Taylor Swift Calls Out Ticketmaster’s Handling Of The Eras Tour Tickets
Taylor Swift is calling out Ticketmaster for canceling the public on-sale of her highly anticipated “Eras Tour” yesterday (November 17). Ticketmaster said that more than 2 million tickets were sold…
NSAI Songwriter-Artist of the Decade honoree, Taylor Swift performs onstage during NSAI 2022 Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 20, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Terry Wyatt/Getty ImagesTaylor Swift is calling out Ticketmaster for canceling the public on-sale of her highly anticipated "Eras Tour" yesterday (November 17). Ticketmaster said that more than 2 million tickets were sold on Tuesday — the most ever sold for an artist in a single day. That, they say, caused a near meltdown of its website. That unprecedented demand, combined with a “staggering number of bot attacks as well as fans who didn’t have invite codes” drove “unprecedented traffic” to its site and broke it, the company said.
Swift called out the company on her Instagram Stories Friday (November 18) for their service: "Well. It goes without saying that I'm extremely protective of my fans. We've been doing this for decades together and over the years, I've brought so many elements of my career in house. I've done this SPECIFICALLY to improve the quality of my fans' experience by doing it myself or with my team who care as much about my fans as I do. It's really difficult for me to trust an outside entity with these relationships and loyalties, and excruciating for me to just watch mistakes happen with no recourse."
Her post then called out the ticket company for their lack of keeping their word, writing: "There are a multitude of reasons why people had such a hard time trying to get tickets and I'm trying to figure out how this situation can be improved moving forward. I'm not going to make excuses for anyone because we asked them multiple times, if they could handle this kind of demand and we were assured they could. It's truly amazing that 2.4 million people got tickets, but it really pisses me off that a lot of them feel like they went through several bear attacks to get them."
Finally, she thanked her Swifties for their support despite the letdown: "And to those who didn't get tickets, all I can say is that my hope is to provide more opportunities for us to all get together and sing these songs. Thank you for wanting to be there. You have no idea how much this means."
Taylor Swift’s 20 Best Breakup Lines
Taylor Swift turns 34 today (December 13), and in honor of the hit songstress' big day, we compiled our favorite lyrics by the queen of breakup songs.
20. Death By A Thousand Cuts
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images"Saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts / Flashbacks waking me up / I get drunk, but it's not enough / 'Cause the morning comes and you're not my baby."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
19. the 1
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images"I guess you never know, never know / And if you wanted me, you really should've showed / And if you never bleed, you're never gonna grow."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
18. Closure
Kevin Winter/Getty Images"Don't treat me like / Some situation that needs to be handled / I'm fine with my spite / And my tears, and my beers and my candles."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
17. Blank Space
Kevin Winter/Getty Images"So it's gonna be forever / Or it's gonna go down in flames / You can tell me when it's over / If the high was worth the pain."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
16. All You Had To Do Was Stay
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images"The more I think about it now the less I know / All I know is that you drove us off the road."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
15. I Knew You Were Trouble
Craig Barritt/Getty Images"No apologies, he'll never see you cry / Pretends he doesn't know that he's the reason why / You're drowning, you're drowning, you're drowning."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
14. I Wish You Would
Christopher Polk/Getty Images"I wish you would come back / Wish I'd never hung up the phone like I did / I wish you knew that / I'd never forget you as long as I'd live."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
13. All Too Well
Kevin Winter/Getty Images"And you call me up again just to break me like a promise / So casually cruel in the name of being honest."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
12. Red
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images"Losing him was blue, like I'd never known / Missing him was dark gray, all alone / Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met / But loving him was red."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
11. this is me trying
Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images"And it's hard to be at a party / When I feel like an open wound / It's hard to be anywhere these days / When all I want is you."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
10. The Story Of Us
Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images"I used to know my place was a spot next to you / Now I'm searching the room for an empty seat / 'Cause lately I don't even know what page you're on."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
9. Holy Ground
Kevin Winter/Getty Images"And I guess we fell apart in the usual way / And the story's got dust on every page / But sometimes I wonder how you think about it now / And I see your face in every crowd."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
8. august
Kevin Winter/Getty Images"And I can see us twisted in bedsheets / August sipped away like a bottle of wine / 'Cause you were never mine."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
7. Forever & Always
Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images"And I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called / And then you feel so low you can't feel nothing at all / And you flashback to when he said, 'Forever and always.'"
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
6. my tears ricochet
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images"Didn't have it in myself to go with grace / And you're the hero flying around, saving face / And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake?"
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
5. Picture To Burn
Graham Denholm/Getty Images"So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time / As far as I'm concerned, you're just another picture to burn."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
4. exile
Mike Coppola/Getty Images"I think I've seen this film before / And I didn't like the ending / You're not my homeland anymore / So what am I defendin' now?"
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
3. I Forgot That You Existed
Graham Denholm/Getty Images"Your name on my lips, tongue tied / Free rent, livin' in my mind / But then something happened one magical night / I forgot that you existed."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
2. You're Not Sorry
Christopher Polk/Getty Images"You got your share of secrets, and I'm tired of being last to know."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
1. White Horse
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images"I was a dreamer before you went and let me down."
Taylor Swift's 20 Best Breakup Lines
