Icon of British boy bands and soundtrack to the Noughties, Busted are back treating fans to a massive reunion tour to mark their 20th anniversary.
The trio - James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis - are set to play their biggest hits in the 15 show arena tour this September, and pre-sale has started already through Ticketmaster, O2 Priority and other ticket sites.
Thousands of fans have flocked to grab tickets to see the lads reunite but the sheer mass of people trying to get tickets has left many waiting in long queues - and they are all making the same joke.
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"I've been to the year 3000 not much has changed but I'm still waiting in a queue for Busted tickets," joked one queuing fan.
Another wrote: "In the @ticketek_uk queue hoping to get @Busted tickets and at this rate it's gonna be the year 3000 by the time I get anywhere."
"I took a trip to the year 3000, still couldn't get Busted pre-sale tickets!" added a third.
The band tweeted: "Pre-sale people, how's everyone doing" when the tickets went on sale and were flooded with fans stuck in queues, unable to get tickets.
Busted's smash hit song Year 3000 came out in 2002 and was the second single released from their debut album, Busted. It reached number two in the British charts, beating the record set by first single What I Go To School For - which peaked at number three.
The song is often misattributed by Americans to boy band the Jonas Brothers as they covered the song in 2006. This version featured more child friendly lyrics, for example Busted's comment that "your great-great-great-granddaughter is pretty fine" is changed to "doing fine".
Pre-sale opened at 9am, but some fans shared after half an hour they were still not at checkout - one claimed to have been waiting 45 minutes in the massive queue.
Lots of fans are complaining that pre-sale links haven't worked or they are unable to get tickets, two hours on from the access opening.
Some said the O2 Priority app crashed while accessing pre-sale, but pre-sale queues have been a common issue of late with Eurovision tickets resulting in queues of over 2,000 people and Ticketmaster's Taylor Swift crisis causing concern in the US.
Despite the complaints, many fans have managed to get tickets with one saying: "Tickets are secured for Busted, see you in Glasgow!"
General tickets for Busted's 20th anniversary tour go on sale on Friday, March 31 at 9am, although if the pre-sale is anything to go by expect to be queuing for a while - maybe until the year 3000.
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