Topline
Singer Olivia Dean slammed Ticketmaster and Live Nation in an Instagram post Friday after tickets for her upcoming tour were instantly resold at hundreds of dollars more than face value, prompting the ticketing giant to cap resale prices for Dean’s tickets.
Key Facts
Shortly after tickets for Dean’s tour went on sale Friday, fans posted screenshots to social media showing resale ticket prices reaching exceedingly high levels, with some selling for as much as $800 or $900.
Dean took aim at Ticketmaster, Live Nation and entertainment company AEG Presents on her Instagram story Friday afternoon, accusing them of “providing a disgusting service.”
“The prices at which you’re allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes,” Dean said, adding live music should be “affordable and accessible and we need to find a new way of making that possible.”
Ticketmaster reposted Dean’s post to its own Instagram story, stating it would cap the resale ticket prices for her shows at face value, adding it supports “artists’ ability to set the terms of how their tickets are sold and resold.”
Forbes has reached out to Ticketmaster and Live Nation for comment.
Key Background
Days earlier, Ticketmaster acknowledged it made a “typo” in listing the prices for Dean’s tour presale, with some tickets selling for more than $750. Ticketmaster clarified in a post on X it had meant to list the presale tickets for $53.45, stating people who were charged a higher amount would be immediately refunded for the difference.
