If there were teething problems with Taylor Swift tickets, Ticketmaster got a root canal for Coldplay

Coldplay play Croke Park in Dublin on August 29 and 30, and September 1, 2024. Picture: Mads Claus Rasmussen/AFP via Getty Images

When you try your best but you don’t succeed, it’s usually someone else’s fault.

That will be the viewpoint of thousands upon thousands of Coldplay fans after the presale for their Croke Park concerts next summer went disastrously.