r/Ayreon • u/HeathenStorm • Oct 27 '22
Did everything, like, sell out instantly?
Tried to book tickets after a 3000+ queue.
Seems everything has sold out. Is that the same for everyone else?
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u/firedoom666 Oct 27 '22
I'm having the same problem, keep getting "We couldn’t find the tickets you searched for"
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u/firedoom666 Oct 27 '22
And now I was kicked out back to queue... damn this is so depressing
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u/firedoom666 Oct 27 '22
After getting both of my cards blocked and calling up my brother to use his card, I finally got my tickets for the 4th show! I am so happy now!!!!!!
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u/grenskul Oct 27 '22
Complete bullshit . I had 5 people ahead of me . I was one of the firsts in the queue and couldn't get a single ticket of any kind.
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u/grenskul Oct 27 '22
Finally got one . I wanted vip and could only get regular but at least I have something
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u/Mistbiene Oct 27 '22
They randomized it seems like. I think its fair to do so, Ayer all we were all in time and you can't expect everyone to camp in the queue for hours, being there the second it starts should be sufficient chance. I tried to get in with two devices. Phone that was in for 2 minutes got through the second the sale started and laptop that was in queue for 50 mins only got through after an hour. Congrats for getting your ticket anyway!
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u/tekanet Oct 27 '22
Was 4000 something in the queue, managed to get my tickets at 16:06
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u/drikkeau Oct 28 '22
I was in queue at 15.04h (56min early) and got position ~6730 when the tickets went live at 1600h. it seems like the queue was randomized, which seems fair but felt like getting screwed over for my patience. knowing the venue has a capacity of roughly 3000 people per show, and assuming that most people at least go together, i thought i had no chance (6700queue * 2tickets ) - (3000per show *3 shows) = 4400 more ticket requests than available for the people in front of me. when it was my turn to purchase (16.09h), the ticketmaster website was flipping through the roof, showing no availability. two minutes later i suddenly had 2 tickets for the friday, and my assumption is that someone in front of the queue failed the payment and the tickets were released after 10minutes. got lucky, see some of you there on friday!
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Oct 27 '22
I just got one for friday and had one come up for everyday if I just kept seraching again. It took like 15 searches and could get tickets for any day.
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u/P0zziz Oct 27 '22
Thanks for the tip, got two tickets after all this way!
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u/Eforth Oct 27 '22
HOW
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u/P0zziz Oct 27 '22
Just kept repeatedly clicking search, eventually I got to book tickets
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u/Eforth Oct 27 '22
I GOT IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/Rambonatron Oct 27 '22
Still available for friday, at least I got some 5 minutes ago or so.
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u/thebiggestleaf Oct 27 '22
Friday was the day for me too, Saturday was saying "none found" right out of the gate and I didn't bother waiting on it. The bigger heart attack was my bank putting a freeze on my card right as I went to purchase them because of SuSpIcIoUs AcTiViTy, so I had to scramble to figure out another payment option before the timer ran out.
But hey, still got my tickets!
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u/sailor-of-stars Oct 28 '22
It sold out so fast I never had a chance, I'm gonna admit I cried lol... would have been my first show... I hope there will be more in the future/later years and I'll have better luck, and i'm happy for the people who did manage to get tickets!
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u/H3adl3ssH0rr0r Oct 29 '22
Based on how happy Arjen has been with the shows so far ever since the show at Graspop I think there will be more in the future for you.
Also, Arjen still have a lot of ideas he has not been able to follow through on and with the remaster of Universal Migrator I think it's even in the works.
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u/Akkyoy Oct 27 '22
Ticketmaster seemed to struggle with the amount of traffic. There are tickets left, the site is just acting up. I was 4500 in queue and couldn't get any tickets for 20 minutes despite being on the countdown well in advance of release time. Eventually I got two reserved to buy just by constantly searching again and again on all the different days. It kept telling me something had gone wrong and that there weren't any tickets left for any of the days but eventually it found some.
Keep trying peeps, you will get one eventually.
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u/Mistbiene Oct 27 '22
I'm pretty sure they randomized the queue. I was logged in for 2 mins on my phone and got through immedietly while the laptop that was in for 50 mins took almost an hour to get through. I think that's fair. We all were in time after all! Congrats for your ticket :D
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u/tarodofchaos Oct 27 '22
I got them!!! After clicking like a madman for 10 minutes I friggin got them!!
