# Raye's Royal Albert Hall Show Overwhelmed by Scalpers

> Raye's Royal Albert Hall show system overwhelmed by AI bot scalpers after 1.8m sign-ups.
- Title: Raye's Royal Albert Hall Show Overwhelmed by Scalpers · NME
- Summary: Raye's Royal Albert Hall show system overwhelmed by AI bot scalpers after 1.8m sign-ups. Raye's team manually reviews sign-ups to identify real fans for…
- Keywords: raye, royal albert hall, ai bots, scalpers, ticketing, pre-sale, banquet records, royal albert hall show, music, culture, Raye's, Royal
- Source: NME — https://nme.com/news/music/raye-royal-albert-hall-show-overwhelmed-by-scalpers-using-ai-bots-after-receiving-nearly-2million-sign-ups-3973034
- Published: 2026-10-13T11:13:34+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: raye, royal albert hall, ai bots, scalpers, ticketing, pre-sale, banquet records, royal albert hall show, music, culture
## Raye's show sign-ups
Raye revealed nearly 2 million sign-ups for Royal Albert Hall show with 5000 seats available.

> We received 1.8 million sign-ups for 5000 seats
## AI bot scalpers overwhelm system
The sign-up system was overwhelmed by scalpers using AI 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
## Manual review for real fans
Raye's team will manually review sign-ups to identify real fans before sending pre-sale codes by 11:45am today.

> We are trying to make the process fairer for real fans
## Pre-sale tickets go live
Pre-sale tickets will go live at midday after manual review completes.

> If you do not receive a presale code, the remaining tickets will be available to all on general sale
## General sale starts Thursday
General sale begins Thursday October 15 at 10am after pre-sale closes.

> The general on sale still expected to commence on Thursday (October 15) at 10am
## Banquet Records response
Banquet Records says bots are increasingly hitting their bigger shows and urges users to become registered to verify real fans.

> Bots are increasingly hitting Banquet’s bigger shows too. we have manual work arounds but they’re very time consuming
## Government ticketing efforts
Government has promised to stamp out ticket touts but faces delays in implementing price caps on secondary sales.

> We have the commitment and we can do it in this term
## Key takeaway

Raye's team manually reviews sign-ups to identify real fans for Royal Albert Hall show after AI bot scalpers overwhelmed 1.8m sign-ups for 5000 seats.