Cloud Cuckoo
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Reading this thread, I'm glad I'm not the only one who had a nightmare trying to get tickets for their UK gigs last Autumn. I found Ticketmaster to be a complete joke, telling me the gig was sold out at 9.00am the second the tickets went on sale. I spent two solid hours trying again and again to no avail.
I am obsessed with Radiohead to a quite appalling degree and ended up panic buying two tickets for their Manchester gig - a decent seated one through Viagogo at an amount too embarrassing to print, and then one through Ticketmaster when I eventually got through that was the literal shittest seat in the entire stadium.
Because it was a ticketless system, to get in to my decent seat I had to meet the tout and he had to physically accompany me into the gig. I can't begin to describe the anxiety I suffered that he might not turn up and I wouldn't get in, especially as I had travelled down from Scotland. Hence the reserve.
In the end, the tout turned up (after really making me suffer; he was clearly on some kind of power trip) and I got my prized good seat. It was the fifth time I'd seen them and the first I'd been seated, and I must say it was a lot better than I'd anticipated. The view was great and the gig was phenomenal (including a surprise rendition of Planet Telex which blew my mind).
I must say that, save for the hours Radiohead were on stage, I found it a really traumatic experience! I have never encountered such difficulty getting tickets, and so much related stress. I understand the point of a ticketless system - to stop touts reselling at exorbitant prices- but in the end I was still forced to buy from a tout, and had the added stress of having to meet a complete stranger and be accompanied into the gig by him!
I love Radiohead like they were my own child, but I sometimes wish they made things a bit easier for us!
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RE: Radiohead: UK Dates - 
Going to give up in a bit 
, I managed to get a ticket for block 112 which is either going to be close to the front of the stage or sat behind a speaker 
Also managed to pay with a debit card, I think charging another £2.50 for a paperless ticket on top of the afore mentioned fees is taking the piss, especially when it tells you to bring a print out of your receipt with you when you go.
Didn't see them again till a few years ago with the In Rainbows tour in Manchester. Really really looking forward to this gig.
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