News

Taylor Swift Shares Statement On Concert Ticket Debacle: “It Really Pisses Me Off”

todayNovember 19, 2022 1

Background
share close

Amy Sussman/Getty Images

It was extremely difficult to buy Taylor Swift tickets this week. During the presale for Swift’s 2023 stadium tour, Ticketmaster crashed. Queues lasted hours. In the aftermath, the scheduled public onsale launch was canceled. It’s been enough of a debacle that lawmakers started chattering about breaking up Ticketmaster’s monopoly and the chairman of concert promoter Live Nation — which notoriously merged with Ticketmaster in 2010 — went on CNBC and argued there was nothing the platform could have done to prepare for the sheer quantity of Swifties angling for tickets.

 » Read More

815x130 banner

Written by: Chris DeVille

Rate it

Previous post

watch-nyc-screamo-band-saetia-play-their-first-show-in-23-years

News

Watch NYC Screamo Band Saetia Play Their First Show In 23 Years

The massively influential NYC screamo pioneers Saetia are back together this week for a brief run of benefit shows, their first performances in 23 years. As detailed in our recent feature on screamo reunions, they’re playing the gigs without guitarist Jamie Behar, who was accused of longstanding emotional abuse by his ex-partner.  » Read More

todayNovember 19, 2022

0%