So, despite my work based technology issues, I was the sort of person who had the whole order process completed before the clock even hit 9.01am

£200 doesn't half feel steep for VIP! I probably wouldn't have at any rate but when I'm ordering for 2 other people that I can't just say, 'oh hi, I'm going to fuck off now because I spent more money'. Nor can I afford to pay VIP for 3 people. So, standard it is! Either way, I'm going to see an amazing show, and that's all I really ask for!

ARGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! SO PISSED ABOUT THE VIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wanted one sooooooooo bad they better have gone to fans and not scalpers though.....

I probably wouldn't have at any rate but when I'm ordering for 2 other people that I can't just say, 'oh hi, I'm going to fuck off now because I spent more money'. Nor can I afford to pay VIP for 3 people.

I totally agree. I'd love to have VIP tickets, but even if I could afford them, I don't think I'd enjoy abandoning my friends at the door and standing amongst strangers for the entire gig! Even if they were nice strangers! (Which, from my experience with the London shows, is a roughly 50/50 chance.)

I'm not that strange, surely.

"Do you find me repulsive?"
Seriously, it'll be something else to fly across the Pale Blue Dot and meet up with so many of yerz.

VIPs are up guys

And I owe YOU a beer (or alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverage of your choosing) for posting this and slapping me out of my ungodly-hour torpor.

I wonder when it will be sold out. I probably need four of them, so take this as a reservation

I could see Devin pulling the ultimate Devy-troll. Imagine: Gene, Jed, and Byron join Devin on stage. The crowd goes insane, starts chanting SYL SYL! Devin raises his metal \m/ horns high and launches into...


Namaste

Edit: sorry f someone else mentioned this already, but I'm on my phone and checking the whole thread would be difficult.

Alright, got the tickets!!! Gen. admission standing tickets, but who cares as long as I get to witness this spectacle!

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ARGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! SO PISSED ABOUT THE VIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wanted one sooooooooo bad they better have gone to fans and not scalpers though.....

Don't worry, I missed it as well. You'll hang with us, Rick.

VIPs are up guys

And I owe YOU a beer (or alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverage of your choosing) for posting this and slapping me out of my ungodly-hour torpor.

Well, I've always been told that it's rude to decline such offers, and far be it from me to be rude to a visitor to these shores!

The saving begins.

TWO HUNDRED POUNDS!?!?!? Jesus christ above that's absolutely bonkers!! Some day when I'm rich and famous I will eventually be able to buy a VIP...

Thought about it for a few days, examined some of the comments earlier on in the thread, and come to this conclusion.
Look UK, you guys just got 4 special shows, and that's cool, but in the US/Canada we've gotten nothing. Even if we got 1 special show that would be great, but we've only gotten opening and headlining tours. We were told middle of the year there would be a possibility of a NYC surprise which was to occur later in the year, which ended up being pushed possibly to next year, and we've heard nothing about it since, which leads me to believe it's not happening at all.
I've been to 7 shows over the past 2 years and I have friends how have been to at least 5 that don't post on this board. So to say Dev isn't popular enough in the US or Canada to warrant a special show is kind of crap to me.

Going thru school and work just barely scraping by it's hard to spring for tickets and airfare and hotel accommodations to another continent.

Not trying to piss on anyone, just wondering why we can't have pie too

It's not just that Dev sells more albums, merchandise, and tickets over there (he does), but it is also a lot more cost-efficient. Plus, his management is based over there, as well. The money for these shows is very limited, and they are dependent on big, positive turnouts. Yes, Dev could sell out a show like this here, but wouldn't be as cost-efficient, and he'd probably come out of it deep in the red.

I'm pretty sure Devin said again recently that something would be coming for north America, plans change, A LOT, but I really don't think you'll be let down

Look UK, you guys just got 4 special shows, and that's cool, but in the US/Canada we've gotten nothing...

I think Dev's working on it:
http://twitter.com/#!/dvntownsend/status/137669365624610816

At a guess, the retinal circus stuff was announced way early (hence the lack of any real detail as to what will be there) so that everyone who went to this set of London shows could be told about it. There may be all kinds of things planned for the US that aren't announced yet but will happen before the retinal circus show.