Malaysians are unfortunately familiar with the disappointing feeling of their favourite artists skipping out on our country for their tours. For Swifties, it was no different as Taylor Swift is set to perform for six nights in our neighbouring country in March 2024 but skipped out on Kuala Lumpur.
However, some avid Malaysian fans were determined to see America’s pop darling in the flesh and joined the queue of over a million people online including other international fans for presale tickets on 5 July.
As reported by The Straits Times, the pre-sale tickets were open only to UOB Cardmembers but within 10 minutes, customers received queue numbers in the one million range. During Coldplay’s recent ticket pre-sales for Singapore, the queue also exceeded one million.
Taylor swift should have stayed as an indie artist, like wtf you mean 1 million plus people are on a presale for 500k seats (all dates including) pic.twitter.com/YGXeoMD7ZJ
— ஏரண் JAEGER™ (@karthi_knn) July 5, 2023
?| Over 1 MILLION people in the queue for Singapore dates of the Eras Tour! pic.twitter.com/cKCmHBKfjK
— Swift Enclave (@swiftenclave) July 5, 2023
This is insane. My friend joined the UOB presale for Eras Tour tickets in Singapore.
— Jennever Pelaez (@jenndpelaez) July 5, 2023
He was 770,219th place on the queue! pic.twitter.com/dMPJzAYjdv
According to the report, fans on the Ticketmaster website were issued a random queue number. When their turn came to purchase tickets, they were directed to a page to select their concert dates and ticket categories before being directed to the payment page.
A fansite also reported that the website crashed during the queue due to an overwhelming response.
? | The Ticketmaster Singapore site has CRASHED due to extreme number of fans queueing for the general sales for #TSTheErasTour in Singapore! pic.twitter.com/xkyX8elyM1
— Taylor Swift Facts (@blessedswifty) July 5, 2023
Many fans complained that they were unable to get their hands on tickets due to technical issues with the website:
failed to get tix due to ticketmaster's shitty system (whats new) and now im seeing resellers already selling taylor swift tickets at an unreasonable price. i think i've seen this film before, and i didn't like the ending. ? #SingaporeTSTheErasTour
— ♡ (@sdljennie) July 5, 2023
AEG Presents Asia, the concert organiser announced on Twitter around 3 pm that the pre-sale tickets were fully sold out.
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour
— AEG Presents Asia (@aegpresentsasia) July 5, 2023
? 2, 3 & 4 March 2024
? 7, 8 & 9 March 2024
?National Stadium
Supported by Sabrina Carpenter
The UOB Cardmembers Presale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour in Singapore is now SOLD OUT! pic.twitter.com/sEEFvUZOgM
Registered fans with an access code can still buy tickets online at Ticketmaster.sg during the general sale on 7 July, 12.00pm until the tickets sell out. The registered fans can also head to SingPost outlets in person to purchase the tickets during the general sale period. Klook bundles will also go on sale on 7 July.
Outrageous Resale Prices
Naturally, tickets which were picked up during the UOB pre-sale are now being resold at five to ten times the original price. Scalpers on Carousell are selling 1 tickets, which were originally going for S$348, at the inflated price of S$3,000.
Similar to scalpers who resold tickets for Coldplay, we still hate them.
The Eras Tour at the National Stadium, Singapore will be held from 2 to 4 March and 7 to 9 March 2024. Ticket prices range from $108 (RM372) to $348 (RM1,198). Sabrina Carpenter will be performing as a special guest. It will be the only venue outside of Japan where Swift will be performing as part of her tour.
We hope you get the tickets and just for your entertainment, here's an influencer trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets while lying on a hospital bed:
@djintoh @Amy Ang 嬣 ???? 2003 ♬ OOTW bridge isolated vocals - tswiftmusic
Image credit: @taylorswift