Someone you know may be devastated when they can not get front row seats to see a popular country artist when you are quite happy to be in the middle or even the back of the audience. On the other hand, you may insist that up front is the only place to be when you go see your favorite live show, and they couldn't care less about going at all. The best tickets for any event are usually in the front, but everyone has a different idea of what they want to do or who they want to see. The current popularity of your favorite artist or act will determine how hard it is for you to get the event tickets that you want.
Your favorite may not be that popular at the moment. You may find that getting event tickets up close is easy and doable. You can log on to Ticketmaster or any other ticketing agent and the best seats in the house will pop up for you to buy. If your act is wildly popular, this may not happen for you. In fact, you may find that if you do not log on and look for event tickets the minute they go on sale, all of them are going to be gone. Popular acts and artists can sell out in minutes when things are hot for them. It won't always be that way, but it may be that way when you want to go.
If you want event tickets for a very popular show, you have to be online or in line to get the tickets the minute they go on sale. If this fails, you have a few other choices. You can see if ticket brokers online have what you want, or you can see if someone is selling them on an auction site. Use caution when you go this route, however, as you have to think about scalping laws. Each state has different rules and regulations about the resale of event tickets. You are going to pay more the the asking price through both of these methods, and you also have to make sure what you are doing is legal.
Sometimes, those that have scooped up the very best event tickets through online sales lose them. This is because they have only so much time to secure the tickets through credit card payment. If something happens in which they take too long to enter their information, or their card is denied for any reason, those good event tickets are released back into general sales. That means you could come up with very good front row seats if you search again five or ten minutes into an online sale. It does not always work, but better seats usually show up if you keep searching.
Another thing that most people do not know about scoring good event tickets is that you can find some great seats the day of the show. This is a gamble because you don't know that any will come up, but this does happen more often than not. Some tickets in good sections are put on hold for family and friends of the act, and other VIP type people. If these event tickets are not used, they go on sale the day of or the day before the show. Seating arrangements may be put up and more seats are found, so always check the day of show if you failed to get the tickets you wanted.