If you are looking for information on how to buy Melanie Fiona concert tickets, you have come to the correct Mahalo page. On this page you will learn how to purchase tickets before the general public and you will also find out how to get your hands on tickets even if the concert is sold out.

Melanie Fiona is an R&B singer/songwriter born in Canada. The singer's parents are of Guyanese descent and noticed their daughter's interest in music at an early age. In 2008 Fiona was signed to the Universal Motown label and released her first single name Give It to Me Right. The song was a remake of a song by The Zombies named "Time of the Season. The song reached the Top 20 in Canada and the singer caught the eye of Kanye West.

That same year Fiona ended up being the opening act during Kanye West's European tour. This all happened before the release of her debut album, The Bridge. The album that was released in the fall of 2009, reached the Top 25 of the Canadian Album Charts. It wasn't until the release of Melanie Fiona's sophomore single It Kills Me, that she broke through onto the Billboard 100 Charts. Fiona even got a Grammy Award nomination for the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for this song.http://mog.com/music/Melanie_Fiona/biohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/209e47f9-df65-47bd-9a40-4fb4c5c9c349

Melanie Fiona is currently on tour with Alicia Keys. She's the opening up during Keys' Freedom Tour. The singer/songwriter will also be opening up the show for singer Maxwell during several dates of his summer tour. Fiona grew up listening to music like The Ronettes and Whitney Houston and these influences can be seen in her live performances. If you want to catch Melanie Fiona in concert, you will have to find out how to get tickets for her show. Hopefully, this page will be able to guide you in the correct direction.

Before you can purchase tickets to see a live performance by Melanie Fiona, you will have to find out whether or not the performer is on tour and if so, is she performing at a venue nearby. The best website to find out about current tour dates and possible additional tour dates is Melanie Fiona's official website; Melaniefiona.com. On her website you will find a 'Tour' tab which upon clicking, will take you to a listing of all upcoming tour dates and locations. Once you've found a tour date in your city, you can click on the Buy Tickets' tab and you will be redirected to a page where you can purchase tickets for this particular date.http://www.melaniefiona.com/aliciakeystour.aspx

If you want to assure yourself of a pair of tickets to see Melanie Fiona you want to know as soon as possible when new tour dates are added. To get notified of a tour or new tour dates, you can sign up for ticket alerts on websites such as Ticketmaster.com. Keeping track of Melanie Fiona's MySpace page is another way to find out early about new tour dates and locations. The artist also has a Facebook page where you can read up on Melanie's current and future events.http://www.ticketmaster.com/ticketalerts/http://www.myspace.com/melaniefionahttp://www.facebook.com/MelanieFiona

If you are a hardcore Melanie Fiona fan and want to make sure that you have good seats during her concert, you might want to consider purchasing tickets during the pre-sale. Pre-sale concert tickets are basically tickets that go on sale to a certain crowd before they go on sale to the general public. The concert promoter/sponsor authorizes a day for this pre-sale. Usually tickets are sold to fan club members or to people that registered on Melanie Fiona's website. Sometimes certain credit card holders are also able to purchase tickets during pre-sale events. To find out when the pre-sale starts for Melanie Fiona's concert ticket, you can search the artist on Ticketmaster.com or Livenation.com. This will display any available tour dates and possible pre-sale ticket dates. Keep in mind that not all artists have pre-sale ticket dates.http://www.ticketmaster.com/h/help.html?tm_link=tm_homeA_ql_4

People that purchase tickets during the pre-sale will be provided with a special pre-sale password that will enable them to purchase tickets online before the general ticket sale. If you don't have access to the pre-sale password, you can still purchase pre-sale tickets. Websites like presalepassword.net allow you to become a member for a small fee and can provide you with passwords to various pre-sale events.http://presalepassword.net/what-is-a-presale.asp

Concert tickets can be purchased either by phone, online, or by going to the box office of the venue where the artist will be performing. The easiest and probably the most common way to purchase concert tickets is online. Some ticket retailer websites where you can purchase concert tickets include:

• TicketMaster.com
• StubHub.com
• LiveNation.com
• PollStar.com

When you purchase tickets from say Ticketmaster, you will be presented with a seating chart. Here you will be able to choose the seats you would like to have during the show. Generally the closer to the stage you sit, the more expensive the ticket will be. If you are late purchasing tickets your choice of seating arrangements may be limited. When purchasing tickets through an online retailer there is a convenience fee you will have to pay. If you choose to purchase tickets from the venue's box office, you will be able to avoid this fee.http://www.ticketmaster.com/h/faq.html#buying

If you are too late purchasing tickets, or if the show sold out very fast, there are still several options to obtain Melanie Fiona concert tickets. First you should keep track of the local radio stations. Often when an artist is performing in a city, local radio stations will have free ticket contests where you can call in and try to win tickets. Another option you have is to look on websites such as E-Bay and Craig's List. Both websites have tickets for sale by private sellers whom either have bought too many tickets or won't be able to make the show themselves. Make sure to watch out for people trying to sell tickets for very high prices. These may be scalpers that are just trying to make money off tickets.http://tickets.ebay.com/http://www.concertticketsearch.com/Craigslist-For-Concert-Tickets.html