Posted on 05/08/2018 8:31:00 AM PDT by Red Badger
With the curtain rising on her “Reputation” tour, Taylor Swift blinked.
She buckled by having Ticketmaster turn off resale ticket listings on its interactive venue charts for the first leg of her North American tour, according to music-industry veterans.
The tour, which begins on Tuesday in Glendale, Ariz., shows plenty of primary tickets still available for the first nine shows.
But the delisting of secondary, or resale, tickets — a move experts called unusual if not unprecedented — makes the inventory of available seats seem much smaller.
On July 20, for example, Swift is scheduled to appear at MetLife Stadium as part of her tour’s third leg.
About half the seats still available for that show are represented by red dots on Ticketmaster’s venue chart, meaning they are up for resale.
The other half, represented by blue dots, signify primary sales. Those are the only dots currently visible to visitors trying to score tickets for a show on the first leg of “Reputation.”
Ticketmaster’s shutting down ticket resales for Swift’s early shows perplexed many in the industry because it handed secondary sales to competing resellers like StubHub.
On blockbuster tours, Ticketmaster admittedly makes more revenue on ticket resales than primary sales.
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She used to play on 96th Street in Stone Harbor, NJ...
Others have made the same comment...................
The music died in the 1980’s. The news is getting around.
I graciously offer that she ‘make the move’ into my hovel, and be a loving companion for my remaining days.
Music’s been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.
He seems to have a knack for picking losers.......................
“She’s no longer the “flavor of the month.”
She wouldn’t bash Trump so she is off the “A” list. Swift is a fairly savvy businesswoman, and ticket resales suck, so...
I don’t understand the difference between “primary” and “resale” seats.
Not many performers can fill a 80,000 seat stadium, she’s not the Beatles. 30,000 is awesome, over 35,00 breaks many records.SPAC’s largest attended performance in its history was by The Grateful Dead in 1985, where a total of 40,231 fans showed up to see the band. Since the show, SPAC limits its capacity to 25,103.
When I was her age, I was making 17K a year, and serving our country. I wouldn’t be alive if I was 27 with $280,000,000.00.
Just imagine being able to live off of the interest for the rest of your life on that, without ever having to touch the principal.
Did she take twerking lessons?
-PJ
She made a big mistake when she left country music.
Along with her $280M?.......................
I’ve always chose the worst path in life. (Minus UF and the USAF)
Brittany’s image is the train wreck that she was in her 20s.
I can see Taylor taking up residence in Branson, but not Vegas.
Until she comes out of the closet.
Then she has a whole new audience.
LOL. Yeah, she's only made about 300 million since. I wish I'd make those kinds of 'mistakes'.
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