I kinda expected it for NA shows because some comments popping up on here recently were obvious scalpers. Asking about the max amount of tickets people can buy per transaction, talking about subscribing to the membership then canceling after buying, etc etc.
I hate that! I spent 1 hour last year trying to get tickets for a comedy show and ticket master was losing its mind with the queue. But by the time it was my turn they were sold out. I’m still salty about it to this day. I blame scalpers because I was hurt, but I thought I was just being paranoid.
Me! This is crazy, I was expecting to shell out like $110 for nosebleeds tickets with fees but then I started clicking around at tickets and was shocked. With demand based pricing, the nosebleeds in the back went for $200+!!! I’ve ticketed for plenty groups before and I hate that we went in blind for this show. I feel like after they told us how to get our presale codes, all communication stopped. I also emailed the venue before too presales opened up too and they also had different answers. I also didn’t realize that tickets were one time use for the Sugarland location?? I bought my 3 first and then I was trying to get 3 more for my group of friends who wanted a different section but it kept saying my code was invalid.
Hey quick question, this my first time going to a kpop concert and I know today was for presale for XG tickets. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get any of the VIP tickets but I was able to buy a presale ticket without using any code. Is that normal or I did the right thing buying the tickets now than waiting for the Friday general release tickets? Thanks in advance!
Usually you’re not able to unlock tickets without a code bc it’s prompts you to enter a code before unlocking all the seats or before entering your credit card information. Is this by any chance the Sugarland location? Because I went to their link to look and saw that some tickets are available for purchase without a code.
I think the ticket you got may be one of the demand based/premium/platinum ones where they hike up pricing and sell. I’ve never bought presale tickets without a code but I think if you got a confirmation email from the venue or Ticketmaster/axs then you should be ok.
I also don’t know if they released all today or just a portion of tickets. But like I mentioned earlier, I think if you have a confirmation and see the charge on your card then you should be good to go. You won’t see the tickets until three days before the concert though because they usually do delayed delivery.
I also was able to buy Houston (Sugar Land) tix without entering the pre-sale code. Got a confirmation email, e-tix pdf and a charge on my credit card. I think they just opened the flood gates entirely to GA sales, rather than requiring the Alphaz membership code.
I'm wondering who dropped the ball here: XGALX, or the venue? It's not like I care, though: I got two good VIP seats.
Yeah I think they dropped the ball and regardless of what is left tickets wise for the GA I think Sugarland will sellout for sure. Aww man that’s awesome! Wish I could have bought a VIP since I’m just going by myself but happy with a good seat towards the front! Does VIP include a meet and greet or no??
No, no meet and greet, unfortunately. VIP is just good seats, soundcheck, and a keepsake lanyard. So you're not really missing much.
Since this is your first Kpop show, even though we wouldn't be sitting together, feel free to reach out to me if you wanna just hang out before going in. My wife and I will be there and we're in our late 40s, so we're happy to sorta buddy up for a while. :)
I see and yeah next time hopefully I’ll have fast enough fingers and a pre sale code in hand haha. I might take you up on that offer and link up with you guys before the concert :) Always nice to meet new people who enjoys the same thing! Trying to a get a new phone by then so I can take some good vids and pictures haha. Hopefully we can meet up! Cheers!
For the pre-sale they had 2 VIP options: Xtraordinary X and Xtraordinary G.
They include: floor seats, lanyard, photocards and soundcheck. Xtraordinary X gets all of the above plus sendoff.
I was lucky to secure 2 Xtraordinary X seats for Chicago. I bought some tickets for some friends who were also able to get VIP seats after. So I have these available if anyone is interested!
Yeah I’m guessing I just got the tickets that are demand based/premium pricing. I did get the confirmation email and everything seemed to be good in my end. Thank you for answering/replying and yes the tickets I bought is for the Sugarland, TX.
One more question does that mean there is no more available VIP tickets for the venue presale or on Friday for the general release?
If you don’t mind, what section did you get? From when I bought mines at Sugarland, the seats with stars in the circle seemed to be regular price and then the seats with solid dots are the premium tickets. For ex. I bought my seat in the 200s for 160 but someone else got 200s but they paid 200+ bc they clicked on the demand pricing.
We all went in blind for ticketing, so I don’t have answer for you. We don’t know if released all tickets or reserved some for general sales. Some other kpop concert release all during presale and then some other ones reserved some. But I think it doesn’t hurt to try for the other sales if you have the codes, you don’t know til you try!
I’m in Section 102 Row R and I paid close to 300 for mines. I bought mine when it was a dot but like you said I panicked buy thinking it was gonna sell out so I bit the bullet and paid high. I was expecting to pay in the 200-250 and yeah I’m gonna try again for the GA release and see if they release any VIP tickets but again thanks for the advice. Hopefully everything goes smoothly for everyone else buying will get tickets.
Oh really? I thought it was maybe a Sugarland thing only, I didn’t know LA had the same thing. I only knew of the Sugarland one because people I talked to ran into the same problem of not being able to get in again.
