(the Verified Fan presale ticket began at 10 a.m.), Sandin and many other fans were unable to obtain tickets before resellers did. However, despite logging on at 10:10 a.m. Sandin was selected by Ticketmaster for the presale as part of the company’s Verified Fan feature, which was created to prevent bots from obtaining tickets before fans did. And I’m not special, I’m not the only one.” “But to be locked out and quite frankly, not be able to afford tickets because of Ticketmaster’s lack of actual policy that helps the average concertgoer, and because of scalpers and box and people easily gaming the system, I can’t go. “After two years of turmoil and stress and lack of live music, it was exciting for me to have the opportunity to see my favorite band again,” Bailey Sandin, a DJ at CD 92.9 FM and long-time Paramore fan, told Mashable. Quite understandably, Paramore fans are frustrated that Ticketmaster resales are throwing otherwise affordable concert tickets out of their budgets, preventing them from seeing Paramore on tour again for the first time since 2018. The rest of the shows are either sold out or only have the more expensive resale tickets available for purchase. 14 show in Bonner Springs, Kansas, for which tickets are still available as low as $36. And their prices were drastically higher than the original ticket prices - ranging from $300 to a whopping $8,000 per ticket.Īs of right now, the only tour stop of the 12 dates spared from ticket resellers is the Oct. However, my hopes were quickly crushed when I logged onto Twitter and saw Paramore trending: Within minutes of Ticketmaster opening the sale, most of the tickets were sold out before fans were able to purchase them.Įven more discouraging: Those freshly sold tickets were being immediately listed for resale on Ticketmaster. As a fan for nearly 15 years, I had considered purchasing tickets when Paramore announced their tour earlier this month. On the morning of July 20, thousands of dedicated Paramore fans prepared to purchase tickets for their forthcoming 2022 tour through Ticketmaster, expecting to pay face value prices no higher than $100 per ticket. While obtaining tickets on Ticketmaster should be a breeze, it’s beginning to feel a lot more like misery business.