RAYE Blames ‘AI Bots’ After Presale For Intimate London Show Clocks 1.8 Million Sign-Ups: ‘This Experience Has Really Opened My Eyes’
The show is due to take place at the 5,000-capacity Royal Albert Hall on Oct. 23.
RAYE has criticized "AI bots" and "scalpers" for overwhelming the presale sign-up process for her upcoming concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. According to the British singer, her team received 1.8 million registrations for the 5,000-seat show scheduled for October 23. RAYE stated on Instagram that "hundreds of thousands of fake registrations" were recorded due to the bots creating thousands of fake accounts.
The singer expressed her concern that fans would be unable to purchase tickets at face value due to the influx of fraudulent sign-ups. To mitigate the issue, RAYE's team had to manually review the list of sign-ups to ensure that genuine fans would be allowed to buy tickets. The selected fans were expected to receive a presale link and code by email shortly after 11:45 a.m. BST, with the general sale to commence at noon.
The remaining tickets will be made available for general sale later in the week. RAYE emphasized that she and her team are considering changes to their approach to ticketing in the future. The concert's performance will feature a reimagining of her album "This Music May Contain Hope" accompanied by the Heritage Orchestra. The album has been nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize, which will be presented at a ceremony the day prior to the show on October 22.
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