Slow ticketing is the latest trend in the ticketing industry – meaning that the highest-priced tickets are sold first, and as the concert approaches, the prices are slashed. Katy Perry fans are now facing the consequences. Although Perry originally sold-out shows in New Zealand during her 2010 and 2014... Read more
Fans who paid premium prices for a K-pop event in Singapore this September are venting their outrage after a ticketing promotion began offering a buy-one, get-one deal for the top price tier tickets after the initial onsale. The event, Hallyupopfest, is scheduled for September, and went on sale in... Read more
If you bought tickets in May for a concert in August, can you be blamed if you show up at the venue three months later and expected there to be a show? Several fans found out the hard way the unintended consequences of the so-called “slow ticketing” movement, as... Read more
Opinion: Taylor Swift and the Myth of “Slow Ticketing”
Guest CommentaryIndustryTop Story January 5, 2018