Buying tickets to see a STAR

Tonight I am trying to buy tickets to see Lionel Richie at the Eden Project.


I have been trying to do this for the last four hours.


I first started to do this at 5.45pm and I was 228th in the queue.  After almost 3 hours I reached number 1 in the queue and then actually got through to the booking office.


Keyed in the number of tickets I wanted (only 2) and then a message popped up saying; 'Unable to allocate the number of spaces'.


No explanation as to why this should be the case.  I tried keying in just 1 ticket, I tried keying in 10 tickets but it still kept popping up with the same stupid message.


This is not good service.  There is no phone number to ring for problems.  We are all just expected to do everything online.


To be honest; I don't even know why I want to go and see Lionel Richie???  Helloooooooo.............


He was a bit star in the 1980s but he must be a very ancient now????


The tickets are £65 plus the booking fee, if you buy them direct from the Eden Project.  The tickets are £125 if you buy them from 'ticket master'.  This is just ridiculous?!!  Why on earth does an aging 1980s popstar think that he can demand such high fees???


.................Probably because nostalgic people like me are sitting for the whole of the evening trying to buy tickets for his show.


Oh dear........................  Perhaps we're all a bit sad.


PS - 4 hours later I still haven't managed to buy any tickets but I'm still trying..........................