Chappell Roan cancels scalper tickets to sell to “actual” fans

nme.com:

Chappell Roan has announced that she has cancelled all tickets purchased by scalpers for an upcoming concert to sell to “actual” fans – find out more below.Yesterday (September 4), the ‘Hot To Go’ singer took to social media to share a video in which she addressed a significant amount of tickets for an upcoming show being bought by scalpers and bots, leaving actual fans unable to score tickets.The show is set to take place on October 1 in Franklin, Tennessee.

The former NME Cover star said in a video shared on X (formerly Twitter): “Scalpers and bots just bought up all the tickets so we went through and cancelled all the scalper tickets that we could.”“I want to make sure that tickets go to people who actually want to come and are fans,” she continued.Franklin ♡‧₊˚ We scrubbed and canceled scalper tickets for my show this week and are releasing a limited number of tickets to you.

Go to https://t.co/AJkuCJDc5W to request tickets now!!! pic.twitter.com/IvTiRrHU5s— Chappell Roan (@ChappellRoan) September 4, 2024The singer went on to share that she will be selling those same tickets back to fans in a limited quantity, directing fans to an online Ticketmaster form where they can request for spots.“This is the best solution that makes sense to me and my team.

I know it’s confusing and it’s so annoying, but I’m genuinely so pissed about the scalper situation and think that people actually deserve to get to my show.