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Thousands snap up Fatboy Slim tickets

5:15pm Monday 2nd June 2008

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By Andy Chiles »

Thousands of tickets to Fatboy Slim's latest Brighton beach gig were sold within hours of being released on general sale today.

Organisers said the Big Beach Boutique 4 concert on Saturday, September 27, was rapidly heading towards being a sell out.

The gig will be the first summer seafront performance by the Hove DJ, real name Norman Cook, since a crowd of 250,000 flocked to the city for a free concert in 2002.

It will be a much more controlled event, with only 22,000 tickets being sold exclusively to people with BN postcodes.

A similar trial concert for 19,000 people on New Year's Day 2007 sold out within hours.

Cook told The Argus his gigs in Brighton had been his proudest moments and he could not wait for the new event.

Have you already snapped up a ticket? Tell us why you will be at the gig below.


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SUper, Edinburgh says...
8:03pm Mon 2 Jun 08

yeah I've already snapped a couple up from Ebay, nice one. So much for brighton residents only

Tony, Hove says...
9:42pm Mon 2 Jun 08

Yes already on Ebay and sellers not from BN postcodes - always the same ! touts always win

Dave Hedgehog, Brighton says...
11:17pm Mon 2 Jun 08

I went to the 2007 gig and was emailed for first refusal last week. Tickets were just shy of £40 each including fees so I've decided not to go and spend the cash going to Loop or Beachdown instead which will be far better value and probably more fun.

A lot of these have probably been snapped up by wannabe amateur touts and opportunists like they were for 2007. If you want to go, my advice would be to turn up on the day as people were literally giving them away for pennies last year.

bobby bigballs, Brighton says...
1:28am Tue 3 Jun 08

These tickets should only be posted to people with BN postcodes this would stop the ticket touts making a lot of money. I know of some people with BN post codes that cant get tickets the system is unfair.

ShaunP, Hove says...
8:50am Tue 3 Jun 08

Tickets were available from Fat Boys MySpace page since last friday. Still only to people with a BN post code.

Jim Greaves, Brighton says...
11:14am Tue 3 Jun 08

bobby bigballs wrote:
These tickets should only be posted to people with BN postcodes this would stop the ticket touts making a lot of money. I know of some people with BN post codes that cant get tickets the system is unfair.
They are only posted to people with BN postcodes.

Believe it or not, some people with BN postcodes have access to ebay and friends outside of Brighton. Crazy, I know!

Me, here says...
11:37am Tue 3 Jun 08

Jim Greaves wrote:
bobby bigballs wrote: These tickets should only be posted to people with BN postcodes this would stop the ticket touts making a lot of money. I know of some people with BN post codes that cant get tickets the system is unfair.
They are only posted to people with BN postcodes. Believe it or not, some people with BN postcodes have access to ebay and friends outside of Brighton. Crazy, I know!
Back of the net, Jim!

tish, hove says...
1:26pm Tue 3 Jun 08

iv got mine!and im kepping them for me!

surely they can print your name on the ticket when u buy them and then when you have to hand the ticket over,you produce id!,proving its you and you live in BN !?!?!
stopping touts
i cant believe the amount some people pay on ebay for tickets!

gray, skies says...
5:05pm Tue 3 Jun 08

tish wrote:
iv got mine!and im kepping them for me! surely they can print your name on the ticket when u buy them and then when you have to hand the ticket over,you produce id!,proving its you and you live in BN !?!?! stopping touts i cant believe the amount some people pay on ebay for tickets!
surely they could. but that would mean everyone would have to buy their own (including young people without credit cards and that), so no-one could sit together for certain events. and what if you fall ill at the last minute and you want to pass the ticket over to your mum? she won't be able to go !?!?!?!?!?!!??!

i hope you're not in charge of anything important.

fluted carrots, says...
12:39am Wed 4 Jun 08

Norman Cook eats babies heads

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