Right, well, that’s that done so.
Tickets for Coldplay’s Dec 21st date at the o2 went on sale at 9am; by 9.06am looking for any one isolated ticket was unsuccessful - in layman’s terms, it was sold out.
Of course, they went and added their second date - the next Night, Monday 22nd - to the website at 9.06am, and that one was gone by 9.10am.
So not one, but two dates sold out in ten minutes; 34,000 tickets quickly snapped up; and at a cost of €61.15 (including handling fee) each, each, MCD and Ticketmaster seem to be earning €12,474,600 an hour.
Nice work if you can get it. Expect much moaning on Jim’s Blog later this morning.
9:21 am on July 25th, 2008 1
[...] Edit, Friday 25th July @ 9.18am: They sold the first date in six minutes; added a second, and had the second one gone by 9.10am. Impressive stuff. « [...]
4:01 pm on July 25th, 2008 2
Obviously Coldplay fans do not read On The Record!
4:04 pm on July 25th, 2008 3
I do… Don’t hate me Jim! PLEASE. I like… hurling? Better?
4:04 pm on July 25th, 2008 4
@ Jim - lol, I guess Coldplay fans don’t have quite the same Arcade Ire, eh?
8:04 pm on July 29th, 2008 5
It’s amazing what gets OTR readers riled - I would say the blog will be in meltdown on Thursday morning with moans about the “hassle” (ie 5 minute wait) to get in to see Tom Waits on Wednesday night. It’s like Liveline without the jingles