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My top two favorite bands, Yes and Dream Theater, just announced they're going to tour together. Needless to say, my 911 restoration budget is out the window for the rest of the year, and I'm going to be catching as many shows as I can. My wife and I followed Yes for a week in '02 and I scored tickets ranging from "OK" to "Very good". Unfortunately, at the time, I had to secure tickets on a modem connection through Ticketmaster.com. This was not optimal, obviously.


This time around, for some of the shows, I'll be able to get to a Ticketmaster outlet here in NC when the shows go on sale, even though the shows will mostly be in other states.

-Will local outlets sell me tickets to out-of-state shows?
-What's got better odds: using a good DSL connection and scoring tickets through ticketmaster.com, or showing up at a local ticket counter when tickets go on sale?
-What other tricks have you all had success with? I'm not really willing to pay "broker" prices.