Kylie Minogue just went “Padam, Padam” all over the The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster Disaster of 2022.
On Wednesday, tickets to Kylie’s upcoming Las Vegas residency at The Venetian Resort’s brand new venue Voltaire went on sale to the general public. Well, at least in theory because it seems many people just came away with a whole lot of frustration.
Since the residency’s announcement last month, Kylie queers had been expecting demand to be sky high considering the mesmerizing impact “Padam, Padam” has had over the hot gay summer and because Voltaire only holds about 1000 seats.
Add in the fact that Kylie was only planning on doing 10 dates and you have the perfect recipe for another ticket fiasco.
10 years ago this week, she released a club banger at the very start of the summer that, despite topping the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, seems to have been lost to time.
Unlike the Swift debacle, Kylie’s tickets were not procured via Ticketmaster, but through Voltaire’s newly built website.
From the reactions on the platform formerly known as Twitter, it appears the site was unprepared for the sheer volume of traffic that barreled in like a locomotion.
“If you’re unable to load the event and items, kindly refresh your page. We’re currently facing a high volume of activity,” read a message on the site.
Almost as soon as they went on sale, the gays were hooting and hollering about all the issues they were having trying to secure entry to see Mother Minogue.
Gays trying to get tickets to a 10 show, 1,000 seat capacity Kylie Minogue show pic.twitter.com/FB4LTAjD7Q
— Sober Sister Casey “Cici” Cooper (@soneall89) August 9, 2023
Raise your hands if you have been personally victimized trying to buy Kylie Minogue tickets pic.twitter.com/XlLcNgKQBd
— Flip and Burn Down my She-Shed (@Upguntha) August 9, 2023
It’s ok Voltaire…I guess I DON’T need Kylie tickets. The website is not websiting…You’ve really underestimated the gays Venetian. pic.twitter.com/PcbfVOTCzM
whoever designed the Kylie Residency concept, including the seating chart, ticket options, dates, and even the promotional poster needs to burn in hell IMMEDIATELY pic.twitter.com/pUJDkXxbiL
While the downtrodden expressed how they waited around for more than two hours refreshing the site in hopes of a minor Minogue miracle, but in the end, they came up empty handed.
I can’t get Taylor Swift tickets. Now Kylie Minogue in Vegas. The gay pop music gods hate me right now. This sucks!! pic.twitter.com/Ut4EYgXEXi
Kylie’s Las Vegas residency will take place on November 3, 4, 10, 11, December 8 & 9, and January 19, 20, 26, and 27.
There’s no word if she plans to add more dates, but we are certainly praying she does …and with more bandwidth!
Until then, go ahead and watch “Padam, Padam” one more time. You know you want to!
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I had tickets 4 times but never could get it to get to point of letting me check out/pay (despite waiting several hours for checkout). Minutes after it’s sold out… resale sites show GA tickets priced originally at $200 for over $1500. Resale companies (aka Stubhub, Vivid, Ticketmaster… who make more and more money off resale) are to blame for the fact fans can’t get through to buy tickets. It will end when/if the government ever gets involved. I guess thinking a Vegas hotel system could handle sales that a company like Ticketmaster failed with recently was a recipe for disaster. Bitter… ticketless and… I’m not saying… I’m just sayin’…
I don’t think the Gov’t can do much about the problem. Not until fans band together and refuse to purchase resell tickets will the problem go away. Yes, artists may still “sell out” their tickets. When they are playing to virtually empty venues and fail to have any concession or merch sales due to small amount of actual people in attendance, then they will also work to solve the problem. Leaving the resellers with a huge inventory of worthless tickets is the only answer to the greedy problem. Unfortunately, most people will tell everyone else not to buy resale tix while they buy their own.
The entire residency has sold out!! I’m so happy for Kylie and the people lucky enough to get tickets. She puts on an amazing show and i’m sure her residency will be incredible.
Update on this story: as of 12hrs post sale, they have started to cancel ticket orders. Just received mine after thinking I had my tickets within the first hour of the debacle.
Yes this is the tea. Myself (and at least dozens of others from what I see on IG) had this happen. A group of us were all trying to get tickets and once we had an emailed confirmation, we stopped. Later that day after it’s sold out, we get an email saying confirmed tickets are cancelled. Infuriating.
Do you really think she or any performer is in control of the ticketing process? The promoters are the ticket outlet and they set the price based on the likely demand. Performers in Vegas get an agreed fee (possibly an exorbitant amount) and maybe a cut of some merch but not the ticket sales.
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dbmcvey
A legend! I’ll have to try to make a trip to Vegas!
clintonuws
I had tickets 4 times but never could get it to get to point of letting me check out/pay (despite waiting several hours for checkout). Minutes after it’s sold out… resale sites show GA tickets priced originally at $200 for over $1500. Resale companies (aka Stubhub, Vivid, Ticketmaster… who make more and more money off resale) are to blame for the fact fans can’t get through to buy tickets. It will end when/if the government ever gets involved. I guess thinking a Vegas hotel system could handle sales that a company like Ticketmaster failed with recently was a recipe for disaster. Bitter… ticketless and… I’m not saying… I’m just sayin’…
Openminded
I don’t think the Gov’t can do much about the problem. Not until fans band together and refuse to purchase resell tickets will the problem go away. Yes, artists may still “sell out” their tickets. When they are playing to virtually empty venues and fail to have any concession or merch sales due to small amount of actual people in attendance, then they will also work to solve the problem. Leaving the resellers with a huge inventory of worthless tickets is the only answer to the greedy problem. Unfortunately, most people will tell everyone else not to buy resale tix while they buy their own.
ScottOnEarth
The entire residency has sold out!! I’m so happy for Kylie and the people lucky enough to get tickets. She puts on an amazing show and i’m sure her residency will be incredible.
derekh
Update on this story: as of 12hrs post sale, they have started to cancel ticket orders. Just received mine after thinking I had my tickets within the first hour of the debacle.
dpsu
Yes this is the tea. Myself (and at least dozens of others from what I see on IG) had this happen. A group of us were all trying to get tickets and once we had an emailed confirmation, we stopped. Later that day after it’s sold out, we get an email saying confirmed tickets are cancelled. Infuriating.
sfv1971
Shame on greedy Kylie.
xanadude
WTF? Kylie has nothing to do with it.
nm4047
Do you really think she or any performer is in control of the ticketing process? The promoters are the ticket outlet and they set the price based on the likely demand. Performers in Vegas get an agreed fee (possibly an exorbitant amount) and maybe a cut of some merch but not the ticket sales.