Peter Kay fans vow to ‘riot’ as frenzy to get tickets for sell-out comeback gigs continues
Peter Kay fans have vowed to ‘riot’ if they don’t get tickets to his eagerly-awaited comeback gigs as tickets remain like gold dust.
Followers of the Phoenix Nights legend, 49, took to social media to vent their frustrations amid the struggle to get seats at the most in-demand gigs in years.
It comes as O2’s Priority website crashed amid “unprecedented demand” for tickets.
£35 tickets have been going for as much as £1k on re-sale websites as desperate admirers of the Car Share funny man part with vast sums of money to be able to see their hero back on stage.
While fans have been assured by O2 that more tickets will be available and the website issues will be sorted, many are still voicing their anger online about being unable to book them.
If I don’t get Peter Kay tickets today there will be riots hahah, “one fan wrote on twitter on November 12.
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A second fumed: “So if I’ve been on the @TicketmasterUK website since 8.40am, and pressed the waiting room BEFORE telling someone else about it, how is there 12,000 less in front of them than me.”
A third commented: “this #peterkay queue is horrible.”
And a fourth gave up, adding: “300,000 people ahead of me in the queue on TicketMaster for #peterkay tickets. I’ll wait for the DVD”
A fifth summed up the mood with: “Peter Kay tickets … impossible.”
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The first batch of tickets were released on the O2 Priority app at 10am on Thursday but many were unable to load anything as the system buckled under pressure.
Virgin Media O2 said it is “by far the highest demand we’ve ever seen for Priority Tickets in 15 years”.
“Sorry, we’re working on it,” the firm told desperate fans.
“Please be patient.”
Peter, 49, is embarking on his first stand-up tour in 12 years and yesterday announced a monthly residency at London’s O2 Arena, performing there every month for a year, starting next month.