The Taylor Swift Eras Tour is Coming: Beyoncé and Live Nation will be at Red Rocks on September 21st
The rising country star, named among Barack Obama’s favorite musicians this year, surprise dropped a new album on Saturday, a collection of live tracks titled, “All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster (Live at Red Rocks).”
In a post on Christmas Eve announcing the new album, Bryan stated that he would only play a limited number of headline shows next year due to the unfair ticket prices for live shows.
Bryan said people should be able to afford tickets to shows even though they can’t because the monopoly is stealing money.
Taylor Swift fans sued Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., citing antitrust laws, over the pop star’s recent chaotic tour sale.
Ticketmaster apologized to Swift and to those who were unable to secure tickets, attributing the issue to its “Verified Fans” system, which aims to eliminate bots when distributing presale codes to individuals.
Swift wrote on her social networking site that she is extremely protective of her fans. “It’s really difficult for me to trust an outside entity with these relationships and loyalties, and excruciating for me to just watch mistakes happen with no recourse.”
The singer said they had asked the company multiple times if they could handle the demand, and that they were assured they could. I find it unacceptable that a large percentage of people feel like they went through many bear attacks to get tickets.
Good news: Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour is happening. The bad news is that fans will have a hard time getting tickets for the Taylor Swift Eras tour.
The tour, which had been rumored before, was announced by Bey on Wednesday. In an Instagram post, the superstar posted simply “RENAISSANCEㅤ ㅤWORLD TOUR 2023.” The tour dates on her website are from May to September. The singer will make stops in the US while she performs around the world.
The page said the tour’s demand is expected to be high. “If there is more demand than there are tickets available, a lottery-style selection process will determine which registered Verified Fans get a unique access code and which are placed on the waitlist,” the company said, adding that the access code doesn’t guarantee a ticket.
Despite concerns that Live Nation would create a monopoly in the ticketing industry, the company merged with it over a decade ago. The court filing that raised objections to the merger said that there was more than 80% share of major venues held by Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster disputes that market share estimate, and says it holds at most just over 30% of the concert market, according to CFO Joe Berchtold, who spoke about the business on NPR.
Today, it’s widely criticized for holding too much power in the sector — effectively barring fans and artists from buying or selling tickets through a competitor.