Photo Credit: Live Nation (Olivia Rodrigo)
Olivia Rodrigo is ending the Asian leg of her Guts World Tour on October 5 in Manila, where tickets will be sold for $25 across the board. Will scalpers take advantage?
All tickets for the show at the Philippine Arena will be sold for PHP 1,500—or around $25. The arena has a capacity of 55,000, with the show marking the tenth and final show of the Asian leg of her Guts Tour. This ‘Silver Star Show’ references the initiative the singer launched earlier this year to provide discounted tickets to all of the dates on her Guts tour. Some price comparisons show that tickets to the show in Bangkok start at $53 and seemingly capping out around $170 for the most expensive seats.
Tickets for the show in Manila will go on sale this Saturday. Live Nation is only allowing a maximum of four purchases per person within the venue. Since the ticket price is flat, customers don’t get to pick their seats. Successful buyers will discover their seat location in the arena on September 28. All proceeds generated from the show will benefit Rodrigo’s Fund 4 Good initiative, which seeks to support women’s rights around the world.
Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts Tour kicked off in the United States in March before heading to Europe in April and then returning to North America for the summer. Now she’ll open her Asian leg of the tour will a run in Bangkok on Sunday before heading to Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore. Rodrigo will then head to Australia to play eight concerts with four shows each in Melbourne and Sydney from October 9 – 22.
What’s unclear is how successful Live Nation and Ticketmaster will be at fending off scalpers who are eager to snap up cheap tickets. Olivia Rodrigo fans on social media are already pricing flights and stays in Manila if they win the cheap ticket lottery. If those who don’t manage to snag tickets on Saturday are willing to pay more than $25—then scalpers will rake in beaucoup bucks on top of these cheat seat prices.
