AND, just this week came across two new sales mechanisms.
(1) Presale "Autobuy" -- For the New Pornos artist presale you had to register, and when you did you were given the option to select "autobuy" which gives you a chance at getting up to four tickets before the presale. You give them your ccc info, and they email you back the morning of the presale to say you got your tickets, or you were not selected and then they give you the presale password. I signed up for both nights of the NPs and got autobuy for Dec 2 (Twin Cinema) and was not sellected for Dec 1 (Mass Romantic).
Got this message for the autobuy I didn't get: "We were not able to secure 4 tickets in advance. Your credit card has not been charged. Don't worry! Additional tickets go on sale today at 10am local. Use code: ROMANTIC"
(2) Verified Fan Registration: For Phoebe Bridgers, I got a TM email with an "invitation" to buy PB tickets. I had to register with TM as a Verified Fan for this show -- I thought I was signing up for a presale. No, for the general sale! And the sale is Friday, registration closed at Noon on Wednesday. So if you didn't register, you can't even buy tickets.
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Right now it's all good, but I'm waiting for the tours that I want to see but am not an insider or on email lists, etc.
Thoughts from the live show masters?