All the Coldplay fans who patiently waited for hours for tickets to the band’s intimate Norwich gig have now been rewarded for their efforts after the tickets went on sale this morning. Hundreds of dedicated fans started to queue for tickets for the concert on October 27th, almost 48 hours before they went on sale. [Full discussion on this tour date is at the Coldplay Live forum now.]
And while most headed home after being allocated a raffle ticket, guaranteeing them their place in the line, scores stayed overnight and enjoyed pizzas supplied by the band themselves. According to a few folk on Twitter, they enjoyed the pizza while they waited in line. ;@amystaniforth wrote: "Got bought pizza tonight by @Coldplay. Well that definitely doesn't happen every night!" and ;@yurikameliani said:"coldplay bought pizza for their fans who queued n waited to get the concert tix at norwich uea, UK. how thoughtful!! n fantastic. n awesome."
Tickets then went on sale at 9am this morning. Phil Deadman, 42, from Thorpe, was the first to queue for the sought-after tickets, claiming his spot at 12.30pm on Thursday. He said he was 'really pleased' when he got his two tickets. Mr Deadman, who is self-employed, said: "I tried to get tickets for the O2 but they sold out. My girlfriend is a big Coldplay fan, as am I, and I wanted to get her tickets to see her face when she found out. It’s paid off. It’s fantastic, I didn’t believe it. When I first drove down there I thought I would be at the end of the queue but I wasn’t, I started the queue. I stayed overnight Thursday and Friday, one night in the cold and then the other inside at the union. There were a lot of people there last night and there was a really good atmosphere. I’m now going home for a shower and some sleep."
Richard Nelson, 23, who also started to camp outside the union building at 12.30pm yesterday with his girlfriend Jessica Van Tromp, said: "It’s not very often we get to see Coldplay come to Norwich, last time was back in 2000. It’s an intimate gig and for a Coldplay fan it’s going to be such an experience to see them."
Only 1,200 tickets were available. Officials from the Union of UEA Students handed out the raffle tickets to people in the queue at about 10am on Friday morning when the queue started to get too big.
The gig, which will be held at the University of East Anglia, is part of the second year of BBC Radio 1’s student tour, which will see DJs Fearne Cotton and Zane Lowe broadcasting their weekday shows between Monday October 24 and Thursday, October 27, live from four university towns and cities - Aberdeen, Leicester, Norwich and Hatfield.
Photos from the University of East Anglia over the past 48 hours (14-15 October 2011):
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