{"id":60840,"date":"2023-02-04T11:20:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T11:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/04\/senate-warns-ticketmaster-theyre-watching-beyonce-tour-sales\/"},"modified":"2023-02-04T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T11:20:10","slug":"senate-warns-ticketmaster-theyre-watching-beyonce-tour-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/04\/senate-warns-ticketmaster-theyre-watching-beyonce-tour-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Warns Ticketmaster They&#8217;re &#8216;Watching&#8217; Beyonc\u00e9 Tour Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>The U.S.\u00a0<strong>Senate<\/strong> despatched an ominous warning to Ticketmaster claiming they&#8217;re \u201cwatching\u201d ticket gross sales after <a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/?s=beyonce&amp;post_type=post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Beyonc\u00e9<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0introduced her \u201cRenaissance\u201d world tour earlier this week, in an effort to thwart points much like Taylor Swift\u2019s pre-sale debacle again in November.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee posted a cryptic tweet studying \u201cwe\u2019re watching\u201d in response to a tweet concerning followers making ready for a ticket-buying fiasco.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWe\u2019re Watching\u201d Senate Judiciary Committee Tells Ticketmaster Ahead Of Beyonc\u00e9 World Tour<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re watching,\u201d the committee\u2019s account ominously tweeted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201cRenaissance\u201d tour kicks off in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 10. She\u2019ll then hit up a slew of European cities earlier than making her manner over to North America, the place her Sept. 27 present in New Orleans will mark the top of the tour, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/beyhive-reacts-beyonce-renaissance-tour-black-history-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Shade Room<\/a><\/strong> beforehand reported.<\/p>\n<p>The scrutiny of Ticketmaster and father or mother firm Live Nation comes after ticket gross sales for Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cEras\u201d Tour, as senators claimed Ticketmaster is monopolizing the trade ever since they merged with Live Nation again in 2010.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re watching, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ticketmaster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Ticketmaster<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LuWjoXrWX4\">https:\/\/t.co\/LuWjoXrWX4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryDems\/status\/1621191756531236866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ticketmaster Looking To Avoid Another Taylor Swift Debacle After The Website Crashed Due To Influx Of Swifties<\/h3>\n<p>Once the presale tickets went dwell again in November, all-out chaos ensued as folks scrambled to safe their spot to see the \u201cAll Too Well\u201d artist carry out dwell.<\/p>\n<p>Ticketmaster in the end crashed as a result of inflow of Swifties, which the platform described as \u201chistorically unprecedented demand\u201d in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The debacle left hundreds of thousands of followers ready hours in line for the tour\u2019s pre-sale, however have been left empty-handed because of glitches and unclear guidelines about pre-sale entry. Ticketmaster in the end ended up canceling the overall sale because of what they referred to as an \u201cunprecedented demand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.59 --><\/p>\n<p>Ticketmaster had followers register as \u201cverified fans\u201d for pre-sale, which a record-setting 3.5 million folks did, in keeping with the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/03\/senate-warns-ticketmaster-were-watching-beyonce-tour-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>New York Post<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis whole concert ticket system is a mess \u2014 it\u2019s a monopolistic mess,\u201d Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) stated through the listening to.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110764\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110764\" src=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1246499931-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1246499931-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1246499931-scaled.jpg?resize=360,240 360w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1246499931-scaled.jpg?resize=680,453 680w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1246499931-scaled.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1246499931-scaled.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1246499931-scaled.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Edwards and Parker Harrison show towards the dwell leisure ticket trade exterior the U.S. Capitol January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a listening to this morning to discover whether or not the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster has stifled competitors and harmed the patron market. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI believe in capitalism, and to have a strong capitalist system, you have to have competition,\u201d stated Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). \u201cYou can\u2019t have too much consolidation \u2013 something that unfortunately for this country, as an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say we know \u2018All Too Well.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0Live Nation president Joe Berchtold stated Ticketmaster might \u201cdo better,\u201d however stopped in need of calling it a monopoly.<\/p>\n<p>Ticketmaster now owns round 200 main live performance venues throughout the U.S. following its merger with Live Nation.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pre-Sale Ticket Purchase For Beyonce\u2019s \u201cRenaissance\u201d World Tour HaS Already Exceeded 800% In Ticket Availability<\/h3>\n<p>The firm usually sells roughly 70 p.c of tickets for all main venues, usually by the use of unique contracts, per a federal lawsuit filed by ticket-buyers final yr.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trying to get Beyonc\u00e9 tickets on Ticketmaster for the 0.00003 seconds they\u2019re obtainable.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rIGTXYgTMW\">pic.twitter.com\/rIGTXYgTMW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JR.Hartley\u2019s Armchair (@JRsArmchair) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRsArmchair\/status\/1621532006470373376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The quantities to upwards of 500 million ticket gross sales yearly, with a worldwide presence in over 30 international locations.<\/p>\n<p>And the demand for\u00a0Beyonce\u2019s \u201cRenaissance\u201d world tour is already projected to be extraordinarily excessive.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week,\u00a0Live Nation stated in an electronic mail to followers that the variety of pre-sale ticket purchases have \u201calready exceed the number of available tickets by more than 800 percent\u201d in some cities, the Post experiences.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt is expected that many interested fans may not be able to get tickets because demand drastically exceeds supply,\u201d the e-mail reads.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New dates for the \u201cRenaissance\u201d tour are already being added, together with a live performance at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><br \/>\n                                <!--  -->\n                            <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The U.S.\u00a0Senate despatched an ominous warning to Ticketmaster claiming they&#8217;re \u201cwatching\u201d ticket gross sales after Beyonc\u00e9\u00a0introduced her \u201cRenaissance\u201d world tour earlier this week, in an effort to thwart points much like Taylor Swift\u2019s pre-sale debacle again in November. 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