{"id":34661,"date":"2023-07-12T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/investing\/taylor-swift-fans-arent-partying-they-were-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T11:59:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:59:03","slug":"taylor-swift-fans-arent-partying-they-were-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=34661","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Fans Aren’t Partying They Were in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taylor Swift fans in France, who were hoping to catch one of her 2024 performances by getting tickets on Tuesday, were stymied by technical hiccups on Live Nation\u2019s Ticketmaster site instead. <\/p>\n

Tickets were supposed to go on sale at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time for Swift\u2019s Paris shows at La D\u00e9fense Arena in May 2024, and at 1 p.m. local time for her shows in Lyon, in southern France, in June 2024.<\/p>\n

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Instead, less than 15 minutes after the sale started, Live Nation Entertainment\u2018s (ticker: LYV) Ticketmaster tweeted that \u201cSome of you may be having issues with the site this morning\u2014we are working on it and will let you know.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ticketmaster stopped selling tickets for the Paris and Lyon concerts about an hour later. More than 900,000 fans hoping to score codes to redeem for seats were waiting at 5 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a replay of a snafu last fall that left Taylor Swift fans trying to get tickets to her U.S. tour dates angry and empty-handed.<\/p>\n

Fans vented in French on social media on Tuesday, saying they were afraid to leave a line that had thousands of others queued up ahead of them, and blaming the ticketing site.<\/p>\n

Ticketmaster\u2019s French site said that the date and time for tickets to Swift\u2019s The Eras Tour would be rescheduled and \u201ctickets are still available,\u201d according to a translation that Ticketmaster emailed to Barron\u2019s<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis morning\u2019s sale was disrupted by an issue with a third-party provider and they are working to resolve this matter as soon as possible,\u201d Ticketmaster tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as we saw fans experiencing issues, queues were paused. All codes that were not used to purchase tickets today will remain valid,\u201d Ticketmaster said. Fans that had been selected for ticket sales \u201cwill be notified directly\u201d of the new date and time.<\/p>\n

Some Swifties shared on social media that they were able to choose seats, but got error messages when they tried to pay for their tickets on Ticketmaster\u2019s site, The Wall Street Journal reported.<\/p>\n

Swift\u2019s Eras Tour, her first live tour in five years, includes more than 100 shows at venues across five continents through August 2024. It is on pace to become the most lucrative tour ever, with some estimating it could rake in more than $1 billion.<\/p>\n

Last November, pent-up demand by millions of Swifties for tickets overwhelmed ticket systems. Swifties reported problems logging on and hourslong waits to buy tickets, and some said Swift should start her own rival ticket company.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old performer called what happened last November \u201cexcruciating,\u201d later saying that those who were able to buy tickets felt like \u201cthey went through several bear attacks to get them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swift is currently performing in U.S. venues, with the next stop at Denver\u2019s Mile High Stadium on Friday. The domestic leg of the tour runs through Aug. 9 in California\u2019s SoFi Stadium, then moves to Mexico City\u2019s Foro Sol on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n

Tickets for tour dates in Stockholm on May 17, 18, and 19, 2024, are still available on Ticketmaster in Sweden, and presales for dates in Amsterdam and Madrid are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n

Write to Janet H. Cho at janet.cho@dowjones.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n