Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Taylor Swift Ticketing Mess Could Drive Political Engagement
Billboard ^ | November 22, 2022

Posted on 11/22/2022 9:19:07 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

Some of Taylor Swift’s fans want you to know three things: They’re not still 16, they have careers and resources and, right now, they’re angry. That’s a powerful political motivator, researchers say.

Look what Ticketmaster made them do.

It started Nov. 15, when millions crowded a presale for Swift’s long-awaited Eras Tour, resulting in crashes, prolonged waits and frantic purchases. By Thursday, Ticketmaster had canceled the general sale, citing insufficient remaining tickets and inciting a firestorm of outrage from fans. Swift herself said the ordeal “really pisses me off.”

Ticketmaster apologized but the bad blood had already been sowed. And now fans — and politicians — have started acting on it.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez directed Swifties to where they could make U.S. Department of Justice complaints. Multiple state attorneys general — including in Pennsylvania and Tennessee, key states in Swift’s origin story — have announced investigations.

Stephanie Aly, a New York-based professional who has worked on community organizing for progressive politics, for years has thought mobilizing fandoms for social progress could be beneficial. “Fandoms are natural organizers,” said the 33-year-old Swiftie. “If you find the right issues and you activate them and engage them then you can effect real change.”

(Excerpt) Read more at billboard.com ...


TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: chatnotnews; politics; taylorswift; ticketmaster
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-38 next last
We are doomed.
1 posted on 11/22/2022 9:19:07 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia

I get up every morning anxious to check if the maniac warmongers have blown up a chunk of the planet yet and THIS is the news?


2 posted on 11/22/2022 9:22:29 AM PST by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia

Just amazing & this crap is a government priority!?!?


3 posted on 11/22/2022 9:25:23 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia

I’ve never liked the term ‘music industry’, but Taylor Swift is a perfect example of a manufactured product.


4 posted on 11/22/2022 9:26:22 AM PST by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia

That’s nothing, just imagine trying to get Rolling Stones concert tickets in about 1974 or so.
Led Zeppelin sold out huge venues, I saw then at the Forum in LA and it was packed


5 posted on 11/22/2022 9:28:31 AM PST by KTM rider (, or how Ambassador Stevens was killed because he was about to testify before the UN council )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: hardspunned
I'm actually encouraged by this.
6 posted on 11/22/2022 9:29:55 AM PST by DannyTN
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: real saxophonist

So are these 50 screechers:

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=female+pop+singers&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8


7 posted on 11/22/2022 9:30:20 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia

Consumer protection law in the U.S. is very weak, but rather than talking about abuses by big banks, the lefties are upset about a computer glitch for concert tickets. They never get it.


8 posted on 11/22/2022 9:31:59 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: existentially_kuffer

The community organizers are so efficient at fabricating votes, maybe they can succeed as well at fabricating concert tickets as they do at ballots


9 posted on 11/22/2022 9:32:45 AM PST by KTM rider (, or how Ambassador Stevens was killed because he was about to testify before the UN council )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia

I don’t know how or why, but Somehow, someway, this is Trump’s fault. Just you wait....................


10 posted on 11/22/2022 9:35:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia; Admin Moderator
This article is crAP dumpster culture garbage and ought to be pulled.

"Stephanie Aly, a New York-based professional who has worked on community organizing for progressive politics, for years has thought mobilizing fandoms for social progress could be beneficial. “Fandoms are natural organizers,” said the 33-year-old Swiftie. “If you find the right issues and you activate them and engage them then you can effect real change.”

"For Swifties, the ire for Ticketmaster is not just about a ticket: “It’s the fact that you can’t participate in your community and your fandom and it’s part of your identity,” Nisbett said."

“It’s not just about getting vengeance for Swifties. It’s not about getting an extra million Taylor Swift fans tickets, or all of us going to a secret session,” said Jordan Burger, 28, who is using his law background to help the cause. “It’s about fundamental equality. And when you have a monopolist like that, it’s just so representative of the class structure of a society where there isn’t equality anymore, there isn’t fairness.”


11 posted on 11/22/2022 9:37:18 AM PST by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: existentially_kuffer
Just amazing & this crap is a government priority!?!?

It's one of the few things the federal government legitimately needs to be involved in because it involves sales of tickets across state lines for venues in different states.

It involves a monopoly as well as potential fraud where tickets are not sold to actual customers but to resellers.

12 posted on 11/22/2022 9:37:52 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: existentially_kuffer
Just amazing & this crap is a government priority!?!?

White suburban women are hardest hit so of course it's a government priority.

13 posted on 11/22/2022 9:40:51 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (This post is subject to removal pending review by government censorship officials)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: real saxophonist

Now, its been twelve years since I sold my soul to the devil in L.A.
He said sign your name here on the dotted line and your songs, they all will play
He set up shop on Sunset, he put me up at the Marquis
He said “you want to sell a million records boy, you better listen to me”
He said “change your style, whiten your smile, you can lose a couple of pounds
If you want to live this life, you better lose that wife, do you need your friends around?”

And I said, no, that’s not me
Cause the biggest things in life are your friends and family

Nothing ever changes.


14 posted on 11/22/2022 9:41:12 AM PST by Jim Noble (The Decline of America is a Choice )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: real saxophonist
but Taylor Swift is a perfect example of a manufactured product

that's not really fair ... she has a talent for writing catchy pop songs that reliably sell to a certain market, so her career success is mostly self-made

it might not be your kind of music, but she's a force in the industry


15 posted on 11/22/2022 9:41:16 AM PST by canuck_conservative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia
Some of Taylor Swift’s fans want you to know three things: They’re not still 16, they have careers and resources and, right now, they’re angry. That’s a powerful political motivator, researchers say.

If this is true, why aren't the little wimpy pimps and pimpettes making payments on their college loans? They can buy Swifty's CDs. They don't need to pay 2000 to 4000 bucks to go to a concert.

16 posted on 11/22/2022 9:43:30 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out. Remember that Snowflakes!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KTM rider

Yes but you didnt need to pay 10000% markup from a scalper lol


17 posted on 11/22/2022 9:43:32 AM PST by MrRelevant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: canuck_conservative
Okay, she's good at selling her product.

Still, 'music industry'.

18 posted on 11/22/2022 9:44:19 AM PST by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia
“If you find the right issues and you activate them and engage them then you can effect real change.”

Like legalizing pot.

19 posted on 11/22/2022 9:46:27 AM PST by pfflier
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rightwingintelligentsia

I’m probably going against the general American audience here, but Taylor Swift “really pisses me off.”

Someone send this Diva a get well soon card.


20 posted on 11/22/2022 9:46:48 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-38 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson