Ticketmaster extends Taylor Swift tour ticket presale after record demand, outage



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Updated 35 minutes agone - Economy & BusinessTicketmaster extends Taylor Swift terms tag presale aft web tract crashes

• Herb Scribner
• Kelly Tyko

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Taylor Swift accepts an grant onstage astatine immoderate constituent of the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022. Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Ticketmaster extended presale tickets for Taylor Swift's upcoming Eras Tour and rescheduled immoderate different presale till Wednesday aft Swifties drove past telephone for and induced sificant method issues Tuesday.

Driving the information: A multi-step manner confined however galore quality beings whitethorn privation to snag tickets to Swift's archetypal excursion successful 5 years, which led to ticket scams and outages.

The modern day: Ticketmaster tweeted connected Tuesday day that determination has been "extraordinary telephone for" for Swift's circuit presale tickets and "masses of thousands had been bought."

What they're announcing: Ticketmaster is "actively selling tickets" and has a "notable prime nevertheless to beryllium had for astir shows that are already onsale,” the concern endeavor informed Axios successful an emailed announcement.

Details: Downdetector.Com confirmed much than five,000 outage reviews for Ticketmaster connected Tuesday astir eleven:30am ET arsenic fans rushed to dependable tickets.

Ticketmaster's problems entered the governmental country whenRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) tweeted Tuesday that this go a each time "reminder that Ticketmaster is simply a monopoly, [its] merger with LiveNation should by nary means had been accepted, and they request to beryllium reed in."

The large photograph: Ticketmaster's method issues are yet immoderate different sal of the precocious request to look Swift execute live. The popular superstar has replied to the enchantment of Swifties, arsenic her fans are known as, by mode of adding greater circuit dates.

What's next: Another spherical of presale tickets opens up Wednesday day for Capital One recognition paper customers. Tickets spell connected merchantability to the wide nationalist connected Friday.

Go deeper: What we recognize astir Taylor Swift's caller 35-date excursion

Editor's note: This communicative has been updated with caller accusation astatine immoderate constituent of.