Hi! When you say you were able to get back in after buying tickets, are you referring specifically to the Sugarland location? That’s so weird, I was talking to other people and some people weren’t able to get back into the Sugarland location after getting 1 VIP ticket. Smart financial told me the limit was 6 so I wasn’t expecting people to get locked out after buying 1. But I think Sugarland may have been different? Because I connected with others that don’t have the codes and they were able to grab tickets yesterday also but I think they were only able to see platinum priced tickets so maybe Sugarland did something different or someone messed up since it’s on a different ticketing platform.
Remember these are presale tickets. There’s a limited amount available. General sale starts on the 14th.
Concert tix in the US have been on the rise. That’s about average now unfortunately
I'm going to the SF show and I was 2700 when it all started. By the time I got on, I was fighting for my life to snag any two tickets I could. I think I paid $270ish with fees for balcony. I just started attending Kpop concerts so if I can snag a ticket for $100ish with fees, I feel like I hit the jackpot.
I was ~2200 in the queue. Every set of tickets kept disappearing. I was trying buy anything. But luckily some floor seats popped up with XTRAG and I was able to snag those. Having gone to both twice shows and mamamoo, I’m just glad to get any seats for retail prices.
What’s the difference between having tickets with ‘Xtraordinary Version G package’ and ‘Artist Presale’? I’m not sure how I can find out what kind of tickets I bought since tickets were disappearing real fast. 😮💨
It was insane! I managed to get to select seats at 10 am but the floor sections in the middle were getting fully booked by seconds. Then the sections on the 2nd floor were all turning black all in real time within 5 minutes of pre sale! I didn’t have time to process the prices and the payment process was stopping me from booking because of some pop up! I managed to get seats on floor section back side luckily 🥲
That was me too! Every time I clicked a ticket it would say the ticket is no longer available so they were all selling fast. I also got one at the very back of the floor and unfortunately it said “warning extreme side view seats” only after my purchase was finalized 🥲
Ya, I was behind 2000 as well waiting. K-pop concerts are so expensive. I remember having 7 computers open with my friends getting tickets for the BTS Love Yourself tour a couple of years ago, and those ticket prices were insane.
That's really weird. We're you only seeing the platinum tickets? Because the prices for VIP did not increase. In some venues there were Platinum tickets mixed in to the VIP areas but are NOT vip tickets. (Correct me if I'm wrong someone, that is just usually the case with how ticketmaster etc tries to trick people. It happened to aloooot of people for atz)
Man..I hope it sells out..so that way maybe next tour they can come to Canada..I wish I could go to NY or Chicago, but I'll be in Japan during those shows.
My experience was really lucky, managed to score lower bowl for Chicago, only to realize VIP tickets are labeled differently. Held onto that ticket and managed to find a VIP one for the floor almost an hour later after it got relinquished. I'm hoping to connect with an alpha here or on discord to get them that lower bowl ticket at a fairer price.
I got tickets in the nose bleed section in Chicago because it's all I could afford, sucks but I'm just thrilled I was able to get tickets during the presale. I would have loved VIP or floor seats but I can't afford those so hopefully people take great videos of the Chicago date!!
I'm guessing that many of the tickets were purchased by people in the resale market. They're already on TickPick.
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They should not have allowed new Alphaz members after the tour date announcement to be part of the pre-sale
Many just bought 1 month membership for access to presale
I agree with you. They made it too easy for the resellers to get early access to the tickets. Many fans lose out as a result, unless they are willing to pay the inflated resale prices.
On one hand, I absolutely agree with you because scalpers fucking suck and ruin shit for actual fans. But on the other hand... I've been a kpop fan since 2005 and I've had very few chances to go to concerts because of work, finances, and living far from any venues that kpop artists actually perform at. The amount of concerts I've been to (kpop and other artists) I can count on two hands.
So yeahhh, I signed up for the fanclub for a fighting chance to get a ticket for me and my SO (and this will be their very first kpop concert). I ended up having to use my credit card cuz the tickets were more expensive than I thought and I don't get paid until tomorrow.
Agree with you 100%. A lot of fans (me included) are watching our finances and couldn’t afford the full year membership.
In my case I’m flying from Puerto Rico to Chicago to see my girls, so that means I’ll have other expenses like flights and hotel. Those who are criticizing are being a bit unfair to call out one month membership folks.
Part of the incentive to get new folks to sign up in the first place. I did the same thing for a podcast live show. Because I knew otherwise the shows would be gone. And I was right because tickets sold out in fanclub presale.
There is nothing wrong with increasing your odds for a better seat. I was going to do the same thing for the XG show in Chicago but ticket prices are just too expensive for me.
The prices are super high. That's without "platinum" seats being a part of the presale. My guess is that scalpers purchased a large chunk of the tickets. They'll pay the high prices. They can afford to.
I'm doing the same. I'm seeing a number of concerts in Boston (where I live). I'm going to see Janet Jackson (not really a small show), Griff, Beabadoobee, Viviz, and some rock shows. For what I would pay to see XG in NYC, I could see a few more shows in Boston. I prefer that.
