[February 02, 2006] U2 tickets sell out in 50 minutes as third chance to buy more tickets for Auckland gig go on sale Tweet (IRN News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)The third chance for U2 fans today, did not last long. An extra three thousand seats became available for each concert, after the Auckland city council approved another stand for the Ericsson Stadium. They sold out in about 50 minutes Nicola Lincoln was the first to receive tickets at Real Groovy in Auckland, she'd been in line since before nine o'clock this morning. She was so excited she did not even check which night the tickets were for. She says at first she thought the sale of more tickets was a hoax but she was not going to take any chances. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]