For the first time in its history, the Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast live in cinemas across the UK.
07.03.2023 - 22:39 / ok.co.uk
Ticketmaster has reassured Eurovision fans that sales were “unaffected” after tickets to the grand final sold out in just over half an hour. Fans reported technical issues as they tried to secure passes to the nine different live shows on Tuesday.
Some were met with a “500 – Internal Server Error” message when they attempted to click through to find tickets. Others reported being ejected from the virtual queue after receiving a message saying their session had expired “due to inactivity”.
A Ticketmaster spokesperson said: “The Ticketmaster site did not crash today – rather a very small number of fans experienced issues accessing the queue. “Ticket sales were unaffected, and thousands of fans secured their seats for the Eurovision Song Contest, which is now sold out.” At 12.36pm the official Eurovision account tweeted that all tickets to the grand final had sold out, and tickets to the remaining shows had gone by 1.32pm.
A spokeswoman for the BBC said: “As expected, demand for Eurovision Song Contest tickets was extremely high and tickets for all nine shows sold out in 90 minutes. “Congratulations to those who secured their seats to Liverpool Arena in May.
For the first time in its history, the Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast live in cinemas across the UK.
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Eurovision Song Contest sold out in less than two hours.The event takes place at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from May 9-13, with the UK city staging the contest on behalf of Ukraine after organisers deemed the country unable to host the event due to the ongoing war with Russia.Tickets for all nine shows including the live Grand Final went on sale at 12pm GMT today (March 7) and the final sold out within 36 minutes. The remaining shows filled up around an hour later.Up to 6,000 were made available to purchase across nine shows but many people complained that “Error 503” messages kept coming up on screen, claiming their session had timed out, while others were met with claims they could be a bot.All #Eurovision2023 shows including previews are now SOLD OUT.Demand was super high but don’t forget we have 3 amazing TV shows planned for this year's Contest & lots of Eurovision activities and parties around Liverpool during the event!— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) March 7, 2023Organisers later said the demand was “super high” and that fans who didn’t manage to get tickets can still take part in the event.
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Eurovision has announced details about how to get tickets to this year’s competition.The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will take place at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from May 9-13, with the UK city staging the contest on behalf of Ukraine after organisers deemed the country unable to host the event due to the ongoing war with Russia.Tickets will now be available from next Tuesday (March 7) at 12pm GMT on Ticketmaster, and fans are encouraged to create an account in advance.Big #Eurovision2023 news! Tickets will be on sale from midday GMT on Tuesday 7th March
Eurovision tickets for the nine live shows will go on sale next week, it has been announced. Fans hoping to see one of six previews and three televised shows at the Liverpool ACC will need to head to Ticketmaster’s website from noon on Tuesday.Tickets range from £30 to £290 for the semi-final shows and from £80 to £380 for the grand final shows, which are being hosted in the city after the UK was chosen to host the competition on behalf of war-torn 2022 winner Ukraine.
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