The Disney actress turned A list singer couldn’t have booked bigger venues even if she wanted to.

The dates she needed to do the tour had her blocked from bigger arenas by other acts who long long ago booked their tours in anticipation of COVID ending.

Plus, it is way better to have your tour sell out, then to have certain cities where you are half full.

Olivia Rodrigo

Fans are sour after scalpers snap up Olivia Rodrigo concert tickets

A “sour” tour indeed.

Almost as soon as concert tickets for Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR tour went on sale Friday morning, many cities sold out due to overwhelming demand.

Some fans flocked to the Ticketmaster site, only to find themselves on a waitlist behind thousands of people, while others were met with “technical difficulties,” frustrating many who ended up empty-handed as dates quickly sold out.

Heightening the demand, the breakout pop star largely opted to play small venues and ballrooms rather than large-capacity arenas for her debut concert tour that starts in April.

The singer’s fans initially had reason to be hopeful. Ticketmaster gave purchasers the option to sign up for a “Verified Fan” registration, a feature the site rolled out to North American buyers last year as a way to outsmart ticket-hungry bots. – Source

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