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Got my ticket for the 14th in Birmingham. 4 rows from the front, dead centre. Cannot wait!!

EDIT: Make that 5th, I cannot count!

mmm No Salford!

Got mine for Sunderland on April 25, but what a chore it was.

Went down to the the box office nice and early, only to find it didn't open 'til noon (please, put some sort of opening time on your website!)

Went back then, and there were only a couple of people in front of me so I got served seconds after the tickets went on sale. I originally wanted tickets for the 24th, but in that time they'd sold out online up to Row M. Every time the woman named some seat numbers, they were sold online before I had a chance to answer!

I finally got a couple, then was told there would be a £3 charge PER TICKET for paying by card.

The whole reason I went to the venue rather than book online was to avoid TicketB*stard's Dick Turpin-style booking fees and extra charges, but the card charge device had TicketB*stard on it, so it appears that I was dealing directly with them anyway, rather than the venue.

That's £3 per ticket mind you, not per transaction. There was an old couple buying four tickets for four or five different shows, and they got hit with a huge bill because of the extra charges.

From the bottom of my heart, I hope the boss of TicketB*stard dies in a car fire, and I hope his greedy, virtual ticket-touting company burns with him.

I asked the woman if she would hold my tickets while I went to a cash machine, because there was no way I was paying £6 for ... well, what exactly? Thankfully she did. By the time I got back, she told me there were better seats left for the 25th ... five rows back, right in the middle. I went with those, since that's about where I wanted to be in the first place.

If you're reading this Derren, any chance of avoiding companies that like to shaft your fans in the future?

Birmingham tickets are selling well, don't leave it too late to book!

more dates are coming... probably tomorrow...

http://derrenbrown.co.uk/tour-dates/svengali/

Great to hear he is still touring, think thats when he's at his best now. Fan poster just for fun http://twitpic.com/2pepo1

As someone's just said to me, I wonder if the show will be long, or short, or both.....

midge25 wrote:mmm No Salford!

Well, when Enigma was at the Lowry, he was mobbed by some really scary fans. At least on the night I was there (and no, I'm not talking about myself). There was somebody who had apparently been hassling him or his agent by phone, and a couple of large overdressed ladies intending to present him with a box of chocolates -- I think on behalf of the rather crazed internet fan club.

He fell back on the "terrible rush, got to dash, can't hang about" ploy at the stage door to get away. So he might not be in a hurry to return!

You may find that the Lowry is on the tour for the seond year.

Going to Northampton - excellent, that will do me nicely!

Svengali artwork released on his website:

http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/10/s ... r-artwork/

Great poster

The caption should of course just read

Derren's Back

I know - I should be in advertising....

Did Nyman help co-write it?. I hope so, I think it needs both of them together to be as good as it can be, especially after the recent TV shenanigans...

I just got tickets for the Saturday in Birmingham. Always nice to have something to look forward to!

Got mine for Liverpool! Went to the Lowry to see him last year. It was the first time in a long while I felt like a true spectator, he shattered whatever magic knowledge I have and completely ruined my perception of reality. Unfortunately we waited to get some stuff signed and we missed our train back to Liverpool so we had to pay £65 for a taxi from the Lowry to Liverpool. So worth it...