Dozens of fans have set up tents and cots outside Aloha Stadium to purchase tickets to see singer Bruno Mars perform his second Honolulu show on his 24K Magic World Tour on Nov. 11.
About 50 people were lined up Wednesday afternoon to buy standard-priced tickets from the stadium’s box office, which opens for ticket sales at 10 a.m. Saturday. Tickets also will be offered on Ticketmaster’s website and app.
Tickets for Mars’ first Honolulu concert on Nov. 10 sold out in minutes last weekend, leaving many fans frustrated and empty-handed. The tickets for the first show were for Hawaii residents only while tickets for the added show will be for the general public with no preference for Hawaii residents.
Bruno Mars fan Leona Ahlo told KITV that she tried to buy tickets online last weekend, but it was “highly impossible.”
Ahlo says she will stay in line during the nights and her husband will hold the place during the day.
The first person in the stadium queue arrived Tuesday afternoon.
HAWAII ISLAND
Week’s 22 DUI arrests on pace with last year
Hawaii island police arrested 22 motorists last week on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, including two drivers who were involved in a traffic collision.
The arrests bring the total number of such arrests on Hawaii island to 525, compared with 523 at the same time last year.
The Hawaii County Police Department noted that there have been 575 major accidents on the island this year, including 13 crashes that resulted in a total of 15 fatalities. At the same point last year, there were 638 major accidents, including 18 crashes that resulted in a total of 20 fatalities.
Woman nabbed with false ID arrested on multiple warrants
Use of a false ID led Hawaii island police to a 26-year-old woman who had been wanted since January for multiple outstanding warrants.
On June 13, police pulled over a vehicle on Highway 11 near the 63-mile marker and asked the driver for identification. The officers recognized the ID as fake and identified the driver as Mei Tanaka, who had been the subject of a Jan. 31 public advisory.
During the traffic stop, police discovered ammunition in the door pocket of the vehicle, a violation based on Tanaka’s status as a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
Tanaka was previously wanted for three criminal contempt warrants totaling $150,000 and for questioning in connection with an unrelated case of unauthorized entry into a dwelling. She is being held on multiple no-bail warrants and revocation warrants with bail totaling $250,000.
