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sunday7
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 Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: Buying tickets for a concert in Japan...impossible? |
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| So I'm trying to buy tickets to one of the Rage Against the Machine shows in Japan. Does anyone know the easiest way in which this can be done? A few forums I looked at claim that it's virtually impossible to buy tickets from outside the country. |
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: |
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Wow, shows how far out of the loop I am. I didn't even know rage was touring as a band again. About time. Audioslave is ok, but no comparison between what we were missing with rage and soundgarden.
I have a related question about getting Red Sox tickets for the games they'll be playing in Japan in the spring. Any word on how to come by those? |
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Are they the lemmings
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
Location: Not here anymore. JongnoGuru was the only thing that kept me here.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Buying tickets for a concert in Japan...impossible? |
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| sunday7 wrote: |
| So I'm trying to buy tickets to one of the Rage Against the Machine shows in Japan. Does anyone know the easiest way in which this can be done? A few forums I looked at claim that it's virtually impossible to buy tickets from outside the country. |
Do you know anyone in Japan? If they don't already use Yahoo! Tickets or Ticket Pia (which are pretty much the same thing), get them to sign up and buy the tickets online. Yahoo! Tickets says there are still tickets available for the RATM show in Osaka for 9,000 yen.
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| I have a related question about getting Red Sox tickets for the games they'll be playing in Japan in the spring. Any word on how to come by those? |
Nowhere yet. Keep an eye on this site and you should at least find out when they go on sale. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| Impossible. Your money is no good in Japan. Go back to Ohio. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I did what Lemmings suggested and bought tickets through TicketPia when I saw Les Mis in Fukuoka. Easy, as long as you can find your way around the Japanese on the website. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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A few years ago I considered going to a concert in Japan when I saw someone was touring that I liked.
My advice is find a phone number and call the ticket office. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
| My advice is find a phone number and call the ticket office. |
That works, too.
I wanted to see a K-1 show, called their office, and asked them to reserve me a ticket. I paid at the box office when I got to Tokyo. |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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I saw Judas Priest in Fukuoka in 2005. My friend runs Dope Music and he has a mate in Japan who runs the Spiritual Beast label. The SB chap had an extra ticket and we chatted through e-mail. So, I met him leaving the hotel and bought the ticket. Seeing Priest live for the first time in 19 years and then meeting KK Downing and Ian Hill. Good times!
So, make friends and who knows where it might lead. |
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jazblanc77
Joined: 22 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Impossible is nothing. |
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sunday7
Joined: 19 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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This show is pretty close to selling out. The Saturday show in Chiba City already has, and right now there's only 2nd level tickets left for Osaka. Recommendations as to finding a friend in Japan right now are pretty useless.
Also, phoning hasn't worked. Every time I've tried it's been busy, and I don't have the time to hit redial for 2 hours a day. I've tried to find my way through the Japanese on some of the websites, but this hasn't been very fruitful.
I did, however, locate a buying service that will buy and ship the tickets out to you. And they communicate in English, so that's helpful. |
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