Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster and Bruce Springsteen
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Besides being American icons, chart toppers and stadium packers, what do Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen have in common? Well, the spectacular songwriter thing aside, both the Boss and the self-styled Showgirl are at the heart of a new Donald Trump-fueled lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission today to put the kibosh on resale
In a shocking revelation, a ticket-reselling operation has been accused of employing a network of fake accounts to exploit Ticketmaster's security measures, acquiring hundreds of thousands of tickets for highly anticipated tours by artists such as Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen.
The US Federal Trade Commission has filed a major lawsuit against a Maryland-based ticket brokering operation, alleging the company used illegal tactics to buy and resell hundreds of thousands of tickets for shows including Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.
A ticketing scheme by Ticketmaster known as "dynamic pricing" has seen some tickets for Bruce Springsteen shows jump as high as $4000 or $5000 a seat, and that has some fans of the rock legend's ...