Site crashes - Taylor Swift Fans Crash Ticketmaster - Ticket service cites unprecedented demand for technical issues

 

 

Site crashes - Taylor Swift Fans Crash Ticketmaster - Ticket service cites unprecedented demand for technical issues

News Today - Surprising information with Crushing fans flocking to Ticketmaster to try to get presale tickets for Taylor Swift's “Eras Tour” 2023. The upcoming concert in the US caused the site to become inaccessible to thousands on Tuesday morning.

“We are aware that fans may be experiencing intermittent issues with the site and are working to resolve them,” Ticketmaster's customer support Twitter account posted at 10:54 am ET Tuesday.

In the update at 13:05. ET, Ticketmaster said it was grappling with "historically unprecedented demand with millions showing up to buy tickets for the TaylorSwiftTix Presale."

“Hundreds of thousands of tickets have been sold. If you've secured the ticket, you're all set,” the ticketing service said in a tweet. "If you're in a queue, please wait a moment — the queue is moving and we're working to get fans through it as quickly as possible."

Ticketmaster also said that West Coast sales for Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Santa Clara, and Seattle that were originally scheduled for 10 a.m. PT Tuesday will now take place at 3 p.m. PT, with the queue opened 30 minutes earlier. The Capital One sale is rescheduled to tomorrow at 2pm. local place time; According to Ticketmaster, all pre-sale codes and text-sent links will still work at that time.

According to uptime monitoring site Downdetector, user complaints about problems accessing Ticketmaster started to spike around 9:30 a.m. ET, peaking at nearly 5,000 reports around 11:36 a.m. ET. Reports of technical issues with Ticketmaster began to diminish around 12:20 am. ET.

Swift, who recently released her album "Midnights," has set 52 dates for her US Eras Tour. That made it his biggest tour to date, and one that could break his own record for gross ticket sales in North America. Opening for the US tour were Paramore, Haim, Phoebe Bridgers, Beabadoobee, Girl in Red, Muna, Gayle, Gracie Abrams and Owenn.

As previously announced, tickets for Swift's Eras Tour are priced from $49 to $449, with VIP packages ranging from $199 to $899. The Eras Tour is the first since the 2018 Reputation stadium tour; last year, Swift canceled her Lover Fest tour due to the COVID pandemic.

Swift last month made history as the first artist in history to hold the top 10 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 in one week with songs from "Midnights," led by "Anti-Hero," which is the album's first music video. and the first song to be promoted to radio. source : variety