OPUS 2 JAY SINGAPORE: Ticket sales!

It was the night before 25 April 2014.
The queues had begun in the earlier part of the evening at the Indoor Stadium which was where the Sports Hub box office was located.

If there was any doubt about whether fans would flock to Jay Chou's encore OPUS concert in Singapore a mere seventeen months after his sell-out three nights in June 2013, it was soon put to rest when ticket sales started on the dot at 10AM this morning for M1 and OCBC Card members.

In addition to the Indoor Stadium, the other venues for sales were at SingPost offices and I heard that queues had formed there too, although perhaps not as long as the one at the SIS.

Here's an Instagram vid from fans showing their support:

http://instagram.com/p/nMfGxLKgJG/



However, what was of more interest to most of the fans was the ability of the ticketing website to handle the expected HUGE volume of sales, as previous experiences with the other ticketing agent had invariably led to crashes, delays and frustration.

Happily, it appeared that Sportshubtix had got their act together today as there were no reports of the website crashing from fans who were booking online or at the venues.
Things seemed to have gone smoothly, if a little slowly in general and many people I know were able to get tickets, although perhaps not their choice of seats.
But a peek at the Sports Hub Facebook Page showed up the usual complaints about waiting and not pages not loading.


I heard from another friend in the evening that there were still Cat 2 and Cat 4 seats available, although I cannot confirm that nor any other news about how the overall sales went, as yet.

http://stcommunities.straitstimes.com/music/2014/04/25/long-queues-tickets-jay-chous-national-stadium-concert-go-sale


Anyway, the OCBC/M1 priority booking period goes on until 27 April, so I urge those of you who have yet to get your tickets to do so as soon as possible on your own or from friends you can trust.

NB:

Regrettably but not unsurprisingly, the black market swung into action very soon after sales opened with tickets going for two or three times their sale price on many forums and sites.
I would however caution against buying from sources which are dubious as this is actually illegal and also, there is no guarantee that the tickets are genuine.

Please also note that I do not condone the buying and reselling of tickets in the comments on this blog.
Any such comments will be deleted with immediate effect when I see them.

Thank you for your cooperation.


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Here's a nice pic of our handsome Jay to spur you on!

Doesn't he look just yummylicious???
Those arms.... *swoon*