Apple's new music festival has been hit by a technical glitch
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The events are all free - would-be festival goers just have to apply for tickets online, via iTunes. However, a technical glitch is currently preventing some users from applying for tickets.
When they click the "Win Tickets" button, an error message saying that "something has gone awry" appears.
I first encountered the issue this morning, and two of my colleagues - both in different locations - have also experienced it, suggesting it's not an isolated incident. After it briefly began working for me, it is now down again. There are also multiple reports on social media of users encountering the glitch:
Anyone knows where to get tickets from for the apple music festival? All the links ive tried so far arent working
- sarj (@itssarjeena) August 18, 2015
the apple link isn't working for me
- Danielle (@_daniellesophie) August 18, 2015
Why won't iTunes let me apply for One Direction tickets?????
- Liv Jolleys (@_livjolleys) August 18, 2015
Here's how the error message looks:
Apple
It's not clear what the cause of the error message is - we've reached out to Apple about it, and will update when they respond. And the issue is not affecting all users. Apple Music has come under some criticism since its launch, due to a number of bugs, including music disappearing from users' iTunes libraries.
This year's Apple Music Festival will feature Pharrell Williams, One Direction, Florence + The Machine, Disclosure, and a number of other unannounced acts. Some people on Twitter are also complaining the length of the festival has been cut from one month to 10 days.
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