The Cure aim to protect fans against scalpers and high prices

The Cure have revealed that most tickets for the English band’s upcoming US tour dates will not be transferrable to help protect against scalpers.  When announcing their ‘Shows of the Lost World’ tour last week, The Cure also said that sales will not feature ‘Platinum’ rates or dynamic pricing in order to keep tickets at …

Ticketmaster cancels remaining sales for US leg of BTS member Suga’s solo tour

Ticketmaster has cancelled the general Verified Fan presale and general onsale for the US leg of BTS member Suga’s solo tour in April and May, due to the level of demand during the first presale. The Live Nation-owned ticketing platform announced yesterday (Thursday) that “due to extremely high demand during today’s Army Member Presale, there …

Ticketmaster “successfully handles” Beyonce onsale

Ticketmaster has claimed an early success as sales for Beyonce’s Renaissance tour passed without major incident following the controversy surrounding last year’s Taylor Swift onsale. Hundreds of thousands of tickets became available through presales and general sales in North America and Europe from Monday. The tour will see the American star appear in more than …

Taylor Swift fans offered second chance to purchase Eras Tour tickets

Taylor Swift fans have been given a second chance to secure tickets for the singer’s Eras Tour, with reports of those having signed up to Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan programme receiving notifications that tickets are available.  Billboard has reported that users of the Verified Fan programme – which is Ticketmaster’s attempt at squeezing out bots and …