Olivia Rodrigo

[FrogLobster]

This album is fantastic! Perfect balance of catchy radio-friendly pop, ballads, smart lyrics and teen garage rock. Bits of it sound like Weezer and Pixies?! 'Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl' needs to be a radio single. She is taking The Breeders out on her arena tour?!

I'm all aboard this hype train now!

Edited September 19, 2023 by FrogLobster

[Dg_vic]

It is a very good album, personally I think better than the debut as she sounds more confident in her style.  What strikes me (asper post above) is the variety of influences included in the album.  Obvious ones like Swift, Paramore (as per first album) but now Lorde, Beck, even the sounding like the a mix of the Longpigs and Weezer on 'Ballad on a homeschooled Girl'

Hopefully the album has legs and bears repeat listens over a longer timeframe, but all in my house (age 11-45) are hooked 

[fraybentos1]

I agree, it's great and better than Sour imo

[pops1998]

Does anyone have any rough idea of what time they’re sending the presale emails out?

[ls2408]

16 minutes ago, pops1998 said:

Does anyone have any rough idea of what time they’re sending the presale emails out?

Ticketmaster said “this afternoon” on twitter. Helpful as always

for Taylor it was around 4pm UK time 

[dotdash79]

I have got access to the co-op presale. Not sure if I’m going to buy tickets or not. 

[ls2408]

Nothing for me from Co Op or TM

[Joshuwarr]

Nothing for me yet either 😞 

[pops1998]

I registered for the London dates through Ticketmaster and have heard nothing yet 

[ls2408]

And as per usual, Ticketmaster customer service are offline after saying the codes were coming in the “afternoon”

[panda97]

Still heard nothing, I've registered for the Amex sale, O2 priority sale and the regular sale, so have 3 friends, none of us heard anything yet

[ls2408]

O2 codes are apparently on their way now

[Joshuwarr]

A friend who registered for AMEX has been told they're on the waitlist...I just registered for general and yet to hear...

[ls2408]

I’m waitlisted for the general sale

[pops1998]

Me and 6 others I know who registered have all been waitlisted 🫠 

[panda97]

Between us all that registered for the sales, 11/12 waitlisted, got 1 code for the O2 Priority sale in the morning

[Dg_vic]

Waitlist for London also 

[dotdash79]

Selected for the co-op presale, waitlisted for the sale. 

[brettredmayne]

Crazy demmand, she is big enough to headline by a mile 

[Rose-Colored Boy]

3 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

Crazy demmand, she is big enough to headline by a mile 

Absolutely.

Waitlisted here too. 

[JonSnow]

8 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

Crazy demmand, she is big enough to headline by a mile 

Yep 100%

Another waitlister here

[foolee]

Waitlist too

[Ayrshire Chris]

Got code and selected, Glasgow 

[goonerben]

My 14yr old dauguter got a code for the general sale - no ticket buying history, just registered with an email.  

I registered for Amex presale, and got waitlisted, despite:

• Having bought something (with the same email address) from Olivia Rodrigo's online store within the last 2 months.
• Having an extensive Ticketmaster order history for similar artists (on an account with the same email).
• Having an Amex Platinum card

So I think at this point, I'm assuming they don't do any of the Verified Fan stuff that they (claim to) do in the US - and that it's just complete luck of the draw...

Which leads to the inevitable conclusion that the whole pre-registration thing is mostly about managing the impact of high demand on Ticketmaster's servers (by making it harder for bots etc), and not really about getting tickets into the hands of fans.

Edited September 20, 2023 by goonerben
Makes me wonder if Glastonbury ticket sales might go more in a "luck of the draw" direction too, with various pre-steps.

[efcfanwirral]

Another two waitlisted here also