An extra 55,000 free tickets are to be released for Saturday's Live 8 concert in London after city authorities agreed to allocate more audience space at the Hyde Park venue.
Live 8 organizers said on Monday that the concert, headlined by Coldplay, U2 and Pink Floyd, would also be extended an extra 90 minutes to close at 9:30 p.m. (2030 GMT). The extra tickets will be distributed to first-comers at four ticket offices in London as well as in six locations across Britain from 3 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Wednesday.
There were more than 2 million applications by mobile phone text for the initial 150,000 tickets. "This is going to be the biggest even in Hyde Park's history and the biggest ticketed event ever in the UK," said organizer Bob Geldof.
The size of the concert means the entire park, in the heart of the British capital, will be closed to the public. The London concert is one of eight being held around the world to pressure global leaders meeting in Scotland next month to do more to relieve poverty in Africa.
The tickets, restricted to two per person, will be issued in London at the Carling Hammersmith Apollo, The Apollo Victoria, The Dominion Theatre and at Stargreen Tickets in Argyll Street.
Elsewhere, tickets will be available at the Birmingham Alexandra Theatre, the Bristol Hippodrome, Cardiff International Arena, Manchester Palace Theatre, the Oxford New Theatre and at Southampton Guildhall.
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