A superfan found a way to dodge online queues and score tickets to the Australian leg of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour.
Blaise de Vos, an Aussie model, told The Project on Friday night that she did it the old-fashioned way — she waited overnight at a physical Ticketek location.
The fan camped out at a ticket machine on Thursday night and waited a total of 19 hours with only a handful of other fans waiting for her when she first arrived.
There was only one venue in Melbourne that sold the tickets in person, and Blaise got a tip from a Taylor Swift Facebook fan page that led her to the loophole.
‘I was quite scared. I got there last night around 7pm. And before that I was very nervous because I thought there would be a lot of people waiting outside,” she said.
A superfan found a way to dodge online queues and score tickets to the Australian leg of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour. Taylor is in the picture
“There were literally only four people in front of me. I was fifth in line. We weren’t sure how many tickets they would have. Of course it went very well. It paid off.’
She ended up getting tickets for every night of the Melbourne gigs when the box office opened on Friday morning.
Blaise said she “froze it” in the nine-degree winter cold and cuddled up in a sleeping bag with her sister at night, making regular trips to a nearby MacDonald’s.
It all worked out in the end and she scored A Reserve seats on the floor, close to the stage.
Blaise de Vos, an Aussie model, told The Project on Friday night that she did it the old fashioned way — she waited overnight at a physical Ticketek location and spent 19 hours in line
It’s because tickets for The Eras Tour have officially sold out to the dismay of thousands of fans.
All dates for the pop icon, 33, concert sold out within hours of Ticketek opening general sale on Friday at 10am for Sydney and 2pm for Melbourne.
The site was working overtime with thousands of Aussie Swifties filling the waiting room to get a second chance to score their ticket, only to be abandoned hours later.
Within two hours of tickets for Sydney’s second round going on sale, Ticketek announced on Twitter that all AG reserve allocations had been ‘exhausted’.
Only ‘VIP and hotel + ticket packages’ remain for all Sydney shows after Frontier members dominated pre-sale tickets on Wednesday.
It’s because tickets for The Eras Tour have officially sold out to the dismay of thousands of fans
News didn’t get any better for Melbourne later in the day as AG reserve allocations were also ‘exhausted’ within two hours.
‘VIP and hotel + ticket packages’ for the Sunday show are the only tickets left for Melbournites.
After Wednesday’s wild presale for Taylor’s Australian tour took the country by storm, an extra date in Sydney and Melbourne was added due to high demand.
However, the seat hunt has become so drastic that frantic fans took to social media on Friday to tweet Ticketek directly, begging for seats to one of the shows.
All dates for the pop icon’s concert sold out within hours of Ticketek opening general sale on Friday at 10am for Sydney and 2pm for Melbourne
The site was working overtime with thousands of Aussie Swifties filling the waiting room to get a second chance to score their ticket, only to be abandoned hours later
This is becoming an obsession. I feel like a stalker!’ wrote one fan.
“I’m going to start playing all the Taylor Swift albums and see how long it lasts,” another wrote.
“Guys, I’m working serving customers, get me tickets right away, please, I’m begging you,” another pleaded.
Taylor announced a third Melbourne show at the MCG on February 18 next year and a fourth Sydney concert at Accor Stadium on February 26 as part of The Eras Tour.
The star will become the first artist since Madonna to play three consecutive concerts at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when she takes the stage in February next year, and the first ever to play a fourth consecutive show at Sydney’s Accor Stadium.
The new performances are in addition to the existing concerts in Melbourne on February 16 and 17 and shows in Sydney on February 23, 24 and 25.
After Wednesday’s wild pre-sale for Taylor’s Australian tour took the country by storm, an extra date in Sydney and Melbourne was added due to high demand – but thousands of fans still wanted