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Oz Storm Over Prince Tickets
Fans who missed out on
Prince was announced to play three arenas in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane May 11-30. Promoters Van Egmond Group and Chugg Entertainment added a third date for Melbourne and a second in Sydney.
Tickets at $99 to $167 were on eBay in minutes for $1,000.
Fans claimed Ticketek allocated them seats and asked for payment, then flashed an error message.
“As a result, we lost our tickets,” one fan tweeted.
Another posted, “You’d think Ticketek would have a strategy to deal with the server load — like selling different cities of different days. no.”
One told Ticketek: “Upgrade your server!”