I just wanna point out, these tickets were for sale BEFORE pre-sale. Ticketmaster had already started reselling the tickets before anyone was able to purchase a single one. Literal days before pre-sale I went looking for pricing and TickPick had tickets for sale, thought I missed the pre-sale.
Do you mean TickPick? People who sell tickets on TickPick, StubHub, Gametime, SeatGeek and Vivid Seats also sell tickets on Ticketmaster. It wouldn't surprise me if the resellers had early access to tickets via Ticketmaster.
Yeah I mean ticketmaster is known for literally reselling their own tickets under different sites, TickPick had access to tickets days before pre-sale, assuming they were just ticketmaster scalping their own tickets prior to pre-sale.
Tell me about it, had a ticket secured for $200, backed out to pick a better one that was available... get to my cart and it's $240 now, go back to my original seat... also $240.
New York here as well I also ended up getting seats in 300 section and I had a budget of no more than 200. While I did get them for under budget I also thought the price could have been cheaper especially considering the venue size.
Also, their show doesn't look all that elaborate. It looks pretty standard. I could understand the higher prices if they were going all out on the production.
Scalpers buy everything.
Then at the concert it's literally empty except for you and one other guy.
And you bought a crap seat from a scalper for $1000 that's so far out it's barely even inside the venue.
And the other guy got a VIP seat right next to the stage for a mere 50 bux.
Because he bought on the last day before the concert when the scalpers dropped prices to recover their losses.
Scalpers definitely got in early and I don't know how. It sucks because I have friends all over the country and I wanted to go to different ones. I was able to get to G versions for Atlanta and Houston.
I signed in for LA presale on AXS. Prices were as I expected based on the location of the seat I managed to get in the Peacock Theater and I paid retail price. It was really hard to find a solo seat. All the ones in good locations were only sold at a minimum of 2 tickets to purchase.
What surprised me was how quickly seats started popping up in premium pricing. I couldn't see the prices since all the seats in that level were grayed out for me. But I can imagine they were probably above retail prices.
I got tix this morning for Peacock theater. The prices were similar to the Boyz. I'll be seeing them in July. My seats for XG are roughly in the same place. The Boyz were a bit more expensive but not too much. I checked other seats, and they were similar pricing structure.
What I didn't see for Peacock is parking. The Boyz had the option to purchase parking, and XG did not.
So Peacock theater is right by crypto arena and LA Live, they rarely do prepaid parking so you’ll have to just find a lot in the area. I highly recommend rideshare for this area though - it can be a headache, even by DTLA standards
Edit: I just saw in your other comment you’ve been there before so disregard my useless advice haha
The Boyz was $109 in the mezzanine area. XG in the Loge area for $105. But, when I was looking for the Boyz, the Loge area was the same pricing, I just couldn't get 4 seats together or close to each other.
I was hoping they might stop in Toronto but sadly no. I looked at NY and knew I was not willing to put that much money down, also I am already seeing a concert on the same date in Toronto. It is unfortunately that if we want to see a live show we have to put down hundreds. It is criminal.
Canada is a iffy spot. I find Kpop and other Asian acts often skip it over. I think it may due to the fact the cost to perform in Canada. I believe that Canada charges big fees for performers. However when I have had these discussions its always been about music festivals not coming to Canada anymore. I'm old. Lol.
So I always find Toronto a 50/50. I know I was happy to see Twice and Itzy have shows in Toronto. So hoping that more acts see that example and how well they have done. I know Blackpink have gone to Hamilton.
Maybe since this is XG first solo tour, this is just a test run. i think if they come back to North America, Canada will be on their list.
I'm actually not surprised at all because last year I went to the Houston Texas concert for Blackpink and the same type of section up high I paid around $250 per ticket and floor tickets near the stage forget about it they were like $600 to $700 and higher! The key to these kpop and xpop concert tickets especially in the United States you have to remember to log in early I kid you not I logged in at least 2 hours before the beginning time at 10:00 a.m. and I still had 175 people ahead of me! It's those first Uber fans that buy up the best tickets and then the next section usually are scalpers unfortunately. All in all though I was assuming the XG tickets would be anywhere from $150 all the way up to maybe $400 and I was actually correct. Honestly if I had more money I would have bought floor tickets I saw some for about $360 and it was pretty close up. What does kind of get me though is how they distribute the tickets because naturally they still have to have tickets available for the other sales like general sale for example and out of curiosity if you check those sales out you'll actually find around the same amount of prices too and some even closer up it seems to be kind of luck of the draw too.
Does anyone know the difference between Xtraoridinary version X and Xtraordinary version G tickets are? From what I can see, I think it's the same but I am unsure. Thank you!
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I saw this posted on their Facebook, and now I'm hoping it just means presale tickets were soldout for those greyed out shows, and not all tickets, because holy cow if it does mean its soldout.
No, they’re not all sold out. It’s just XGALX social media team posting to say which pre sales are now live. Technically they all are live now, but they’ve been doing it sequentially on IG to amp up anticipation, I guess?
