Arts & Entertainment
Taylor Swift Friday Ticket Sale Canceled; Singer To Play 3 Dates In Tampa
Ticketmaster stopped selling tickets after Taylor Swift fans waited for hours and sometimes came up ticketless. She'll be in Tampa in April.

TAMPA, FL — Taylor Swift fans hoping to see the singer live in Tampa may be out of luck after Ticketmaster said Thursday that its Friday sale for the singer’s The Eras Tour was canceled.
“Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow's public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled,” Ticketmaster tweeted.
The announcement came after a turbulent week for Swifties that saw those willing to wait in hourslong online presale queues sometimes come up ticketless. Tickets also surfaced on StubHub and other resale sites for six figures.
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Swift’s national tour kicks off in March. Swift will perform in Tampa for three nights, April 13-15, at Raymond James Stadium.
Even New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got involved. In a tweet, she appeared to pin the troubles on Ticketmaster's 2010 merger with LiveNation.
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"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."
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