Raye Royal Albert Hall show “overwhelmed by scalpers using AI bots” after receiving nearly 2million sign-ups

Raye has revealed that her team are working to try and identify “real fans” ahead of tickets going on sale for her gig at Royal Albert Hall, following nearly 2million sign-ups and the system being “overwhelmed by scalpers using AI bots”. READ MORE: ‘This Music May Contain Hope’ review: musical maximalism at its grandest The gig refers to the special one off show she announced for the historic London venue last week, which will see her reimagine her album ‘This Music May Contain Hope’ with an orchestra. Set to take place on Friday October 23, tickets for the ‘This Symphony May Contain Hope’ show are set to go to pre-sale today (Tuesday October 13), however, Raye has now shared an update saying that the system has already been “overwhelmed” by scalpers and AI bots, and that they are trying to make the process fairer for “real fans”. “We received 1.8 million sign-ups for 5000 seats,” her post began. “Sadly our sign-up process was overwhelmed by scalpers, using Al bots to create hundreds of thousands of fake registrations.” “It is a new world we are living in now, I have never witnessed bots on this scale,” she continued, adding that “It is so important to me that fans can buy tickets ...