Tickets for Adele’s North American tour went on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, and the high demand left many buyers waiting in line, experiencing technical difficulties, and checking StubHub, where some resales are already going for thousands of dollars.
But fans were quick to use Adele’s music as a way to ease the pain of not getting passes to the hottest tour of 2016. “Hello” puns abound, here are the best Adele-style jokes made about sobbing into the Ticketmaster queue.
I see what you did there Ticketmaster. You ain’t slick. pic.twitter.com/rCMMpH2MJY
— Kaitlyn Alexander (@realisticsay) December 17, 2015
For those who missed out, here’s exactly what trying to get Adele tickets felt like: pic.twitter.com/IfpV3yQVkK
— Kelsey Tamborrino (@kelseytam) December 17, 2015
“I must have called a 1000 times.” - me trying to get tickets to Adele
— Sammy Rhodes (@sammyrhodes) December 17, 2015
Let me photograph you in this light in case it is the last time that we might be exactly like we were #adeletickets pic.twitter.com/LAJaUhemqt
— Katie Kramer (@Kramer_Katie) December 17, 2015
Hello from the outside At least I can say that I’ve tried #adeletickets pic.twitter.com/1kPVOGF7uL
— Alyssa Goodman (@AlyssaMGoodman) December 17, 2015
@Adele When you’ve finally decided to accept defeat. #adeletickets pic.twitter.com/YBhPVdISGl
— Niki Watson (@nikiwats23) December 17, 2015
me watching everyone in my office try to get Adele tickets when I already have mine pic.twitter.com/7EZA4RDHOh
— Daniel Taroy (@danieltaroy) December 17, 2015
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