These complications have reinvigorated calls from activists and politicians for the Department of Justice to investigate the decade's-old merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
Live Nation, which merged with Ticketmaster in 2010, has faced longstanding criticisms about its size and power in the entertainment industry. People amplified their complaints this week when tickets for Swift tickets went on presale on Ticketmaster's website. The company wasTicket buyers immediately turned to social media to complain after the website appeared to crash or freeze during purchases, leaving many unable to get tickets for the show.
"I've long urged DOJ to investigate the state of competition in the ticketing industry,," he added. "Consumers deserve better than this anti-hero behavior."Others complained about the long wait times and confusion over "verified fan" tickets and presale codes. The verified fan program, which was established in 2017, was designed to keep tickets in the hands of actual fans and not resellers.
"The [Taylor Swift] portal is not going well for many Swifties," Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., wrote in a tweet Tuesday. "I'm hearing about site crashes and fans waiting for hours. You'd think all these service and convenience fees could go to a working website."
Riddle me this… why are there tickets fo sale that are $15,000? Early access to tickets to be bought and resold by scalpers should be a crime.
All her fans. Ticketmaster has no fans.
All rigged so fans have to pay 50 to 100% more for tickets.
If only 1.5million ppl we’re supposed to be on, how did 14 million get in?
“There’s something about Taylor swift and breakups” 🤣. Hopefully some good will at least come out of our swiftie struggles 🙏🏼 TaylorSwift TSTheErasTour
Joey's Fiasco 🗣️📢🤗A MUST VIEW🇺🇸
It should take place for a multitude of reasons but not due to a specific artist
Something has to be done
A bunch of politicians can’t get their Taylor Swift tickets and now after 30 years of this nonsense it’s a problem.
Climate change in action
I doubt it will happen but Monopolies are illegal in 🇺🇸
I love capitalism
🥰😍
All a ploy - she will buy one side of them. :)
Blame scalpers they are the reason.
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