Taylor Swift fans may be taking over River North, but in downtown Chicago, Maggie Rogers fans are lining the streets.
Friday morning, a blocks-long line full of Maggie Rogers lovers led to the House of Blues, at 329 N. Dearborn, hoping to get a coveted ticket to Rogers' special show at the venue Friday night. It's one of four smaller shows ahead of her newly announced arena tour titled "The Don't Forget Me, Tour, Part II," -- and the only way to get tickets is in-person, at the box office.
'"Come buy a ticket like it’s 1965,' Rogers encouraged fans when her 'Summer of ’23 Tour' was announced last year," according to a press release from Live Nation. “We’re going old school.”
In the release, Rogers explains the in-person ticketing is an "effort to reduce fees, combat bots and get tickets directly into the hands of fans."
Tickets for Rogers' special "Box Office Week" show at the House of Blues go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. According to the release, the musician herself will be the one handling the transaction.
"In NYC, Philly, Boston, and Chicago, I’m going to be in-person selling tickets directly to you at the box office," Rogers said in the release. "After the box office day festivities, I’ll be playing a show that very same night in those four cities where me and my band will perform Don’t Forget Me for the very first time.”
Tickets for the Chicago House of Blues show are limited to two-per-person at the box office. They are $25, with no added fees. Fans at the box office Friday can also pick up tickets to Rogers' Oct. 24 arena show at the United Center. For that show, special "in-person" ticket prices range from $24.50 to $129.50.
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The online, general public on-sale for all arena shows takes place at 10 a.m. April 26, though nearly all venues are holding in-person ticket events head of time.
Rogers' latest album, "Don't Forget Me," is set to be released Friday night.
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Photos and video from outside the venue Friday morning showed a line of fans wrapping the venue, from Dearborn Street, to Wacker Drive, to State Street and then Kinzie Street.
According to Live Nation, the House of Blues capacity is between "25 to 1,800 guests." It wasn't immediately known how many seats would be available for Rogers' show at the venue.
Below is a full list of Rogers tour dates, and when in-person ticketing takes place:
Intimate shows during "Box Office Week"
4/13 New York, NY Irving Plaza
4/14 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
4/16 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
4/19 Chicago, IL House of Blues
“The Don't Forget Me Tour, Part I” (Including Festival Appearances)
5/4 Charlotte NC Lovin' Life Festival^
5/23 San Diego, CA Gallagher Square at Petco Park
5/24 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre
5/27 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
5/28 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
5/31 Irving, TX The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
6/1 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
6/3 Rogers, AR Walmart AMP
6/5 Indianapolis, IN Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
6/7 Cincinnati, OH The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park
6/8 Milwaukee, WI BMO Pavilion
6/9 Sterling Heights, MI Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
6/11 Alpharetta, GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
6/14 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
6/16 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
6/19 Raleigh, NC Coastal Credit Union Music Park
6/20 Charleston, SC Credit One Stadium
6/22 Miami, FL FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park
“The Don't Forget Me Tour Part II,” with corresponding in-person box office ticking date and location
10/9 Austin, TX Moody Center 4/17 at Moody Center
10/15 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center 4/14 at The Fillmore Philadelphia
10/17 Boston, MA TD Garden 4/16 at Paradise Rock Club
10/19 New York, NY Madison Square Garden 4/13 at Irving Plaza
10/22 Toronto, ON Coca-Cola Coliseum 4/14 at Coca-Cola Coliseum
10/24 Chicago, IL United Center 4/19 at House of Blues
10/25 Minneapolis, MN Target Center 4/20 at Target Center
10/29 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena 4/20 at Climate Pledge Arena
10/30 Portland, OR Moda Center 4/20 at Moda Center
11/1 San Francisco, CA Chase Center 4/20 at Chase Center
11/2 Inglewood, CA Kia Forum 4/17 at Kia Forum
