Ticketmaster Battles Scalpers, Fans Cheer

0:00It's April 23rd. Welcome in. This is Music News today, where the industry meets AI. Ticketmaster hid back at Scalpers, trying to game Harry Styles' 30-Show Residency at Madison Square Garden. On April 22nd, they announced catching bots and fake accounts snapping up thousands of tickets past the buying limits, then flipping them for. Huge markups. All those dodgy sales got cancelled and none went to actual fans. The tickets in question were originally priced under $130 each. Now Ticketmaster's teaming up with Styles' crew to put them back on sale at face value through a fair request process. This move aims to get real supporters into the seats without the middleman rip off. Fans had mixed takes, some shared the crackdown, but Plenty called out Ticketmaster for making it too easy for Scalpers in the first place. In Jack Antinoff, the 13-time Grammy winner jumped in with a sharper ply on X, basically saying they caught themselves in the mess. Social media lit up with love for Antinoff Shade, especially since Live Nation, Ticketmaster's

1:04parent, just got hit with antitrust violations. Folks are calling him out for keeping the pressure on the Ticket monopoly. Fans still chasing those style seats can check Ticketmaster's X for the resealing. Folks come, real fans served. Stay tuned as this Ticket Drama keeps unfolding.