Sound Check
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Thanks, yes I did and was able to verify that by looking at the feedback I posted at the time ! Now I just need to track it down, hehe...can't be too far from the tote bag
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Well it looks like I'm giving the soundcheck a miss this year...Eventtravel have just announced the details for Paris and it looks bad : https://www.eventtravel.com/paul-mccartney-hotsound-paris
- 635€ vs 539€ in 2016, who knew inflation was that bad !
- One (1) premium PL1 reserved seated ticket : wonder what that is exactly ? Doesn't sound like a seat in the first rows or in the center because even the "Front Row Package" priced at 765€ (!!!) only offers a side section ( One (1) Front Row floor ticket, side sections).Oh well that's going to force me to be reasonable, just as well I suppose
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webvan wrote:
Well it looks like I'm giving the soundcheck a miss this year...Eventtravel have just announced the details for Paris and it looks bad : https://www.eventtravel.com/paul-mccartney-hotsound-paris
- 635€ vs 539€ in 2016, who knew inflation was that bad !
- One (1) premium PL1 reserved seated ticket : wonder what that is exactly ? Doesn't sound like a seat in the first rows or in the center because even the "Front Row Package" priced at 765€ (!!!) only offers a side section ( One (1) Front Row floor ticket, side sections).Oh well that's going to force me to be reasonable, just as well I suppose
We should be so lucky to pay those prices in the States. A soundcheck ticket is $1600 (front row on sides is $2100) These are 2017 prices. They may have gone up.
For those of you that don’t want to do the math, $1600 = €1377 = £1242, $2100 = €1808 = £1630
Tomorrow I’m trying for a Gold VIP which is a good seat and some merchandise. Last year it cost $850 = €732 = £660.
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Has anyone figgered out how much the VIP tickets are this tour?!!
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sunspark wrote:
Has anyone figgered out how much the VIP tickets are this tour?!!
If you mean Gold VIP, they will be at least $850 if the price is the same as last year.
Hot Sound Package was $1600 (soundcheck, dinner, merchandise, seat in rows 3-6 or 7)
Front Row (sides only) was $2100 (same perks as HSP)
Basically, if you have to ask, you can’t afford it! Lol!
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Nancy R wrote:
sunspark wrote:
Has anyone figgered out how much the VIP tickets are this tour?!!
Basically, if you have to ask, you can’t afford it! Lol!
That was harsh, Nancy, check yourself... I have been to soundcheck before, but looking at the TM site during pre-sale, I could not find the prices anywhere. As you probably realize, they can change from year to year.
Doesn't matter anyway, even during pre-sale they were GONE, and every other ticket on there is a "verified resale" price. It's a shame, I grew up in Lexington and my sister who still lives there really wanted to go.
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sunspark wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
sunspark wrote:
Has anyone figgered out how much the VIP tickets are this tour?!!
Basically, if you have to ask, you can’t afford it! Lol!
That was harsh, Nancy, check yourself... I have been to soundcheck before, but looking at the TM site during pre-sale, I could not find the prices anywhere. As you probably realize, they can change from year to year.
Doesn't matter anyway, even during pre-sale they were GONE, and every other ticket on there is a "verified resale" price. It's a shame, I grew up in Lexington and my sister who still lives there really wanted to go.
I had no luck getting VIP tickets for Lexington as well. First time I've ever had that problem. TM is a joke, and the verified resale tickets are ridiculous. Overpriced and you don't get the perks of sound check or any of that. Why is ticket master selling scalped tickets?
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sunspark wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
sunspark wrote:
Has anyone figgered out how much the VIP tickets are this tour?!!
Basically, if you have to ask, you can’t afford it! Lol!
That was harsh, Nancy, check yourself... I have been to soundcheck before, but looking at the TM site during pre-sale, I could not find the prices anywhere. As you probably realize, they can change from year to year.
