn't replied about going to sos festival, I am sticking to London now as at the mo I have no more spare cash, I want to go to see new order and the specials at hyde park and that's anopther £60!
I thought Blur on the Brits last night was awful, music was amazing, but what is up with Damon's voice, it actually got worse! anyway....

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How much was the Blur/Specials one...?

Was tempted by that, but accomodation in London is going to be mental at that time...

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£55,but with the various booking fees, more like £63.  Probably just worth it for me as I like all three bands.

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That's a good price. Make sure you're at the front, though. Both times I've been (Blur and Pulp) even though I wasn't more than about 20 rows back for Pulp, I was always surrounded by very bored, very chatty, very mobile-phoning people. Horrible atmosphere to enjoy your favourite bands in!

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I was amazed at how quiet it was stood at the front.  I was probably about 10 people back at the centre.  However, it wasn't the place to be chatting to your mates . Shame I had to endure TV on the Radio & Grace Jones to get the spot, though The Horrors were good to see and The Hives were entertaining if not altogether brilliant.

I guess about £60 is the going rate for a gig these days.  Amazed there were tickets for £82.50 for Pulp at RAH.  I can't see too many takers at that price, and even worse you are in a box away from all the action.  Quite  happy with row 6 in the stalls, as my wife is coming and she'd only stand at the back whilst I headed for the front. 

Presale I think. But presumably a lot of people bought the seated tickets and got on with their day. Or thought Standing tickets would come out on Friday and were waiting for them instead...? I nearly did...

I'm 27. But I don't mind 'cos I get ID'd all the time.
Standing, by the way (:

Oh, where do you get the BT code for Hyde Park?

I'm in block K in the stalls, plus the NME awards I'm going to, I'm packing in the pulp (figuratively)

Loving the fact that I was made to feel young....and then nearly everyone else was even younger than me :D

I've got a good feeling about this gig. I don't know why. I'm not a festival fan - Wireless last year was exciting but whenever I've seen Pulp at Reading, V or Wirless last year it wasn't quite the same. Perhaps that's because I was lucky enough to be at the Halloween gig in Birmingham a week after WLL was released which was fab - Jarvis on top form with a joke after each song virtually. And of course Auto which was nearly, nearly as good. I think Pulp seem to work better where Jarvis feels free to have a bit more of a laugh and a joke on stage. And boy, you couldn't get a better stage than the Royal Albert Hall!

OH MY !! I am so excited!!!!!! At the Suede gig a couple of years back at the RAH I got to touch Brett's hand and I was on the side not near the stage, sooooo I do also have a feeling it could be as special as Brixton, I am hoping for Countdown and Sheffield SC again. HOPE HOPE HOPE!!!

And come on you guys feeling old, I am 32 and feel like a 24 year old still, music keeps me young :) :) :) x

ooerr, bit steep for me. Is the gallery the same as the arena? (the arena is the bit on the middle next to the stage according to the seating plan someone posted.)
also I'm 17

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Jazza wrote:

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ooerr, bit steep for me. Is the gallery the same as the arena? (the arena is the bit on the middle next to the stage according to the seating plan someone posted.)
also I'm 17

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Err, no... don't want to disappoint you, but the gallery is at the VERY back, right at the top. There are gaps between the pillars, and you can stand and look out.

ArrGee wrote:

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James wrote:

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Oh, where do you get the BT code for Hyde Park?

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 Maybe too late, but get a bt account number + phone number and register at bt.com.  Used my mum's as I have Virgin Media.

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 Thanks!

Oh dear too! Just tried to get a standing ticket and within 3 mins of entering my details it said 'unavailable'. Spent the last half hour refreshing to chase tickets that kept coming back as available and then disappearing again - why does it do that???? Anyway, I got overcome with the chase for a ticket and ended up buying one of the expensive ones that came back on sale about half hour later. Oh shit! I can ill afford this, but it's too late now, my desire for a Pulp ticket overcame my sense of reason. Oh well, I hope my landlord understands that Pulp tickets are more important than him getting his full rent this month.

£82.50 *hangs head in shame* - off shopping now for a month's supply of value beans and economy bread.

what's the difference between the £55 and the £82.50 ones?

It seems as though the presale was alot more relaxed than the normal sale, who'd have thunk it!

