Arts & Entertainment

Taylor Swift's NYC Fans Have Bad Blood After Concert Ticket Woes

"Anyone wanna loan me a chill $35k to go see Taylor Swift at MetLife?" one fan tweeted as scarce TicketMaster tickets were resold.

Taylor Swift is seen during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 held at PSD Bank Dome on Nov. 13 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Taylor Swift is seen during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022 held at PSD Bank Dome on Nov. 13 in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for MTV)

NEW YORK CITY — Taylor Swift fans in New York City have a message for TicketMaster: we are never ever getting back together.

Scores of Big Apple Swifties had their wildest dreams dashed this week when they tried to score tickets for the pop star's May 26 and 27 concerts in MetLife Stadium for her "The Eras" tour.

Many waited hours online for TicketMaster presales, only to come up with a blank space, according to a torrent of tweets. Then, to add to the bad blood, tickets went up on StubHub and other resale sites for six figures.

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"Anyone wanna loan me a chill $35k to go see Taylor Swift at MetLife?" one Twitter user wrote.

"Waited patiently for 4 hours for 2 Taylor Swift tickets as Verified Fan," another fan tweeted.

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"Nothing left at MetLife But StubHub is selling the whole stadium for $5k+ how do you let this happen Ticketmaster?"

The ticket woes went far beyond New York City, and prompted TicketMaster to tweet out an explanation.

"There has been historically unprecedented demand with millions showing up to buy tickets for the TaylorSwiftTix Presale," TicketMaster's account tweeted.

But TicketMaster's "Don't Blame Me" message did little to assuage fans.

Even Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got involved. In a tweet, she appeared to pin the troubles on TicketMaster's 2010 merger with LiveNation.

"Daily reminder that Ticketmaster is a monopoly, its merger with LiveNation should never have been approved, and they need to be reigned in," she wrote.

"Break them up."

One New York City fan who tweeted her struggles to find tickets — and eventually did, for $600 — told TicketMaster executives they should know they're (in) trouble.

"Ticketmaster has no idea what they have done—they pissed off 2+ generations of girls, gays & theys + this week with this clear corporate greed/exploitation," they wrote. "I’m not sure they’re prepared for the amount of letters being written to the Justice Department& all the calls for action."

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