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Not so long ago, these were the key questions I’d ask myself before deciding to buy concert tickets: “Am I free that night?” “Can I afford them?” “Who should I go with?”

But nowadays, before whipping out my credit card, these are my most pressing queries: “Will I still be a fan of this artist?” “Will I even still like music?” “What if I die before then?”

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I exaggerate — but only slightly. Why? Because concert tickets now go on sale so preposterously early that buying them has practically become an act of faith.

I was reminded of this new reality Monday when local promoter Evenko announced tickets would go on sale Thursday for two Bell Centre shows by mega-selling British pop chanteuse Adele. (Even if you don’t think you know her, you’ve likely heard her latest single, Hello, roughly 13,000 times since its release last month).

The dates of those two shows: Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 2016. That’s about nine and a half months from the day tickets go on sale — and I assure you they will be snapped up in minutes when they do — to the shows themselves taking place.