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I can’t believe I almost didn’t do it. Thank goodness my son didn’t try to talk me out of it when I asked him to….lol

You tell me ;). lol!

I’d love it if they mic’ed the hi hat so it was louder. There are certain parts in some songs like Bravado and Witch Hunt that the hi hat plays a significant role in the sound yet live - I could barely hear them. Thats all I got. Otherwise, I felt she was the energy onstage. She definitely makes the other two sound better and you can tell they feed off her playing.

MSG 8/1 Section 115 Row 3 Alex chatting for a few minutes with our section while waiting for the 2nd set to start.

I had incredible seats this past Saturday. For the first time, I got to see the little interactions between them and the small stuff that you can’t see from the 200 sections. Now, if I had these seats for R40, maybe. For me, it felt like R40 had the energy of something ending while this tour feels like the beginning of something.

That was my observation as well. I had purchased 200 level for the 8/1 show at north of $300. I kept looking to see if prices would drop. They didn’t especially in the secondary markets. I took the advice from a thread on this site just before the tour started. I stalked TM multiple times a day about a week before. TM was releasing small blocks here or there but still at the original or near it. My show was a Saturday so the prices were higher for the same section/row than any of the other days. Finally, on Wednesday some side stage seats opened in 115 (MSG) including the 8 in the first row. I reached out to TM and was able to pay the difference for the new seats plus $20 total in transfer fees. So for $150 more (total), I went from the 200 section to side stage right where Alex takes the stage. It was incredible!! He even chatted with us for a few minutes while waiting for the 2nd set to start. Point is - seats will be released but maybe not until a week or two before.

Funny you say. I watching a video taken from someone on the opposite side so I could see where the seats were (probably could see you lol). But what got my attention was when the camera panned to the people right next to this guy and they are all looking up at the screen!!! I’m like “are we that addicted to screens?!?! They are RIGHT there”

That’s awesome! I upgraded on Wednesday from section 211. Do you have pics you’d be willing to share!?! I’m so excited.

If anyone is near section 115, please let me know the view. Thanks!

Was anyone near section 115 Tuesday night?

I just upgraded from 211 row 6 to 115 row 3. Can’t wait!!!

I wanted to post a side by side picture of the upgrade it I can’t figure out how to do it lol.

Well I did it. I upgraded for Saturday. It was easy and took about 20-30 minutes. I purchased two tickets in section 211, row 6 back at the presale for 8/1 at MSG. It was a little over $300 per ticket. Because of your blue article, I’ve been scoping out blue dots for the last few days. Then a bunch of seats in section 115 came out including the first row of the section. I started a chat with TM’s bot. That gave a passcode and a number to call. I spoke to a TM rep who was super nice and laughed at my dumb jokes. She told me my upgrade would around $150 total and I went for it. Took her about 10 minutes to swap them out. I had the My Tickets section open they entire time so I can watch it happened. While this is only my 9th show, it will be closest I’ve ever been or could have dreamed of being. I can’t wait. lol. I kept playing a lyric in mind that I wrote almost 40 years ago… Once in a lifetime You get the opportunity Once in a lifetime The elements rearrange Once in a lifetime You get to live the fantasy Once in a lifetime You get to make that change Once in a lifetime… Thanks to everyone on this thread. I would not have been aware or been able to do it without you…

I saw on here at the beginning of the tour that TM will release tickets late. Sometimes you can find better seats for a fraction more than you paid for the original. I saw some this afternoon for Tuesday’s show. They were in 116 but only $60 more than I paid for 211. I would upgrade for that. I’m hoping I can find something Thursday or Friday for our show. Also - I love that there are so many setlists. I’ve really been following since night one yet I have only a vague idea of what we are going to going to get. I can’t believe it’s here already!!

Much like kids moving passed Facebook when their parents took it over…lol