Doesn't matter anyway, even during pre-sale they were GONE, and every other ticket on there is a "verified resale" price. It's a shame, I grew up in Lexington and my sister who still lives there really wanted to go.
Lighten up, it was a joke! And btw, the prices for Gold VIP went DOWN from $850 in 2017 to $700 in 2019! I was amazed!
When you speak of the presale, do you mean the very first one that was AMEX and supposed to be Paul’s as well with the secret code (that they screwed up and didn’t get online for 5 hours)? I saw that too - no prices. You just had to pick what you wanted. Were you looking for regular tickets or VIP? When I didn’t see anything about Paul’s presale, I just went for the AMEX Gold VIP. With Greenville, you had to have an AMEX, but Lexington had a non-AMEX Gold VIP choice. Strange.
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webvan wrote:
Thanks, yes I did and was able to verify that by looking at the feedback I posted at the time ! Now I just need to track it down, hehe...can't be too far from the tote bag
Well in case anyone was holding their breath while I was looking for my Hotsound 2016 lithograph...you can start breathing again as I found it completely by accident while sorting some stuff the other day ! I know why I couldn't find it a couple of years ago, it's because it's TINY ! Not even sure it's an A4 format and I was looking for something like an A2 poster Oh well glad to have it back and tucked above the bag I got in 2016 !
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beatle_lover21 wrote:
sunspark wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
sunspark wrote:
Has anyone figgered out how much the VIP tickets are this tour?!!
Basically, if you have to ask, you can’t afford it! Lol!
That was harsh, Nancy, check yourself... I have been to soundcheck before, but looking at the TM site during pre-sale, I could not find the prices anywhere. As you probably realize, they can change from year to year.
Doesn't matter anyway, even during pre-sale they were GONE, and every other ticket on there is a "verified resale" price. It's a shame, I grew up in Lexington and my sister who still lives there really wanted to go.
I had no luck getting VIP tickets for Lexington as well. First time I've ever had that problem. TM is a joke, and the verified resale tickets are ridiculous. Overpriced and you don't get the perks of sound check or any of that. Why is ticket master selling scalped tickets?
Where I live, we call it Ticket Bast@#d. I live near NYC where people have unlimited $$ so about 3-5 minutes in, all the good tickets start showing up in the ticket resale section of TM!! It's getting so bad, I couldn't get tickets to concerts I wanted to see last year. The first year I missed a Paul show.
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Hi, i am Simone, from Italy. First of all sorry for my English, i dont speak it so well and google translator is helping me.
I have some questions about the HOT SOUND STANDING experience. I am thinking to buy it for Naples or Barcelona, but not just for the soundcheck itself, but also because i would like to be in the front row at the main concert: do you think i would have a good chance? Or maybe with the cheaper hot ticket standing early entry i might have the same chances?
I hope someone who tried these packages may help.
Simone.
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I went to the Paris one in 2016, also Hotsound Standing and the way it worked is that we went out of the room after the soundcheck and then started queuing up just outside the entrance to the venue (not outside). Then they let the Early Entry Standing in and they queued up behind us. At one point they let us in (must have been around 6pm for a concert due to start at 9pm) and it was a mad rush to the stage (they told us to go slowly but that didn't stop anyone, hehe) and I managed to get a spot on the rail dead center, barely !
I doubt any of the Early Entry Standing managed to get a spot on the rail but they would have been row 2 or 3.
At Paris 2018 the standing area was BEHIND the seated area (where I had a seat) so the people who had an Early Entry Standing I talked to (they had a little goodies bag) were not super happy as they were pretty far away and had paid more than I did for my seat I could walk to at the last minute. There were no Hotsound Standing fortunately, only first row and rows 3-6, like this year.
Hope that helps !
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webvan wrote:
I went to the Paris one in 2016, also Hotsound Standing and the way it worked is that we went out of the room after the soundcheck and then started queuing up just outside the entrance to the venue (not outside). Then they let the Early Entry Standing in and they queued up behind us. At one point they let us in (must have been around 6pm for a concert due to start at 9pm) and it was a mad rush to the stage (they told us to go slowly but that didn't stop anyone, hehe) and I managed to get a spot on the rail dead center, barely !
