Lewis Capaldi’s comeback tour has sold out in seconds, with disappointed fans furious at Ticketmaster for ‘freezing as they reached the front of the queue’.
The adored Scotsman, 28, is set to perform 17 dates across the UK and Ireland in September as he returns to the stage two years after taking a break for his mental health.
His dedicated fans had every single ticket in their baskets by one second past 9am, Lewis revealed, so the star added extra dates – but even those shows sold out in record time, with the tour being his ‘fastest selling ever’.
Heartbroken fans who failed to secure tickets have hit out at Ticketmaster for kicking them out of the queue or glitching when they tried to pay.
Lewis took to Instagram on Thursday to share the ‘surreal feeling’ of his tour selling out so quickly, thanking fans for their dedication and apologising to those left disappointed.
In an emotional update, Lewis revealed he would not be adding any further dates ‘for now’ so as not to push himself too far following his return to the stage.
Lewis Capaldi’s comeback tour has sold out in seconds, with disappointed fans furious at Ticketmaster for ‘freezing as they reached the front of the queue’
The adored Scotsman, 28, is set to perform 17 dates across the UK and Ireland in September as he returns to the stage two years after taking a break for his mental health
Sharing that he was adding extra dates this morning, Lewis wrote: ‘1 second past 9am and you’ve got every single ticket in the baskets [mind blown emoji].
‘Genuinely blows my mind to be saying this but adding new dates rn that’ll go on sale in a minute, will be on the same link so keep checking x.’
Just one hour later, Lewis shared a post revealing that both the original and extra dates were sold out.
‘Honestly didn’t expect this at all…’ Lewis wrote. ‘Genuinely had no idea what to expect after taking a break for so long so be seeing this tour sell out faster than any tour I’ve ever played is the most incredible surreal feeling ❤️.
‘Thank you to every single one of you who got a ticket and i’m very sorry to any of you who wanted to come and missed out this time.
‘There won’t be any other shows for now, want to make sure I don’t push myself too far too soon. Means more than ya know how many of you were waiting to get tickets this morning x.’
Fans of the star who failed to secure tickets directed their fury at Ticketmaster on Thursday morning as they slammed the site for crashing.
They wrote: ‘I GIVE UP trying get Lewis Capaldi tickets now!! In the waiting room by 8.42am… at the front of the queue by 9.02am… message comes up saying that ones sold out but an extra date has been added so get into that queue at 25,000th, it crashes… Zero tickets for a THIRD DAY!’;
His dedicated fans had every single ticket in their baskets by one second past 9am, Lewis revealed, so the star added extra dates
Lewis took to Instagram on Thursday to share the ‘surreal feeling’ of his tour selling out so quickly, thanking fans for their dedication and apologising to those left disappointed
In an emotional update, Lewis revealed he would not be adding any further dates ‘for now’ so as not to push himself too far following his return to the stage (Seen in June)
‘Losing the ticketmaster war for lewis capaldi is quite humbling actually,’; ‘Birmingham Lewis Capaldi tickets sold out in 6 seconds,’;
‘Ticketmaster count ur days!! Sat like this for the Lewis Capaldi’s Sunday date for ageeesss only had a few thousand infront of me! Joke,’;
‘2 years ago I had tickets for Lewis Capaldi and never got to go. I’ve spent an hour of my life in a hopeless queue fighting every man and his dog to get tickets yet unsuccessful. Ticketmaster is the biggest scam on the planet. Super unfair,’;
‘Can someone tell me how corrupt concerts are in the UK. Couldnt get tickets for oasis, Coldplay or Lewis capaldi even though online in the queue #Ticketmaster but within seconds on viagogo selling for triple the amount. Ticketmaster is a scam,’;
‘#ticketmaster is the biggest scam company. Making REAL people go through a million security checks…to just kick them out when they get to space 1. But yet completely sold out because the scalpers bought them all. ill see u one day lewis capaldi xxxx,’;
‘Ticketmaster count your f***in days. as if it’s frozen on lewis capaldi tickets AGAIN,’;
‘Ticketmaster is so terrible like how did i get to the front of the Lewis Capaldi queue and suddenly there’s an issue and now I’m 8k,’;
‘Ah yes get through the line on ticketmaster for lewis capaldi for ticketmaster to not let me pick seats and then kick me out the line xox,’;
‘Has ticketmaster glitched or something because there’s no way Lewis Capaldi Cardiff is sold out already when we started at 1099 in the queue.’
Heartbroken fans who failed to secure tickets have hit out at Ticketmaster for kicking them out of the queue or glitching when they tried to pay
A Ticketmaster spokesperson said: ‘The site did not crash. We always advise to fans to make sure they only use one tab, clear their cookies, and do not use any VPN software on their device.’
Lewis revealed he’s no longer on antidepressants and is feeling the ‘best he’s felt in a long time’ in a new health update on Wednesday.
The Glaswegian singer made his return to music almost two weeks ago with an epic and emotional performance at Glastonbury.
It came almost exactly two years after he broke down on the very same stage, prompting a hiatus during which Lewis was forced to focus on improving both his physical and mental health.
But after taking some time away from the limelight and the ‘pressures’ of being a star, Capaldi says that he’s now ‘doing much better’ and is no longer taking the antidepressant Sertraline.
‘I’m not on antidepressants anymore,’ Lewis – who marked his return with the new track Survive which has soared to Number 1 – told fans on a livestream.
‘It was f*****g hard to get off it. You could say I survived getting off Sertraline but let’s not get into that. This is happy stuff, I’m trying to share less.’
He later added: ‘I’ve felt the best I’ve felt in a long time through therapy.
‘I think I will always be an anxious person, accepting that’s always going to be there for me is a big thing. It’s about how I respond to anxiety.’