Fans not happy about Addison Rae's venues for Aus tour
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Addison Rae fans have been left frustrated by the American pop star's small venues for her Australian tour.
Disgruntled punters complained they were stuck in queues of more than 50,000 people vying to buy the 2000 to 2500 tickets available for each of her six shows.
The TikTok queen's debut album Addison debuted at No. 2 on the ARIA charts and despite her enormous popularity here, she has booked theatres rather than arenas for her November tour.
It is most likely she couldn't secure the bigger venues which have capacity of about 5000 people such as Sydney's Hordern Pavilion, which hosted the first big gigs by Tate Macrae and Gracie Abrams, as November is the peak touring month in Australia.
Addison Rae debuted at No. 2 with her debut record. Picture: Getty.
Huge demand during the pre-sales for the Addison tour, her debut global headlining run, prompted Frontier Touring to add second shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
'52k in queue for sydney, idk where everyone came from omg,' noted on fan on the Frontier Touring Instagram channel during the pre-sale on Thursday.
A Melbourne punter said The Forum venue, which has a standing room capacity of 2000 people, was too small considering the size of her fanbase in Australia.
Rae, who has more than 88 million followers on TikTok, with over 5.8 billion likes, has exploded on the global pop charts over the past year courtesy of co-starring on the Charli XCX track Von Dutch and her own breakout hit Diet Pepsi.
'I'm not sure what genius decided The Forum was the best venue. Probably could fill Rod Laver Arena more than once. Easy,' he wrote.
Rae blew up on TikTok before launching her pop career. Picture: Getty.
Several ticket buyers also complained that the venues in Melbourne and Brisbane restricted tickets to punters over 18 years, shutting out her younger fans.
Only Sydney's Enmore Theatre shows are open to all ages.
'A bigger venue that is not 18+ would be appreciated,' wrote one fan.
There was an interesting difference in the ticket pricing for the Melbourne and Brisbane shows compared with Sydney for the tour.
General admission tickets for the Melbourne gigs and two concerts at Brisbane's Fortitude Music are $99, while Sydney fans can choose between standing for $99 or a seat for $149.
Rae heads to Australia on tour in November. Picture: Supplied
'Why am I paying $50 more to sit up the back?' opined an Addison diehard.
The virtual queues are predicted to be even more hectic on Friday when general tickets go on sale from 10am (local time).
Rae performs at the Forum in Melbourne on November 11 and 12 (Ticketek), Brisbane's Fortitude Music Hall (Ticketmaster) on November 14 and 15 and Sydney's Enmore Theatre (Ticketek) on November 17 and 18.
For all show and ticket details, https://www.frontiertouring.com/addisonrae
Originally published as Virtual ticket queues blow out for TikTok queen Addison Rae's theatre shows
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