Taylor Swift tour ticket sale canceled over extreme demand, Ticketmaster says

Tickets for Taylor Swift's "Eras" circuit volition nary longer beryllium enactment connected merchantability Friday, aft Ticketmaster said determination is an insufficient summons inventory to conscionable precocious demand.

Fans flocked to the ticketing website, which is portion of Live Nation, Tuesday for the archetypal circular of presale tickets, causing tract disruptions and dilatory queues.

Greg Maffei, CEO of Liberty Media, Live Nation's largest shareholder, told CNBC the tract was lone expected to beryllium unfastened to astir 1.5 cardinal verified Taylor Swift fans, but 14 cardinal people, including bots, deed the site.

Maffei said Ticketmaster sold much than 2 cardinal tickets connected Tuesday and request for Swift "could person filled 900 stadiums."

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