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St George’s Bristol website has crashed this morning as ‘Bernie mania’ sweeps the city.

It was announced this morning that the US senator Bernie Sanders would be speaking at the Bristol concert hall as part of Festival of Ideas this summer, and tickets for the one-off event went on sale at 10am.

But since then, the St George’s website has crashed as thousands of people try for tickets, and the phone lines have been ringing non-stop.

St George’s has tweeted to say that the website has crashed due to the sheer number of people trying to get through, and that an engineer was working hard to fix the problem.

Sanders ran as the Democratic candidate in the United States' turbulent election last year, but was eventually pipped to the nomination by Hillary Clinton despite more than 13 million people voting for him

However, Sanders ran an extraordinary campaign drawing on his years of experience as a political servant and activist and is credited with helping to change the discourse around global American politics.

He will speak about his experience of the campaign and his argument for a revolution leading to a progressive economic society at 11am on Saturday June 3.

Tickets to the event, priced £15 or £23 for a signed book and a ticket, are available from 10am today (Thursday) from www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk