On October 14th Taylor Swift’s “Lover Fest” tickets went on sale. Ticketmaster first opened up sales to previous “verified fans”. Aka fans who watched videos and bought merch to earn points in order to have a better chance at getting Reputation tour tickers. This time though, there were no videos to watch and points earned from the rep era were supposed to be applied to this tour as well. Taylor Nation also allowed new fans to become verified fans, but existing verified fans were the ones who were said to have access to tickets first.

    Thousands of fans across the country logged onto their Ticketmaster accounts at 3:50 to try at get tickets. All of the points verified fans earned last time seemed to do nothing for most people, and only a select lucky few were given a chance to buy tickets at a normal price. Many fans waited for up to 5 hours to get tickets, only to find that all of the tickets that were left ranged from $300-$1,000. 

   This is not ok. All of the remaining overpriced “platinum” tickets were just normal tickets priced by Ticketmaster due to popular demand. Taylor Swift tickets are already expensive for most normal people, but the platinum ticket prices are unbelievable. Not only that but the platinum tickets were anywhere from $150-$400 more than normal tickets in those areas usually cost. 

   I understand that Taylor Swift does not want to do a huge tour for this album, but only 4 shows in her home country is not enough. As fans we want to be able to see our favorite artist, and be able to spend a reasonable amount on tickets. 

  Let’s ask Taylor to add more shows for the verified fans from the Reputation tour.