Slightly off topic, but I know there are a few people here who'd be a great resource. What are the best third-party etc options to go through to buy tickets for concerts in Japan?

While I'm having a terribly unfortunate near-miss with almost being in Japan to coincide with the 3rd Movement shows, my youngest brother is gigantic Muse fan and is going to be in Japan later this year when they're playing in Yokohama. He really wants to get a ticket, in part since he loathes the fact that America gets generic neutered setlists lol.

Thanks for any help!

[url=https://t.livepocket.jp]LivePocket[/url] is a pretty good one. I just bought a ticket using that site today, in fact. They accept credit card payment, so a third party shouldn't be nessecery. I don't see the Muse gig listed on the site yet, but it should be there pretty soon I think.

http://l-tike.com and http://eplus.jp are other sites for buying tickets. I think they're less overseas friendly, though. They may only accept payment to be made via convenience store within Japan. I'm not sure. According to both sites, tickets for the Muse show go on sale September 23rd.

I don't have experience with purchasing tickets from overseas, so maybe someone else can offer better advice.

Thanks, Mafu -- Yeah, he had mentioned just a presale lottery coming up and then general tickets not going on sale until next month, so sounds right.