Take That add new dates

March 02, 2007

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TAKE THAT: Three new M.E.N Arena

TAKE That have added extra dates to their 2007 world tour due to heavy demand for tickets.

Tickets for the shows at Birmingham's NEC, Newcastle and Glasgow all sold out within an hour of going on sale.

Phone lines jammed and for the first time in over two and a half years, Ticketmaster’s website crashed as fans logged on to bag tickets when they were released at 9am.

Thousands of fans camped out at venues overnight, queuing around the block to secure tickets for the 22 date tour.

Take That have added six new dates, with tickets going on sale at 11am.

The new dates are as follows; London, 6th, 7th, 8th December and Manchester's M.E.N. Arena, 21st, 22nd, 23rd December.

Take That will play the M.E.N. Arena from Monday, December 10 until Saturday, December 15 (excluding Dec 12) and Monday, December 17 until Sunday, December 23 (excluding Dec 20). £25, £45. Call the Box Office on 0870 060 1768 or click here to check availability.

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sara, manchester (02/03/2007 at 13:22)

I am so mad. Just spent 5 hours plus trying to get take that tickets with no luck. Tickets are on sale on ebay - for 250 plus - this is disgusting. Proper fans can't get tickets - are take that aware this is happening?

med rep cheshire, cheshire (02/03/2007 at 13:56)

Nine of us tried from 9.00 until 1.00 and not one us managed to get through on line or by telephone. We have not one single ticket between us. Ebay had them on sale YESTERDAY before they even went on sale. £349 How is this possible? We are gutted.

muvversoup (02/03/2007 at 14:31)

Ticketmaster have in the past kept their eyes on Ebay and have cancelled some sales when they've seen them being touted thru ebay. Let's hope they are still doing this. £45 tickets for £250 each - ridiculous!

It took 3 hrs 21 minutes of redialing the NEC but I got tickets for myself and some friends. None spare sorry but there is an ethical ticket exchange site somewhere on the Web...

debbie, bolton (02/03/2007 at 14:44)

i spent 5 hours online trying to get a ticket couldnt get one i am gutted even more so when i looked on ebay and saw people selling tickets for £500 so out of order.Your average person could never afford that....gutted

Cathy, Didsbury (02/03/2007 at 15:11)

My mum just about managed to get a ticket for herself and me but it took a lot of effort from what I can tell. We ended up with tickets from one of the added dates. The prices they're selling them for on eBay are absolutely disgusting. Ticket touts should be made illegal. I hope what they're doing with Glastonbury this year gets extended to other festivals and the bigger concerts too. Ticket touting is horrible.

Katey (02/03/2007 at 15:57)

I managed to get three tickets for the MEN, but only after being on ticketmaster (which kept crashing) and the phoneline (constantly engaged) for two hours.
Feel very lucky but think that after the chaos of last time TT tickets went on sale, perhaps this tour should have had staggered release dates eg the NEC friday, MEN Saturday etc etc so there is a better chance of the website holding up under the pressure.

suzy clarke (02/03/2007 at 17:56)

i seemed to be one of the lucky one's managed to get 6 tickets for first night at NEC which was my choice. Used gigs&tours website very easy also managed to get 4 more for the following monday at the NEC thought about e-bay but have offered them to my boss! promotion !! There were 5 of us girls using the phone and e-mail and i was the only one who got tickets. I avoided ticketmaster never had any joy with them in the past

Angry take that fan, Blackley (02/03/2007 at 18:40)

Spent 5 YES 5 hours trying to get take that ticktes...no such look. How ridiulous is the whole process of purshasing concert tickets.true fans who genuinly want take that tickets can not get them due to all the greedy, money making people that have bought them with no intention of going and will just sell them for ridiculous amounts of money on ebay!!!!!!!!!!!

Kath Christie (02/03/2007 at 19:54)

I like many other Take That fans who tried in vain this morning to get tickets - both myself and other friends / family had been trying since 9am - through ticketmaster, ticketline and numerous different telephone numbers without any success. We are all disappointed that we have not managed to get any tickets. Imagine how your disappointment turns to annoyance when you go onto the ebay website and find hundreds for sale. This should not be allowed genuine fans miss out to profiteers. I hope Take That step in and ensure that these tickets are not issued to the people selling them on ebay.
Congratulations to all that managed to get tickets and I hope all Take Thats fans enjoy the show - which I am sure will be brilliant.

LMH, Nr Manchester (02/03/2007 at 20:54)

I managed to get 2 tickets for M.E.N arena on 23rd Dec, but it took a lot of effort from my dear dad! People who sell them on ebay for such an amount should be ashamed of themselves. Perhaps people should stop buying them off ebay anyway - afterall, there is no supply without demand...

joanne norton (02/03/2007 at 23:27)

I eventually got some tickets after 3 hours from see tickets the only problem is you dont know where you are sat, people sell them early because they get them from promoters

student, Bolton (03/03/2007 at 09:34)

