Many BTS fans are heartbroken this morning (Picture: Wire Image/ Jeff Kravitz)
The ARMY knew it was going to be a major struggle to get tickets to BTS’s London dates when they went on sale this morning.
But in addition to the UK ARMYs weeping over missing out on their chance to see RM, Suga, J-Hope, Jin, Jungkook, V and Jimin in the flesh, there’s a whole of anger too thanks to resale tickets popping up almost immediately for ridiculous prices.
Tickets for BTS’s London dates on 9 and 10 October at the O2 Arena, went on sale this morning at 9am – and it seemed like most of Europe was on Ticketmaster attempting to buy them.
When attempting to buy tickets, fans were confronted with a message reading: ‘Wow! Loads of people have turned up today. As so many people are trying to book tickets, we’ve started a queue. Don’t refresh this page as you may lose your place in the queue.’
After the tickets sold out, Ticketmaster directed fans to their resale site (Picture: GetMeIn)
Even without the queue, tickets for the two dates – which cost between £62.50 and £160 plus frees for general tickets and £220 for VIP – evaporated in under ten minutes.
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But just minutes after the tickets were sold out, they began to pop up on Ticketmaster’s official resale marketplace GetMeIn! for drastically elevated prices.
Currently on GetMeIn!, standing tickets for the 9 October date are being sold for £1,170 per ticket.
While a single upper tier ticket was being sold for £136, others in the same blocks are being flogged for £1,039 and £1,169.
And less than an hour after the tickets went on sale on Ticketmaster, four lower tier seats with VIP passes are being sold for £1,950.
Tickets are already being sold for upwards of £1,00 (Picture: GetMeIn)
Unsurprisingly, ARMYs are seriously frustrated with tickets being flogged for crazy prices after selling out so quickly – not least because the BTS priority ticket sale was cancelled earlier this week.
BTS super-fan Angela Lee (@AngelaLeePR) told us: ‘The tickets went on sale at 8.59am, if I wasn’t already online then I wouldn’t have even realised, and what makes it worse is that by the time it was 9.01am all the tickets were apparently sold out with tout sites marking these up to £1,000+.
‘What makes the situation even worse is that I’ve been with O2 for over 10 years but then they decided to take off the priority sale at the eleventh hour.’
And fellow BTS devotee Jenny Carroll (@The.Jenny.Diaries) added: ‘Being a BTS fan of course I sat at my desk at 8:00am, waiting for tickets to go on sale at 9:00am. To my surprise, but luckily I caught it, the queue opened up one minute early. While waiting in this queue, I noticed at 9:00am tickets were already on re-sale for £1,000 in a back row sitting area.
‘Two minutes later Ticketmaster let me know something went wrong with the queue and I had to start over. When I tried to re-enter, the website let me know that tickets were no longer available… AXS is still giving me hope because I am still in the queue… I hope my boss understands that I need to just go home and listen but also ask my parents to Hold Me Tight.’
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Judging by social media, it seems that some ARMYs did get their hands on precious tickets to see the Fake Love stars perform – but we’re holding out for a third date.
Metro.co.uk has approached Ticketmaster for comment.
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Tickets on sale today! (Picture: Splash News
The wait is finally over for the BTS Army as tickets for their two London shows go on sale on Friday morning.
It has been a long stretch between the announcement of their two concerts at The O2 and the tickets actually being released, but that is about to be at an end.
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The K-Pop sensations are bringing their Love Yourself tour to London on 9 and 10 October 2018 in, what is sure to be, a memorable show.
Here is everything you need to know about when and where to get your hands on tickets…
Good luck! (Picture: WireImage)
When are BTS tickets on sale?
Tickets go on sale on Friday, 1 June at 9am at livenation.co.uk and AXS.com.
How much will BTS tickets cost?
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Live Nation UK confirmed via Twitter that tickets will cost a range of prices – VIP £220, £160, £125, £90, £62.5 + fees.
The fees have not been confirmed yet.
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Love Yourself tour dates Seoul, South Korea – 25-26 Aug – Olympic Stadium Los Angeles, California – 5,6 & 8 Sep – Staples Center Oakland, California – 12 Sep – Oracle Arena Fort Worth, Texas – 15-16 Sep – Fort Worth – Convention Center Hamilton, Ontario – 20, 22-23 Sep – First Ontario Centre Newark, New Jersey – 28-29 Sep – Prudential Center Chicago, Illinois – 2-3 Oct – United Center London, England – 9-10 Oct – The O2 Arena Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 13 Oct – Ziggo Dome Berlin, German – 16-17 Oct – Mercedes-Benz Arena Paris, France- 19-20 Oct – Accorhotels Arena
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K-POP boyband BTS are set to play in the UK in October 2018.
Here's everything you need to know about the tour and how you can get tickets TODAY...
Instagram/BTS BTS are going on a world tour in 2018 which includes two UK dates in October
What are the BTS UK Love Yourself tour dates in 2018?
BTS are going on a world tour in 2018 which includes dates in the UK and Europe.
They are staring in South Korea before moving on to the US and Canada before reaching our shores.
Here are the UK and Europe dates...
Oct 9 - The O2 Arena, London
Oct 10 - The O2 Arena, London
Oct 13 - Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
Oct 16 - Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Oct 17 - Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Oct 19 - Accorhotels Arena, Paris
Oct 20 - Accorhotels Arena, Paris
Instagram/BTS BTS are South Korea's answer to One Direction
When are BTS Love Yourself tour tickets on sale? Where can I buy them?
Tickets will be on sale TODAY, (Friday, June 1) at 9am.
They will be available to purchase via LiveNation.
No price is yet stated for the tickets but they are likely to range from £40 -£100.
Gig-goers must be aged 16+ for standing and for seated under 15s must be accompanied by an adult.
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Who are BTS?
BTS are a South Korean boyband formed of V, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Jimin and J-Hope.
The group's name is an acronym for the Korean expression "Bangtan Sonyeondan" which means "Bulletproof Boy Scouts."
Their debut single No More Dream from the album 2 Cool 4 Skool won them several new artist awards.
The latest BTS album Love Yourself: Tear was released on May 18, 2018.
