Taylor Swift fans battle for tickets on day two of pre-sale
Taylor Swift fans are battling it out on the second day pre-sale tickets are released – as they frantically bid to buy seats for shows across the UK and Europe.
Some use multiple laptops and iPads as they desperately try to increase their chances of landing a show.
Others showed pictures of their queue status on the ticketing websites – in front of thousands of fans.
It comes as tickets to Taylor Swift concerts next year are already selling for nearly £10,000 – as fans brace themselves for the race to buy tickets to her shows in the UK when they go on presale at 11am today.
More than 40,000 so-called ‘Swifties’ rushed to get tickets for the UK and European leg of the pop star’s 2024 Eras Tour yesterday in scenes of carnage that saw the Ticketmaster website crash.
General sales for Taylor’s UK shows begin next week. Tickets are only available from Ticketmaster and AXS and can only be purchased with an access code
Some use multiple laptops and iPads as they desperately try to increase their chances of landing a show
Others showed pictures of their queue status on the ticketing websites – in front of thousands of fans
More than 40,000 so-called ‘Swifties’ rushed yesterday to get tickets for the UK and European leg of the pop star’s 2024 Eras Tour
MailOnline can now reveal that standing seats to see the Bad Blood singer perform at London’s Wembley Stadium on Friday 21 June next year will sell for a whopping £9,580, with seating in the stands for around £4,900. The cheapest seat for that date on ticketing site StubHub is selling for £490 – while the next lowest is £676 – already hundreds of pounds more than during yesterday’s presale.
Tickets for the Thursday night show are slightly cheaper – with the most expensive ticket currently £3,687 and the cheapest option £307.
Swifties were furious about the resale prices, with one furious fan saying: ‘Busted for Wembley tickets today and this is the state of StubHub at the moment. Awful.’
Another thundered: ‘I paid £127 for two tickets on this block in the same row and they’re listed on StubHub at £780 per ticket. This is the problem.’
Some revealed how they shopped for tickets at work and others made themselves unavailable, including a fan sitting poolside holding a sign that read, “Leave me alone, I’m trying to get Taylor Swift tickets,” while a another used multiple laptops and iPads to get seats.
Standing tickets to see the singer at Wembley Stadium on Friday 21 June 2024 sell for a whopping £9,580, with grandstand seating for over £4,900 on StubHub
Now concertgoers are bracing for a second day of carnage as more pre-sale tickets will be released at 11am. Pictured: resale tickets on StubHub
Many Swifties claimed they were “kicked off” by Ticketmaster, while others complained about waiting in line to sell tickets through website AXS.
Others claimed they had been given the chance to buy tickets but believed the process to be a complete hoax as the only available seats cost nearly £600 each.
Many also claim that they got in line for tickets yesterday with little instruction from the sellers and no idea how much a seat would cost them.
Online reports indicate that tickets ranged from around £58 to £662 depending on the type of package.
And while some fans managed to snag general admission tickets for £110, others claimed that after waiting in the long virtual queue, any online seats left were sold at VIP rates.
Outraged Taylor Swift fans claim they are being charged large amounts for advance tickets amid a battle to get seats that saw the Ticketmaster website crash
Seeing the resale tickets left Swifties furious for overpricing
Fans saw tickets they bought exaggerated way above normal prices – which made them furious
Fans have been left angry and confused as they struggle to order tickets for the shows
General sales for Taylor’s UK shows begin next week. Tickets are only available from Ticketmaster and AXS and can only be purchased with an access code.
Ticketmaster has not specified a specific time when the access code emails will be sent, only that it will be in a staggered system by July 14 to ensure the site doesn’t get overwhelmed.
Fans had to register before June 22 to try and access the general sale.
The first batch of tickets for the Eras tour in the UK and Europe went on sale yesterday and sold out in minutes. More than 40,000 people joined the online queue with some details of how they used multiple devices to get seats
Some described buying tickets while at work and others making themselves unavailable, including a fan sitting poolside holding a sign that read, “Leave me alone, I’m trying to get Taylor Swift tickets”
Experts have warned fans not to accept ticket offers outside of the official email routes from sellers Ticketmaster and AXS.
Fans are urged to stay alert to scammers, who are a “highly attractive target for criminals” due to the “phenomenal demand” for her Eras Tour tickets.
Criminals rely on the popularity of tickets and set up their own fake ticket sales sites to mislead consumers and make money.
Last week, Taylor, 33, announced 14 new tour dates in Europe and the UK, in addition to the concerts she already had planned in Dublin, Liverpool, London, Glasgow and Cardiff.
Have YOU been trying to get hold of Taylor Swift tickets and been hit by the chaotic presale? Email to iwan.stone@mailonline.co.uk