TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 16, 2022

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is concerned about possible violations to consumer protection laws after Taylor Swift fans yesterday reported spending hours trying to get presale tickets to the singer’s 2023 tour, the Tennessean reports. Fans with special presale codes for tickets found huge queues, site crashes and inflated prices when trying to purchase tickets through Ticketmaster. Skrmetti called Ticketmaster a “very dominant market player” at a press conference this morning and said his office wants “to make sure that they're treating consumers right and people are receiving fair opportunity to purchase the tickets…” No actual allegations of wrongdoing have been made yet, but Skrmetti was clear he sees the size of the company as a possible detriment if its near-monopoly disincentivizes customer support and fair dealing.