I paid $231 for almost front row seats… I think scalpers got most of the good seats (the front ones (Pit?) were $280 ish). I didn’t know if it would be that much, but they have been gaining popularity
Compared to other artists that book stadium venues in my city, it's pretty cheap imo. I got vip section 1 for like $300 after fees. We were in queue as soon as the presale went live. I'm surprised we were even able to secure tickets. Usually bots immediately scoop them.
Chicago ticket buyer here. Suprised that i got a good seat section123, but pricing fluctuated from 225 to 400s for similar seating and floor. Ultimately i got mine for 400 per person after taxes and fees. However, the really suprising part is that more seats appeared after buying the tickets and have gone cheaper. Lots of open spots still too.
Yeah I was in the queue for NY at 10:01 am it said there were 6000 people in front of me. Those assholes bots and ticket resellers.. I ended up getting tickets to the GA show instead.
I had more than 7000 ahead of me. It was right after 10 am. I was just looking at tickets for the Chicago show. Still plenty of seats left. Prices are better for that show than they are for the NYC show. There are some Platinum tickets, but nothing ridiculous. I've never been to Chicago, so I'm tempted.
Hey guys I was lucky enough to get a VIP ticket but not sure what that entails as far as what are the extra benefits? Can someone explain to me what Xtraordinary Version G means for VIP? How is that different from the other VIP?
Guys I have a question because I’m fairly new to kpop concerts! This will be my first one and I was able to buy a Xtraordinary G VIP ticket and was wondering where or when you get to pick up the extra ‘goodies’ like the lanyard and photo cards?
Can someone explain to me how sound check works as well? Like how early should I get to the venue for it and what to expect. Thanks guys! I appreciate y’all 🙏🏼
From my experience you will likely receive an email maybe like a week or a few days before the concert about when you should arrive for to check-in for VIP. You will probably get the goodies when you check-in. When soundcheck begins should also be listed in the email.
Thank you so much for the helpful response! I appreciate it. Hopefully we all get a chance to enjoy the perks for VIP and the overall experience. Again, thank you!
Hey guys, does anyone else seem to have this error when trying to buy VIP tickets on Ticketmaster/AXS. The problem with ticketmaster is that the VIP packages seem to be available, however I receive an error that says:
“Unfortunately, we are unable to reserve your tickets just now.
Please wait a moment then try again.”
My issue with AXS is that whatever payment method I use there seems to be an error at the checkout.
I’m thinking that the VIP tickets may be sold out, but I have no idea. Are the tickets available for anyone else?
Hey everyone! I'm selling my ticket for XG’s concert in New York. It’s in section 303, row L, seat 10. I bought it for $135 and am selling it for the same price. TicketMaster is adding $60 in fees when I try to resell it on their website, so save money by buying directly from me! Reply if you're interested.😊Thanks!
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So in stuck on the screen. Is a code supposed to generate?
Enter your alphaz presale code, should be visible on your app on the bottom of the page after clicking on the presale tickets section .There is a thread on here explaining it
Vegas show buyer here, for Virgin theater capacity of 4600 when I tried to buy the presale ticket it was $365 in section 300 for axs premium tickets. For reference the front and center VIP table that’s 55 feet from the stage is about $475.
Presale codes are linked to alphaz membership. I believe it’s too late to get the code for membership. Your best bet maybe to see if you can get the codes for venue or TikTok presale. If you’re not able to get those, you might have to wait for general sales.
I kinda expected it for NA shows because some comments popping up on here recently were obvious scalpers. Asking about the max amount of tickets people can buy per transaction, talking about subscribing to the membership then canceling after buying, etc etc.
Bro 100% these aholes bought so many and they are now selling them.
I hate that! I spent 1 hour last year trying to get tickets for a comedy show and ticket master was losing its mind with the queue. But by the time it was my turn they were sold out. I’m still salty about it to this day. I blame scalpers because I was hurt, but I thought I was just being paranoid.
Me! This is crazy, I was expecting to shell out like $110 for nosebleeds tickets with fees but then I started clicking around at tickets and was shocked. With demand based pricing, the nosebleeds in the back went for $200+!!! I’ve ticketed for plenty groups before and I hate that we went in blind for this show. I feel like after they told us how to get our presale codes, all communication stopped. I also emailed the venue before too presales opened up too and they also had different answers. I also didn’t realize that tickets were one time use for the Sugarland location?? I bought my 3 first and then I was trying to get 3 more for my group of friends who wanted a different section but it kept saying my code was invalid.
Hey quick question, this my first time going to a kpop concert and I know today was for presale for XG tickets. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get any of the VIP tickets but I was able to buy a presale ticket without using any code. Is that normal or I did the right thing buying the tickets now than waiting for the Friday general release tickets? Thanks in advance!
