Comedian Peter Kay has broken the internet after announcing his first tour in 12 years, when he will become the first artist in the world to perform a monthly residence at London's O2 Arena.
O2 have apologised after their Priority ticket website offering customers early access to Peter Kay tickets crashed due to"extraordinary demand".years away from the spotlight.would become the first artist in the world to perform a monthly residency there, as part of his first tour in 12 years.The mobile phone company shared news of their priority tickets on social media at the weekend, writing:"Peter Kay is back on tour. This is not a drill.
However, messages on Twitter on Thursday pleaded with customers to be patient after the site crashed, leaving customers unable to apply for tickets. O2 wrote:"We're seeing extraordinary demand for Peter Kay. We know customers are struggling to get on to our Priority website and app before 10am, we're working on it. Please be patient, thank you."
Later, calling the demand"unprecedented", O2 told customers:"This is by far the highest demand we've ever seen for Priority Tickets in 15 years". Beyonce was the previous most popular performer through O2's Priority ticket scheme.
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