Ticketmaster grilled by senators over Swift onsale
Live Nation president Joe Berchtold has defended the company's practices in a US Senate antitrust panel following the Eras tour controversy
News By James Hanley | 24 January 2023
Live Nation’s Joe Berchtold has defended Ticketmaster’s practices in a US Senate antitrust panel spurred by the fallout from the presale for Taylor Swift’s stadium tour.
Swift shifted more than two million tickets – a new record for an artist in a single day – for her AEG-promoted 52-date The Eras Tour, but the sale was marred by reports of “significant service failures” and lengthy delays on Ticketmaster’s website, leading to today’s (24 January) near three-hour…
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