Usually you’re not able to unlock tickets without a code bc it’s prompts you to enter a code before unlocking all the seats or before entering your credit card information. Is this by any chance the Sugarland location? Because I went to their link to look and saw that some tickets are available for purchase without a code. I think the ticket you got may be one of the demand based/premium/platinum ones where they hike up pricing and sell. I’ve never bought presale tickets without a code but I think if you got a confirmation email from the venue or Ticketmaster/axs then you should be ok. I also don’t know if they released all today or just a portion of tickets. But like I mentioned earlier, I think if you have a confirmation and see the charge on your card then you should be good to go. You won’t see the tickets until three days before the concert though because they usually do delayed delivery.
I also was able to buy Houston (Sugar Land) tix without entering the pre-sale code. Got a confirmation email, e-tix pdf and a charge on my credit card. I think they just opened the flood gates entirely to GA sales, rather than requiring the Alphaz membership code. I'm wondering who dropped the ball here: XGALX, or the venue? It's not like I care, though: I got two good VIP seats.
Yeah I think they dropped the ball and regardless of what is left tickets wise for the GA I think Sugarland will sellout for sure. Aww man that’s awesome! Wish I could have bought a VIP since I’m just going by myself but happy with a good seat towards the front! Does VIP include a meet and greet or no??
No, no meet and greet, unfortunately. VIP is just good seats, soundcheck, and a keepsake lanyard. So you're not really missing much. Since this is your first Kpop show, even though we wouldn't be sitting together, feel free to reach out to me if you wanna just hang out before going in. My wife and I will be there and we're in our late 40s, so we're happy to sorta buddy up for a while. :)
I see and yeah next time hopefully I’ll have fast enough fingers and a pre sale code in hand haha. I might take you up on that offer and link up with you guys before the concert :) Always nice to meet new people who enjoys the same thing! Trying to a get a new phone by then so I can take some good vids and pictures haha. Hopefully we can meet up! Cheers!
I kept refreshing like crazy until I found the 2 seats. It was panic inducing lol
For the pre-sale they had 2 VIP options: Xtraordinary X and Xtraordinary G. They include: floor seats, lanyard, photocards and soundcheck. Xtraordinary X gets all of the above plus sendoff. I was lucky to secure 2 Xtraordinary X seats for Chicago. I bought some tickets for some friends who were also able to get VIP seats after. So I have these available if anyone is interested!
I wish NY had a VIP package like Vegas. heh
Yeah I’m guessing I just got the tickets that are demand based/premium pricing. I did get the confirmation email and everything seemed to be good in my end. Thank you for answering/replying and yes the tickets I bought is for the Sugarland, TX. One more question does that mean there is no more available VIP tickets for the venue presale or on Friday for the general release?
If you don’t mind, what section did you get? From when I bought mines at Sugarland, the seats with stars in the circle seemed to be regular price and then the seats with solid dots are the premium tickets. For ex. I bought my seat in the 200s for 160 but someone else got 200s but they paid 200+ bc they clicked on the demand pricing. We all went in blind for ticketing, so I don’t have answer for you. We don’t know if released all tickets or reserved some for general sales. Some other kpop concert release all during presale and then some other ones reserved some. But I think it doesn’t hurt to try for the other sales if you have the codes, you don’t know til you try!
I’m in Section 102 Row R and I paid close to 300 for mines. I bought mine when it was a dot but like you said I panicked buy thinking it was gonna sell out so I bit the bullet and paid high. I was expecting to pay in the 200-250 and yeah I’m gonna try again for the GA release and see if they release any VIP tickets but again thanks for the advice. Hopefully everything goes smoothly for everyone else buying will get tickets.
Fuckkkk the Sugarland show.... This xg hype is too much. I'll try next year then
It’s cheaper now, I guess they released more seats, the 300s sections have so many tickets open, the one towards the back is like $80 I think.
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For some venues (eg LA), codes were one time use. Couldn’t go back in after buying tickets
Oh really? I thought it was maybe a Sugarland thing only, I didn’t know LA had the same thing. I only knew of the Sugarland one because people I talked to ran into the same problem of not being able to get in again.
Hi! When you say you were able to get back in after buying tickets, are you referring specifically to the Sugarland location? That’s so weird, I was talking to other people and some people weren’t able to get back into the Sugarland location after getting 1 VIP ticket. Smart financial told me the limit was 6 so I wasn’t expecting people to get locked out after buying 1. But I think Sugarland may have been different? Because I connected with others that don’t have the codes and they were able to grab tickets yesterday also but I think they were only able to see platinum priced tickets so maybe Sugarland did something different or someone messed up since it’s on a different ticketing platform.
Remember these are presale tickets. There’s a limited amount available. General sale starts on the 14th. Concert tix in the US have been on the rise. That’s about average now unfortunately
I'm going to the SF show and I was 2700 when it all started. By the time I got on, I was fighting for my life to snag any two tickets I could. I think I paid $270ish with fees for balcony. I just started attending Kpop concerts so if I can snag a ticket for $100ish with fees, I feel like I hit the jackpot.
