Popstar Lorde has apologised after a stuff up on the part of the venue will see some miss out.
She was all set to kick off a three-night stand at the Powerstation this Sunday - a series of sold out shows highly anticipated by her fans.
But in a surprise move, promoters have moved her Sunday night show to a different venue, while under 18's will be unable to attend her other two.
In a press release issued this afternoon, promoters said Lorde's Sunday night show had been forced to move to the Bruce Mason Centre on the North Shore.
Her remaining two shows, on November 14 and 15, will remain at the Powerstation.
guys i’m SO sorry about this. we were completely blindsided by the venue’s licensing issue this morn & there were so few options 48 hrs out https://t.co/XhuNOABfDv
— Lorde (@lorde) November 10, 2017
Promoters blamed the move on "licensing complications".
"On Thursday night, Frontier and Eccles Entertainment were informed by the Powerstation that the Licensing Police had refused them permission to host any persons under the age of 18 at Lorde's three sold out Auckland concerts," they said.
"As the Sunday, 12 November Lorde concert is an all ages show and can no longer take place at the Powerstation, the concert will now be relocated to Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna.
"Anyone with a ticket for the show on Sunday November 12 should go to the Bruce Mason centre for the show - your ticket will be valid for that show and you need take no further action other than turn up at the new venue."
Promoters also said that anyone holding an all ages ticket to Lorde's shows on November 14 and 15 would be unable to attend those shows as they were now R18, but they could use their tickets to get into her Bruce Mason Centre show on Sunday.
Promoters said they were "incredibly disappointed with this last-minute venue change".
Lorde took to Twitter to express her disappointment saying that her team was "completely blindsided" and offered to hook people up with merchandise.
not cool i’m so bummed out. if you can’t make the sunday show, reply to this and i’ll hook u up with some special hometown merch on me ❤️
— Lorde (@lorde) November 10, 2017
The shows have been sold out for months and are highly anticipated by Lorde's Kiwi fan base.
The 21-year-old has already performed in Dunedin and Christchurch and performs in Wellington tomorrow night, before heading to Auckland for the first of three shows on Sunday.
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