To be completely honest, the chances of me going to a gig where getting a ticket is going to be an issue as described are probably long gone
We tried to get tickets for PJ Harvey in Manchester and failed but like f*** would I be taking a day off work to go to Manchester to queue for a ticket
I went to a sold out gig last week (House of All) but I was able to buy that ticket a few days after it was announced, it only sold out in the week running up to the gig.
And other than those, I can't think of another recent example.