Taylor Swift’s remaining Australian tour tickets sell out, sparking fan mayhem

It’s a stressful day to be a Swiftie: All general tickets for the Sydney and Melbourne shows have sold out — causing some Bad Blood.

The most stressful day yet for local Swifties has finally arrived, with general ticket sales finally opening up for the Australian leg of her Eras tour.

Taylor Swift, 33, is set to play three shows at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 16, 17 and 18 next year, before moving to Sydney’s Accor Stadium for a four-show run on the 23rd, 24th, 25th and finishing up on the 26th.

A second round of Sydney tickets were released at 10am AEST today while tickets were released at 2pm AEST in Melbourne.

The Ticketek website worked overtime as thousands of fans sweated it out in the waiting room desperately hoping they’d be next to score a ticket, but not all had luck on their side.

‘Allocation exhausted’: fans devastated as Melbourne tickets run out

In a blow for Taylor Swift fans hoping to attend the Melbourne show, allocation is now exhausted for all three Melbourne performances.

Just under an hour prior, those that missed out on tickets to see the pop icon on Friday and Saturday were trying their luck for the Sunday show, after Frontier announced tickets had sold out to the two original performances.

But now the heartbreaking news no Swiftie wanted to hear – all A-G reserve have been exhausted with just “VIP and Hotel + Ticket packages” remaining for the Sunday show.

The update comes more than an hour after tickets for both nights were “limited” across all categories.

Meanwhile in Sydney, tickets for all shows are also exhausted.

MELBOURNE UPDATE 💜 VIP and Hotel + Ticket Packages remaining on Sunday! A-G Reserve tickets all allocation exhausted!https://t.co/CYuw8kCqIG@Ticketek_AUhttps://t.co/2ePJNMvU9A

— Frontier Touring (@frontiertouring) June 30, 2023

Brutal news for Taylor Swift fans

Shortly before midday, Frontier Touring posted the news on Twitter that ticket-less fans had been dreading:

SYDNEY UPDATE 💜 A-G Reserve now allocation exhausted. VIP and Hotel + Ticket Packages remain across all Sydney shows! https://t.co/MVhOlDgtWe@Ticketek_AUhttps://t.co/IN4ONKJ7ps

— Frontier Touring (@frontiertouring) June 30, 2023

8h in the 'queue' on Wed and 2h today. Disappointed is an understatement 💔

— Bruna Zanin Juresic (@bruzanin) June 30, 2023

honestly, i understand the demand for tickets is crazy but i cannot fathom how i nor ANY of my friends and family who are trying for tickets couldnt even get into tickets ONCE but so many people got through MULTIPLE times, absolute joke

— xoxo (@user9282727172) June 30, 2023

My heart is breaking more and more each second

— Monique (@hasiukm) June 30, 2023

“Unprecedented” demand during the presale events prompted Swift to add two extra shows (the 18th and 26th) on Thursday, giving fans another couple of chances to get their hands on tickets.

Well before the Frontier Touring presale event even opened up on Wednesday, it’s understood around 800,000 were waiting in Ticketek’s “Lounge Room” for access.

Ahead of Friday’s general release, news.com.au believes the site was experiencing similar numbers.

Swift is bringing her Eras Tour Down Under. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

With no dates scheduled for other capital cities, including Perth and Adelaide, it’s expected many Aussies will travel for the event – which further raised the stakes for today’s general sales release.

just let me in ticketek im gonna cry

— Charli 🇦🇺 SYD & MELB (@wearetheffoxess) June 30, 2023

ILL SELL MY SOUL TO TICKETEK JUST LET ME IJNJNNNGNFDFOHGFDHOGFDGF

— miserable (@rootsaIad) June 30, 2023

the loading screen on ticketek will send me insane.

— Hayley (@HayleyJane__) June 29, 2023

Here we go again lmao 😭 #ticketek

— liam (@lixmrobert) June 29, 2023

i’m going to throw up, ticketek please be nice to me today

— em (@emsdwt) June 29, 2023

Me now vs me at the end of today #ErasTour#erastouraustralia#ticketek#TaylorSwiftpic.twitter.com/r2HVd9XMCw

— 🪷Sasha (Taylor’s Version) 🌸 (@WitchyFolklore) June 29, 2023

happy hunger games, and may the odds be ever in your favour. #ticketek#TaylorSwiftpic.twitter.com/gUs9vLhQGu

— akira (@tpwk_akira) June 29, 2023

Trying to work and look at every device I have open at the same time is making me motion sick #ticketek#erastoursydney

— princess (@boringsob) June 30, 2023

Now we wait 🤞🏼 #ticketek#TaylorSwiftpic.twitter.com/YZdMEkoDB2

— Laulu-Lou Mose (@teamLLM) June 30, 2023

On Monday, the first ticket presale for the Australian dates, which was limited to American Express customers willing to pay top dollar for the two priciest VIP packages, crashed the Amex site for more than an hour, and – unsurprisingly – sold out quickly.

During Wednesday’s Frontier Touring presale event, it was reported around four million fans were fighting it out for tickets to the shows, with a total of just 450,000 tickets available, (that’s including the presales and general sale).

Standard tickets for the shows range from $79.90 for the cheapest seats to $379.90 for those in A reserve. VIP packages run up to $1249.90 for the top-of-the-line package – which gets a ticketholder a guaranteed A reserve seat plus a tote bag and other merchandise. The relatively unimpressive VIP ticket inclusions have caused some controversy among fans.

They’re the hottest tickets in town. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

The massive Eras stadium tour is on track to become the highest grossing tour of all time, predicted to rake in $US591 million for the US leg alone.

It marks the first time Swift has been to Australia since her Reputation tour in 2018.

In the years since, she’s released four new albums and re-released several of her earlier records.

Eras will cover a full sweep of her music catalogue, with more than 40 songs over three-and-a-half hours.

Based on the US shows she’s performed so far, the performance will be split into 10, non-chronological “eras” for each of her albums.

It begins with six songs from Lover, moving into three songs from Fearless, five songs from evermore, four songs from Reputation, one song from Speak Now, four songs from Red – including the 10-minute version of All Too Well – seven songs from folklore, five songs from 1989 and wrapping up with seven songs from Midnights.

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