U2 South Africa Tour Ticket Rush Breaks Records

I was lucky in the end.

As predicted, the whole computicket website hit a go slow the moment ticket sales went live at 09h00 on Saturday morning, but I got through to the hotline after just 6 attempts and was on hold for less than 5 minutes before getting through to a very friendly and polite Computicket consultant.

The next hiccup was when my Standard Bank credit card (which did have more than enough available funds) was declined - on both straight and budget. I nearly had a heart attack thinking after getting through I was going to end up without tickets but then remembered my standby credit card which worked right away. Phew!

My cat Scribble checking out Computicket while waiting for ticket sales to open just before 9 on Saturday morning!

So while many less fortunate fans stood in long queues or were unable to get through online or by telephone for some hours, I had our tickets paid for by 09h15. Yay :-)

A spokesperson for Big Concerts told the press on Sunday that Computicket’s systems "never actually crashed" but admitted that sales "were very slow" at some points.

Despite this, most categories of tickets were sold out within hours of the sales opening.

Computicket says that have broken records with 150 000 tickets sold on the first day including an unprecedented 30 000 sales in the first hour.

U2''s 360 Tour will make history as they become the first band to stage live concerts in the Soccer World Cup stadiums in both Johannesburg and Cape Town in February 2011.

•  If you are still hoping to get your hands on some U2 tickets and are prepared to pay, go to Computicket.

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