Bad blood? Taylor Swift ticket dispute settled by B.C. tribunal
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A B.C. woman and her daughter will be attending one of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shows in Vancouver – but only after a tribunal intervened and settled a dispute among friends over tickets.
A B.C. woman and her daughter will be attending one of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour shows in Vancouver – but only after a tribunal intervened and settled a dispute among friends over tickets.
When Vancouver dates for the blockbuster tour were announced on Nov. 2, 2023, hordes of hopeful Swifties registered online to get a code that would give them the chance to buy up to four tickets each.
Jacquelyn Kambere and Kimara Young – two friends who wanted to attend the shows with their daughters – were among them, according to a decision from the Civil Resolution Tribunal posted online Tuesday.
Only Young got a code, but Kambere said the pair had made a deal about what they would do in that situation – and ultimately filed a claim with the tribunal alleging her friend wasn't upholding her end.
"Mrs. Kambere says that before the tickets went on sale, the parties agreed that if one of them was able to buy tickets, they would also get tickets for the other person," tribunal member Megan Stewart wrote.
"Mrs. Kambere says that after Mrs. Young bought the tickets, she changed her mind about providing two of them to Mrs. Kambere, which was a breach of the parties’ agreement."
In response, Young said the pair had no such agreement because a price was never set, alleging Kambere filed the claim trying to "extract" a pair of the highly sought-after tickets.
