Tickets for U2's first-ever concert in Croatia sold out in 12 hours Friday, organizers said.
Hundreds of people waited outside stores overnight in freezing temperatur
es for a chance to buy tickets to the Aug. 11 event.Thousands of others logged onto the authorized seller's Web site, overloading the server and causing it to go down for a few hours.
"We've never seen anything like that in our career," said Maja Valjak from the Lupa Promotion, a concert organizer for several years. She said organizers hoped to negotiate another concert in Zagreb.
The 63,000 tickets were priced at 250-2,000 kuna ($45-$356). They went on sale online at midnight and at 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) in stores. The concert was sold out at noon.
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adonna confirms Malawi adoption pushMadonna has confirmed her attempts to adopt a young Malawian girl and said through a spokeswoman that she is following standard procedures in adopting the child amid criticism by some that she was using her fame to quicken the process.
The 50 year old pop superstar also confirmed she took her 3 year old son David, also adopted from Malawi, to visit with his biological father Yohane Banda for the first time since she and David left the country in 2006.
"Madonna is committed to maintaining an ongoing relationship with David's Malawian roots," said Liz Rosenberg in a statement Tuesday morning.
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