I paid a stranger on Facebook $1,545 for tickets to Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour.' Here's how I avoided getting scammed.

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The author, Joni Sweet, and Taylor Swift.

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Live Nation posts record $3 billion revenue amid backlash from concertgoers over Ticketmaster prices and accessibility

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As concert venues open back up to the public, fans are desperate to get their hands on tickets to see their favorite stars live.

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Royal fans slam Ticketmaster for a confusing ballot system that has left them without tickets to King Charles III's coronation concert

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A flag for King Charles III's coronation.

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Concert tickets resold on SeatGeek have doubled in price over the last 5 years to to an average of $252 per ticket

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For Taylor Swift tickets being resold on SeatGeek, fans could be paying on average $1,311, reported the Wall Street Journal.

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Drake fans are the latest to hit Ticketmaster with a lawsuit following 'It's All A Blur' tour sale

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Drake's "It's All a Blur" tour kicks off this summer, and will consist of around 40 shows in Canada and the US.

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Ticketmaster is looking for a new social media director, and it's asking the hire to be 'brave' after months of fury from fans

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Ticketmaster is requiring its new Director of Social to be "brave" / Taylor Swift at opening night of the Eras Tour

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Drake is going on tour for the first time in 4 years and fans are outraged at the high prices

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Drake's tour will consist of around 40 shows in various cities in the US, and one show in his hometown of Toronto, Canada.

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Ticketmaster will give Cure fans a refund after Robert Smith said he was 'sickened' by its additional charges and demanded an explanation

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Robert Smith of The Cure is smiling and winking during his performance on the Pyramid stage on day five of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 30, 2019.
Robert Smith of The Cure at the UK's Glastonbury Festival in 2019.

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Ticketmaster's website crashed again, disrupting ticket sales for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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A view of the a phone screen displaying a Eurovision Song Contest tickets page and a page on the Eurovision website displayed on a laptop screen, informing those wishing to buy tickets that all shows are sold out.

Live Nation Puts Fixing Ticket Sales on Performers and Lawmakers

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Live Nation Entertainment, the company that’s owned Ticketmaster since 2010, knows it’s hard out there for music fans. Really, it does. That’s why the company, which faced massive public pushback earlier this year in the aftermath of a Taylor Swift ticket sale meltdown, has proposed a (kind of) solution.

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