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Mon 11 Nov 2002Sale of Robbie Williams tickets sets recordIn a new box office sales record for Ireland, 90,000 tickets for next year's Robbie Williams concert in Dublin's Phoenix Park were sold on the first day they were on offer.Only a quarter of the 120,000 concert tickets remain on sale and, given current demand, these are due to be snapped up before the end of the week, according to promoters MCD.