Photo Credit: Garth Brooks by Shawn Miller for the Library of Congress / Public Domain
Garth Brooks quickly halted ticket sales for his Kansas City concert after just over 30 minutes, blaming excessive bot activity for the decision.
Over the weekend, Garth Brooks abruptly halted ticket sales for his third Kansas City concert, scheduled for November 7 at T-Mobile Center, leaving fans disappointed and confused. The country legend issued a personal apology for the decision, which he blamed on excessive bot activity that he asserts has been “progressively getting worse on this tour.”
Brooks had announced the extra show on October 21 on his personal website in response to the growing demand for his Blame It All On My Roots Tour. Tickets went on sale through AXS at 10 AM Central, but fans were left with only a short purchase window as the team’s shutdown notice appeared around 10:35, followed by a message from Brooks himself at 10:49.
“The bot situation is out of hand,” Brooks wrote, noting that it has gotten progressively worse throughout the tour and expressing gratitude to fans for their efforts to attend.
However, there has been no announcement regarding a replacement sale date or a final decision on whether the November 7 show will proceed with only partial ticket sales. The show is still listed on the T-Mobile Center website.
This isn’t the first show on the tour to be affected by bot interference. Last month, Brooks pulled the ticket sales for his October 11 show at Salt Lake City’s Delta Center after only 30 minutes because of rampant bot activity. Those tickets were issued through SeatGeek, rather than AXS.
Brooks told Salt Lake City customers that the show would go on as scheduled and that their tickets were valid. It’s therefore probably safe to assume that the same policy will apply to the Kansis City show.
The ongoing tour is scheduled to head to Seattle after Kansas City, with Climate Pledge Arena listing four performances between Thursday, November 12, and Sunday, November 15. The Thursday performance was added on October 23, after Brooks announced that “over 30,000 real people” were in line to secure tickets.
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