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Will Swifties take down Ticketmaster?

Headlines From The Times

L.A. Times Studios

News, Daily News, Society & Culture, The Times, California

4.1544 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Taylor Swift fans have joined the antitrust movement against Ticketmaster, giving it new life and power.

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0:00.0

When Taylor Swift announced that she was going to sell tickets for her U.S. tour next year,

0:06.5

fans flooded Ticketmaster, the only place to buy them.

0:09.5

The site, of course, crashed.

0:11.5

And that left I-Hard fans without tickets mad.

0:15.5

People were like sobbing, crying, like really upset.

0:19.5

But that sadness and anger quickly turned into political action.

0:25.5

I don't really know many Taylor Swift songs, but one thing I do know about Swifties, don't cross them.

0:30.5

Last week, Clay Murray and over two dozen other Swifties who live across the United States

0:34.6

filed a lawsuit that accused ticket master of of fraud, price-fixing,

0:38.4

and antitrust law violations.

0:40.2

I definitely want there to be a change in how Ticketmaster runs.

0:45.3

Swift set a record for most tickets ever sold in a single day on November 15th.

0:49.5

So Ticketmaster says the fiaska was because of that, because they weren't prepared for such

0:54.0

a huge demand.

0:55.4

On Monday, the company also sent emails to some fans in a second attempt to get tickets in the

1:00.1

hands of those who pre-registered.

1:02.4

I literally screamed when I saw this email.

1:04.2

There's still hope.

1:05.0

That's all I can say.

1:06.5

Check your emails.

1:08.2

The Justice Department's already investigating and Congress is even gearing up for a hearing

1:12.3

thanks to Senator Amy Klobuchar.

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