LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Drake attends the "Top Boy" UK Premiere at Hackney Picturehouse on September 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage)
<p>Less than two weeks after Drake announced <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cpunut_Pnte/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It&#8217;s All A Blur Tour</a>, Ticketmaster is facing legal action over allegations of artificially inflating prices for &#8220;Official Platinum&#8221; tickets.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">A Law Firm Argues The &#8216;Official Platinum&#8217; Tickets Are &#8216;Just Regular Tickets&#8217;</h3>
<p>According to the <a href="https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2023/03/23/drake-concert-tickets-at-the-centre-of-new-canadian-class-action-lawsuit-against-ticketmaster.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Toronto Star</a>, a Montreal-based law firm called LPC Avocat Inc. is accusing the platform of &#8220;intentionally mislead[ing] consumers for their own financial gain.&#8221;</p>
<p>The law firm alleges that its client purchased two &#8220;Official Platinum&#8221; tickets for nearly $800 each to catch Drake&#8217;s Montreal show on July 14. However, after another show was added for July 15 the very next day, the man saw that same seats were about $350 cheaper.</p>
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<p>As a result, the law firm says that Ticketmaster&#8217;s &#8220;Official Platinum&#8221; tickets are &#8220;an artificially inflated premium&#8221; that are &#8220;neither &#8216;<em>premium tickets&#8217;</em> nor &#8216;<em>some of the best seats in the house</em>.'&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Ticketmaster unilaterally decides which tickets it advertises and sells as &#8216;Official Platinum&#8217; based on a given event. The result is that most, if not all, of the tickets advertised and sold as ‘Official Platinum’ are neither &#8216;<em>premium tickets&#8217;</em> nor &#8216;<em>some of the best seats in the house&#8217;</em> and are, in fact, just regular tickets sold by Ticketmaster at an artificially inflated premium in bad faith.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Additionally, Ticketmaster is accused of intentionally keeping the second Montreal show under wraps in order to &#8220;squeeze out&#8221; as much money as possible from fans.</p>
<p>This class-action lawsuit, which has not yet been approved by the Quebec Superior Court, seeks &#8220;compensatory damages in the aggregate amount of the difference between the prices charged for &#8216;Official Platinum&#8217; tickets and what their regular price ought to have been.&#8221;</p>
<p>Additionally, the law firm seeks punitive damages of $300 per customer.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Ticketmaster Has Been In Hot Water Lately</h3>
<p>While on the subject, we should note that Ticketmaster&#8217;s been getting quite the bad rap online lately.</p>
<p>Back in late 2022, the Attorney General of Tennessee—Jonathan Skrmetti—launched an investigation into the platform&#8217;s presale for Taylor Swift&#8217;s The Eras Tour, as <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/attorney-general-probes-taylor-swifts-ticketmaster-presale-after-tickets-resold-for-20000/?_gl=1*16kd4m*_up*MQ..*_ga*NDgyMTU3MjI4LjE2Nzk2NjMzNDk.*_ga_V2HX8YP3XL*MTY3OTY3MjM2MC4zLjEuMTY3OTY3MjUzOS4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Shade Room</a> previously reported.</p>
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<p>Months later, shortly after Beyoncé announced the Renaissance World Tour, the United States Senate ominously warned that they were &#8220;watching&#8221; Ticketmaster.</p>
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