Streisand fans snap up pricey tickets

FANS of singer Barbra Streisand have snapped up 12,000 tickets to see the star perform the only Irish show of her summer European tour — despite official ticket prices as high as €552.

Yesterday, promoters MCD said extra seating was being planned for the July 14 concert at Kildare’s Castletown House.

“The original allocation of around 12,000 tickets sold out the weekend they went on sale,” said MCD spokesman Justin Green.