Lady Gaga Computicket booking uses online queues

[dualmeister]

Actually I can't complain this time. Joined the queue at 10:39 AM. Requested that they email me once I am in front of the queue. Got the "Your turn" email at 6:10 PM and completed the purchase. No stress at all, although had I not been near my PC at 6:10PM it might have been another story

[Ockie]

Actually I can't complain this time. Joined the queue at 10:39 AM. Requested that they email me once I am in front of the queue. Got the "Your turn" email at 6:10 PM and completed the purchase. No stress at all, although had I not been near my PC at 6:10PM it might have been another story

You are lucky.

[BeLgaRiOn]

I kept on refreshing my screen from 08:00 yesterday morning, joined the queue at 9:00 sharp and had my tickets booked and paid for by 10:30. Guess I was lucky before the whole system went KABOOOM.

Pity I won't even be in the country but got the tickets for friends.

[Ockie]

Just tried the call centre. Sister is stuck in a meeting so cant go now to Checkers to buy tickets...so thought I would try and do it for her before it gets sold out...but the call centre number is not working?

[Lino]

Oh lovely I get the option to pay and it bombs out on me. REALLY?? I can't go to Checkers now as I can't get away from work.

Just fking dandy useless Computicket

[Ockie]

Holy crap...ok...booking centre number is ringing! NO ONE PHONE NOW...I AM TYRING TO GET THROUGH SO VOETSEK!!!!!

[Ockie]

Ok...just rang and rang and eventually my phone displayed "No Answer" and disconnected me. Tried again and now it says "Network Unavailable" again. URG!!!!! This is rediculaaaaaas!!!!!!!!

[Ockie]

YAY!!!!

Sister managed to book two tickets online for herself.

@ Lino....did you come right yet?

[mister]

I logged onto the website this morning at 9, and had bought tickets by 10am

[dualmeister]

Gaga 'can't believe' ticket sales crash

Cape Town – Lady Gaga has voiced disbelief to her South African Monsters (her nickname for her fans) after Computicket's online ticketing system crashed on Tuesday when sales for her This Way Ball tour was opened.

Many irate fans had tweeted about their frustrating ticket buying experiences to the singer.

One fans, Nabeela Noorani @NabzNoorani, told Lady Gaga that she had waited in the online queue for hours before the system crashed.

"Waited 3.5 hours!! And then it crashed!!!!!! There bettr still b tickets," she tweeted.

"I waited for 8 hours in a queue to see you Mother Mons†er in Johannesburg. Loooooove you!!" wrote @RiaanSmal.

@AyandaNdlovu also told the Pokerface singer that he had struggled to obtain his tickets. "@ladygaga we love you! Waited ages just to get a ticket!" he said.

The Born This Way singer tweeted to her 26 million followers:

Just woke up to emails saying South African monsters crashed the online ticket servers due to high demand for TheBTWBall! I cant believe it!

Late on Tuesday night event organisers, Big Concerts released a statement on their Facebook page:

"Due to demand, the ticketing system experienced a nationwide outage today and web sales have been sporadic as a result.

"To rectify the situation and to ensure that all fans have the best possible access to tickets, online ticket sales have been discontinued for the evening," they said.

Online ticket sales were re-opened at 09:00 on Wednesday and the Shoprite Group announced they would be selling tickets over the counter for both the Cape Town and Johannesburg shows at their Money Market stores a day earlier than anticipated.

Shoprite Group Chief Executive Officer Whitey Basson said they were "unhappy" with Computicket's decision to relent to the insistence of the tour promoters to reserve ticket sales for internet users for the first 48 hours.

Lady Gaga is set to perform at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on 30 November and at the Cape Town Stadium on 3 December.

[Shake&Bake]

I've only just heard that The Darkness are opening for Gaga. Damn! Them I'd wanna see. Tweeted to them that I'd pay their portion of the ticket to them directly and some whisky. And then leave after their set. *fingers crossed*

[ghoti]

My wife just made me buy tickets. Looks like Im going to the Cape Town show.