Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan on Friday, requesting that the consumer protection agency more consistently enforce the nearly decade-old legislation that was passed to try and stop scalpers from using bots to corner the market on concert tickets. The Better Online Tickets Sales Act (Or BOTS […]
Robert Smith opened up about the notorious stance he took against predatory ticketing practices for the Cure‘s North America Tour last year, recalling his goals to keep tickets cheap as well as his viral Twitter threads calling out the ticketing business from Ticketmaster to scalpers to other artists. “It was one of those moments I […]
Promoters expect to invalidate about 50,000 tickets listed on resale platforms against the original terms and conditions Oasis are sticking to their promise to crack down on resale tickets for their reunion shows, with the band preparing to invalidate about 50,000 tickets sold on the secondary market, according to the BBC. The reunion tour’s promoters, […]
Ticketmaster is facing a class action lawsuit over the massive data breach the company suffered from the hacker group ShinyHunters earlier this year. Several firms have filed class action suits against Ticketmaster in recent months since the data breach first came to light earlier this year, the most recent of which was filed in federal […]