Couldn't bring myself to spend £82 on a ticket so went for a circle ticket for only £29! After seeing them at Hyde Park and Brixton last year I'm happy to sit down for a change :)

If anyone has spare tickets, I have a friend off another forum who missed out on getting some today. If you want to sell them on PM me and I'll try and pass on the details to him, if he's still interested.

ArrGee wrote:

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shotoki wrote:

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Couldn't bring myself to spend £82 on a ticket so went for a circle ticket for only £29! After seeing them at Hyde Park and Brixton last year I'm happy to sit down for a change :)

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 That's what I convinced myself of when I got the stalls tickets  I'm too old to be down at the front, and I reckon the stalls seats will be just fine.  Must admit the only time I was in the circle at RAH I was glad I didn't suffer from vertigo!

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 Well I went for the stalls straight away. It's not really my age, I'm 45 but I've never been good with crowds and I'm only 5'4". I really enjoyed Wireless, a new experience for me, but soon I decided I wanted to see as well as hear ...

I've never been to the RAH before so not too sure what to expect from the circle. It did say "restricted view" on ticket master so I was a bit concerned but for that price I can't complain, it'll be good enough just to hear them live. Hoping they see some sense and promote the Fire albums!

shotoki wrote:

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 Hoping they see some sense and promote the Fire albums!

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I suppose it'll give me the chance to buy a drink or two if they do.    I'd settle for a Brixton-like set, but am expecting something more like Hyde Park.  Live Bed Show & Sheffield Sex City would go down well with me as they were only played on the second night and left out on night one.  

Joyriders must be a definite on the set list.

Still got 2 Circle seats for sale together, value plus postage if anyone wants them. Roughly £85 with both tickets coming to around £80 with booking fee's then a fiver for special delivery.

Didn't they press gang a few guest violinists from other bands for Common People at the far-flung festivals last year that Russell didn't go to?

Set list wise, realistically I'm hoping they play Bad Cover Version, Lipgloss & Party Hard at least. Unrealistically, it'd be great if they played She's A Lady, Cocaine Socialism and It's a Dirty World

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I think ppl should get real. Brixton was 'for the fans'. This is a big charity event at a pretty big venue and is gonna be much more crowdpleasing. Yr not gonna have to to to the bar during Freaks or walk out during 'Silence' or throw pints of piss during Sink or Swim, so why worry about it?

It could be a long gig though and Pulp dont have that many crowd pleasers. There will be time for some unusual songs.

Ah you say that but I rang the RAH the other day to ask about set times and she said it's rare at these events to have support and last year Beady Eye played about 2 and a half hours, considering they don't play Oasis songs we may have time for some treats.

Ou was violin led too tho, and Countdown had Russell on lead guitar. He played violin on Wickerman and Sex City too amongst others! Good news re length tho. Good research!

I was very excited when I saw the announcement. The date isn't the best for me though. I'm living in Hungary and me and my band won at a competiton and we'll be in London 19th-26th March. I can't stay longer. I decided to fly back on the 31th and I was lucky enough to get standing tickets on the pre-sale, so I'll be there. I can't believe I'm doing this. I mean I'm 19...everyone around me thinks I'm an idiot, but who cares?

It didn't surprise me that Russell has left, but it would be better with him and his piercing stare :)

I think their playlist will be based on their hits, although I would like to hear a bit more of TIH and WLL. I hope they'll play Pink Glove. It's my favourite song by them and brings back many memories :)

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Violin Thing wrote:

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Ah you say that but I rang the RAH the other day to ask about set times and she said it's rare at these events to have support and last year Beady Eye played about 2 and a half hours, considering they don't play Oasis songs we may have time for some treats.

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 Indeed so, Suede played 21 songs when they did a show for the Teenage Cancer Trust that's about the same as Pulp at Brixton on the 2nd night. I've also just had a quick look at their setlist that night and, correct me if I'm wrong, but only 2 songs they played used Russell's violin (Sorted & Common People) so it might be a fair assumption to expect something almost the same irrespective of whether Russell is there or not!

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 Two things:

I just looked at the RAH website in search of details of timings, i.e. can I catch the last train at 11:30 home from Paddington or do I need to stay overnight?

1. This:

http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/teenage-cancer-trust/pulp/default.aspx

has Russell in the picture. Is that significant? The text doesn't agree with the picture though, so maybe just an oversight on someone's part. I think we can deduce fairly reasonably from last year that Russell is getting on pretty happily with the rest of the band now. But the 4 that were on Steve Lamacq's interview before last summer all said they had had to put whatever they were doing on hold, we know Russell has delayed his new play for example, presumably there is only so long he wants/is able to do that for. But that needn't preclude either future involvement or one-off jaunts down to London for the evening.

