Millions of Taylor Swift fans swarmed Live Nation Entertainment Inc.’s Ticketmaster website on Tuesday seeking seats for her first tour in five years, causing periodic outages and long online waits that often ended in disappointment.
The ticket-selling site told fans on Tuesday morning, via a statement on Twitter, that it was experiencing “intermittent issues” that the company was “urgently” working to resolve.The Eras Tour
Other Swifties, the nickname for Swift’s fans, said they were repeatedly dropped from queues and turned their ire toward Ticketmaster. Some said they took a day off work and felt the process should have gone more smoothly. He added that the 2010 merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which had Justice Department approval, should not have been allowed. “It’s no secret that Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an unchecked monopoly,” he said.
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