Raye says ticket touts used AI-driven bots to generate hundreds of thousands of fake registrations for her upcoming Royal Albert Hall show, as 1.8 million people signed up to compete for just 5,000 seats. The presale registration was hosted through fan marketing platform co:brand.
The scale of the bot activity highlights the growing challenge facing artists and ticketing platforms in verifying genuine fan demand, as automated scalping tools become more sophisticated. The incident is likely to renew industry scrutiny of presale safeguards and anti-bot measures for high-demand shows.
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