I doubt any of the Early Entry Standing managed to get a spot on the rail but they would have been row 2 or 3.
At Paris 2018 the standing area was BEHIND the seated area (where I had a seat) so the people who had an Early Entry Standing I talked to (they had a little goodies bag) were not super happy as they were pretty far away and had paid more than I did for my seat I could walk to at the last minute. There were no Hotsound Standing fortunately, only first row and rows 3-6, like this year.
Hope that helps !
Wow! I would HATE that! We don't have any general admission or standing in the U.S. (for Paul) thankfully!
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webvan wrote:
I went to the Paris one in 2016, also Hotsound Standing and the way it worked is that we went out of the room after the soundcheck and then started queuing up just outside the entrance to the venue (not outside). Then they let the Early Entry Standing in and they queued up behind us. At one point they let us in (must have been around 6pm for a concert due to start at 9pm) and it was a mad rush to the stage (they told us to go slowly but that didn't stop anyone, hehe) and I managed to get a spot on the rail dead center, barely !
I doubt any of the Early Entry Standing managed to get a spot on the rail but they would have been row 2 or 3.
At Paris 2018 the standing area was BEHIND the seated area (where I had a seat) so the people who had an Early Entry Standing I talked to (they had a little goodies bag) were not super happy as they were pretty far away and had paid more than I did for my seat I could walk to at the last minute. There were no Hotsound Standing fortunately, only first row and rows 3-6, like this year.
Hope that helps !
Yes, this helps me so much. Grazie! I also have been at Paris concert 2016 and 2018
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I have a question, if you can help me. It is the first time that I go to a Macca concert. The hotsound standing package of the Barcelona concert in 2020 was bought by my brother-in-law on the Eventtravel website, since he lives in Spain. I live in Venezuela and here there is an exchange control that prevented me from buying from here. Now, investigating I see that some people expose that the day of the concert must be presented in addition to the ticket, also the credit card with which it was paid. My brother-in-law lives in Madrid and I don't want to have to ask him to go to Barcelona with me to be able to enter the concert. He noted that when he made the purchase he placed my data (name, email, etc.) in the purchase. My question is if I will have any problem to enter the concert only with the ticket that will be sent to me by mail? If you can help me in this regard I would appreciate it. Thanks friends.
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Caesmo79 wrote:
I have a question, if you can help me. It is the first time that I go to a Macca concert. The hotsound standing package of the Barcelona concert in 2020 was bought by my brother-in-law on the Eventtravel website, since he lives in Spain. I live in Venezuela and here there is an exchange control that prevented me from buying from here. Now, investigating I see that some people expose that the day of the concert must be presented in addition to the ticket, also the credit card with which it was paid. My brother-in-law lives in Madrid and I don't want to have to ask him to go to Barcelona with me to be able to enter the concert. He noted that when he made the purchase he placed my data (name, email, etc.) in the purchase. My question is if I will have any problem to enter the concert only with the ticket that will be sent to me by mail? If you can help me in this regard I would appreciate it. Thanks friends.
Whose name is on the ticket, is it your name? If you bring a photo identification, you should be alright, I don’t remember them asking to see the credit card. But I would contact Event Travel and ask them the question. You can email them with the ticket confirmation number and ask, they have always been helpful when I have had questions.
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Hi! As I said on my first MaccaBoard post, I'm a youngster with some really weird music tastes for my age and really cool parents, who's trying to figure out which kind of tickets suit him better for his first (and probably last) Macca concert ever.
We aren't extremely wealthy, so I don't want to spend my parents' money on a soundcheck ticket if it's not going to make my experience (significantly) better.
