Say what you want about him but Michael Jackson is still the biggest pop star in the world. 100,000 pre-sale tickets went up live for his 13-stop UK tour and the site crashed with 2 million hits in half an hour. There is no single person in the world that can command this type of demand- especially during our economic situation. Granted, this is in the UK, too.
According to UK’s Daily Mail:
Concert organizers, AEG Live, then announced on Jackson’s website that further shows would be added to the tour, releasing more tickets. At first, only two new shows were announced, but that soon grew to four, then six and then nine, and finally 13. By 9am, all pre-sale tickets for the This Is It tour - 190,000 in total - had been sold. Within minutes of the first tickets going on sale they were appearing on auction website eBay. By 4pm 2,200 buyers had posted their tickets for sale, at inflated prices of up to £10,000 [about $14,000] for a front row seat. A source told the London Evening Standard that AEG was prepared to add up to 20 extra dates today and up to 20 more from Friday when they go on sale to the general public.
