Fans finally get their hands on tickets for Big Yin

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By Cara Sulieman

FANS trying to buy tickets to see legendary Scots comic Billy Connolly play live at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh failed to see the funny side yesterday after computer glitches again crashed the booking system.

City of Edinburgh Council, which owns the venue, had been working overnight to try and get the system up and running again after it failed on Monday.

But despite assurances all would be well yesterday, they were only able to fix half of it, and only phone bookings were being accepted.

Online sales were unavailable as even an alternative link failed, leaving fans to scrabble over the phone lines as they tried to secure tickets for the show.

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