DETROIT – Taylor Swift fans have flooded the Ticketmaster site, all trying to get tickets for her “Eras” tour.
Tickets went on sale Tuesday (Nov. 15) at 10 a.m. local venue time. The waiting room opened 30 minutes prior. But no matter how fast you were, it seems like everyone is in the queue with 2,000+ people ahead of them.
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The U.S. leg of the tour begins March 18 in Arizona and wraps up in Los Angeles on Aug. 5. Taylor Swift is performing at Ford Field in Detroit on June 9 and June 10.
Ticketmaster provided the following information regarding the presale.
- There has been historically unprecedented demand with millions showing up to buy tickets for the TaylorSwiftTix Presale.
- Hundreds of thousands of tickets have been sold. If you have already secured tickets, you are all set.
- If you are currently in a queue, please hang tight - queues are moving and we are working to get fans through as quickly as possible.
- West Coast onsales for Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Santa Clara, and Seattle originally scheduled for 10 a.m. PT will now be taking place at 3 p.m. PT. Queues will open 30 minutes prior.
- The Capital One onsale is being rescheduled to tomorrow at 2 .m. local venue time.
- All presale codes and links sent via text will still work at that time.
If anyone was curious about pricing, floor tickets started at $749. The lowest price appeared to be the upper levels at $109, but those seemed to sell out quickly. The rest of the tickets ranged from $279 to $599.
By Tuesday morning, Ticketmaster was trending on Twitter and fans were voicing their frustrations.
taylor swift walking onto stage with no one in the audience, because that ticketmaster queue never did move. pic.twitter.com/BEjNEB1G6N
— sarah 🕰 (@thisismenotryin) November 15, 2022
ticketmaster: *sends out millions of verified fan presale codes*
— emma h8s ticketmaster (@joshspankindun) November 15, 2022
on presale day: *millions of people log on*
ticketmaster: we had no idea this would happen! this is unprecedented!! pic.twitter.com/9aX99oWpts
8 billion people in the world and every single one of them is ahead of me in the taylor swift ticketmaster queue apparently
— shawty lynn 🧣 (@HereComesShawty) November 15, 2022
can’t believe taylor swift will finish tour before the ticketmaster queue unfreezes
— GABBY💖🪩 (@GABBYNAIDRICH) November 15, 2022
me in the ticketmaster queue at 10 am vs. me currently #TheErasTour pic.twitter.com/oc31QeWLRw
— Lindsay Holmes Brech 😷 (@lindsaygholmes) November 15, 2022