Regardless of the numerous exhibits that Olivia Rodrigo has added to her forthcoming world tour – and following the well-documented ticketing fiasco that accompanied Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour – Ticketmaster has acknowledged that fan demand is outstripping the out there tickets.
The Reside Nation-owned ticketing platform went forward and claimed that there aren’t sufficient passes to go round (whereas additionally pointing followers to a complete weblog entry in regards to the tour) in a collection of social media posts. For reference, Rodrigo added about 20 new dates one week in the past, and the “registration onsale” kicked off yesterday.
“Fan response to Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS world tour has been huge,” Ticketmaster explained in a tweet, “and regardless of including 20 extra dates to raised meet demand, there are nonetheless much more registered followers than tickets out there.
“To create a greater buying expertise, a restricted variety of followers will get entry to the sale based mostly on ticket availability and most followers will probably be positioned on the waitlist.
“Please bear in mind, receiving a code doesn’t assure tickets,” the enterprise drove dwelling, undoubtedly partially due to frustration stemming from the on-sale for Swift’s aforesaid Eras Tour.
Apparently, the talked about Ticketmaster weblog put up made a degree of emphasizing tickets’ comparatively inexpensive base costs: “Commonplace tickets will vary from $49.50 – $199.50 plus taxes and relevant charges within the U.S.,” the textual content reads partially.
However ample demand and variable pricing are a recipe for ultra-inflated prices, and a mess of Rodrigo superfans are taking to social media to air their grievances as ticket costs rocket previous the disclosed “normal” vary.
“Effectively guess who’s NOT seeing Olivia Rodrigo, as a result of the one out there tickets have been $500 a pop,” reads one such tweet.
“i simply received into the Olivia Rodrigo Ticketmaster sale and tickets have been $500 every or extra, I didn’t find yourself shopping for bc she’s cool however not $500 cool,” echoes one other message.
“i actually would really like artists to cease permitting ticketmaster to implement dynamic pricing throughout gross sales,” an irked supporter communicated. “i really like olivia rodrigo however i cannot pay $500 to see her. you’re simply f–king over your followers whereas ticketmaster/reside nation rakes it in.”
“me attempting to see her in NEW ORLEANS and the tickets being 500 {dollars} for mid part… no thanks,” a would-be buyer responded to the latter put up.
After all, totally different people but appear much more bothered about their lack of tickets than the astronomical costs – with their very own posts requesting resale passes to pick out dates. Lastly, value highlighting in conclusion is Ticketmaster’s concentrate on the Rodrigo tickets’ “supply delay.”
“Olivia Rodrigo tickets are cellular entry solely and have a supply delay – the time frame between the acquisition and entry to a ticket. … The supply delay for Olivia Rodrigo is in place till roughly 72 hours earlier than your occasion date,” the platform wrote.