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The Big Yin
By Cara Sulieman
SCOTS comic Billy Connolly has revealed he has stage fright ahead of his Scottish tour later this year.
It’s the first tour he has done in four years and tickets sold out in hours.
But the Big Yin has admitted that he is terrified of the big crowds that will greet him in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.
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.
The apology on the Usher Hall website
By Cara Sulieman
A HUGE scramble for tickets to see the ‘Big Yin’ play live in Edinburgh caused an entire booking system to crash yesterday.
Billy Connolly fans were left frustrated trying to get hands on the briefs for any of his four night gigs at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.
Demand was so high that the booking system failed meaning people couldn’t book either online or by phone.
And because the council-owned venue is being refurbished, no-one could pick them up in person either.
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