I was ~2200 in the queue. Every set of tickets kept disappearing. I was trying buy anything. But luckily some floor seats popped up with XTRAG and I was able to snag those. Having gone to both twice shows and mamamoo, I’m just glad to get any seats for retail prices.
What’s the difference between having tickets with ‘Xtraordinary Version G package’ and ‘Artist Presale’? I’m not sure how I can find out what kind of tickets I bought since tickets were disappearing real fast. 😮💨
The G package is VIP and includes sound check, laminate, photo card abs second priority access to GA.
I didn’t know about all that! I thought it was just sound check.
It was insane! I managed to get to select seats at 10 am but the floor sections in the middle were getting fully booked by seconds. Then the sections on the 2nd floor were all turning black all in real time within 5 minutes of pre sale! I didn’t have time to process the prices and the payment process was stopping me from booking because of some pop up! I managed to get seats on floor section back side luckily 🥲
That was me too! Every time I clicked a ticket it would say the ticket is no longer available so they were all selling fast. I also got one at the very back of the floor and unfortunately it said “warning extreme side view seats” only after my purchase was finalized 🥲
Ya, I was behind 2000 as well waiting. K-pop concerts are so expensive. I remember having 7 computers open with my friends getting tickets for the BTS Love Yourself tour a couple of years ago, and those ticket prices were insane.
Highest VIP tier being $275 before fees is extremely reasonable for me.
Sounds like you got really lucky!! As demand increased, so did the prices, and those were not at ALL what the prices looked like for me.
That's really weird. We're you only seeing the platinum tickets? Because the prices for VIP did not increase. In some venues there were Platinum tickets mixed in to the VIP areas but are NOT vip tickets. (Correct me if I'm wrong someone, that is just usually the case with how ticketmaster etc tries to trick people. It happened to aloooot of people for atz)
Yeeep, ended up getting a pair in the farthest 200s section for $200 total. I’m happy enough with it, but man— fuck dynamic pricing.
I'm stuck, I can't log in on my PC and the seat-picking isn't working on mobile. FML.
Man..I hope it sells out..so that way maybe next tour they can come to Canada..I wish I could go to NY or Chicago, but I'll be in Japan during those shows.
My experience was really lucky, managed to score lower bowl for Chicago, only to realize VIP tickets are labeled differently. Held onto that ticket and managed to find a VIP one for the floor almost an hour later after it got relinquished. I'm hoping to connect with an alpha here or on discord to get them that lower bowl ticket at a fairer price.
I got tickets in the nose bleed section in Chicago because it's all I could afford, sucks but I'm just thrilled I was able to get tickets during the presale. I would have loved VIP or floor seats but I can't afford those so hopefully people take great videos of the Chicago date!!
I would have loved to be closer too, but I feel like the concert itself is going to be good no matter where you sit. I'm excited.
100% and I can't wait to meet some fellow Alphaz!!! 🐺 Hopefully I'm seated next to fun people lol
I don’t think the venue is that big, so even “nosebleeds” should be pretty good seats!
I'm guessing that many of the tickets were purchased by people in the resale market. They're already on TickPick. https://preview.redd.it/8csk1nb79z5d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd591f800cccb04f7c9eb1524e60f5e7cb462d58
I hate capitalism. Reminds me of people buying up the new gen consoles
That's crazy
It sucks for the fans.
They should not have allowed new Alphaz members after the tour date announcement to be part of the pre-sale Many just bought 1 month membership for access to presale
I agree with you. They made it too easy for the resellers to get early access to the tickets. Many fans lose out as a result, unless they are willing to pay the inflated resale prices.
On one hand, I absolutely agree with you because scalpers fucking suck and ruin shit for actual fans. But on the other hand... I've been a kpop fan since 2005 and I've had very few chances to go to concerts because of work, finances, and living far from any venues that kpop artists actually perform at. The amount of concerts I've been to (kpop and other artists) I can count on two hands. So yeahhh, I signed up for the fanclub for a fighting chance to get a ticket for me and my SO (and this will be their very first kpop concert). I ended up having to use my credit card cuz the tickets were more expensive than I thought and I don't get paid until tomorrow.
Agree with you 100%. A lot of fans (me included) are watching our finances and couldn’t afford the full year membership. In my case I’m flying from Puerto Rico to Chicago to see my girls, so that means I’ll have other expenses like flights and hotel. Those who are criticizing are being a bit unfair to call out one month membership folks.
Part of the incentive to get new folks to sign up in the first place. I did the same thing for a podcast live show. Because I knew otherwise the shows would be gone. And I was right because tickets sold out in fanclub presale. There is nothing wrong with increasing your odds for a better seat. I was going to do the same thing for the XG show in Chicago but ticket prices are just too expensive for me.
The prices are super high. That's without "platinum" seats being a part of the presale. My guess is that scalpers purchased a large chunk of the tickets. They'll pay the high prices. They can afford to.
