Cheap Concert Tickets

Archive for March, 2009

Here are the top ten event tickets according to online ticket reseller Stubhub.  Major League baseball Opening Day tickets, as expected, dominate the list taking 5 of the top 10 spots.  Other events in the top 10 include the Final Four, Wrestlemania and the Kentucky Derby.

Top 10 Event Tickets 
4/16 Yankees Opening Day Tickets
4/13 Mets Opening Day Tickets
4/3 Cubs at Yankees Tickets
4/4 Final Four Strip
4/5 Phillies Opening Day Tickets
4/18 Indians at Yankees Tickets
4/5 Wrestlemania 25 Tickets
4/6 Red Sox Opening Day Tickets
5/2 Kentucky Derby Tickets
4/13 Dodgers Opening Day Tickets

Concert Ticket Sales

There are a number of high profile concerts going on sale Saturday and Monday.  For their second Face 2 Face concert tour Billy Joel and Elton John have newly added concerts going on sale to the general public including dates in Buffalo, Albany, Salt Lake City, Oakland and San Jose.  The scorching hot Jonas Brothers have 30 concert shows going onsale Saturday.  Phish has a number of shows onsale this weekend.  The top rock band in the world, U2 has their 360º Tour concert tickets going on sale got Chicago, East Rutherford, Foxboro and Toronto

Jonas Brother concert tour info for 2009.  The Jonas Brothers are heading out on a new concert tour with new songs and a huge stage production.  This tour will take the JoBros around the globe with special guest stars Jordin Sparks and Honor Society.  Tickets on sale to the general public beginning March 20th but fan club members can buy tickets early.

June 2009
20 Dallas, TX New Cowboys Stadium
22 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
24 Denver, CO Peps Center
26 Nampa, ID Idaho Center
27 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena
28 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
30 Vancouver, British Columbia General Motors Place

July 2009
2 Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place
4 Salt Lake City, UT Stadium of Fire
5 Winnipeg, Manitoba MTS Centre
7 Omaha, NE Quest Center
8 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
9 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
10, 11 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
13 Washington, DC Verizon Center
14 East Rutherford, NJ IZOD Center
17 Boston, MA TD Bank North Garden
20 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
24 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
25 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
26 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
28 St Louis, MO Scottrade Center
29 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center

August 2009
1 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events Center
3 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose
4 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
5 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
7, 8 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
11 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
13 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
14 Houston, TX Toyota Center
15 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
16 Birmingham, AL Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex
18 Tampa, FL St Pete Times Forum
19 Ft Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
21 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Arena
22 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
23 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
25 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
26 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
27 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
29 Montreal, Quebec Bell Centre
30 Toronto, Ontario Rogers Centre
31 Ottawa, Ontario Scotiabank Place

U2 has released its initial stadium concert dates for Europe and the US.  The band will play stadium concerts exclusively and are keeping the ticket prices affordable.

U2 Kiss The Future Stadium Concert Tour Dates

June 30: Barcelona (Nou Camp)
July 7: Milan (San Siro)
July 11: Paris (Stade de France)
July 15: Nice, France (Parc Charles Ehrmann)
July 18: Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
July 20: Amsterdam (Arena)
July 24 Dublin (Croke Park)
July 31: Gothenburg, Sweden (Ullevi)
Aug 6: Chorzom, PL (Slaski Stadium)
Aug 10: Zagreb, HR (Maksimir Stadium)
Aug 14: London (Wembley Stadium)
Aug 18: Glasgow, UK (Hampden Park)
Aug 20: Sheffield, UK (Don Valey Stadium)
Aug 22: Cardiff, UK (Millennium Stadium)
Sep 12: Chicago (Soldier Field)
Sep 16: Toronto (The Rogers Center)
Sep 20: Foxborough (Gillette Stadium)
Sep 24: New York (Giants Stadium)

How to Buy Cheap Concert Tickets

Looking for cheap Concert tickets? Don’t want to deal with a ticket scalper or get ripped off?

These days when it comes to Concert tickets it all comes down to Economics 101 a.k.a. “the law of supply and demand”. The greater the demand for a concert, the harder it will be to get in the door for a low price, but it is not impossible. The closer that it gets to showtime, the price of the ticket becomes less valuable as the ticket may become potentially worthless.

Here are some tips to get the cheapest Concert tickets possible:

Check Stubhub, TicketsNow and other ticket exchange sites frequently as prices change often. Wait until a few days or hours before the event you have time on your side. Check Stubhub, eBay, Craigslist for good deals

Go to or call the Concert venue box office the morning of the show, a lot of time there are still tickets at the box office for face value.

Check Ticketmaster or Live Nation’s website in the days before the event. As the stage crew setup the actually concert stage tickets are released to the general public in an unannounced ”ticket drop”

Wait until the concert starts, shop around for the best price, see if the ticket scalper will walk into the event with you and you will pay him when safely inside the venue.

If a Concert is outside and the weather forecast calls for rain or bad weather the market price of the Concert ticket usually goes down.

Generally, weeknight concerts are usually priced much less than concerts on the weekend.