Edinburgh City Council has announced that tickets for Billy Connolly gigs at the Usher Hall will now be available from other ticketing outlets in the city. The box office system crashed yesterday after tickets for the gigs in September went on sale at 10am.
Councillor Deidre Brock, Culture Convenor, announced: "We are working extremely hard to restore online ticket sales as soon as possible. The problem has now been identified as being a computer hardware fault. Once this fault has been rectified, we will resume online sales through the Usher Hall website."
She added: "In the meantime, Billy Connolly tickets are available via the box office telephone number and our Usher Hall staff are working flat out to take bookings. We will be staffing the phone lines from 9am until 6pm and tickets can also be purchased from Ripping Records and Tickets Scotland."
Billy Connolly Tickets
Tickets Scotland
Online: Tickets Scotland
Phone: 0131 220 3234
Counter: 127 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DT
Ripping
Counter: 91 South Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1HN
Usher Hall on 0131 228 1155. Lines are currently open 9am-6pm. There is no counter service at the Usher Hall until Friday 14 August.