Tickets for Taylor Swift’s Australian Eras Tour in Sydney and Melbourne sell out

Millions of Aussie fans’ hopes have been dashed after Taylor Swift’s Sydney and Melbourne shows sold out in just over an hour.

The wildest dream is over for Australian Swifties hoping to get tickets to the Eras Tour.

Ticketek today released extra seats for Taylor Swift’s concerts at Sydney’s Accor Stadium and Melbourne’s Cricket Ground in February, which went live at 10am and had sold out by 11.20am.

Tickets for the Melbourne shows went on sale at 4pm via Ticketek’s website but had sold out by 4:55pm.

Taylor Swift’s Sydney and Melbourne Eras Tour tickets have sold out. Picture: Michael Tran/AFP

News.com.au understands there were less than 100,000 tickets up for grabs across both Sydney and Melbourne shows, against the whopping four million people who were expected to try their luck again after the first sale sold-out in June.

Suffice to say, it’s going to be a cruel summer for a lot of people with demand far outweighing supply.

The battle to score second-round tickets proved “traumatising” for diehard fans as they awaited their fate in the all-too-familiar Ticketek waiting lounge Friday morning:

i need financial compensation for being on a ticketek loading screen again

— ash-mas 🎄 (@haloswift) November 9, 2023

the ticketek lounge haunts my dreams

— astra (@themanwitheaxe) November 9, 2023

ah the ticketek lounge .. home

— sumyia 🌙 (@sumyianasim) November 9, 2023

@Ticketek_AU let me through the queue im a LESBIAN

— local yuri dealer (@rootsaIad) November 9, 2023

i forgot how horrible this ticketek waiting is. this is truly hell

— tia ♡ (@bassettbrina) November 9, 2023

there is no ticketek, only lounge

— Benjamin Maio Mackay (@BenjaminMM_) November 9, 2023

In some less-triggering news - at least for those lucky enough to be plucked by the Taylor gods - ticket prices are a total bargain, starting from $79,90. There is a catch, though: a large amount of the tickets available are partially-obstructed side view seats.

Ahead of the scramble for Melbourne tickets, Ticketek shared tips on how fans could give themselves their best shot at securing a spot.

“Double check your Ticketek account and payment details are up to date. Have your login details handy as you’ll need them to complete your purchase,” Ticketek’s website advised, adding fans should visit the page “at least 15 minutes prior to tickets going on sale”.

“Follow the designated link for your desired city to be taken to the Ticketek Lounge,” the statement added.

“Please don’t leave the Lounge page or refresh your browser. The page will refresh itself frequently to let more fans through to purchase. Once you’re in the Lounge, sit tight and wait to be let through to the event page.

“Once you’re through, keep an eye on the timer and complete your purchase within the time frame.”

The most uncomfortable lounge in the world.

Much like Taylor, Aussie fans had ‘A Lot Going On At The Moment’ amid the second sale. Picture: Fernando Leon/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

There will be one final chance to nab tickets when the Ticketek Marketplace sale goes live on November 24.

However, tickets will only be available when – and if – current ticket holders decide they want to sell the prized seats on the website, which is the only authorised platform to sell and purchase Eras Tour tickets.

Swift is bringing her blockbuster tour to Australia in February 2024, kicking off at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with three shows on February 16, 17 and 18.

The multi-Grammy award winner will then take her tour to Sydney’s Accor Stadium, where she’s performing four nights in a row on February 23, 24, 25 and 26.

Swift’s Eras Tour, on track to become the highest-grossing music tour of all time at $US1 billion, encompasses her vast body of work over the past 17 years, and is split into 10, non-chronological ‘eras’ for each of her albums.

The more than three-hour long show kicks off with Lover (she performs six songs from this album), before moving onto Fearless (three songs), evermore (five songs), reputation (four songs), Speak Now (one song), Red (four songs, including the 10 minute version of All Too Well), folklore (seven songs), 1989 (five songs), Taylor Swift (one song) and wrapping with seven songs from her most recent album, Midnights.

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