Sensing they might be the underdog here—for once—Live Nation and Ticketmaster went on the defensive with an explanatory note about The Eras Tour
screaming at them/siccing the Department of Justice on them,job—despite the incredible chaos that surrounded the sales, which saw people wait hours in online queues only to have tickets snatched back out of their carts—since the 2.4 million tickets that did get sold all supposedly went to registered users of their Verified Fan system, which is supposed to keep the robots and the unwashed masses from scooping up tickets for resale on the secondary market.
Even when a high demand onsale goes flawlessly from a tech perspective, many fans are left empty handed. For example: based on the volume of traffic to our site, Taylor would need to perform over 900 stadium shows …that’s a stadium show every single night for the next 2.5 years.
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