I understand that with a Hot Sound package you obviously get to see the SC, which apparently is like a 1-hour-long miniconcert (maybe with some storytelling by Macca?) in which you are moderately far away so that you don't disturb the band. Seems accurate? Are you so far that you can't even discern Paul's face?
As I'm aiming at the Naples concert, it appears that there will be no veggie meal, so I can expect a long time of doing nothing before the SC and more of the same thing between the SC and the concert. Some reviews I've read about SCs say that they were "prisoners" for a long time and I fear that they might make us be standing all the time (plus the duration of the concert, for a grand total of way-too-many hours).
The risks I see are that:
1. The SC itself might be disappointing in comparison to the concert (too far, too boring...), not making my evening any better.
2. The "prison" part of the Hot Sound package might make me feel too tired/hungry/thirsty during the actual concert and spend the last part of it wishing that it's over.
Can any usual SCer tell me how likely 1 and 2 are to happen?
The main perk, however, seems to be that a Hot Sound package is the only way to get a place at the first two rows for the concert, as I understand that Hot packages (early entry) would end up at 3rd-4th row and Pit ticket people that lined up for hours would be at row 5+. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
If what I wrote on the paragraph above is true, it may well be worth spending all that money. Otherwise, it's less clear...
So, my final questions are... Am I understanding correctly how SCs work? Why does each of you go to SCs? Just for the front seats?
Thanks in advance!
P. S.: On my other post you can find other questions I'd love to find answers to, in case anyone wants to do a good deed, that would be much appreciated.
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mybraveface wrote:
Hi! As I said on my first MaccaBoard post, I'm a youngster with some really weird music tastes for my age and really cool parents, who's trying to figure out which kind of tickets suit him better for his first (and probably last) Macca concert ever.
We aren't extremely wealthy, so I don't want to spend my parents' money on a soundcheck ticket if it's not going to make my experience (significantly) better.
I understand that with a Hot Sound package you obviously get to see the SC, which apparently is like a 1-hour-long miniconcert (maybe with some storytelling by Macca?) in which you are moderately far away so that you don't disturb the band. Seems accurate? Are you so far that you can't even discern Paul's face?
As I'm aiming at the Naples concert, it appears that there will be no veggie meal, so I can expect a long time of doing nothing before the SC and more of the same thing between the SC and the concert. Some reviews I've read about SCs say that they were "prisoners" for a long time and I fear that they might make us be standing all the time (plus the duration of the concert, for a grand total of way-too-many hours).
The risks I see are that:
1. The SC itself might be disappointing in comparison to the concert (too far, too boring...), not making my evening any better.
2. The "prison" part of the Hot Sound package might make me feel too tired/hungry/thirsty during the actual concert and spend the last part of it wishing that it's over.
Can any usual SCer tell me how likely 1 and 2 are to happen?
The main perk, however, seems to be that a Hot Sound package is the only way to get a place at the first two rows for the concert, as I understand that Hot packages (early entry) would end up at 3rd-4th row and Pit ticket people that lined up for hours would be at row 5+. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
If what I wrote on the paragraph above is true, it may well be worth spending all that money. Otherwise, it's less clear...
So, my final questions are... Am I understanding correctly how SCs work? Why does each of you go to SCs? Just for the front seats?
Thanks in advance!
P. S.: On my other post you can find other questions I'd love to find answers to, in case anyone wants to do a good deed, that would be much appreciated.
So nice to hear you have cool parents! You are very lucky!!!
I've never had the chance to do a sound check, however, if it's an outdoor venue, you should be able to stand outside the venue and hear the soundcheck. Did a Gold Package once and had a chance to go to an indoors box area, for a veggie meal and then had a seat in row 15, for about $800.
From what I've heard, you sit far back and there is no guarantee of the songs played. I would have gone if it could be known that the songs would be from a certain album, Sun is Shining would be a good example of a song I would pay $$$ for, but it's risky. The preshow is usually about an hour and I've always loved those, cool music and visuals.
