9 Irish People Who Just Couldn’t Cope With The Stress Of Today’s Coldplay Ticket Sale

Tickets for Coldplay’s July 2017 3Arena went on sale at 9am this morning, and unsurprisingly people were very excited. After all, it’ll mark the first time the gang have played in Dublin since their Oxegen gig in 2011.

There were a few grumbles about the (admittedly very high) price tag.

Jaysus Standing tickets for Coldplay are like €96 Chris Martin better come down off the stage and whisper fix you right into my fuckin ear

— stephen (@stephencasey_98) October 6, 2016

But in general, people were will to sell their Grannies for a chance to see Chris and the gang live in Dublin again. 

In the queue since 5am… can’t feel me bum but SOOOOO worth it! #ColdplayDublin @coldplay pic.twitter.com/QK4kb908pH

— Maeve Aldridge (@Mavisdavis74) October 7, 2016

There were even some reported cases of Queue Rage.

I’m in a virtual queue but I’m still managing to hate the people in front of me. #Coldplay

— Andrew Cunneen (@Cunneen92) October 7, 2016

As expected – but unfortunately for many – the 70,000+ tickets sold out in around 40 minutes. Refresh the Ticketmaster page all you like, but those odds are stacked against you. Here are a few people who were none too happy…

1. This lad got quite emotional about the whole thing.

I’m a grown man and I feel like crying my little eyes out over these Coldplay tickets

— Aaron Blake OConnell (@AaronBlakeOC) October 7, 2016

2. There were a LOT of grumblings about touts, and specifically Ticketmaster’s resale website.

No ticket from @TicketmasterIre but at least them have for sale immediately on their resale site for 3x original cost #scam #Coldplay

— KBeezus (@thebrad85) October 7, 2016

3. Finally, that Coldplay quote came in handy for someone.

when you try your best but you don’t succeed #Coldplay

— Farrah Farren (@_farrahxo) October 7, 2016

4. Oh, and this one too.

THREE different laptops open and still couldn’t manage to get #Coldplay tickets. pic.twitter.com/WDTcnZxn35

— Claire:) (@ClaireyyM) October 7, 2016

5. This girl didn’t even try to hide her FURY.

I hate any1 who got @coldplay tickets #ColdplayDublin #Coldplay2017 pic.twitter.com/f0LSZJY17y

— Emily Savage (@SavageEmily) October 7, 2016

6. This women fell foul of the endless queue. BOO TO QUEUES.

Thank you ticketmaster for making me wait over 50 minutes in a que then finally telling me there is no tickets available #Coldplay

— Melanie (@shadesxofcooll) October 7, 2016

7. This lad knew Ticketmaster had to be up to no good…

9:15am-no tickets on @TicketmasterIre yet the touting site @Seatwave has some-Blatantly promoting touting #scam #ColdplayDublin #Coldplay

— Gary (@garysherwin1988) October 7, 2016

8. But at least there was a positive outcome for ONE person.

Hopefully the rush for Coldplay tickets will distract the great unwashed from the fact Elbow tickets are also on sale at 9am.

— Baz (@bazlyons) October 7, 2016

9. And hey, who knows, maybe this woman’s wish will come true. She missed school for this, Chris!

@coldplay WE NEED A SECOND DATE IN IRELAND!!! I MISSED SCHOOL FOR THIS #AHFODtour

— Jenn (@Jengear24) October 7, 2016

Did you have a ‘mare getting tickets, or were you one of the lucky ones? Tweet us @stellarmagazine. G’wan, make us jealous!

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