Aiken's Two Shows Sells out in Raleigh in Minutes!

Aiken Sells Out Two Shows In Minutes
Singer Limits Sales Of Raleigh Christmas Concert Tickets To N.C. Residents

POSTED: 8:21 am EST November 12, 2004
UPDATED: 1:07 pm EST November 12, 2004

RALEIGH, N.C. -- There is no doubt about hometown crooner Clay Aiken being a hot ticket.

Tickets for the Raleigh native's Dec. 12 Christmas concert at Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall went on sale through Ticketmaster and at the BTI Center box office at 10 a.m.

The show sold out in one minute.

A second show was added for Dec. 13., but also sold out minutes later.

The general manager for Ticketmaster said it is one of the fastest sellouts he has ever seen.

Some Clayniacs expected as much and camped out early.

Karen Gilmore arrived at the BTI Center at 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

"I think after the State Fair, we just decided to take a different approach and try to get tickets at the box office," Gilmore said.

At Aiken's request, tickets for the first show were sold only to North Carolina residents.

"I think that it was unfair that people from other states got the tickets and then tried to sell them to people in North Carolina," Carolyn Berlin said. "That was unfair. My daughter was really disappointed."

For fans, the combination of Clay and Christmas spirit was something they did not want to miss.

Gilmore got the tickets she was hoping for.

"Thank you, Clay, for doing this for your home state. Some of your fans are a little upset, but we really appreciate you thinking of us and doing this show. We love you," Gilmore said.