Back in the old days -- before the internet -- when you wanted good seats for a concert, you camped out in front of the ticket booth the night before. Or, at least, you showed up an hour or two early to get in line.

But, the web has changed the way we live our lives and now, for the best seats in the house, you don't have to leave your house.

Advance tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m. for the big Steelers Championship Celebration concert at Heinz Field (Bon Jovi and Nickelback) and I'm in charge of scoring two good tickets.

I turned to the pro -- the Erie Times-News' own Dr. Rock -- for some tips. Here's what the music man had to say:

Tip #1: Open an account at Ticketmaster in advance (a day or two before tickets go on sale) -- enter all your information and credit card number to speed things along.

Tip #2: Fifteen minutes or so before the tickets go on sale, log onto Ticketmaster.com and get to the event screen (where you enter how many tickets you want). Keep refreshing until the screen says tickets are available.

Tip #3: Be sure you choose the right price level or "best available" may be VIP tickets that are out of your price range (and you'll have wasted precious minutes on tickets you can't afford).

Tip #4: Print out the seating chart in advance, so you don't have to waste time opening another screen or printing it out when you're trying to decide if you should take the tickets they're offering.

Tip #5: Go for advance sale tickets if possible. Check local radio station web sites for the advance sale password. (For Bon Jovi -- it's WRKT).

Tip #6: There's no point in standing in line at Giant Eagle's ticketmaster outlet. Not only are you behind several people getting tickets, but it takes longer to do it in person. Also, getting there early will do you no good -- they round everyone up and do a lottery for position a 1/2 hour before tickets go on sale. So, you could show up at 6:30 and be 23rd in line while someone who came at 9:25 could be 3rd in line.

Thanks Dr. -- you Rock!

One last thing -- it's was my experience when buying John Mellancamp tickets last year that buying advance sale tickets were not the best seats. I logged on to get advance tickets and wasn't happy with the row "Q" they started with and were calling the "best available" seats. I waited until Saturday, when tickets went on sale to the general public and got row "M."