Janet Jackson’s Nov. 12 concert sold out, more than 24 hours before a reserved pre-sale window for Hawaii residents was to begin, and a second Jackson concert at Blaisdell Arena has been announced for Nov. 13.
American Express Card members were able to purchase tickets for Jackson’s Nov. 12 concert beginning Monday. The singer’s official website also offers a "Special Pre-sale Access" code to those who purchase a T-shirt and CD or album package.
The concerts are being presented by Live Nation, Rhythm Nation, Tommy Meharey and BAMP Project.
Flash Hansen, publicist for BAMP, said the promoters were "caught a little off guard" by the pace of ticket sales for the Nov. 12 concert, and scrambled to make a second concert available.
"This is the first show to sell out in the entire tour. It is the fastest-selling show in the tour," Hansen said.
According to Hansen, receipts from the first wave of ticket sales indicate that most of the American Express cardholders buying tickets for the Honolulu concert are Hawaii residents.
"Any local person with an AmEx card could purchase tickets," he explained. "From our information, it was largely a locals-only AmEx sale."
Approximately 6 percent of ticket buyers via American Express held out-of-state ZIP codes, Hansen said, and many of them could have been military residents.
"Clearly, it was a rapid sell-out," Hansen said. "Those who purchased AmEx tickets bought a million of them."
He also said, however, that most tickets were sold in groups of two and four, so there is little indication scalpers scooped up the seats.
Pre-sale tickets for the added concert on Nov. 13 will be available to Hawaii residents and American Express cardholders simultaneously, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday.
"The whole point of the second show is that we need to satisfy the locals-only pre-sale," Hansen said. "We’re doing what we can to get it up and get it out for locals."
From 10 a.m. Friday through 10 p.m. Sunday, tickets for the Nov. 13 concert are scheduled for sale for credit card holders with a Hawaii ZIP code and for American Express cardholders.
In-person purchases at the Blaisdell box office will also be possible beginning Friday morning, Hansen said. Tickets will go on sale to the general public Monday.
Ticket prices for the Nov. 12 and 13 shows range from $20 to $175.
Ticket information is available at www.janetjackson.com, www. bampproject.com, www.ticketmaster.com, Hawaii Ticketmaster outlets — including the Blaisdell box office — and Walmart stores on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii island. Charging by phone is also available at 800-745-3000 or 866-448-7849.
Jackson, 49, a Grammy Award-winning vocalist, will appear in Honolulu as part of her Unbreakable World Tour. She has performed twice before in Hawaii, both times at Aloha Stadium, in 1999 and 2002.
She has sold more than 160 million records.
