Closet bare as Eminem tickets sell out

EVEN before he sets foot on Irish soil, Eminem - aka Marshall Mathers III - has already broken a record here.

His two Irish concerts sold out in a matter of hours, eclipsing both in speed and numbers ticket sales for U2, Oasis and Westlife gigs.

Even before the 8am deadline yesterday morning, phone lines to Ticketmaster were jammed with tens of thousands of his fans trying to get through.