Whatever you are able to do, the concert will be great! Paul fans are the BEST!!!
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mybraveface wrote:
Hi! As I said on my first MaccaBoard post, I'm a youngster with some really weird music tastes for my age and really cool parents, who's trying to figure out which kind of tickets suit him better for his first (and probably last) Macca concert ever.
We aren't extremely wealthy, so I don't want to spend my parents' money on a soundcheck ticket if it's not going to make my experience (significantly) better.
I understand that with a Hot Sound package you obviously get to see the SC, which apparently is like a 1-hour-long miniconcert (maybe with some storytelling by Macca?) in which you are moderately far away so that you don't disturb the band. Seems accurate? Are you so far that you can't even discern Paul's face?
As I'm aiming at the Naples concert, it appears that there will be no veggie meal, so I can expect a long time of doing nothing before the SC and more of the same thing between the SC and the concert. Some reviews I've read about SCs say that they were "prisoners" for a long time and I fear that they might make us be standing all the time (plus the duration of the concert, for a grand total of way-too-many hours).
The risks I see are that:
1. The SC itself might be disappointing in comparison to the concert (too far, too boring...), not making my evening any better.
2. The "prison" part of the Hot Sound package might make me feel too tired/hungry/thirsty during the actual concert and spend the last part of it wishing that it's over.
Can any usual SCer tell me how likely 1 and 2 are to happen?
The main perk, however, seems to be that a Hot Sound package is the only way to get a place at the first two rows for the concert, as I understand that Hot packages (early entry) would end up at 3rd-4th row and Pit ticket people that lined up for hours would be at row 5+. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
If what I wrote on the paragraph above is true, it may well be worth spending all that money. Otherwise, it's less clear...
So, my final questions are... Am I understanding correctly how SCs work? Why does each of you go to SCs? Just for the front seats?
Thanks in advance!
P. S.: On my other post you can find other questions I'd love to find answers to, in case anyone wants to do a good deed, that would be much appreciated.
I have been to 3 soundchecks, but in the U.S. You will be going in Europe, right? Things are done differently there (like no dinner!) but your ticket will be a lot less than we pay ($1600 for Hot Sound Package seat in row 3, 4 if you get lucky like I did in all 3 of mine I was front and center!) Plus we get the dinner after SC and merchandise, plus lanyard with plastic card with pic of Paul on it and name of tour. We don't have Pit tickets or any general admission/standing room only here. P.S. For front row w/SC (side sections only) we pay $2100. Can't remember price for 2nd row, but SC is not included, just the other stuff. After SC they should let you free to get something to eat (you of course pay for it) and you can buy a t-shirt and/or program or something, then go to your seat. I didn't do SC in 2019 - did Gold VIP and that gave us good seats with comfy chairs (the rest of the place had all plastic hard seats - this was in Greenville, SC) They mailed out the merchandise. It arrived the day of the concert (we had already left as it was a 2-hour drive from my house in Georgia)
All my concerts were in indoor arenas (I refuse to go to a concert outdoors in the roasting sun!) and we were placed once (Memphis) right at level with soundboard, and the other 2 (Atlanta and Duluth, GA) we were right behind the 1st section of seats. About 25 rows back. Can see Paul great. I even got a couple good pics with zoom. He read the signs (mostly to himself) but nobody got called up on stage. He doesn't talk too much, just a bit.
Somebody who has done SC in Europe should be able to help you more.
Oh, and yes, I bought hot sound package mainly for the great seats and the SC. The food was great in Memphis, but sucked in the other two I went to. The merch is a bonus.
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I've just seen for the Hot Sound Package for Paris that they added this "Or Newly added PL1 reserved seated ticket (Rows 18-25)" does that mean even though I bought it when there was only being showed Rows 3-6, I might get the row 18-25 thing? Or will I be guaranteed to be in row 3-6 as I bought it when only rows 3-6 was being advertised? Has this happened to anyone here before?