Taylor Swift fans lose it as post offering free tickets is taken down

An Australian publication has been slammed online after deleting a post offering free tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

An Australian publication has been slammed online after deleting a post offering free tickets to a Taylor Swift concert in Sydney.

The Daily Aus posted a promotion to their Instagram page on Wednesday in which they asked followers to tag three friends in return for a chance to win four A Reserve tickets (the most expensive) to Swift’s Eras Tour concert in Sydney on February 23.

However, the website deleted their post just hours later much to the fury of fans.

A publication in Australia is facing backlash after deleting a post offering free tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

“Where did your post for your competition go? That’s a horrible way to gain followers,” one user wrote.

“To play on people’s emotions to get likes and clout or whatever is really low for a company,” another wrote.

“WHERE’S THE ERAS GIVEAWAY,” another screamed.

Others urged people to “unite and write complaints to Fair Trading for Trade Promotions”.

The publication shared a second post on Wednesday evening in which they explained that they did have four tickets but they were banned from giving them away to readers.

The Daily Aus apologised for its mistake on Instagram

The caption of the post read: “We want to always own our mistakes and this is a big one.

“We are sorry.”

news.com.au has reached out the Daily Aus for comment.

More than 4 million people across Sydney and Melbourne — roughly a sixth of Australia’s population — were trying to get their hands on tickets to the superstar’s Eras tour on Wednesday.

Frontier pre-sale tickets for both major cities have officially sold out after a chaotic day for fans, with some spending hours waiting for to purchase tickets on multiple devices.

The last tickets for Sydney were officially snapped up at 2pm on Wednesday, with Melbourne’s allocation of tickets exhausted two hours later.

the daily aus made a post this morning giving away taylor swift tickets but then they deleted it and now swifties are going absolutely feral pic.twitter.com/4IoKWOWPxX

— Australia’s Girlfriend (@bonsoyflatwhite) June 28, 2023

Swift has smashed Ticketek records after more than 800,000 fans tyring to tickets for the Sydney shows — with the ticketing giant having to repel half a billion bots.

Swifties who missed out on tickets still have a chance to see Tay Tay with general public sale tickets available from Friday.

Ticketek has shared a number of tips for when the tickets go on sale.

Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour in Detroit (Photo by Scott Legato/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

First, customers are advised to check their Ticketek account and payment details are up to date and to ensure login details are handy as they’ll be required to complete the purchase.

Those going in groups are also advised to decide on the performance date, ticket price and packages they want to purchase ahead of the day so they can efficiently book tickets once through to the platform.