Girls Aloud fans fume as ticket prices are SLASHED to £21 despite some paying £200 - after tour fails to sell out
Girls Aloud fans were left fuming this week when ticket prices were slashed to as little as £21 after they had forked out as much as £200.
The band's reunion tour has been marred by drama with provider Ticketek struggling to deliver tickets ahead of their show at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham and Nadine Coyle awkwardly forgetting the lyrics at their gig in Dublin.
Now, it appears sales for their comeback have flopped with Girls Aloud failing to fill the arenas.
Tickets for shows in areas such as Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Aberdeen and London, were originally priced between £58 and £200 - and fans aren't happy.
After receiving an email announcing the half price tickets, concert goers voiced their thoughts on X.
Girls Aloud fans were left fuming this week when ticket prices were slashed to as little as £21 after they had forked out as much as £200 (pictured in Manchester last month)
One person questioned: 'Are tickets for #GirlsAloud just not selling?
Others fumed: 'Don’t know why I bother spending ages trying to get tickets when my friend just was emailed saying tickets are now half price for girls aloud'; 'The gays and I silently fuming as there are heavily discounted Girls Aloud tickets now...'
'Can’t help but want to cry looking at all the available and cheap Girls Aloud tickets when I paid £120 to be sat one row from the back'; 'Seems like you should have anticipated cheaper tickets being available when you were told you were being the best available tickets.'; 'Can't believe there's loads tickets for girls aloud on 27th Jun in London.'
Meanwhile, someone else mused: 'Just got an email for cheap tickets to go see #GirlsAloud at the O2 in London £21, quite tempted.'
Earlier this week, fans were up in arms when they were yet to receive tickets for the band's Birmingham show, with just hours to go.
Those who had paid to see the noughties girlband's reunion tour gig at the Resorts World Arena on Tuesday night flooded X, formerly Twitter, asking what to do as they arrived in the city.
Many desperate fans hit out at provider Ticketek, describing it as the 'most stressful experience' after waiting in all day in the hope their tickets would arrive on time.
The company responded to the uproar with a statement on the delay.
The band's reunion tour has been marred by drama with provider Ticketek struggling to deliver tickets ahead of their show at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham
Tickets for shows in areas such as Manchester, Nottingham , Sheffield, Aberdeen and London, were originally priced between £58 and £200 - and fans aren't happy
Meanwhile, someone else mused: 'Just got an email for cheap tickets to go see #GirlsAloud at the O2 in London £21, quite tempted'
They wrote on Tuesday morning: 'We are aware of delays with customers receiving their Girls Aloud tickets for Birmingham. Tickets were posted last week so if you have not received yours yet, please contact us here,' before linking to their helpdesk.
Matt Fisher had been one of those hoping to attend Tuesday night's show, but has been left worrying if he will even be admitted into the arena.
He told MailOnline: 'I've been looking forward to this for six months, sunk an awful lot of money into tickets, travel, accommodation and to still not know if I'm going to make it through the doors in six hours is extremely upsetting.
'As a fan, I'm disenchanted the bands official VIP ticket seller has treated us this way and potentially ruined the experience of a lifetime - many of us thought we'd never get to see them tour again.
'It's shameful thousands of people have spent money only to be desperately seeking answers to the last minute.'
Many took to X, formerly Twitter, demanding answers about what they should do and voiced their concerns about hundreds flocking to the box office to try to get their hands on their tickets.
Tweets read: 'This is going to be horrendous!' and 'Hi @ticketek_uk I have the exact same problem. I am not getting a response and I’m already in Birmingham. My show is tonight and I don’t know where to go to get my ticket. Will someone please answer?'
'We waited for the postie today and they didn’t have them so now holding out that ticketek add me to the box office list which they still haven’t done!'
'Looking at all the tweets and Trustpilot reviews for @ticketek_uk, this seems to be affecting a huge number of people, potentially everyone who bought presale? Guess @GirlsAloud will be playing to a half-empty arena if nobody will get their act together!'
Earlier this week, fans were up in arms when they were yet to receive tickets for the band's Birmingham show, with just hours to go (pictured Kimberley Walsh, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl, Nicola Roberts)
The company responded to the uproar with a statement on the delay
The band which features Nicola Roberts , 38, Nadine Coyle , 38, Kimberley Walsh , 42, and Cheryl, 40, kicked off their comeback concerts last month
Many took to X, formerly Twitter, demanding answers about what they should do and voiced their concerns about hundreds flocking to the box office to try to get their hands on tickets
MailOnline has contacted Ticketek and The Ticket Factory for comment.
The band which features Nicola Roberts, 38, Nadine Coyle, 38, Kimberley Walsh, 42, and Cheryl, 40, kicked off their comeback concerts last month.
They are currently on tour for the first time since 2013 and, during each show, they have been paying tribute to late bandmate Sarah Harding.
Ticketek previously came under fire during the pre-sale of the tickets for the tour after the website crashed.
Dozens of fans vented their frustrations after waiting two hours only, only to get timed out when they were selecting seats.
Ticketek is an Australian event ticketing company and is a rival for Ticketmaster.
The presale kicked off at 9am on November 29, and fans took to X - formerly known as Twitter - to share their desperation for tickets as they eagerly queued for them.
But many were left disappointed - some 'absolutely disgusted' - due to the website glitching.
Nadine, Nicola, Cheryl, and Kimberley made up the iconic girl band alongside Sarah until her tragic death from breast cancer in 2021 at the age of 39 (band seen in 2002)
They are currently on tour for the first time since 2013 and, during each show, they have been paying tribute to late bandmate Sarah Harding
One wrote: 'Three times I had seats selected and got to checkout before it timed out, each repeat occurrence with worse seats than before. When at the checkout stage surely the timer should reset ! Have given up now, absolutely disgusted with the experience here!'
Others said: 'Anyone trying to get Girls Aloud tickets, sod Ticketek off and go back to the presale link in the email. Took me to Ticketmaster and I got tickets straight away, no queueing at all!! (Up in the gods but I refuse to pay £100+'.
'@ticketek_uk utter disaster with the #girlsaloud pre sale, got tickets but the page timed out as I was signing in to then get to the payment page, despite signing in before I clicked to look for tickets. Not happy not stuck in the stupid lounge again.'
The group catapulted to fame in 2002 when they took part in the ITV reality show Popstars: The Rivals.
They competed for a place in a girl band and were then pitted against a boy band from the show named One True Voice in the hope that their song would become Christmas number one.
Girls Aloud won with their single Sound Of The Underground and they went on to have three more number ones and 20 top ten hits.
Sarah also won Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.
