The first day of ticket presales for K-pop superstars BTS' upcoming Singapore concert kicked off at 12pm on Wednesday (Jun 3), with queue numbers in their ten thousands.Many members of the CNA Lifestyle team took part in Wednesday's presale, which was open to fans who held an official ARMY membership from fan platform Weverse. The colleague with the best queue number ended up placing 28,644 in line.As of writing, members of the team were still in line.
CNA Lifestyle's queue number. (Photo: CNA Lifestyle)
Thirty minutes before the presale session commenced, fans could enter a virtual waiting room on the page of the concert's official ticketing platform, Ticketmaster, as they counted down to the big moment. However, to enter this waiting room, fans had to enter a verification code that could be sent to either a Ticketmaster user's email or registered mobile number.
The waiting room for the BTS concert. (Photo: Ticketmaster)
Given that the presale session took place on a weekday, many fans that CNA Lifestyle spoke to said that they had to participate in the presales during work and lessons. One fan even resorted to buying tickets in a private hire vehicle while she was en route to her office."We were talking about the tickets and I think the uncle heard me say that if I’m not back in the office by 12pm, I will camp downstairs," she said."I swear he drove faster to make it happen."
