I was so lucky to be there, BOTH times. I had NO intention of going, A) the tickets were gone in thirty-seconds, and b) I have no one to go with. So Wednesday I am watching the six-o-clock news local time. And they say that this concert is being recorded for a future DVD/bluray release. I quickly check Ticketmaster and there ARE seats -- partially obstructed but just 77.10 total; so I grab one and I'm off, just make it to the show at five to eight, luckily he started a half hour late [both nights], about 40 on Thursday. The seat is actually pretty good, Paul's back is towards me, and I can't see the video screens, but there is a smaller screen to look at and I got a chance to see the background goings on; stage hands rushing about; tuning guitars, replacing broken strings. That and I'm pratically overhanging the stage, people on the floor in rows 30 back have far worse seats. You could feel the heat from the pyrotechnics. You can "see" me in a lot of the youtube videos, as I made sure to bring TWO lighters and to fill them and to turn them up. BOTH nights I ended up lending a lighter to a couple beside me; they enjoyed that experience. and they shared their mini binoculars. Thursday I just HAD to go again; tried Tickemaster and NO luck. 5 PM rolls by, and I'm calling scalpers; weasels. One tells me to try stubhub, it's ticketmaster he says, so I do, they have various tickets at just OVER DOUBLE the face value 549.00 [plus all sorts of extra fees totaling nearly 70 dollars for row 17 seat 5 ] I think the ticket cost me nearly 650 by the time everything was said and done. USD$ so I did save a few bucks. So with travel a 5 dollar bottle of water, two t's and a tote bag [40 each and 20] I dropped about 850-75 to see the two concerts. I'd go again in a New York minute. To get snowed on and to witness Wonderful Christmastime...! I turn to the lady next to me and say, 'this must be what it felt like to watch the Ed Sullivan show', she starts to laugh; her husband had just said that to her in her other ear at the same time. I almost lost it when he sang Eleanor Rigby "All the Lonely People." spoke to me. It is FAR past the time that performers put a STOP to ticket brokers and scalpers.