Flight of The Conchords Tickets Sold Out Instantly
5 Mar
Flight of the Conchords, the New Zealand folk comedy duo, will be coming to Europe for a 15-stop tour with dates in the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, and the UK. Jemaine and Bret will be joined by co-stars Kristen Schall (fan-turned-stalker Mel) and Arj Barker (shop owner Dave).
That’s awesome news, right?
Well, kind of. Maybe it’s good news for the lucky ones who got tickets, but us mere mortals won’t make it.
Here’s what happened. Tickets went on sale at 9:00 today. And by… I don’t know… 9:00 they were sold out (at least the Dublin and London dates). I know that because I was at the the bloody ticketmaster page refreshing it over and over again, and still all the tickets were gone as soon as the “Find tickets” button showed up. How that happened I don’t know, but it’s very frustrating that I didn’t even get a chance. Kudos for the Conchords for having such loyal fans (maybe the tickets were all bought in the Fan Club pre-sale).
As usual, some tickets are already showing up on eBay and other such sites. For 3 times their original price. I feel like shooting those people…
For reference (not that you’ll be able to get tickets…) all of the Flight of the Conchords 2010 Tour Dates are:
3rd May- Amsterdam, NL at Melkweg Max
4th May- Amsterdam, NL at Melkweg Max
5th May- Dublin, Ireland at Olympia
6th May- Dublin, Ireland at Olympia
10th May- Birmingham, UK at NIA
11th May- Manchester, UK at Apollo
12th May- Manchester, UK at Apollo
14th May- Glasgow, UK at SECC
15th May- Glasgow, UK at SECC
16th May- London, UK at HMV Hammersmith Apollo
17th May- London, UK at HMV Hammersmith Apollo
20th May- Bergen, Norway at Grieghallen
22nd May- Oslo, Norway at Folkteatern
23rd May- Copenhagen, Denmark at Vega
24th May- Stockholm, Sweden at Cirkus
Even before the tickets went on sale at 9am, they were being sold for 3-4 times their value.
Ah no, I’m gutted. I found out yesterday that they were touring which was such good news, I thought that they were finished, couldn’t believe that I would see them live!
What a terrible disappointment. They have to add new dates for Ireland.
I’m the exact same, I’m raging that I missed out on tickets even though I was there online ready to buy, what the hell happened like? MCD.ie said they sold out in 20 seconds, how is that even possible!? I’ve been so mad all day over this!
Tried to get pre-sale tickets at 19:00 the day before general sale and nothing came up – so I assume it was sold out by then. Crazy.
And you know the most not-funny-at-all thing? Check getmein.com
http://www.getmein.com/tickets/flight-of-the-conchords-tickets/dublin-173744.html
See the tickets for 3 times the original price? See the “a ticketmaster company” under the logo? Right…
Lots of people in the same boat. Some one is taking advantage of the demand to rip people off. It is so frustrating and no seems to give a shit.
They all sold out on the fan club presale. I complained to ticketmaster and to the event organisers….. then when the wembley arena gig was announced I jumped on that, via the pre-sale…. and, of course, the pre-sale sold all the tickets again.