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[ad_1] The much-maligned ticket seller isn’t perfect. But an intervention from Congress won’t help consumers — or stars like Swift. You'd think Taylor Swift would be happy with the way her 52-date “Eras Tour” has gotten underway. In November, in a presale for registered fans, Ticketmaster sold some 2 million tickets for Swift's shows in a single day, a global record. Thanks to a huge surge in traffic — including from bots and brokers — fans reported delays and error messages, while the resulting lack of inventory led the company to cancel a sale to the general public. Even so: This was the strongest demand for a concert series in history. Surely some hiccups could be forgiven. Not so. Swift said it was “excruciating for me to just watch mistakes happen with no recourse.” At a hea...

[ad_1] "Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow's public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled," the ticketing broker tweeted. After days of glitches and long waits frustrated fans trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets during presale windows, Ticketmaster on Thursday said they were cancelling tomorrow's slated public sale."Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow's public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled," the ticketing broker tweeted. It was not immediately clear whether that sale would be rescheduled, or how many unsold tickets remained. Ticketmaster did not i...

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