... that the press contact for the tour is Manics chum and publicist Mrs Terri Hall.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7760000/7760636.stm

Blur, Lilly Allen and The Enemy"...oh dear, that doesn't paint a particularly exciting picture of their legacy does it?

Still holding out then.

There's probably an obvious answer to this, but does anyone have any tips on how I can give myself the best chance of getting a ticket, legally and ethically?
I always miss these must-see, once-in-a-lifetime gigs seemingly through being the only human being at work on the morning the tickets go on sale (I hear the "Our Tune" music striking up). For Tom Waits I spent an awkward half hour on the phone (in a classroom cupboard, while children remained uneducated), only to find out that they'd sold out in the first five minutes.
I can already hear the rumbling hooves of impending disappointment...