AFTER EIGHT LONG years, Westlife are returning to the stage next summer – as a four-piece they hastened to add at a press conference earlier this week.

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Tickets went on sale for dates across the UK and Ireland this morning, and anyone who loves a good key change was ready and waiting to part with their hard-earned cash.

Unfortunately, technical difficulties seemed to have gotten between fans and the foursome, meaning many were left devastated as error messages thwarted their best intentions.

If you’re among those bitterly disappointed this morning, you might find solace in your friends – both here and across the pond – below.

@TicketmasterIre YOUR AN ABSOLUTE JOKE SORT YOUR SHIT OUT!! Had 2 westlife standing and couldn’t connect to the server to pay for them and lost them!! #westlife #ticketmaster #fuckingjoke

— Perry Perry (@PerryPerry2788) October 25, 2018

#ticketmaster finally after 4 days I got @westlifemusic tickets and you won’t take my card detail0now I can’t get any! pic.twitter.com/PC8oEuP04p

— Amanda Cameron (@amandac858) October 25, 2018

@TicketmasterCS @TicketmasterIre absolute shambles. Have @westlifemusic tickets in my basket and it says I've already used this card so need a different one!!! Tickets now gone! Had other ones and said connection problem. Sort yourselves out #ticketmaster #westlife

— Sandra M (@sandance05) October 25, 2018

If I saw ‘network error talking to pts’ once more my laptop, my phone and my sanity were going to be thrown out the bloody window 😅 #westlife #ticketmaster

— Orla O'Connor (@OrlaOC_98) October 25, 2018

Had #Westlife tickets in my basket multiple times but this keeps happening when I try to pay! Not happy #ticketmaster pic.twitter.com/RsiMDzBaTK

— Hannah Blakley (@HannahBlakley1) October 25, 2018

When you get to credit card verify screen and the site crashed 😭😭 #westlife

— Amy Larkin (@AmyLarkin67) October 25, 2018

@TicketmasterCS absolutely raging. I have never slated ticketmaster before but I tried to buy tickets at the checkout 7 times and it kept saying error. So now I’ve lost my tickets because of you’re mistake! #westlife

— Claire RobsonMUA (@ClaireRobson1) October 25, 2018

Love it when @Ticketmaster let’s you purchase tickets and then there’s an error when you click ‘buy tickets’ 😑😑 #Theywerebetterseats #Westlife

— Louiisee🐼 (@Louiisee93) October 25, 2018

10 year old and 24 year old me dealing with the fact @TicketmasterIre app is a joke #Westlife pic.twitter.com/NbuFeJDxlD

— Ciara (@ciars94) October 25, 2018

@TicketmasterIre is am I meant to get tickets when it puts me in a queue then doesn’t load for 20 mins? Seriously something not right with the systems. #westlife

— Laura Haughey (@laurahaugh) October 25, 2018

@TicketmasterUK this is all I’ve got all morning trying to get #westlife tickets and I’ve been told I’ve secured tickets multiple times for this to appear every time pic.twitter.com/FDriQNtteR

— Sian Parry (@SianAshParry) October 25, 2018

All I wanted to do today was get tickets for this upcoming tour for westlife! Selected tickets but ticket master wouldn’t let me add my card to me account at all, still haven’t been able to, and now most of the tickets are gone 😭so gutted & raging. #WestlifeReunion #TicketMaster

— Vicki (@vickiw_) October 25, 2018

All may not be lost however!

In the last few moments, Westlife have announced that they have added a second date in Croke Park.

Due to phenomenal demand, we have added a second date in Croke Park, Dublin on 6th July! pic.twitter.com/TkfEmm6xVl

— Westlife (@westlifemusic) October 25, 2018

May luck be on your side, people.

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