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| Anger as fans say Coronation concert ballot 'misleading' | |
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| Fans who applied to attend the Coronation Concert have been left disappointed after thinking they had won tickets, only to find they had all gone. | |
| Thousands posted angry messages on Twitter after the final pairs from the last of three ballots were issued on a first-come first-served basis. | |
| They had been told they had until 27 April to claim their tickets. | |
| Organiser Ticketmaster said tickets in the first two rounds were guaranteed. | |
| The Coronation Concert is being held in the grounds of Windsor Castle on 7 May. Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie are among the stars performing. | |
| A Ticketmaster spokeswoman told the BBC: "Everyone who was successful in the two main ballot rounds for the Coronation Concert was offered a guaranteed pair of tickets, provided they claimed them within three weeks. | |
| "Today, any unclaimed tickets were released on a first-come, first-served basis to those who had previously applied to the ballot and were unsuccessful. These inevitably went very quickly." | |
| But fans reacted angrily on Twitter, saying the email they received was far from clear. | |
| James Westwood told the BBC: "It's just been a bit misleading really". | |
| "I think I applied in February sometime. I completely forgot about it and then got this email today, while I am at work, just saying 'Congratulations, you're successful in the ballot'. | |
| "I was ecstatic, I sent a screenshot of it to my girlfriend, and she was like: 'Are you sure that's even real?' I went to go and claim the tickets and there was nothing there to claim. So, I went from very high to suddenly very low." | |
| Another fan tweeted: "I received an email from Ticketmaster this morning congratulating me on successfully being allocated two tickets following the ballot. It stated I have until 12:00 27 April to claim before they get released. I was obviously delighted, clicked the link to claim. | |
| "Ticketmaster then seemed to fail and has since displayed an ongoing message: 'Tickets are currently unavailable from Ticketmaster. We're unable to find tickets right now, please try again later.'" | "Ticketmaster then seemed to fail and has since displayed an ongoing message: 'Tickets are currently unavailable from Ticketmaster. We're unable to find tickets right now, please try again later.'" |
| Another said: "What a shambles. Received email to say I'd been successful in the ballot... Click the link and it says sold out!" | |
| One of the fans who missed out on Coronation concert tickets said he had gone from feeling "very high, to suddenly very low". | |
| Thousands of people appear to have received an email to say they had been lucky in the ballot only to find out the tickets had already gone. | |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Coronation of King Charles III | Coronation of King Charles III |
| Windsor Castle | Windsor Castle |