2. My original problem, timings. It was said here that there is often no support, but a long set by the principal band. But here in the NME it says "support acts for the gigs will be announced soon". It says the same thing on the Teenage Cancer Trust site.

http://www.nme.com/news/pulp/62125

wooo someone's cage has been rattled...

I'm pretty sure I remember Suede having a support act, but I can't remember who it was!

James wrote:

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Also I really hope to hear some rarer songs, something from Freaks & Separations would be amazing.

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Me too.. I don't think that the lack of Russell will affect whether or not they play older songs, they played plenty of older tracks (Legendary Girlfriend, I Want You etc) in 2001/02

calumlynn wrote:

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Fran wrote:

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 Two things:

I just looked at the RAH website in search of details of timings, i.e. can I catch the last train at 11:30 home from Paddington or do I need to stay overnight?

1. This:

http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/teenage-cancer-trust/pulp/default.aspx

has Russell in the picture. Is that significant? The text doesn't agree with the picture though, so maybe just an oversight on someone's part. I think we can deduce fairly reasonably from last year that Russell is getting on pretty happily with the rest of the band now. But the 4 that were on Steve Lamacq's interview before last summer all said they had had to put whatever they were doing on hold, we know Russell has delayed his new play for example, presumably there is only so long he wants/is able to do that for. But that needn't preclude either future involvement or one-off jaunts down to London for the evening.

2. My original problem, timings. It was said here that there is often no support, but a long set by the principal band. But here in the NME it says "support acts for the gigs will be announced soon". It says the same thing on the Teenage Cancer Trust site.

http://www.nme.com/news/pulp/62125

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Oh come on, it's quite clear that Russell isn't in the band full time anymore!! The photo means literally nothing- it's been established that he's back working on his play, playing with the band would mean much more than turning up on the night, he'd have to be part of rehersals and his presence would greatly effect the logistics of the shows.

I don't doubt that he'll turn up as a guest at some point, but all the evidence points towards him not playing the gigs this year. I'd believe what you read in the press releases over the accompanying photo.

Also, it's pretty much 100% certain that there will be support acts- the person at the RAH doesn't know what they're talking about. EVERY other Teenage Cancer Trust gig has has one or more support.

Yes, Beady Eye played a long set, but they still had a support act (Miles Kane).

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 Sorry, I didn't really mean to engage in groundless speculation, I was just rambling. My main interest was the far more prosaic part of what I said, trying to organise my evening and I just came across the picture in that quest. As I lot of people have pointed out Russell being photoshoppped out of many of press releases (though I think I could manage that crop in Paint!), it cought my attention and the rambling set in. Didn't mean to wind anyone up into a frenzy of excitement/anxiety, sorry if I did.

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Also I really hope to hear some rarer songs, something from Freaks & Separations would be amazing.

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 I seriously doubt anything pre-Separations.  Only Candida & Jarvis (if we accept Russell is not fully involved anymore) were part of that band.  Personally, the Pulp I know and love started with Separations.  Anything prior to that was rehearsing. If they start playing Fairground, the bar will be very busy 

Well I've paid for tickets, hotel and transport for this but if they don't open the set with My Lighthouse I for one will be storming out...

calumlynn wrote:

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Fran wrote:

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calumlynn wrote:

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Fran wrote:

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 Two things:

I just looked at the RAH website in search of details of timings, i.e. can I catch the last train at 11:30 home from Paddington or do I need to stay overnight?

1. This:

http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/teenage-cancer-trust/pulp/default.aspx

has Russell in the picture. Is that significant? The text doesn't agree with the picture though, so maybe just an oversight on someone's part. I think we can deduce fairly reasonably from last year that Russell is getting on pretty happily with the rest of the band now. But the 4 that were on Steve Lamacq's interview before last summer all said they had had to put whatever they were doing on hold, we know Russell has delayed his new play for example, presumably there is only so long he wants/is able to do that for. But that needn't preclude either future involvement or one-off jaunts down to London for the evening.

2. My original problem, timings. It was said here that there is often no support, but a long set by the principal band. But here in the NME it says "support acts for the gigs will be announced soon". It says the same thing on the Teenage Cancer Trust site.

http://www.nme.com/news/pulp/62125

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Oh come on, it's quite clear that Russell isn't in the band full time anymore!! The photo means literally nothing- it's been established that he's back working on his play, playing with the band would mean much more than turning up on the night, he'd have to be part of rehersals and his presence would greatly effect the logistics of the shows.