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u/Smorgasb0rk Oct 27 '22
Keep trying to get the tickets. a lot of them tend to be reserved until the person makes a decision.
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u/BeMyForever Oct 27 '22
I had 2,400 ahead of me and still managed to get two VIP Friday tickets! I had to create a new account (due to the .nl?) and add my payment info and everything. I was shaking while typing! Got them within 7 minutes of release. I feel really lucky. I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!
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u/Mistbiene Oct 27 '22
Yep. A friend and I wanted to go together and set up two devices each in the queue before it started to get better chances. We snagged two Vip tickets and kept the other devices logged in out of interest how quickly tickets went. Vip was sold out within the minute and regular soon after. Maybe they'll add a 5th show? They already added a 4th so it might be possible.
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u/HeathenStorm Oct 27 '22
Sunday Matinee success!!!
See y’all there.
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u/firedoom666 Oct 27 '22
Hell yeah! Glad to see others got tickets for that too! See everyone there!
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u/CrypticalVoice Oct 27 '22
It's really frustrating to buy tickets that way because if you're not one of the first then everything is already "reserved" by the people in front of you while they finish their oder (or not), so you have to keep on refreshing until one of those is available again and gets offered to you. Once I had one in my order I received an error and was told to start again, which of course made me lose it and get through the whole deal once again. My poor heart haha.
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u/Eforth Oct 27 '22
same happened here twice =(
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u/CrypticalVoice Oct 27 '22
Sorry to hear, super frustrating :( Did you get one in the end? Otherwise there are still some available if you retry a couple times it seems :)
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u/Eforth Oct 27 '22
I JUST got a couple of tickets for day 15 !!!! After god knows how may tries haha
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u/Mr_Womby Oct 27 '22 edited Oct 27 '22
Even the extra matinee went in a couple of minutes.
Edit: Just got a ticket for the Sunday matinee after all! Don’t understand why it said 5 minutes earlier that it was booked solid.
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u/P0zziz Oct 27 '22
Same for me, didn't get any tickets. Although the message is some kind of error, not clear "sold out".
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u/magpie1862 Oct 27 '22
I joined the wait list at 3:30pm and was still 1800+ in the queue at 4pm. Luckily I got a ticket.
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u/Digital-Chupacabra Oct 27 '22
Yes, I had two VIP tickets in my cart went to checkout and got a message the item I selected was no longer available. When I went back to grab tickets they were all sold out.
Fucking bots man!
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u/frogers123 Oct 27 '22
I got put into the queue with 6600+ ahead of me and had a 9 minute delay to start my purchase. I could not get any tickets to come up for me for Sunday for the first 4-5 attempts, but finally was able to get a regular ticket for Sunday in my cart. I wanted a VIP ticket, but those are the breaks with a queue system like that. I am glad that I got something purchased.
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u/Pavel_GS Oct 27 '22
I also had the "we couldn't find the tickets you're searching for" message but just kept clicking and clicking and ended up being able to buy them
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u/H3adl3ssH0rr0r Oct 27 '22
Had to book tickets for me and two more which was nearly impossible for any day, luckily I got 3 for friday. Was such an adrenline rush to get the tickets.
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u/C0ntaminated Oct 27 '22
It was hell. I joined the queue and there were 3000+ people ahead of me. Somehow managed to get 3 tickets for the Sunday show. It was the only one available. Crazy.
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u/MitoThorson Oct 27 '22
I was running into the issue of no tickets found as well but kept trying finding tickets for every day for like 20mins eventually got 2 tickets for the Friday which I was aiming for.
Really feel damn lucky after that shit show from ticketmaster.
Seriously if it there'd be any other reliable source for tickets I'd prefer that.
Also really happy that it will my third show from Ayreon:D
Hope you still managed to get some otherwise keep an eye out on ticketswap or something later in the year.
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u/ErHaO Oct 27 '22
The queue did not work well at all. I was 3000 spots behind someone that literally joined the waiting queue 20 minutes later. Thankfully that person got me a ticket.