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The presale for Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour” went dwell on Tuesday (Feb. 11), and, as to be anticipated, the BeyHive is coping with the standard headache: ridiculously lengthy wait instances, sky-high service charges and Ticketmaster crashing left and proper.
“We have to rally just like the Swifties and sue Ticketmaster as a result of that is truly insane,” one consumer wrote on X. The method has turn into so damaged that even getting via the queue seems like successful the lottery for longtime followers of the “CUFF IT” singer. One other particular person vented concerning the countless CAPTCHA exams to fight bots: “Me: Doing their dumb puzzle. Ticketmaster: Tickets not out there.”
The BeyHive’s ticketing struggles should not only a Beyoncé downside — and even restricted to pop and nation artists. J. Cole’s one-night-only present at Madison Sq. Backyard noticed a presale queue of 150,000 individuals for a venue that may solely maintain 19,500. Kendrick Lamar and SZA followers bumped into the identical mess when “Grand Nationwide Tour” tickets went dwell in December 2024. Sadly, with Reside Nation and Ticketmaster’s close to monopoly on the trade, there doesn’t appear to be a lot that may be completed.
In protection of Ticketmaster, the demand doesn’t appear to be precisely their fault this time. In spite of everything, Bey is just hitting eight cities on her COWBOY CARTER run, in comparison with the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR,” which had 56 exhibits all unfold throughout completely different places.
Beyoncé and Reside Nation seemingly tried to ease the overwhelming demand, as proven by Monday’s (Feb. 10) announcement. They added extra stops, together with a 3rd night time at Chicago’s Soldier Discipline on Could 18, a fifth and sixth present at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 14 and 16, and extra dates at Paris’ Stade de France and Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The BeyHive presale is only one of three Ticketmaster is rolling out for the enduring famous person’s upcoming tour. One other for Verizon members and Citi cardholders is about to go dwell on Wednesday (Feb. 12) at 12 p.m. ET, with the third and last presale following on Thursday (Feb. 13) on the identical time.
On the finish of the day, when you have been fortunate sufficient to seize tickets throughout any of the presales, congrats. For many who weren’t, the choices should not nice: both cope with the reseller market, which might typically get out of hand, gamble on the overall sale, or maintain out hope for an Act III tour, if that ever turns into a actuality.