Tickets for three Dublin concerts by legendary American singer Tom Waits sold out in less than three hours today.
Tickets sell out in less than three hours
Fans paid €116.25 and €131.25 for tickets for the all-seated gigs at Phoenix Park on July 30th, July 31st and August 1st, bringing the total cost for a pair of tickets to as much as €275, including booking fees. The tickets went on sale exclusively through Ticketmaster on the internet and by phone at 9am and were sold out by 11.45am.
Waits, who last played in Dublin nearly 21 years ago, will play in a specially constructed marquee, billed The Ratcellar Theatre. It will seat about 4,500 people each night.
Under stringent anti-touting measures put in place by the artist and promoter, tickets were limited to just two per person.
Those who purchased tickets will be asked to produce their credit or debit card, along with valid identification such as a passport or driving licence, in order to gain entry to the venue.
Peter Aiken of Aiken Promotions, which is hosting the Dublin shows, said: “Demand never stopped – at all times we had upwards of a thousand people logging on.”
Asked about the high price of the tickets, Mr Aiken said Waits did not tour very often and had not been in Ireland for a long time.
“It cost a lot to set this place up. We are building the venue and the tent is being brought in from Europe,” he said.
Waits begins his tour in Phoenix, Arizona on June 16th and will play 13 shows across the US before opening the European leg in San Sebastian, Spain, on July 12th.