{"id":419533,"date":"2011-05-08T10:19:10","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T10:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/08\/bbc-prom-tickets-are-snapped-up\/"},"modified":"2011-05-08T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T10:19:10","slug":"bbc-prom-tickets-are-snapped-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/bbc-prom-tickets-are-snapped-up\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Prom tickets are snapped up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"47.5291139241\"><span><span>8 May 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>06:19 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A record number of BBC Proms tickets have been sold within the first 12 hours of being made available, the corporation has announced.<\/p>\n<p>More than 85,000 were shifted &#8211; up by 7% compared with last year &#8211; and 376 tickets were sold every minute in the first hour.<\/p>\n<p>The series of classical music concerts take place from 15 July at London&#8217;s Royal Albert Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the other events are still available.<\/p>\n<p>All the seated tickets for Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra sold out within three hours.<\/p>\n<p>Verdi&#8217;s Requiem and Havergal Brian&#8217;s gargantuan the Gothic Symphony have also all gone.<\/p>\n<p>However, up to 1,400 extra tickets are released on the day of each concert.<\/p>\n<p>Proms director Roger Wright said: &#8220;We&#8217;re delighted that so many people have been able to get their tickets successfully and look forward to welcoming them to the Proms this summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/entertainment-arts-13326454\" title=\"BBC Prom tickets are snapped up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC Prom tickets are snapped up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 8 May 2011 Last updated at 06:19 ET A record number of BBC Proms tickets have been sold within the first 12 hours of being made available, the corporation has announced. 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