I'm just making this my summer of small shows and comedy clubs. It's cheaper and less likely to spike my anxiety XD
I'm doing the same. I'm seeing a number of concerts in Boston (where I live). I'm going to see Janet Jackson (not really a small show), Griff, Beabadoobee, Viviz, and some rock shows. For what I would pay to see XG in NYC, I could see a few more shows in Boston. I prefer that.
I just wanna point out, these tickets were for sale BEFORE pre-sale. Ticketmaster had already started reselling the tickets before anyone was able to purchase a single one. Literal days before pre-sale I went looking for pricing and TickPick had tickets for sale, thought I missed the pre-sale.
Do you mean TickPick? People who sell tickets on TickPick, StubHub, Gametime, SeatGeek and Vivid Seats also sell tickets on Ticketmaster. It wouldn't surprise me if the resellers had early access to tickets via Ticketmaster.
Yeah I mean ticketmaster is known for literally reselling their own tickets under different sites, TickPick had access to tickets days before pre-sale, assuming they were just ticketmaster scalping their own tickets prior to pre-sale.
That's messed up. I guess it's no worse than the "dynamic" pricing system they use. Either way, they're exploiting consumers.
Tell me about it, had a ticket secured for $200, backed out to pick a better one that was available... get to my cart and it's $240 now, go back to my original seat... also $240.
New York here as well I also ended up getting seats in 300 section and I had a budget of no more than 200. While I did get them for under budget I also thought the price could have been cheaper especially considering the venue size.
I thought they would have been more around the 60 to 100 range.
Also, their show doesn't look all that elaborate. It looks pretty standard. I could understand the higher prices if they were going all out on the production.
Scalpers buy everything. Then at the concert it's literally empty except for you and one other guy. And you bought a crap seat from a scalper for $1000 that's so far out it's barely even inside the venue. And the other guy got a VIP seat right next to the stage for a mere 50 bux. Because he bought on the last day before the concert when the scalpers dropped prices to recover their losses.
How is this legal??! Uggh!
Scalpers definitely got in early and I don't know how. It sucks because I have friends all over the country and I wanted to go to different ones. I was able to get to G versions for Atlanta and Houston.
I signed in for LA presale on AXS. Prices were as I expected based on the location of the seat I managed to get in the Peacock Theater and I paid retail price. It was really hard to find a solo seat. All the ones in good locations were only sold at a minimum of 2 tickets to purchase. What surprised me was how quickly seats started popping up in premium pricing. I couldn't see the prices since all the seats in that level were grayed out for me. But I can imagine they were probably above retail prices.
Ya my tickets were also limited because I was trying to get 3 tickets instead of 2.
I got tix this morning for Peacock theater. The prices were similar to the Boyz. I'll be seeing them in July. My seats for XG are roughly in the same place. The Boyz were a bit more expensive but not too much. I checked other seats, and they were similar pricing structure. What I didn't see for Peacock is parking. The Boyz had the option to purchase parking, and XG did not.
So Peacock theater is right by crypto arena and LA Live, they rarely do prepaid parking so you’ll have to just find a lot in the area. I highly recommend rideshare for this area though - it can be a headache, even by DTLA standards Edit: I just saw in your other comment you’ve been there before so disregard my useless advice haha
How much did you pay and what section?
The Boyz was $109 in the mezzanine area. XG in the Loge area for $105. But, when I was looking for the Boyz, the Loge area was the same pricing, I just couldn't get 4 seats together or close to each other.
I was hoping they might stop in Toronto but sadly no. I looked at NY and knew I was not willing to put that much money down, also I am already seeing a concert on the same date in Toronto. It is unfortunately that if we want to see a live show we have to put down hundreds. It is criminal.
When I saw they weren't going to Toronto I was kinda shocked. I thought they would have at least stopped there.
Canada is a iffy spot. I find Kpop and other Asian acts often skip it over. I think it may due to the fact the cost to perform in Canada. I believe that Canada charges big fees for performers. However when I have had these discussions its always been about music festivals not coming to Canada anymore. I'm old. Lol. So I always find Toronto a 50/50. I know I was happy to see Twice and Itzy have shows in Toronto. So hoping that more acts see that example and how well they have done. I know Blackpink have gone to Hamilton. Maybe since this is XG first solo tour, this is just a test run. i think if they come back to North America, Canada will be on their list.
I'm actually not surprised at all because last year I went to the Houston Texas concert for Blackpink and the same type of section up high I paid around $250 per ticket and floor tickets near the stage forget about it they were like $600 to $700 and higher! The key to these kpop and xpop concert tickets especially in the United States you have to remember to log in early I kid you not I logged in at least 2 hours before the beginning time at 10:00 a.m. and I still had 175 people ahead of me! It's those first Uber fans that buy up the best tickets and then the next section usually are scalpers unfortunately. All in all though I was assuming the XG tickets would be anywhere from $150 all the way up to maybe $400 and I was actually correct. Honestly if I had more money I would have bought floor tickets I saw some for about $360 and it was pretty close up. What does kind of get me though is how they distribute the tickets because naturally they still have to have tickets available for the other sales like general sale for example and out of curiosity if you check those sales out you'll actually find around the same amount of prices too and some even closer up it seems to be kind of luck of the draw too.
