{"id":3614,"date":"2023-02-03T06:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/o2-priority-struggles-under-weight-of-beyonce-fans\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T06:40:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:40:23","slug":"o2-priority-struggles-under-weight-of-beyonce-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/o2-priority-struggles-under-weight-of-beyonce-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"O2 Priority struggles under weight of Beyonc\u00e9 fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Beyonc\u00e9 fans rushed to secure tickets in the UK pre-sales ahead of the singer\u2019s first solo tour in seven years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O2 Priority customers were up first yesterday (Thursday), though the influx of fans attempting to purchase tickets for the Renaissance tour crashed the website and app.<\/p>\n<p>Fans also struggled in the O2 Priority queue on Ticketmaster UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe apologise to anyone experiencing difficulties trying to get Beyonc\u00e9 tickets through Priority. Tickets are selling and we\u2019re seeing huge demand. We\u2019re doing everything we can behind the scenes to help keep the app running smoothly,\u201d said O2 in a statement.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We apologise to anyone experiencing difficulties trying to get Beyonc\u00e9 tickets through Priority. Tickets are selling and we&#8217;re seeing huge demand. We&#8217;re doing everything we can behind the scenes to help keep the app running smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 O2 (@O2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/O2\/status\/1621095679891501058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fans that did manage to buy tickets said prices ranged from \u00a356 (\u20ac63\/$68) to \u00a3199, with VIP \u2018on-stage\u2019 seats costing between \u00a31,950 and \u00a32,390, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-64496382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A further pre-sale also took place today and another will take place on Monday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The singer is set to perform five UK stadium shows in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Sunderland and London, with tickets to go on general sale on Tuesday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s world tour will kick off in Sweden on May 10 before travelling to Brussels, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Sunderland and Paris followed by two dates at Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London. The tour will then continue with stops in Lyon, Barcelona, Marseille, Cologne, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Warsaw.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The North American leg of the tour will begin in July, with stops in Toronto, Philadelphia, Louisville, Chicago, New Jersey, Boston, Miami, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Houston and more. Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s tour will then end in New Orleans on September 27.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div class=\"tax-cat-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Awards<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Tags<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Stadiums<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2023\/02\/03\/o2-priority-struggles-under-weight-of-beyonce-fans\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Beyonc\u00e9 fans rushed to secure tickets in the UK pre-sales ahead of the singer\u2019s first solo tour in seven years.\u00a0 O2 Priority customers were up first yesterday (Thursday), though the influx of fans attempting to purchase tickets for the Renaissance tour crashed the website and app. Fans also struggled in the O2 Priority queue &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3928,364,3929,3930,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beyonce","category-live-music","category-o2-priority","category-renaissance-world-tour","category-ticketmaster-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}