I don't doubt that he'll turn up as a guest at some point, but all the evidence points towards him not playing the gigs this year. I'd believe what you read in the press releases over the accompanying photo.

Also, it's pretty much 100% certain that there will be support acts- the person at the RAH doesn't know what they're talking about. EVERY other Teenage Cancer Trust gig has has one or more support.

Yes, Beady Eye played a long set, but they still had a support act (Miles Kane).

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 Sorry, I didn't really mean to engage in groundless speculation, I was just rambling. My main interest was the far more prosaic part of what I said, trying to organise my evening and I just came across the picture in that quest. As I lot of people have pointed out Russell being photoshoppped out of many of press releases (though I think I could manage that crop in Paint!), it cought my attention and the rambling set in. Didn't mean to wind anyone up into a frenzy of excitement/anxiety, sorry if I did.

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No, I'm the one who should be sorry- I shouldn't have gone off on one like that. It wasn't you, it was just the many, many threads we've had where people just guess about stuff have started winding me up. But I should just not look at them if they annoy me so much!

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No worries.

I think on reflection, what really exercises me is not whether or not Russell is likely to be playing, as I agree that is pretty unlikely, but I do have a need to persuade myself they all get along happily and the only reason he's not there is because he has other things to do and/or is not inspired by repeating last summer's performance all over again. Shame he wasn't there to bask in the glory of the NME award at least, but I suppose if he's not playing, then turning up just to get the award might feel a bit weird. I know Russell came out with some fairly harsh-sounding things in an interview a few years back, but I suspect if you asked Jarvis now, he would probably agree.

A friend told me that in last week's NME, Jarvis talked about the show and said it was going to be "special". I'd love for them to play with an orchestra to be honest.

I think his describing the night as ''special'' was in reference to their performance being for the benefit of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

The choir seats are now available from http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/teenage-cancer-trust/pulp/default.aspx
I guess it's better that nothing...

I picked up a ticket too!

I'm really quite happy about my seat, just above stage right. Looking forward to relaxing and taking in the whole show from my comfy seat with it unobstructed view of the whole hall. And it was cheap!

Just going to convince myself that I'm hanging out 'backstage'.

I do expect this show will be a standard greatest hits set. It's a charity event, and sure to bring out some of London's chattering classes. Wouldn't be surprised if David Cameron himself makes an appearance: it's the day his NHS cuts take effect, and he'll want to be seen doing something 'for the kids'. (Not to mention he's a fan).

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 Wouldn't be surprised if David Cameron himself makes an appearance: it's the day his NHS cuts take effect, and he'll want to be seen doing something 'for the kids'. (Not to mention he's a fan).

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 Has he had to transfer his allegiance since Morrissey officially forbade him to like The Smiths?

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Fuss Free wrote:

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 Wouldn't be surprised if David Cameron himself makes an appearance: it's the day his NHS cuts take effect, and he'll want to be seen doing something 'for the kids'. (Not to mention he's a fan).

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 Has he had to transfer his allegiance since Morrissey officially forbade him to like The Smiths?

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A few years ago, before he became PM, Cameron liked to say that 'Common People' his favourite song. It caused a minor kerfuffle on this board at the time. Probably contrived by his PR team, but who knows. Maybe it is his favourite song, I can't fault him for liking it. 

Fuss Free wrote:

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Fran wrote:

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Fuss Free wrote:

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 Wouldn't be surprised if David Cameron himself makes an appearance: it's the day his NHS cuts take effect, and he'll want to be seen doing something 'for the kids'. (Not to mention he's a fan).

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 Has he had to transfer his allegiance since Morrissey officially forbade him to like The Smiths?

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A few years ago, before he became PM, Cameron liked to say that 'Common People' his favourite song. It caused a minor kerfuffle on this board at the time. Probably contrived by his PR team, but who knows. Maybe it is his favourite song, I can't fault him for liking it. 

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 Ah! He might have gone off it since those election time spoofs then.

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Anyones tickets arrived yet?

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 As it's see tickets, expect them to arrive on Friday morning when you are at work, so you have to go to the Post Office on Saturday morning.

-- Edited by ArrGee on Sunday 11th of March 2012 08:35:42 PM