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Attorney General Probes Taylor Swift’s Ticketmaster Presale After Tickets Resold For $20,000

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;scooter-braun-reportedly-sells-taylor-swifts-masters-for-more-than-300m-taylors-now-re-recording-her-music&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Taylor Swift<&sol;strong><&sol;a> stans &lpar;aka &&num;8220&semi;Swifties&&num;8221&semi;&rpar; and government officials are putting Ticketmaster on blast&comma; as they&&num;8217&semi;re accusing the platform of failing to meet demands sufficiently&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It all began when Taylor announced that she&&num;8217&semi;ll soon embark on a tour in which she&&num;8217&semi;ll take attendees on &&num;8220&semi;a journey through the musical eras of &lbrack;her&rsqb; career&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CkawwhLufL1" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Swiftie Presale Madness Ensued<&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Once the presale <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;justin-bieber-to-perform-at-takeoffs-public-funeral-in-atlanta&sol;">tickets<&sol;a> went live on Tuesday&comma; all-out chaos ensued as people scrambled to secure their spot to see the &&num;8220&semi;All Too Well&&num;8221&semi; artist perform live&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ticketmaster ultimately crashed due to the influx of Swifties&comma; which the platform described as &&num;8220&semi;historically unprecedented demand&&num;8221&semi; in a tweet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592579481449168898" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Understandably&comma; Twitter was soon full of disgruntled Swifties expressing how utterly impossible it was to actually secure the Taylor Swift tickets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592533835325255685" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592541049771425794" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592535563286245376" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592738730636627971" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592930212584755200" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592605562398658560" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Tennessee Attorney General Investigates Taylor Swift&&num;8217&semi;s Ticketmaster Presale<&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>With so much discussion on the Ticketmaster situation&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s no surprise that it caught the attention of some noteworthy political figures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;congress&period;gov&sol;member&sol;alexandria-ocasio-cortez&sol;O000172">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<&sol;a> &lpar;D-N&period;Y&period;&rpar; took to Twitter on Tuesday to call out Ticketmaster for being a &&num;8220&semi;monopoly&&num;8221&semi; that should be dismantled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592587226801934336" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;congress&period;gov&sol;member&sol;ilhan-omar&sol;O000173">Ilhan Omar<&sol;a> &lpar;D-Minn&period;&rpar; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;congress&period;gov&sol;member&sol;david-cicilline&sol;C001084">David Cicilline<&sol;a> &lpar;D-R&period;I&period;&rpar; shared similar thoughts on the subject&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592609167071903745" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592631477463707650" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In fact&comma; Swifties called so much attention to the Ticketmaster situation that the Attorney General of Tennessee&comma; Jonathan Skrmetti &lpar;R&rpar;&comma; got involved and announced that he&&num;8217&semi;d begin an investigation&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsmv&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;16&sol;tennessee-ag-concerned-over-taylor-swift-concert-ticket-complaints&sol;">WSMV<&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1592674140456116225" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He further elaborated on his intentions during a press conference on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;If it&&num;8217&semi;s a consumer protection violation and we can find exactly where the problems are&comma; we can get a court order that makes the company do better&period; That makes sure the problems that happened yesterday don’t happen again&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Skrmetti declared&period; &&num;8220&semi;I would hope the company is doing everything it can to make sure the customers&comma; from today forward&comma; have a much smoother and fairer experience&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Ticketmaster&&num;8217&semi;s Response<&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>After being firmly placed in the hot seat&comma; Ticketmaster representatives released addressed the controversy in a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;business&period;ticketmaster&period;com&sol;business-solutions&sol;the-taylor-swift-on-sale-explained-2&sol;">statement<&sol;a> on Thursday and promised to do better in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re always working to improve the ticket buying experience&period; Especially for high demand on sales&comma; which continue to test new limits&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the statement reads&period; &&num;8220&semi;While it&&num;8217&semi;s impossible for everyone to get tickets to these shows&comma; we know we can do more to improve the experience and that&&num;8217&semi;s what we&&num;8217&semi;re focused on&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Greg Maffi—the CEO of Liberty Media&comma; which is affiliated with Ticketmaster&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnbc&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;17&sol;taylor-swift-ticketmaster-fiasco-due-to-demand-bots-liberty-media-ceo-says&period;html">CNBC<&sol;a>—also spoke on the situation&period; Specifically&comma; he seemingly attempted to place the blame on factors outside of Ticketmaster itself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Reality&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a function of the massive demand that Taylor Swift has&period; The site was supposed to be opened up for 1&period;5 million verified Taylor Swift Fans&period; We had 14 million people hit the site—including bots&comma; another story&comma; which are not supposed to be there&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Maffi shared&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; for those who were unable to secure their presale tickets for The Eras Tour&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s still hope&comma; as tickets will be sold to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcchicago&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;heres-when-taylor-swift-tickets-go-on-sale-to-the-general-public&sol;2998393&sol;">general public<&sol;a> starting on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What are your thoughts on the Ticketmaster situation&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"102209" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;attorney-general-probes-taylor-swifts-ticketmaster-presale-after-tickets-resold-for-20000&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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