Britney Spears fans in Glasgow vent amid ticket chaos on presale day

Many fans of the Baby One More Time hitmaker failed to secure seats for the August 22 SSE Hydro gig, despite having been among the first on the Ticketmaster site.

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One hopeful labelled the experience “an absolute disaster,” adding: “Sat on this page for ages then straight to no tickets available.”

One lucky concert-goer, who managed to get passes, said: “Managed to get tickets for Britney in Glasgow. Absolute shambles though. I’m still having heart palpitations.”

Other, however, were not so luck and fumed on Twitter.

@TicketmasterCS Britney Spears O2 Presale for SSE Glasgow an absolute disaster as expected!
Sat on this page for ages then straight to no tickets available! pic.twitter.com/Wk5m0CNz60

— Michael Adamson (@AdamsonMike) January 25, 2018

@TicketmasterCS I’ve been trying to open the @O2 presale for Britney @ Glasgow for 25 minutes nonstop, but I keep on getting a “tickets may not be on sale yet” message. Are they going to go on presale today at all?

— Emilio Morales (@lordofanywhere) January 25, 2018

Did ANYONE get tickets in the Britney presale?? For Glasgow or anywhere else?

— ash (@legseleven_) January 25, 2018

So here is my list of rants about the ticket-buying process:

1. Get rid of all the presales. The Britney Spears gig had upwards of FIVE presales for the Glasgow date alone. This is bizarre and ridiculous and just splinters everyone's chances of securing a ticket.

— Rachel (@RNodrog) January 25, 2018

@TicketmasterCS 4 tickets secured this morning for Britney in Glasgow then when clicked to payment screen it said there was a ‘problem?’

— Alice (@alice_munro) January 25, 2018

@TicketmasterCS I thought you didn’t usually sell so single seats are left, why are there so many single seats available for Glasgow Hydro for Britney (at least 20 showing)? pic.twitter.com/H5yVwhRr33

— Kristina Boyack (@Boyackashaa) January 25, 2018

The Evening Times reported this week how the multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning pop icon is heading for Glasgow for a one-night-only concert.

The O2 Priority presale took place this morning with ANOTHER presale from 9am on Friday, January 26.

This is all before general sale on January 27.

A similar situation arose last year when singing sensation Céline Dion brought her live tour to Glagsow.

The SSE Hydro attempted to clarify the situation and told the Evening Times at the time fans must bear in mind that, when big-name acts come to the venue, tickets will go fast.

A Ticketmaster spokesperson also added there are “plenty of things” fans can do before tickets go on sale, but very little after which can see thousands of tickets go within just minutes.

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The ticket provider added: “GET ME IN! is a safe and secure marketplace where fans can buy and resell tickets, with all purchases backed by our industry-leading fan guarantee.

“Unfortunately, there are always going to be some fans who can’t get hold of the most highly sought-after tickets when they first go on sale, and GET ME IN! provides them with a chance to get hold of those most in-demand tickets.

“Ticketmaster does all it can to help artists get tickets into the hands of fans and we never place tickets on secondary market sites.”