Fans face Rollercoaster to get Ed Sheeran tickets

A Kilkenny record store threatened to refuse the sale of Ed Sheeran tickets if there was a repeat of the antisocial scenes witnessed outside its premises the last time a queue formed for the singer-songwriter.

Tickets for Sheeran’s 2018 European tour went on sale this morning, with the shows in Cork, Belfast, Galway, and Dublin sparking overnight queues of eager fans at Ticketmaster outlets across the country.

Rollercoaster Records in Kilkenny warned customers it was effectively banning any queue prior to 6pm last night, and said it would pull its tickets from sale if the “disgraceful scenes” visited upon the store last time it sold Ed Sheeran tickets were to happen again.