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American pop star Taylor Swift has added two new shows to her 2024 Australian tour, which organisers say will be the final dates to be announced.
Key points:
- Two more Taylor Swift shows — one in Sydney and one in Melbourne — have been announced
- Organisers say no further dates will be scheduled
- Tour pre-sales have seen "unprecedented demand"
Swift's Eras Tour has added one additional show in Melbourne on Sunday, February 18, and another in Sydney on Monday, February 26.
Tickets for the new shows will go on sale on Friday, June 30, along with remaining tickets from the previously announced shows.
Tour promoters Frontier Touring said the announcement of two more shows came after "historically unprecedented demand" for tickets in this week's pre-sales.
"No further dates will be added for the Australian tour," the company said.
Frontier Touring said the additional shows meant Swift would be the first artist since Madonna to play three consecutive shows at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and the first artist ever to perform four straight concerts at Sydney's Accor Stadium.
The 2024 tour will be the singer's first Australian tour since 2018, and now includes seven shows across Melbourne and Sydney.
Brisbane was dropped from the Eras tour because Australia got "sandwiched" between dates in other countries, the chair of a venue management firm said earlier this month.
Swift sparked a ticket frenzy across Australia this week. Ticketek said it had stopped half a billion bots from gaming the system as 4 million people tried to secure tickets.
Google said search results for Swift in Australia had reached an eight-year high.
'Super stressful' queues before some get tickets
Antonia Touma's dining table was covered with six different devices yesterday, each fully charged and placed in the queue for tickets since 6am.
"We had group chats, texting when we need to do this, what needs to be done, whose laptops we're using, what devices we connected. Six devices ups our chances, we have to stay hopeful," she told AAP.
Fellow Swiftie Amite Skinner was also caught up in the search for tickets. Her sister, brother-in-law and nephew were all caught in hours-long virtual ticket queues for $900-a-seat VIP packages.
"I have always loved Taylor Swift. She has only been here once before and I sadly missed out,'' she said.
"The experience has been super stressful. I feel absolutely exhausted and deflated so far. It'll all change if I end up getting tickets."
The waiting game paid off for Ms Skinner, who secured four tickets just after midday on Wednesday.