U2 Sells 140,000 Tickets In An Hour For Montreal Shows

A little bit of hope for ticketless U2 fans
Examiner.com
 

There's hope yet for Montreal fans of Irish musical phenoms' U2 as Gillett Entertainment Group (GEG) announced on Monday, Jan. 25, that another batch of general-admission tickets would be released for both of the band’s 'sold-out' shows next summer.

The July 16 and 17 shows at the Montreal Hippodrome will be expanded by "several thousand' tickets according to a GEG press release, though the details on quantities are vague.

The press release also mentioned that all the new general admission tickets for both concerts cost $55 plus any service charges. The drive for what will probably be the last batch of U2 tickets will start at noon on Jan. 20, and will likely sell out before 12:30, judging by the concert's sales thus far.

According to the Gazette, tickets for the July 16 U2 concert at the Hippodrome took all of 20 minutes to sell-out, prompting the creation of a second date. The July 17 performance didn't take too much longer to sell-out, with all the tickets accounted for in just 30 minutes. Together, the two Montreal dates on the U2 360 tour sold out over 140, 000 tickets in 50 minutes.

The Gazette also reported that GEG said the two sold-out dates were already a record sell-out for the biggest paid concert in an open-air stadium in Montreal. The new tickets should only add to this title.

The selection of the Hippodrome for the show raised some eye-brows but it’s the only venue that could fit the 80, 000 person crowds U2 knew they could bring in. The band even spent 3 million of their own money to make the site useable and Montreal fans are clearly not letting it go to waste.

Tickets can be bought here.