Sam Fender has revealed that the pre-sale for tickets to his St James’ Park shows has been subject to a bot attack.
Gigantic Tickets had scheduled the pre-sale for 9.30am today (October 28) but it has now been pushed back to Thursday (October 29).
“Being told by the promoters that there’s been a sophisticated bot attack to the Gigantic ticket site which is impacting the St James’ Park pre-sale,” posted Fender on Instagram Stories. “We’re going to have to move the Newcastle pre-sale to 9:30am tomorrow to ensure real fans get the tickets.”
It follows another AI bot attack on Raye’s Royal Albert Hall show this month. The attempt to deny genuine fans the chance to buy tickets has increased calls for action on secondary ticketing.
Sam Fender’s Proper Massive Stadium Tour was announced last week and opens with two hometown dates at St James’ Park (June 3 and 5), followed by shows at Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wembley Stadium, Marlay Park, Dublin, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh and Etihad Stadium, Manchester.
The tour is promoted by SJM, Communion ONE, Kilimanjaro Live and DF Concerts.
Over the weekend, Fender also took to social media in response to complaints about standing ticket prices. He later confirmed that a premium charge for front standing had been removed from the pre-sale with all tickets set at the same price.
PHOTO: Kieran Frost/Redferns/Getty
FOLLOW 