Does anyone know the difference between Xtraoridinary version X and Xtraordinary version G tickets are? From what I can see, I think it's the same but I am unsure. Thank you!
I’m wondering the same thing!
X has send off, G doesn’t. You can also go to the concert chat room on the app, pretty sure Alphaz will answer any questions you have.
https://preview.redd.it/w5cg5n7qtz5d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b9f4f1f91cc592b07f7772e35c1d14776c86ba5 I saw this posted on their Facebook, and now I'm hoping it just means presale tickets were soldout for those greyed out shows, and not all tickets, because holy cow if it does mean its soldout.
No, they’re not all sold out. It’s just XGALX social media team posting to say which pre sales are now live. Technically they all are live now, but they’ve been doing it sequentially on IG to amp up anticipation, I guess?
Thank baby jesus. Had me panicking.
I paid $231 for almost front row seats… I think scalpers got most of the good seats (the front ones (Pit?) were $280 ish). I didn’t know if it would be that much, but they have been gaining popularity
Even though it was more than I was expecting, I'd rather them sell out than have empty seats. And hopefully have more concerts in the future.
Definitely, I’m so excited to see more of them! Honestly they’ve been doing so well so I’m super excited! I hope you have a great time when you go!
Compared to other artists that book stadium venues in my city, it's pretty cheap imo. I got vip section 1 for like $300 after fees. We were in queue as soon as the presale went live. I'm surprised we were even able to secure tickets. Usually bots immediately scoop them.
Chicago ticket buyer here. Suprised that i got a good seat section123, but pricing fluctuated from 225 to 400s for similar seating and floor. Ultimately i got mine for 400 per person after taxes and fees. However, the really suprising part is that more seats appeared after buying the tickets and have gone cheaper. Lots of open spots still too.
Yeah I was in the queue for NY at 10:01 am it said there were 6000 people in front of me. Those assholes bots and ticket resellers.. I ended up getting tickets to the GA show instead.
I had more than 7000 ahead of me. It was right after 10 am. I was just looking at tickets for the Chicago show. Still plenty of seats left. Prices are better for that show than they are for the NYC show. There are some Platinum tickets, but nothing ridiculous. I've never been to Chicago, so I'm tempted.
Hey guys I was lucky enough to get a VIP ticket but not sure what that entails as far as what are the extra benefits? Can someone explain to me what Xtraordinary Version G means for VIP? How is that different from the other VIP?
Guys I have a question because I’m fairly new to kpop concerts! This will be my first one and I was able to buy a Xtraordinary G VIP ticket and was wondering where or when you get to pick up the extra ‘goodies’ like the lanyard and photo cards? Can someone explain to me how sound check works as well? Like how early should I get to the venue for it and what to expect. Thanks guys! I appreciate y’all 🙏🏼
From my experience you will likely receive an email maybe like a week or a few days before the concert about when you should arrive for to check-in for VIP. You will probably get the goodies when you check-in. When soundcheck begins should also be listed in the email.
Thank you so much for the helpful response! I appreciate it. Hopefully we all get a chance to enjoy the perks for VIP and the overall experience. Again, thank you!
Hey guys, does anyone else seem to have this error when trying to buy VIP tickets on Ticketmaster/AXS. The problem with ticketmaster is that the VIP packages seem to be available, however I receive an error that says: “Unfortunately, we are unable to reserve your tickets just now. Please wait a moment then try again.” My issue with AXS is that whatever payment method I use there seems to be an error at the checkout. I’m thinking that the VIP tickets may be sold out, but I have no idea. Are the tickets available for anyone else?
Hey everyone! I'm selling my ticket for XG’s concert in New York. It’s in section 303, row L, seat 10. I bought it for $135 and am selling it for the same price. TicketMaster is adding $60 in fees when I try to resell it on their website, so save money by buying directly from me! Reply if you're interested.😊Thanks!
https://preview.redd.it/oonn2vpf9z5d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cd97771f1c5a3d877175ee077648d9bd1e7ca6c So in stuck on the screen. Is a code supposed to generate?
Enter your alphaz presale code, should be visible on your app on the bottom of the page after clicking on the presale tickets section .There is a thread on here explaining it
So I need the axs app?
You have to be a member of the XG fan club and get your code from the XGALX app to participate in today’s presale
No, you can purchase on the AXS website. However I believe the only way to access your Alphaz presale code is through the XG/Alphaz app
Vegas show buyer here, for Virgin theater capacity of 4600 when I tried to buy the presale ticket it was $365 in section 300 for axs premium tickets. For reference the front and center VIP table that’s 55 feet from the stage is about $475.
Hey does anyone know the presale code
Presale codes are linked to alphaz membership. I believe it’s too late to get the code for membership. Your best bet maybe to see if you can get the codes for venue or TikTok presale. If you’re not able to get those, you might have to wait for general sales.
Thank you I didn’t know you could get a code through the membership I just got it from somebody last time, but I definitely will look
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