{"id":3616,"date":"2023-02-06T02:56:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T10:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/senate-judiciary-committee-warns-ticketmaster-ahead-of-beyonce-presales\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T02:56:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T10:56:48","slug":"senate-judiciary-committee-warns-ticketmaster-ahead-of-beyonce-presales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/senate-judiciary-committee-warns-ticketmaster-ahead-of-beyonce-presales\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Judiciary Committee warns Ticketmaster ahead of Beyonc\u00e9 presales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Ticketmaster will be hoping to avoid a repeat of the Taylor Swift incident when tickets for Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s first solo tour in six years go on sale in the US later today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Live Nation-owned platform has already said that registration demand for Group A \u2013 which covers concerts in nine US cities \u2013 was eight times over ticket inventory for the BeyHive Verified Fan Presale. The platform also said on Sunday that demand for Groups B and C was also \u201cwell above the number of tickets available\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Late on Friday, Ticketmaster said that the tour had added second shows to seven cities due to the demand. The platform said: \u201cFan demand for Group A already exceeds the number of available tickets by more than 800% based on current registration numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo help as many concertgoers get tickets as possible, the tour has added second shows in seven cities \u2013 but demand is still expected to drastically exceed supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lottery-style process will determine which registered Verified Fans will receive a unique access code and which will be put on the waitlist. Waitlisted fans may receive an access code if tickets remain. Please remember, receiving a code doesn\u2019t guarantee tickets.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To help as many concertgoers get tickets as possible, the tour has announced its first extension, adding second shows in 7 cities \u2014 and Verified Fan Registration for Group A now closes tomorrow, Fri, Feb 3rd at 12pm ET.<\/p>\n<p>To register, head to: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H3VnWRZVME\">https:\/\/t.co\/H3VnWRZVME<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yEvGZ0onX4\">pic.twitter.com\/yEvGZ0onX4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ticketmaster (@Ticketmaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ticketmaster\/status\/1621335621326487552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Registration for all Renaissance World Tour North American shows is now closed.<\/p>\n<p>Ticketmaster also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ticketmaster\/status\/1621717678296813568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a>: \u201cNo Beyonc\u00e9 tickets have been sold yet. Beware of resale listings pretending to already have tickets\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The BeyHive Verified Fan Presale begins today (Monday) with more opportunities to purchase tickets in the Citi Verified Fan Presale February 7-8 in the US. The Verified Fan Onsale will then take place on February 7 in Canada and February 11 for the US.<\/p>\n<p>Following last month\u2019s hearing on competition in the ticketing industry in the US, the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Twitter: \u201cWe\u2019re watching, Ticketmaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re watching, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ticketmaster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ticketmaster<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LuWjoXrWX4\">https:\/\/t.co\/LuWjoXrWX4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryDems\/status\/1621191756531236866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Live Nation and Ticketmaster were criticised from all corners at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2023\/01\/25\/us-lawmakers-and-stakeholders-lambast-live-nation-ticketmaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Judiciary Committee hearing<\/a> in January, which was held due to the issues surrounding the Taylor Swift presale ahead of The Eras Tour.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/11\/18\/ticketmaster-cancels-taylor-swift-general-on-sale-issues-explanation-into-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a> highlighted the perceived lack of competition in the ticketing and live entertainment industries in the US, following the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div class=\"tax-cat-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Awards<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 tax-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"\">Tags<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn\" >Ticketing<\/button>|<button class=\"btn\" >Stadiums<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2023\/02\/06\/senate-judiciary-committee-warns-ticketmaster-ahead-of-beyonce-presales\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Ticketmaster will be hoping to avoid a repeat of the Taylor Swift incident when tickets for Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s first solo tour in six years go on sale in the US later today.\u00a0 The Live Nation-owned platform has already said that registration demand for Group A \u2013 which covers concerts in nine US cities \u2013 was &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3928,2955,156,3931,3930,640,187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beyonce","category-industry-news","category-live-nation","category-renaissance","category-renaissance-world-tour","category-taylor-swift","category-ticketmaster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}