As the first tickets for Beyoncé‘s eagerly anticipated Renaissance world tour begin to roll out, the Senate Judiciary Committee issued a strong warning to Ticketmaster: “we’re watching.”
that the initial roll-out of Renaissance tour tickets in the UK on Thursday morning had already led to fear from superfans that they may not get to see the show. With pre-sales beginning in England, NPR spoke to several fans who said that a combination of high prices — up to a reported $2,400 for some seats — and a reported snag in the ticketing system that knocked it offline 15 minutes before sales started has already led to some frustration in the Beyhive.
“Because this is a Beyonce solo show, and it’s her first one in seven years, the demand is going to be really, really high,” BBC music correspondent Mark Savage told NPR, adding that in addition to reportedly going down for a period, Ticketmaster’s system was “inaccessible for a lot of fans until all of the tickets were gone.”
At press time a spokesperson for Ticketmaster had not returned a request for comment on the Judiciary Committee tweet or the NPR report. Ticketmaster’s president/CFO Joe Berchtold appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week to
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