Just 300 prime tickets for the eagerly awaited Flight of the Conchords concert in Queenstown will go on sale on a first-come, first-served basis today at 8am.
The tickets cost $79 plus a booking fee and are limited to two per transaction in person at the box office at the Queenstown Events Centre.
Internet and telephone sales will be available from noon and tickets cost between $55 and $79 plus a booking fee.
The duo and backing band perform on Sunday, June 24.
Lakes Leisure events and venues manager Jason Marrable said 1688 tickets for the seated Queenstown show were originally available. Pre-sales of between 300 and 400 tickets on Tuesday sold out in five minutes, he said.
"We advise fans to get here bright and early. All the phones have been going crazy with people asking how can they get tickets."
Wellingtonians Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie's tour of New Zealand will be their first in three years.
Tour organisers said this week they wanted to get tickets into people's hands at face value.
Co-promoter Stuart Clumpas said there had been "a great deal of concern over ticket scalping in recent weeks and so it's back to the future where you personally queue up at the box office".
Picks of the week
TODAY
7pm: Queenstown singer Hine Marchand joins piano man Les Richardson, of Alexandra, for a night of jazz and blues classics in the Friday Jazz Club at Les Alpes. Free.
10pm: Dunedin four-piece Alizarin Lizard play at Dux de Lux as part of their national tour to promote their debut album The Weekend Went Without You out now. Free.
TOMORROW
8pm: Stars of TV3's 7 Days Ben Hurley and Steve Wrigley do stand-up comedy at Dux de Lux. Tickets cost $25 on the door or $20 via Dash Tickets online.
SUNDAY
4pm: Queenstown singer-pianist Anna-Maree Morris entertains at Dux de Lux. Free.
9pm: Salsa champion Tom Spooner, of Dunedin, with his dance partner, will teach all the right moves at the weekly Salsa Social Night at Dux de Lux. Free.
THURSDAY
10pm: British superstar DJs the Freestylers, also known as Aston Harvey and Matt Cantor, play their only New Zealand sessions at Mint Bar, Wanaka on March 28 and Subculture, Queenstown tonight. Limited pre-sale tickets for either gig cost $25 plus booking fee from Dash Tickets online. After pre-sales have sold out, general admission tickets cost $35 plus booking fee from Dash Tickets, Quest in Queenstown and Wanaka, Chop Shop in Wanaka and both venues.
