U2 have set a record, in the Irish music industry at least, after they sold more than 150,000 tickets in just 50 minutes.
The tickets were for the band’s two performances at Dublin’s
Croke Park as part of their upcoming Vertigo world tour. Box offices opened at 8am on Friday and by 9am all tickets for the two June concerts had sold out.
Commenting on the unprecedented demand for tickets, Justin Green of promoters
MCD told reporters: "Nothing like it has ever been seen in Ireland before. We could have sold a million tickets. Unfortunately there's thousands and thousands of disappointed fans all over the country which is disappointing, but there's only two dates confirmed”.
Fans had started camping out on the streets of the Irish capital as early as Tuesday to ensure they were first in line at Ticketmaster’s outlet at the city’s St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre.
However a majority of the tickets sold were bought online first thing Friday.