Hordes of Taylor Swift fans clamored for tickets to the singer’s six Singapore shows on Wednesday, with the ticketing website suggesting more than a million people were in the online queue.
Fans across Asia took to Twitter to complain about issues logging on to Ticketmaster’s website as they rushed to snag tickets to the only Southeast Asian dates of the pop star’s Eras world tour.
Ticket buyers could have multiple queue numbers if they accessed the pre-sale link from different devices or had multiple accounts with the ticketing website.
Each buyer had only 10 minutes to complete the transaction, and ticket sales were limited to a maximum of four for each account.
Those who tried to log in before the presale kicked off at noon were put into a holding room before being allocated queue numbers, which quickly spiraled to six figures. It’s not known how many people were using multiple devices or browser tabs.
The American singer recently doubled her three-night stint in Singapore to six dates, matching British rock band Coldplay, who will perform in the city-state next year. The general ticket sale begins at noon on Friday.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift will be performing at an exclusive Southeast Asia concert “The Eras Tour” at National Stadium in Singapore in March next year. The pre-sale of tickets opened on Wednesday, July 5, for United Overseas Bank (UOB) card members only and more than a million were in the virtual queue.
Scalpers on Carousell have begun selling tickets for as much as 10 times the original price. Category 1 tickets, which were originally going for $348, were being sold for $3,000.
The rush for her concert tickets comes just after British rock band Coldplay sold out tickets in June for six concerts in January 2024. Then, over a million virtual queue numbers were also issued.
General sales for Swift’s concerts will start on Friday at noon online at Ticketmaster or physically at SingPost outlets islandwide for all who obtained an access code after a prior pre-registration exercise.
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