I would just like to say that i and my daughter are furious that i spent all day yesterday on the internet trying to find take that tickets only to learn that they were being sold on e-bay for the vast sum of £800.00. surley somthing could be done to stop this happening again could ticket master not find out who is selling these ticket at this price and cancell them. We are also aware that new dates have been added and have tried without success to purchase these tickets, the last date advertised for the MEN is the 23rd december but when We have tried to get tickets they do not appear to be on sale yet. What is happening.
This is the first time we have had problems with getting tickets but we think that ticket master should organise things better and if there are ptoblems like tickets being sold for more than they were purchased for then something should be done
regards
very anoyed mother and daughter

WINDY MILLER, CAMBERWICK GREEN (04/03/2007 at 09:37)

Perhaps if people had queued up from lunch time on the Thursday, then they would have been able to get tickets. I have no problem with the people who want to sell on ebay or wherever. They could only get six tickets each anyhow so are hardly taking tickets from those who couldnt get their bums out of bed early enough to queue up!! Some people want it all ways, on the one hand they want the best seats and on the other hand they dont want to put themselves out and queue like the rest of us. Its first come first served, if those people on here griping had queued up they would have their tickets. But instead they chose to go to their nice warm beds and try for tickets online in the morning while others suffered the cold and waited all night. You really do make me laugh!

Suzanne (04/03/2007 at 09:43)

I think it is probably quite clear to alot of people that many of the tickets that are on ebay were purely bought for the purpose of making some quick money at the expense of everybody else.
I also do think that if no one bid on those tickets it would serve them right - but is clear that people are, so more fools them.

Mel Douglas (04/03/2007 at 21:47)

Like thousands of others we wasted most of Friday invoved with this ridiculous 'scam'. We tried all the dates and any seat price but no chance. The public have been duped without a doubt. How can 400,000 seats (over eleven shows) be sold within a couple of hours. Perhaps TV Watchdog should have a look at this. Somebody is getting rich quick.

NWlass, North West (06/03/2007 at 23:00)

Windy Miller Im sorry but i think you seem to be missing the point here. Not everyone has the ability to book off 2 days from work to queue up for tickets. Many V V lucky people managed to get thru on the net or phone (ticketmaster a complete waste of time), in fact a friend went after work on Friday at 6pm and got pretty decent tickets for manc despite it having said for 7 hours that they had all sold out. It is VERY unfair to to suggest that we deserve what we get for going to bed (and work for that matter) to try and buy the tickets online/phone as suggested! I sincerely hope those selling for ridiculous prices on ebay get what is deserved to them, but to say you are not bothered that this is happening is just like joining sides with them. There wouldnt be a problem if they were simply spare tickets being sold for face value but this is just plain unfair (on the genuine fans - who didnt have the opportunity to take time off and queue overnight!)and greedy.. you say 6 pppn, but have you actually been on ebay, ther are many, many tickets going for stupid prices. Its just plain unfair. People like YOU really do make me laugh to the point of dispair!!!
WINDY MILLER, CAMBERWICK GREEN

WINDY MILLER, CAMBERWICK GREEN (07/03/2007 at 09:15)

Sorry but i am not missing the point here. Are you not entitled to holidays from your work? Or did you CHOOSE not to use 2 of them to queue for tickets like the rest of us? As for those who use the excuse that they live a distance away from the MEN, well you can make it for the night of the concert so why not to queue for tickets? Again there are no excuses you couldnt be bothered.

NWlass, North West (07/03/2007 at 20:36)

A very narrow minded opinion, but none the less one you are entitled to have just like the rest of us. Enjoy the show.

WINDY MILLER, CAMBERWICK GREEN (09/03/2007 at 08:48)

Narrow minded?? The truth often offends those who dont like it. Enjoy the show also.

Loopy, England (27/03/2007 at 16:12)

When I recently bought tickets for a Nelly Furtado gig I had to collect the tickets from the Box Office at Hammersmith. I was only allowed to collect them on the night and had to have the debit/credit card that I had booked them on with me in order to claim them.

So why can't a similar system work for all gigs? It might require more manpower on the day to verify customer details on collection, but it would mean that touts would have less chance of being able to sell them in advance as they would have to turn up on the day with the card in hand and then physically hand them over to the REAL fans.

gladys rowbotham, Manchester (04/09/2007 at 21:45)

Oh no!

taz, manchester (19/10/2008 at 23:20)

Why in the right mind would anyone want to pay for take that at 800, tha't's where the true saying of ....more money than sense comes from, as if they are worth anywhere near that. Well i haven't any sympathy ...quite a few of my friends went, and got there tickets at 7.30 ish at night from the box office, and they went to at least 8 nights....why do i ask my self, whats the point, your going to see the same rubbish everyday.
And they bought them just to see Robbie, fools, as if he is going to join them, when he's bigger than them, at least he's moved on, there still stuck in the 90's...living of old fame....how embarrassing, well maybe next time the same people shouldn't buy for every day,and get a life, and let others have a look in. I'm a huge Robbie fan....and roll on when he's back, the TT thing now has been over done,
COME ON ROB

Taz

Kyphi, Lancashire (28/12/2008 at 18:23)

I also think the ROB thing is also over, where has he been the last few months. His last album and single flopped. It looks like his career has flopped, and now ther are rumours he's moving back to the UK and re-joining Take That - why - they have shown they are bigger and better without him.

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