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Did She Undergo The Knife?
Taylor Swift fan who snapped up £100 tickets for singer’s Era Tour in Cardiff is left fuming after hotel prices near the gig TRIPLED just 30 minutes later
- Adele, 36, said she’s ‘upset’ at the ‘unfair and ridiculous’ surcharge
A Taylor Swift fan is furious after hotels near a gig tripled their prices in 30 minutes.
Adele Hickingbothom, 36, bought £100 tickets – beating thousands in the virtual queue – for her and her mother Yvonne McDogall, 62, to attend the Eras tour in Cardiff.
They could only get a pre-sale ticket code to the Cardiff show, but after researching hotel prices – and finding they were reasonably priced – Adele bought tickets.
Rooms in the Welsh capital which were £200 per night just before she bought tickets were £600 half an hour later.
Adele said she’s ‘upset’ at the ‘unfair and ridiculous’ surcharge as she rarely gets the opportunity to spend time with her mum. British-born Adele now lives in Jupiter, Florida, while her mum lives in Selsey, West Sussex.
Adele Hickingbothom (left), 36, bought tickets for her and her mother Yvonne McDogall, 62, to attend Taylor Swift’s Eras tour in Cardiff
One upset Taylor Swift fan has described the tripling of hotel prices in Cardiff as ‘ridiculous’
HR director Adele said: ‘It’s hard enough getting the tickets in the first place.’
Swifties fled to Ticketmaster as they scrambled to get tickets for shows across the UK.
Some fans were so fearful they would miss-out on tickets they were suffering ‘anxiety attacks’.
With demand far outstripping supply, hundreds of fans were left ticketless and disappointed. Many took to social media to express their frustration and upset.
Some complained of being unable to purchase tickets after being flagged as potential bots.
Re-sale tickets are going for nearly £10,000, with fans having to pay for travel and accommodation on top of this.
Adele said when she first looked at hotels, before she bought the tickets, they were around £100 to £200 per night.
She added: ‘There was one five star hotel at £200 a night that I wanted to treat my mum to two nights in.
‘As soon as I knew we had the tickets I went to book the hotel and it had gone up to over £600 per night – over £1,200 in total.
‘Everywhere else had raised their prices around the same amount. Airbnbs went from just over £200 to £500 as well.
‘I’d understand a £50 surcharge but triple is just ridiculous. It’s not even a weekend – it’s a Monday and Tuesday night.’
Adele (right) doesn’t get to see her mother as often since she moved to Florida
Swifties fled to Ticketmaster as they scrambled to get tickets for shows across the UK
Adele Hickingbothom, 36, as hotels in Cardiff tripled their prices just half an hour after she bought tickets to the Eras Tour
Taylor Swift performs onstage during The Eras Tour at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on July 28
The mother daughter duo had no choice but to book a Premier Inn hotel almost 14 miles away from the stadium for £174 a night.
Adele said: ‘I’m really upset because I haven’t been able to see my mum too much the past few years because of Covid.
‘I thought we’d have two whole days in Cardiff together and I had lots planned in my head.
‘I wanted to go shopping together and use the spa but now we can’t do any of that.
‘I know not much can be done about it but I think it’s really unfair.’
