Written by S. Monteban    Sunday, 05 September 2010 20:28   
U2 Concert in New Zealand Sells out in Less than 60 Minutes

altTickets to U2's one and only show in New Zealand sold out in less than an hour recently. U2 Tickets for the Irish superstar's show on November 25 at Auckland's Mt Smart stadium went on sale at 9am Friday and 50,000 were gone by 10am. Hip hop star Jay-Z will be supporting the band on the New Zealand and Australian legs of the tour.

Tickets to the concert have shown up on the countries main eCommerce marketplace called Trade Me, and sellers asking up to NZ$350 for top seats and fans were bidding hundreds of dollars to buy them. There have been rumours there will be a second New Zealand show but this is yet to be confirmed.

 

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