More than half a billion bot attempts – which largely come from ticket scalpers – were also repelled by the ticketing website, according to a Ticketek spokesman.
Some fans left the Frontier presale feeling as if their wildest dreams had been answered, but others were left anxiously awaiting their final chance on Friday when general release tickets will be made available. The not-so-lucky last will have the chance to buy tickets for Swift’s Sydney shows viaTicketek could not confirm how many tickets would be available during Friday’s general sale.
But dedicated mother Cathi Walker said she managed to buy her daughter – who is overseas – a ticket after about 35 minutes. “[It was] totally nerve-racking as I knew how important it was to her,” she said. Another reader, Dee, said her teenage daughters were “crying and screaming with their friends on the phone and hugging Taylor Swift poster on the wall” while trying to buy their tickets.
Swift’s Australian tour kicks off in February next year, starting in Melbourne on February 16 and 17 and then heading to Sydney for shows on February 23, 24 and 25.
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