leeallen01 2,138 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Well that was a bust. I tried to get choir seats but apparently the friends and patrons scheme is limited to 2 tickets only. So considering I bought 2 when they were originally onsale, I cannot purchase anymore and will have to try during the general sale tomorrow. Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Yeah I would have offered to buy tickets for others but have exceeded my allowance in February. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 My seat is front row choir of this image: Literally had them booked at 10:02 AM, no issues whatsoever this time. Omen II and tmarps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,138 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Nice. Congrats. I hope I am able to get some choir tickets tomorrow. Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 28 minutes ago, crocodile said: The choir tickets are still available peeps! @publicist and @hornist hurry up! Karol Nope, all gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmarps 217 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, publicist said: Nope, all gone. They’re not visible if you’re not a priority member. Priority people can view the seating arrangements and see and select the choir seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Yeah. My wife insisted she whacked the Friends and Patrons thingy on the credit card. There's only around 150 seats available I believe, but surely a handful should still be left tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 964 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I think I'll keep my stalls seats Did not have time to buy other seats. Hope you guys were able to purchase ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I hope Pasi gets his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 22 minutes ago, publicist said: Nope, all gone. Nope, I can still see tickets available for friends and patrons. Ask @hornist if he can get you one. Edit: Never mind he already bought maximum. You'll need to pay for membership, I'm afraid @publicist. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 If anyone is stressing about missing out tomorrow, it might be worth mentioning that there's no queuing system for the Friends and Patrons members tickets available today, you simply login and book immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,138 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I was considering buying another friends and patrons membership to buy choir tickets, but I fear it wont work and something will go wrong with my existing booking. So I'm not going to take the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DarrenCarnall 18 Posted September 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 5, 2018 So apparently this is 2 seats away from mine. I tried to get the front row but every time I chose a seat that was there it came back with "this seat is unavailable" ..so not wanting to miss out I just hit 'best available'. Would have been nice to be closer down, but this'll do. Considering how absolutely crushed I was when I missed out the first time.. this has made my year! Quintus, Thor, Incanus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,627 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 That's a fantastic seat, Darren. Much better than mine (even if it is on the "wrong side"). 52 minutes ago, Quintus said: I hope Pasi gets his. Me too! Keep us updated, Pasi. DarrenCarnall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,367 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Ugh totally forgot about this. Bloody time zone differences. I didn't have membership anyway so guessing I didn't miss anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted September 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Quintus said: I hope Pasi gets his. YES!!! I will be there!! Cheers🍺🍻 ... but I didn't play very well horn at 10:03 at work😂😁😋 crocodile, Thor, Timo Martikainen and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, hornist said: YES!!! I will be there!! Cheers🍺🍻 ... but I didn't play very well horn at 10:03 at work😂😁😋 AWESOME! Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,236 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 14 hours ago, Quintus said: @Omen II Would you happen to know if the STAGE seats have good positioning? It appears like it's the lower choir area, but I'm not sure and I wouldn't want my view terribly obscured or something. The stage seats have the best view of the conductor and the orchestra in the whole of the Royal Albert Hall, but unfortunately they are not on sale to the public and you will have to be one of the musicians in the London Symphony Orchestra to be able to sit there. Seriously though it looks like you have fantastic seats in the choir. I had seat 106 in row 3 of the Choir West this evening for an utterly brilliant BBC Proms concert of music by Berlioz played by the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique under Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Here are a few photos to give you an idea of the amazing view you can get from the choir seats in the Royal Albert Hall when it is full to the rafters. Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Yeah, I only asked about the stage seating earlier because at one point this morning the bookings page had them as being available and selectable. But a quick phone call cleared it up and informed us it was probably an error on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,367 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 As much as I'd love to attend this, I don't think I can justify the expense, even with cheap concert tickets. I'm probably looking at $2000 just for economy airfares, 48 hours on a plane and $1000 for accommodation. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmarps 217 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I’ve got 2 seats in the choir, does anyone want to swap them for 2 in the Stalls? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenCarnall 18 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I realise they're behind the orchestra, but wouldn't you rather watch William's face while he's conducting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, crumbs said: As much as I'd love to attend this, I don't think I can justify the expense, even with cheap concert tickets. I'm probably looking at $2000 just for economy airfares, 48 hours on a plane and $1000 for accommodation. WTF from where do you hail? I thought Drax lived furthest away from me (thank god). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourBork 8 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Long shot but is anyone selling 1 ticket? I live round the corner and having never seen JW in concert or likely to ever again, so desperate to get a ticket. Forever and a day, Bork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,367 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 58 minutes ago, Quintus said: WTF from where do you hail? I thought Drax lived furthest away from me (thank god). The bottom of Australia. It's about 24 hours and $1000 one way to London from here. 4 minutes ago, SourBork said: Long shot but is anyone selling 1 ticket? I live round the corner and having never seen JW in concert or likely to ever again, so desperate to get a ticket. Forever and a day, Bork Extra general public sale tickets go up in 20 minutes, if there's any left after the friends and patrons got exclusive access. You're so lucky being right around the corner! Much harder for those of us on the other side of the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourBork 8 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 25 minutes ago, crumbs said: You're so lucky being right around the corner! Much harder for those of us on the other side of the planet. I know! Very lucky. Managed to get a ticket thankfully, incredibly excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,138 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just went onto the website at exactly 10am and there are zero tickets left, and I was right on time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Really? Fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,138 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I kept trying. There isn't a queue at all and I just get immediately sent through to the ticket selection, yet they're all gone... I never got a chance to even select anything. Strange. I just got off the phone with them and they said they're all gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourBork 8 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Just now, leeallen01 said: I kept trying. There isn't a queue at all and I just get immediately sent through to the ticket selection, yet they're all gone... I never got a chance to even select anything. Strange. That is odd, I bought one at 10 and went back at 10:01 and put me in a queue behind 2 others. Assuming they bought it as it kicked me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,367 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I got to the add to basket page and there were tickets available for front choir (36 pounds from memory) and standing in the gallery. I decided I couldn't proceed with the purchase though, just too hard to organise a trip to London with only 6 weeks notice. By the time I refreshed that page, the choir seats were gone though. So I had the chance... but such is life. Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,138 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 No idea what happened to me then. I was on the website all morning refreshing and then bang on the second at 10am I went through and nothing left... I do already have tickets in the circle though so I'm not disappointed. I just really wanted to sit in the choir seats upclose. Ah well, never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SourBork 8 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, leeallen01 said: No idea what happened to me then. I was on the website all morning refreshing and then bang on the second at 10am I went through and nothing left... I do already have tickets in the circle though so I'm not disappointed. I just really wanted to sit in the choir seats upclose. Ah well, never mind. If I had 2 rather than one I would've gladly helped you out, least you're going ey, will be incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacksbrain 10 Posted September 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2018 I got them!!!! LUCKY ME! I have been waiting for this all my life, and after months of regrets and pain in the soul for loosing the tickets in February/March? I was lucky enought to get some now! I was playing Duel of the fates during this whole process and the stress + the choir singing made this process one of the most chilling, frighting, stressful moments of my life XD As crumbs said, I saw the choir tickets, clicked on 4 of them and when I pressed Buy, it told me that there were not enought tickets, so I went back and the choir option has gone. This was in less than 5 seconds I would say. Thank god I did not wait and got the gallery ones! SO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Quintus, Jay, crumbs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1231 11 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 If you didn't get the tickets, just refresh this page again and again: https://tickets.royalalberthall.com/booking/production/bestavailable/60089 will find some remained tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,138 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 SO HAPPY for the people who managed to grab tickets today! John Williams conducting the London Symphony in the Royal Albert Hall. I mean come on, it's a dream! Also, huge thoughts and feelings to anyone who missed out, because it is horrible. I remember for years watching all my American friends getting to see him year after year and I couldn't afford to fly over there to see him, and it was crushing for so long. I even tried a few years back where I booked flights, hotel and tickets for Boston, which he then cancelled last minute due to health problems. That destroyed me and left me broke for a while. But then the Chicago tickets went onsale this year, and I said screw money, and just went, still in total fear that something would go wrong. But it didn't. It was a dream come true and the 2 concerts I attended, sat in the choir stalls, watching him face-on conducting, was un-bloody-believable! So I know both sides of the coin, the heartbreak of missing out, and the dream of finally seeing him conduct. I wish I was able to get choir seats today so I could pass on my circle seats to someone who desperately wanted them. SourBork and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,367 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Thanks @leeallen01 It's a bitter pill to swallow knowing I was one click away from choir seats but unfortunately I just can't justify the money involved in getting there purely for a concert, John Williams notwithstanding. I probably would've pulled the trigger if I had more than 6 weeks to plan a larger European holiday (just to make the money and distance more worthwhile) and bundle JW's concert into that, but 6 weeks just isn't enough time for me to plan a holiday so involved. If the concert were 5 hours away in Bali, on the other hand... 😁 leeallen01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenCarnall 18 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I had two friends who were heartbroken to miss out on the tickets earlier in the year, and after hearing I'd got choir seats were even more devastated. They just tried this morning and managed to get two gallery tickets. Not exactly brilliant, but they're happy to just be in the room. I think they're gonna keep trying the hall in case any get returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,367 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Event officially sold out, according to the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksbrain 10 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 So, to the people that bought tickets yesterday for the choir seats: Where the front rows of the choir on sale or where they unavailable from the start? If they were also sold I guess it would mean we won't get any "Dry your tears Afrika", or "Duel of fates", while if they were unavailable... I guess it would mean there will be a choir 99%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmarps 217 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, jacksbrain said: So, to the people that bought tickets yesterday for the choir seats: Where the front rows of the choir on sale or where they unavailable from the start? If they were also sold I guess it would mean we won't get any "Dry your tears Afrika", or "Duel of fates", while if they were unavailable... I guess it would mean there will be a choir 99%? They were on sale- tried to get them but kept getting sold quickly. jacksbrain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I'm seated in the front row choir. Looking forward to my special Where Dreams Are Born moment, I've been practicing all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Probably means we'll be in each others eyeline during the concert. I'll try not to look at you when I cry during the moving E.T. performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksbrain 10 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 51 minutes ago, tmarps said: They were on sale- tried to get them but kept getting sold quickly. Thanks, that was helpful. I guess no choir at all then. Other than Quintus soloing a Where Dreams Are Born sung over something else 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 A guest singer could perform the A.I. theme song. I hope Sam Smith! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Bruno Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksbrain 10 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: A guest singer could perform the A.I. theme song. I hope Sam Smith! Ugh Please no. I rather get a gungan singer performing right in front of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 He's perfect for a Pops like concert in a sold out Royal Albert Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 964 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 No choir 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Bums on seats, lad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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