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Fans determined, as close as possible to their favorite acts are as possible, in the queue for days

For music fans who want to Get As close to your favorite band as possible, there is only One Way to do it: you have the queue, no matter how long it takes.

But for those, the U2 shows in New Zealand and Australia, there was considerable debate about queuing and how do you go about it.

Some places were not asked to start the fans queue days in advance, and only to The Line -up in The Morning to The Concert .

But for many, the want to have a good space in front of the stage, you to 08:00 is as much Too Late .

So, how long can the average fan take tend, to wait, to see your favorite band?

Five Days in the freezing cold on concrete

"for The longest time I've been in the queue for a concert Five Days . It was for the years 1975," Australian music fan Ruby Shepherd told the BBC. "I'm a fan of since 1975, they released their first album in the year 2013. "

Ms Shepherd, together with another group of fans, organizes, and shares the cost of an Airbnb close to the Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne from Wednesday to Friday, so they could shower, charge your devices, and your make-up before The Concert .

"I have four blankets, a pillow and a Sleeping Bag , And Then had to cover to buy more, while we stood in the queue, as it was so cold in the night. I also brought games to keep us busy. "

Ruby Shepherd (right) waited Five Days to see The 1975 and says she would said recommend

"Honestly, while I lay there in the freezing cold on the concrete next to a busy road and the tram stop, all I wanted to do was Go Home - But I would not have changed in The World .

"I have so many new friends that I talk to Every Day , and so many memories, I would not recommend it to anyone who bothers, Roughing It for a few days. "

'Queuing is part of the fun

Like Ms Shepherd, Take The fan-Gemma Clark would also recommend queuing.

Ms Clark has been to see Take That 25 times in the year 2019 alone. One of the longest times that she was in the queue to The Band , as they played in Hyde Park in London in the year 2016. She waited in Line starting Wednesday afternoon for a concert that was on a Saturday.

"Queuing is part of the fun. If you are toured in this year, they have a lot of sitting, gigs, so that. But if you went in the queue for the stadium gigs, you realized that you missed the build-up of queues with your friends.

"If you are in a queue, you kind of know who to go to. Of 100 or 200 people, you are going to know the people in the queue. "

she has even traveled to Milan to see The Band with friends she has in queue.

Gemma Clark (center) pictured with friends in a show

you say, Take you, The fans are very organized, to wait if it snakes.

"He is of the fans, numbers and notebooks, and all of the number itself. It is then protected by the fans. You can go for short periods of time, But the idea is that you are there, the majority of the time. "

If the queues really pays off

Harry Kantas has been seen to experience U2 live in close proximity to 150 times and has been in the queue over night for a couple of shows. For the longest time he spent in The Line , he said, was in the vicinity, 24 hours in Hawaii.

"Queuing can be a fun experience," he told the BBC. "When U2 play in Spain, for example, the Home fans be the queue area, in a party, bring food, drinks and music and make it a pleasant experience for all. If you decide the queue ever for a U2 show, they do it in Spain!"

He says that on other occasions, members of The Band or the crew will come by to say Hello, or send pizza for everyone in Line .

Mr Kantas is paid to queuing, when he was invited On Stage with U2

Mr. Kantas, he says, tends to be in the queue for the smaller arena instead of waiting shows, the stadium shows. In the queue paid for, during a arena show in Barcelona, where he was the fifth member of U2, performing a song on the guitar with them.

A shake-up, more and more people are in The System

As ready to spend long times in queues, some of the musicians have been asked to organize employees, The Line .

In the USA, Bruce Springsteen often runs a lottery system where the fans at the same time and are given A Number . An employee dials A Number and the person with this number will be The First in the queue.

Chris Simmons was a fan who got lucky in The Lottery system. "I was The Winner of The Pit , drawing in Charlotte, North Carolina on 19. April 2014 - an incredible experience," he said.

"My number was 267. That Night they had 400 people in The Pit . She drew my number, so me and the 399 people behind me were those who got. The System as it is now, is about as fair as possible, so that every fan has the same chance to get up close. "

He added that the see of Bruce Springsteen was an "experience unlike any other, and no two shows are the same".

He adds: "His Music Is the soundtrack of My Life . "

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Source of news: bbc.com