Cell phone ban causes long lines at Ghost concert in Birmingham.

Fans of Ghost band 's performance in Birmingham on April 20th had to endure long queues to enter the arena.

According to reports [via NME ], due to the ban on cell phones at Skeletour , access to Utilita Arena was extremely slow.

On X (formerly Twitter), a user wrote that they "waited for almost two hours" and claimed that the event organizers forgot "that there were 16,000 people outside."

BirminghamLive also reported that it was "the most absurd queue ever seen" at a concert in the city. According to Kirsty Bosley a writer for the tabloid, the band had to delay their show by half an hour.

For Ghost fans in Birmingham, the restriction on cell phones made the concert experience "more special," while for others, this was not possible due to long queues and disorganization during entry.

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Vitor Melo

A Journalism student and fan of Rock, especially Heavy Metal, he likes bands such as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and particularly Iron Maiden, a band he has seen three times, has followed since he was 12, and dreams of seeing a show in London. His first contact with heavy music came playing Guitar Hero, and he never stopped. He has always enjoyed writing and music is one of his passions. Within the genre, he considers Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford, and Ozzy Osbourne his idols.

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