No joke: Tickets for Billy sell out

FANS of Scottish funnyman Billy Connolly yesterday besieged box offices nationwide and bought every single ticket for his national tour, Too Old To Die Young.

Punters started queuing as early as 6am to get their hands on €45 and €55 tickets at venues, including Dublin, Cork, Castlebar, Killarney and Limerick.

In Cork, fans snapped up almost 3,000 tickets in two hours alone, putting the online and phone booking system under “huge duress”.