Angry Swifties vs Ticketmaster

2022-11-22 by Fernando Alves | 30 Comments
According to multiple sources, Taylor Swift's fans (mostly lawyers) are not letting the recent controversy with Ticketmaster go and are organizing a joint campaign against the company. The angry Swifties joined a group chat called 'Vigilante Legal' created by lawyer Blake Barnett, who tweeted on November 16th:

"Calling all swiftie lawyers: lmk [let me know] if you wanna be added to a GC to brainstorm if there’s anything we can do to take action against @ticketmaster."

The 'Vigilante Legal' group is now a full-fledged limited liability company (LLC). Blake Barnett comments: "Something needs to be done. They’re violating antitrust laws. The monopoly merger [in 2010] should have never been allowed to happen between Live Nation and Ticketmaster."



This urban drama comes after the ticket sales fiasco of the artist's tour, whose huge demand (14 million hits) led to the cancellation of sales on November 17th. Ticketmaster released the following statement: "We want to apologize to Taylor and all her fans, especially those who had a terrible experience trying to purchase tickets. We estimate about 15% of interactions across the site experienced issues, and that’s 15% too many, including passcode validation errors that caused fans to lose tickets they had carted."

Taylor Swift addressed the issue via Instagram: "We asked [Ticketmaster] multiple times, if they could handle this kind of demand and we were assured they would."

The 'Vigilante Legal' group hopes its action can "effect real change across the music industry."

For more detailed information:
https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-fans-are-organising-campaign-against-ticketmaster-after-ticket-controversy-3353693
https://mashable.com/article/swifties-take-down-ticketmaster-eras-tour

Tagged: Taylor Swift

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tyman128
Emeritus
November 22nd 2022
4898 Comments


my sister bought us tickets and I didn't have to deal with any annoying fans or the problems of Ticketmaster... I see this as a win for me

Calc
Contributing Reviewer
November 22nd 2022
18012 Comments


anything that breaks up near monopolies *thumbs up*

botb
November 22nd 2022
19797 Comments


This is hilarious and cringe but monopolies suck and people with the means to fight them getting involved is sick

tyman128
Emeritus
November 22nd 2022
4898 Comments


band's website, Bandcamp, straight from the band >>>>

Vercetti
November 22nd 2022
1019 Comments


anything that breaks up near monopolies *thumbs up*[2]

ConcubinaryCode
November 22nd 2022
8132 Comments


Nice to see something being done about it. How long have people complained about ticketmaster?

normaloctagon
November 22nd 2022
5237 Comments


haha i love this

Parallels
November 22nd 2022
10215 Comments


that merger should never have happened

SpeachImpediment
November 22nd 2022
129 Comments


f u c k t i c k e t m a s t e r

tinathefatlard
November 22nd 2022
2112 Comments


Pearl Jam tried to warn us but we didn’t listen.

CygnusX1
November 22nd 2022
809 Comments


Funny that it takes a bunch of pop star stans not getting tickets to break up the shithole that is ticketmaster. Love it

Sunnyvale
Emeritus
November 22nd 2022
6510 Comments


Look what you made me do!

Sevengill
November 22nd 2022
13099 Comments


do it Taylor

https://media.tenor.com/w3QvPXPmKiwAAAAd/thanos-army.gif

Emim
November 22nd 2022
38491 Comments


What botb said

zaruyache
November 23rd 2022
28609 Comments


if the swifties could continue to do cool anticapitalist aktion that'd be great

EphemeralEternity
November 23rd 2022
4937 Comments


I want to see an anchorman style standoff between the angry swifties, tool army, juggalos and anyone who still listens to chris brown

Sevengill
November 23rd 2022
13099 Comments


don't forget Ghost ghouls

DungeonBoy
November 23rd 2022
10282 Comments


Ticketmaster bad

Eons
November 23rd 2022
3778 Comments


She's a complete scammer scammed fans multiple times with tickets, etc not sure how people can absolve her of all responsibility

Voltimand
November 23rd 2022
1670 Comments


"I want to see an anchorman style standoff between the angry swifties, tool army, juggalos and anyone who still listens to chris brown"

"don't forget Ghost ghouls"

Suddenly, Fred Durst makes a cameo–and what do ya do then?

"if the swifties could continue to do cool anticapitalist aktion that'd be great" [1000] And then Taylor goes full-on punk, touring with the likes of Leftover Crack and Show Me the Body

Meridiu5
November 23rd 2022
4208 Comments


I still regret not buying tickets back in 2017 when the prices were like $20

WretchedCacophony
November 23rd 2022
3647 Comments


20$? Maybe when she was playing at a bar in 2008

Devastator
November 23rd 2022
4578 Comments


On one hand Fuck Ticketmaster and Monopolies.

On the other hand Taylor Swift and a large portion of her fans are unbearable.

MeatSalad
November 23rd 2022
18669 Comments


Hope something comes of this. I'm all for anything that fucks with Ticketmaster

twlight
November 24th 2022
10641 Comments


I'm mad.

grannypantys
November 24th 2022
2597 Comments


"pearl jam tried to warn us"

so did Ye. Ticketmaster/Livenation have been getting their pound of flesh for far too long.

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
November 26th 2022
11510 Comments


— and now I don't have to go see Taylor Swift...

Death, taxes, and spousal requests

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
November 26th 2022
11510 Comments


Something tells me a Dunkirk analogy is at the gates B-P

Purpl3Spartan
January 24th 2023
9523 Comments


what botb said (2)

Sevengill
January 24th 2023
13099 Comments


it time

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/ticketmaster-taylor-swift-senate-committee-hearing-live-updates-rcna66687

also we got Eagles fans on the war wagon



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