Taylor Swift Eras Tour Helped Uncover Deep Issues Of Concert Ticketing
Newsy
The disastrous ticket sale for Taylor Swift's Eras tour has drawn attention to the industry's issues, from bots to monopolies.
It's been five long years since Taylor Swift has been on tour, and with over 50 concert dates next year, Eras — the singer's sixth tour — is set to be the biggest jewel of the musician's career. Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow's public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled.
Fans, or "Swifties," have been in a frenzy and haze for tickets, but most have been left ghosted in queues.
"I had three to four sets of tickets at my cart, and they were all taken as people were getting in there ahead of me and securing them faster," said Adam Falk, who bought tickets for the Kansas City, Missouri show.
