Taylor Swift Says ‘Excruciating’ to Watch Ticketmaster Meltdown

  • Ticket Sales for Upcoming ‘Eras Tour’ Canceled on Thursday
  • Ticketmaster Faces Two State Investigations Amid Breakup Calls
Taylor Swift attends the 2022 MTV VMAs in Newark, New Jersey, on Aug. 28,

Photographer: Catherine Powell/Getty Images

Taylor Swift has made her first public comments on the bungled pre-sale for her upcoming “Eras Tour” concerts, saying it was “excruciating” to “watch mistakes happen with no recourse.”

In a statement posted to an Instagram story, the musician made no explicit mention of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., which canceled Friday’s planned general public ticket sale after overwhelming demand at the pre-sale stage aimed at Swift’s ‘verified fans’ left it with “insufficient remaining ticket inventory.”