[KTM rider]

That’s nothing, just imagine trying to get Rolling Stones concert tickets in about 1974 or so.
Led Zeppelin sold out huge venues, I saw then at the Forum in LA and it was packed

[MrRelevant]

Yes but you didnt need to pay 10000% markup from a scalper lol

[pepsi_junkie]

This is not quite the same as waiting for tickets for Led Zeppelin at their peak (just between you and me, I'd much prefer the Zeppelin show but I'm not a Gen Z teenager). This was an epic FUBAR. MILLIONS of people were logging in at once to get pre-sale tickets which were supposed to only be for a select group of eligible fans. That's mania, not rational at all. And of course when they aren't rational to begin with and then find that the system is utterly broken it's going to cause issues.

My wife was one of the millions logging in. She wasn't even supposed to be eligible to do so but like everyone else she gave it shot and somehow ended up being 9,000th in line. She could buy any ticket she wanted at our venue while people who were specifically invited to the presale were sitting at number 250,000 or worse in the queue. And this was a big deal because the presale tickets were really expensive BUT about about 75% cheaper than they became for the general sale. My teenager ended up with 4 good (not great) tickets for a total of $800 for all four that she could probably sell now for over $4000 in total. Sadly for her college fund she'd rather have the bragging rights and social status that comes from being the only person in her school who got tickets. Like I said, irrational mania.

[fretzer]

>I saw then at the Forum in LA and it was packed

I saw them at the Kesar Stadium in SF. They were all drunk/stoned and sounded like sh**. One of the worst live performances I’ve ever seen.