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Pennsylvanians who were seeking tickets to Taylor Swift’s latest tour have been advised to check their email inboxes.
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Attorney General Josh Shapiro informed Swift’s “Swifties” on Tuesday that there will be another round of ticket sales for Pennsylvania-raised Swift’s tour.
According to a statement from Shapiro’s office, emails will be sent to pre-sale registered fans for the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia performances in the upcoming days.
“We know all too well this won’t solve every complaint, but it does present those who were kicked off the site or waited hours a chance to shake it off and try again,” Shapiro, a Democrat who will become governor in the new year, said Tuesday.
Credit: PA Internet News Service
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The attorney general’s office collaborated with Ticketmaster and hundreds of customers who asked that the ticket marketplace make things right.
“After working with Ticketmaster on behalf of the Pennsylvania consumers who contacted our office, we spoke with Ticketmaster this morning and ensured that Swift fans will have another opportunity to purchase tickets for her shows,” said Jacklin Rhoads, a spokesperson for Shapiro’s office.
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Following a highly publicized fiasco over botched ticket sales, millions of upset Swift fans were left without tickets to the artist’s most recent tour. However, the world’s largest ticket seller, Ticketmaster, confirmed this week that some fans might still be able to get tickets.
Some fans are being notified if they have been registered as “verified.” According to a Ticketmaster post, they will be contact by email and will receive their individual invite to make their purchase request in a staggered fashion before December 23.
Several federal lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, leader of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, issued an open letter to Ticketmaster’s CEO, expressing “severe concerns” about the company’s activities. Shapiro and other attorney general’s also began looking into the matter.
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“Ticketmaster’s power in the primary ticket market insulates it from the competitive pressures that typically push companies to innovate and improve their services. That can result in the types of dramatic service failures we saw this week, where consumers are the ones that pay the price,” Klobuchar wrote in a letter.
The ticketing nightmare for Swifties also led to some fans suing Ticketmaster, according to the L.A. Business Journal.
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CNN recently reported the U.S. Department of Justice has begun an antitrust probe into Live Nation, which operates Ticketmaster. The government is reported to be investigating whether the company has a monopoly on ticket purchasing.
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