High ticket prices have not deterred fans from rushing to get the chance to shake hands with British singer Robbie Williams, months before his Hong Kong concert.
The $2,480 and $1,680 tickets for the November concert, part of Williams' Close Encounters tour, were snapped up soon after they went on sale yesterday.
The most expensive seats are known as 'handshaking seats' because they line a runway down which the star will walk during his performance. By 6.30pm there were only a few $880 tickets left, while connected seats were available at $580 in row 66 or higher for the show at the Convention and Exhibition Centre's Hall 3.
Concert organiser Nigel Peters of Midas Promotions said the Williams' concert was the fastest-selling international show Midas had staged in Hong Kong. He said 90 per cent of the 7,500 tickets were gone. 'Only a few from the cheap category are left. We expect they will be gone by [today].'
Four shows in Amsterdam sold out in 89 minutes, and 25,000 tickets in Dubai were gone in less than two hours.
The former Take That member last performed in Hong Kong in 2001 at the Hong Kong Coliseum, when tickets were priced between $280 and $880.