Ticketmaster, SeatGeek cancel Friday sale of Taylor Swift tickets, citing massive demand
Lawmakers have criticized Ticketmaster and Live Nation after a rash of site glitches left fans frustrated.
Presales have already started for the tour — Swift’s first in more than four years — and a virtual line has formed,It started Tuesday when fans flocked to Ticketmaster, part of global entertainment company Live Nation, for the first round of presale tickets, causing site disruptions and slow queues. Ticketmaster tickets and gift cards are shown at a box office in San Jose, Calif., on May 11, 2009. A pre-sale for Swift's U.S. tour next year resulted in crash after crash on Ticketmaster.that the site was only supposed to be open to around 1.5 million verified Swift fans, but 14 million people, including bots, hit the site.
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