Gaga tweets about crashed ticket system
Cape Town – Lady Gaga has tweeted about her Monsters (fans) crashing the online ticket system used to sell tickets for her upcoming Born This Way Ball tour to South Africa.
Some fans had tweeted their ticket buying experiences to the musician and she then responded. One of the fans,Nabeela Noorani, told Lady Gaga that she had waited for long periods before she received her tickets.
“Waited 3.5 hours!! And then it crashed!!!!!! There bettr still b tickets,” @NabzNoorani tweeted.
“I waited for 8 hours in a queue to see you Mother Mons†er in Johannesburg. Loooooove you!!” added another tweet from @RiaanSmal.
Ayanda Ndlovu 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 musician then tweeted in response:
Just woke up to emails saying South African monsters crashed the online ticket servers due to high demand for TheBTWBall! I cant believe it!
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga)
Late on Tuesday night event organisers, Big Concerts released a statement on their Facebook page status update:
“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, on-line ticket sales have been discontinued for the evening,” they said.
They also announced that tickets would now also be sold manually at Shoprite’s Money Market in stores across the country in addition to being sold via the online system.
