An organiser for Peter Kay's highly-anticipated upcoming UK tour has issued an apology after customers reported being unable to access the pre-sale online.
Many fans were supposed to have early access from 10am this morning - an exclusive offer to O2 and Three Mobile customers. Some reported issues getting onto the site.
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SJM Concerts issued a following statement, which was shared on Peter Kay's official Twitter account. It read: "We'd like to acknowledge and apologise for a number of technical issues customers experienced while trying to buy tickets for Peter Kay's upcoming live tour via the O2 Priority pre-sale earlier today.
"SJM Concerts would like to reassure customers that substantial provision has been put in place for the main ticket on-sale this Saturday 12th at 10am.
"Plenty of tickets will be available throughout the day so please persevere and please buy from official ticket outlets listed on the attached link."
SJM Concerts is one of the largest concert promoters in the UK, providing more than 2,000 concerts a year. They have also been responsible for working with other well-known artists such as Take That, The Stone Roses, Kate Bus, and Oasis.
Earlier this morning, Peter Kay shared a statement from O2 on Twitter, reading: "We’re seeing unprecedented demand for Peter Kay tickets & we know a lot of you can’t access Priority. Sorry, we’re working on it.
"Please be patient; this is by far the highest demand we’ve ever seen for Priority Tickets in 15 years. The presale lasts for 48h so keep checking."
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