The concert tickets are put on sale at 10 am Friday …
At dawn, they began to queue on the outskirts of the ticket office at Place Bellecour installed in the pavilion of the Tourist Office. Their dearest wish on the 1st April, is to be able to purchase one of the 4,000 seats available for sale at 10.30am for the concert by Radiohead, the famous British group expected the Festival Fourvière Nights on the 1st June.
La guerre déjà billetterie Bellecour pour @radiohead à @fourviere (ouverture 10h30 ce matin). (Photo @cncrtfr) #Lyon pic.twitter.com/CSjToVLSFZ
— Vincent Eyraud (@Vincent_Eyraud) April 1, 2016
At 9.30 am, nearly a thousand people were there in the rain and wind, the emblematic Plaza de Lyon to get the chance, as well as countless fans who were hooked to their computers or tablets to try to purchase tickets via internet.
Radiohead @ Lyon Fourvières… complet en 1 minute…. https://t.co/dxR75N6JKL
— Radiohead.fr (@radiohead_fr) April 1, 2016
Everything was done in seconds
But as expected, everything was sold in minutes or even seconds on the internet, where at 10 h 32, the online ticket agency Fnac showed us we were 14,350 th visitor to connect to this popular concert.
Hence the joy expressed very fast on social networks by fans who managed to win a place for the ancient theatre, to watch the British Band, and the disappointment of thousands of others having to be content with just humming one of the songs of the legendary group as they will not have the pleasure of discovering Radiohead on the stage at Fourvière this year.
KI KI VA VOIR RADIOHEAD À LYON ???? pic.twitter.com/HaZgYnkpYs
— MADAFAKA (@Madafaka_Blog) April 1, 2016
“For us, the show is not yet complete. Sales are ongoing at the ticket office of the Tourism Office. But it is clear that given the number of people present at the opening, the remaining places will all go very quickly “, commented one of the staff.
