Music
Taylor Swift public ticket sale on Friday is canceled, Ticketmaster says. But the secondary current market can be ‘buyer beware’
Essential Factors Ticketmaster declared Thursday afternoon that it has canceled public ticket sale programs for Taylor Swift’s forthcoming “The Eras Tour.” A cornern for consumers: The secondary current market has found a “rise in fraudulent, unethical and unlawful things to do” like ticketing scalping and ticket touting, in accordance to Technavio, a sector researcher. “If […]
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Ticketmaster’s largest shareholder blames massive demand − including from bots − for Taylor Swift ticket fiasco
Now we got bad bots. The CEO of Liberty Media, Live Nation’s largest shareholder, defended the event promoter against calls that it should be broken up following a storm of glitches and site failures during Ticketmaster presales this week for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour. Live Nation is sympathetic to fans who couldn’t get tickets, Greg […]
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Tennessee AG investigating Ticketmaster after Taylor Swift ticket chaos
Taylor Swift performs at the 2019 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, November 24, 2019. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters Tennessee’s attorney general said he is launching an investigation into Ticketmaster after his office was flooded with complaints over the ticket company’s website crashing Tuesday as Taylor Swift fans raced to buy tickets for her upcoming “Eras” tour. Ticketmaster’s […]
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Why Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen tickets will be more expensive and tougher to get
Terry Wyatt | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of Taylor Swift fans will closely be checking their phones Monday night, waiting to see if they’ve been chosen by Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan system to buy tickets to the pop star and singer-songwriter’s upcoming stadium tour. When those tickets go on sale later […]
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How Spotify stayed No. 1 in streaming audio even with Apple, YouTube and Amazon aiming for it
Onur Dogman | LightRocket | Getty Pictures In this weekly sequence, CNBC requires a glance at corporations that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 a long time later on. Spotify, the moment a Swedish startup tasked with tackling audio piracy troubles, is now the most popular audio streaming subscription service in the planet. Initial […]
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The K-pop ETF has not been doing properly, but its creator suggests Korean information is at ‘inflection point’
K-pop lady group BlackPink executed at The Late Late Clearly show with James Corden airing Thursday, April 18, 2019. (Photo by Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty Images) Cbs Photo Archive | Cbs | Getty Photos The creator at the rear of the new exchange-traded fund aimed at changing world wide fans of Korean material into an […]
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Singer Aaron Carter dies at 34
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 12: Singer and producer Aaron Carter performs at the “Kings of Hustler” male revue at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club on February 12, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images) Gabe Ginsberg | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Singer Aaron Carter died Saturday at his California home, […]
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How Taylor Swift went back to the past and turned ‘Midnights’ into her biggest album success yet
Taylor Swift during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Monday, October 24, 2022 Nbc | Nbcuniversal | Getty Images Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” may have left the indie-folk lovers of her previous albums disappointed, but breaking several sales and streaming records within its release week, including taking all of the top 10 spots on the […]
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Migos rapper Takeoff killed in Houston taking pictures, aged 28
Rapper Takeoff of the team Migos performs onstage at the Rolling Loud Competition at NOS Functions Center on December 16, 2017 in San Bernardino, California. Visuals) Scott Dudelson | Getty Photographs Takeoff, a member of the Atlanta-based mostly hip-hop trio Migos, died early Tuesday in a downtown Houston shooting, an legal professional for the rapper […]
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Taylor Swift holds all top 10 spots in Billboard Hot 100 as she announces first major tour in nearly 5 years
Taylor Swift performs on the stage in concert at Mercedes-Benz Arena on May 30, 2014 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Taylor Swift said Tuesday she’s heading back out on tour, as she occupies all of the top 10 spots of the Billboard Hot 100 with songs from her new […]
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