Post by liferenz on Apr 8, 2008 20:31:00 GMT 8
An elderly couple who queued in the cold for nearly three hours at Home Park for premium Westlife tickets were told there were none available - because most had been reserved for corporate clients.
Nancy and Peter Osborne, who are in their 70s, waited for two £65 Golden Circle tickets with money they had been given by their daughter to celebrate their Golden Wedding.
They started queuing at 8.20am for the tickets to go on sale at 9am yesterday, but the office was so busy they were not served until 11.10am.
Nancy said: "It is pretty shoddy really. We have better things to do at our age than stand in the cold for three hours."
The couple were just one of scores of other pop fans left disappointed after sales of the Golden Circle tickets descended into confusion. Many people vented their frustration on The Herald's website.
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FANS BRAVE SNOW FOR MEAT LOAF AND WESTLIFE
More than a dozen fans queued through the night in the snow at Home Park and hundreds more arrived early to buy tickets for Westlife and Meat Loaf.
Five hundred fans were waiting despite near-freezing temperatures when the box office opened at 9am to start selling tickets for the back-to-back June gigs.
The first Westlife fans arrived at the car park gates of Argyle?s ground at 9pm last night and there was a steady trickle of people through the night.
The queue reached out of the car park gate as far as the Mayflower sports centre.
First in the queue was Kathy Holden, aged 40, from Efford.
She said: "When it snowed and when it rained I was standing out here. It was freezing. This is the second time I have seen them. And I only like one of them, Nicky. It drives my husband mad."
Some of those who queued through the night were not even buying tickets for themselves. Brenda Edwards, aged 51, was buying a ticket for her daughter Tracey.
She said: "I can't go myself because someone has to babysit the grandchildren. We even had a policeman visit us in the night to make sure we were all right."
Members of Plymouth Argyle ladies football team made a last-minute decision to start queuing at about 2am and turned up wearing light coats, jogging bottoms and trainers.
Chloe Roberts, aged 17, said: "Our clothing has been a bit of a problem, we only had a match yesterday."
Fellow player Carmen Thornton, also 17, added: "We sat in the car for much of the night, it was nice and warm."
About 20 places back, Jane Eslick from Tavistock was the first in the queue for Meat Loaf. She turned up just after 5am to buy tickets for husband Scott and son Ashley.
She said: "It has been okay, I have bought food and clothing and something to read. It is a bit strange being surrounded by Westlife fans but I can handle that."
Meat Loaf is playing on Friday, June 27, and Westlife are playing the following day. The dates are part of Plymouth's Summer Festival and follow up the success of George Michael and Elton John at Home Park last year.
Home Park spokesman Rick Cowdery said: "The fact fans were willing to queue through the snow for the best tickets in the house shows their dedication, and the popularity of these shows on the back of Elton John and George Michael last year shows we are putting Home Park on the map as a concert venue."
As reported in Saturday's Herald, tickets went on sale at Home Park at 9am and will go on sale online and over the phone via Ticketmaster later in the day.
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...so sad for the elderly