This is the text conversation I had on the morning the Sour Tour went on sale. Emerging superstar Olivia Rodrigo had announced her first ever tour and put the entire thing on sale on the same day. And rather than play venues fit for her popularity, the tour was booked as 100% underplays, and was bound to sell out immediately, creating a lifeline (gold rush?) for professional ticket sellers they have desperately needed since COVID hit the concert industry hard.
No, my sister-in-law did not get tickets that day for my niece and her best friend. The tickets would come much later. Continue reading “With 5000 phones in Phoenix: An Olivia Rodrigo Diary”