Anger as fans miss out on Coronation concert tickets

Fans who applied to be the Coronation Concert person been near disappointed aft reasoning they had been picked to go, lone to find retired the tickets had already gone.

Thousands posted aggravated messages connected Twitter aft receiving an email congratulating them connected being chosen.

In reality, recipients were lone sent a nexus to entree the last acceptable of tickets connected a archetypal come, archetypal service basis.

Many recovered the tickets had gone erstwhile they clicked through.

The Coronation Concert volition beryllium held successful the crushed of Windsor Castle connected 7 May. Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie volition beryllium performing.

Ticketmaster, which organised the ballot, said determination had already been 2 erstwhile rounds of the ballot and lone the last tickets were released connected a archetypal come, archetypal served basis.

A Ticketmaster spokeswoman told the BBC: "Final lasting tickets for the Coronation Concert were released contiguous connected a archetypal come, archetypal served ground and, unsurprisingly, sold retired precise fast."

But fans reacted angrily connected Twitter, saying that the email they received was acold from clear.

One tweeted: "I received an email from Ticketmaster this greeting congratulating maine connected successfully being allocated 2 tickets pursuing the ballot. It stated I person until 12:00 27 April to assertion earlier they get released. I was evidently delighted, clicked the nexus to claim.

"Ticketmaster past seemed to neglect and has since displayed an ongoing message: 'Tickets are presently unavailable from Ticketmaster. We're incapable to find tickets close now, delight effort again later.'"

Another tweeted: "What a shambles. Received email to accidental I'd been palmy successful the ballot... Click the nexus and it says sold out!"