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Everything you thought when you tried to get tickets for Taylor Swift yesterday

By Wieke Veenboer | #!31Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:15:30 +0200+02:003031#31Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:15:30 +0200+02:00-11Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam202331 13am31am-31Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:15:30 +0200+02:0011Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam2023312023Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:15:30 +02001511157amThursday=9#!31Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:15:30 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam7#07-13-2023#!31Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:15:30 +0200+02:003031#/31Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:15:30 +0200+02:00-11Europe/Amsterdam3131Europe/Amsterdam202331#!31Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:15:30 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam7#

Yes, I was also nervously sitting behind the laptop yesterday. It was D-Day, or better said: T-Day. The day that people who had received a unique code after signing up for the presale (reportedly about four million people did that) could buy tickets for The Eras Tour by Taylor Swift. She is performing three times in the Arena and math was never my best subject, but I do know that four million people cannot fit in that location in three days. It quickly became clear: this would be a battlefield, or to stay in the words of Miss Swift herself: ‘The Great War.’.

Fortunately, Ticketmaster is a very pleasant platform. Foolproof. A site that can handle all that chaos. HAHA. Of course, that is not the case: Ticketmaster has become my arch-nemesis since yesterday. Earlier that day, that same Ticketmaster already blundered in Poland when the entire site crashed due to all the traffic. That didn't happen in the Netherlands yesterday, but I aged thirty years in an hour. Were you ready too? Then this must have crossed your mind as well. And, if you did manage to get tickets: you survived The Great War and I am infinitely jealous of you. This girl has to flee to Edinburgh because I did manage to get tickets there. Apparently, I am now going to Edinburgh.

1. They say that the spots in the queue are assigned randomly... But just to be sure, I will sit ready half an hour in advance.

2. Well, you know? An hour in advance, to be sure.

3. Is there any more news from Ticketmaster or are they really going to surprise us until the very last moment regarding how everything works?

4. Ticketmaster be like: think ahead about which tickets you want to buy, it saves stress at the moment itself.

Also Ticketmaster: doesn’t tell us what kind of tickets will be available for sale.

5. STRESS.

6. Let’s check Twitter. Ah yes, Poland is down, tickets for Wembley are one big chaos — this can only go wrong.

7. THE QUEUE IS OPEN.

8. Keep in touch with the other Swifties who are also in line. Does anyone have good spots?

9. Yes, I. I HAVE A GOOD SPOT. Number 4600. No idea how many people fit in the ArenA, but this is going to be just fine.

10. Do you think I will stop shaking at some point?

11. My goodness, the queue cannot possibly go any slower. Is it going wrong after all?

12. Okay, number 1100... The slowest pace ever, but I will make it.

13. It’s time. I am next. I am going to buy Taylor Swift tickets. I. Am. Going. To. Taylor. Swift. ~manifestation~

14. No panic, just click on the tickets. Seats. The very best you have. Let’s go.

15. …

16. ‘Oops, something went wrong.’ Something. Wrong.

17. Yep. I just got kicked out of the virtual queue. My spot is gone. I could cry now, I would want to cry now, but I don’t have time. Wasting time is not going to Taylor Swift. Back in that queue.

18. Number 93,375...

19. Alexa, play All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version). Here comes the crying.

20. Ticketmaster, we are not done talking. There is a voodoo doll ready with your name on it and it’s not gonna be pretty.