Additional European Dates Sold Out

December 17, 2008

The demand for the European Open Air dates of the Black Ice Tour has been overwhelming. Based on the capacity of the venues, over half a Million tickets have been sold in under 2 hours. In addition to the totality of the German shows selling out in 3 hours as previously reported, concerts in Oslo (Valle Hovin, capacity of 40,000) sold out in 57 minutes, Glasgow (Hampden Park, cap. 52,000) in 75 minutes, Paris' Stade de France (cap. 50,000) in less than 3 hours, Wien (Ernst Happel Stadion - cap. 53,000) in 77 minutes & Goteborg (Ullevi - cap. 56,000) in under 3 hours, most certainly establishing records at those venues. All ticket agencies reported overloading or crashes of their websites; in Copenhagen the phone system of the company selling tickets collapsed due to the unprecedented demand.

[updated 19 Dec. 2008]