A Post reporter logged onto the website of distributor Cityline and clicked the link to buy a ticket when sales began at 3pm, only to be met with information that the waiting time was more than an hour.
Just before 4.30pm, the page refreshed again noting all tickets for the shows at Kai Tak Stadium were gone.
A round of presales for users of certain HSBC credit cards took place in December, with tickets also snapped up within minutes.
British rock band Coldplay will perform on April 8, 9, 11 and 12, while Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung will take the stage the same month on the 25th and 26th, making him the first local musician to perform at the city’s largest concert venue. Tickets for his shows also went on sale on Friday and quickly sold out.
