{"id":567572,"date":"2023-03-24T16:25:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ticketmaster-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-drake-tour-prices\/"},"modified":"2023-03-24T16:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:25:25","slug":"ticketmaster-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-drake-tour-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ticketmaster-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-over-drake-tour-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ticketmaster hit with class action lawsuit over Drake tour prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af51912dd353\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1248577595_zguojb\/drake-performs-during-day-two-of-lollapalooza-chile-2023-on-march-18-2023-in-santiago-chile.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1248577595_zguojb\/drake-performs-during-day-two-of-lollapalooza-chile-2023-on-march-18-2023-in-santiago-chile.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1248577595_zguojb\/drake-performs-during-day-two-of-lollapalooza-chile-2023-on-march-18-2023-in-santiago-chile.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1248577595_zguojb\/drake-performs-during-day-two-of-lollapalooza-chile-2023-on-march-18-2023-in-santiago-chile.jpg 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960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1248577595_zguojb\/drake-performs-during-day-two-of-lollapalooza-chile-2023-on-march-18-2023-in-santiago-chile.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1248577595_zguojb\/drake-performs-during-day-two-of-lollapalooza-chile-2023-on-march-18-2023-in-santiago-chile.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1248577595_zguojb\/drake-performs-during-day-two-of-lollapalooza-chile-2023-on-march-18-2023-in-santiago-chile.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"60vw\" alt=\"Ticketmaster hit with class action lawsuit over Drake tour prices\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Drake performs during day two of Lollapalooza Chile 2023 on March 18, 2023 in Santiago, Chile.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Marcelo Hernandez\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-244212\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Ticketmaster is facing a class action lawsuit after a Canadian law firm filed a lawsuit over alleged price gauging linked to Drake&#8217;s upcoming tour. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/entertainment\/music\/2023\/03\/23\/drake-concert-tickets-at-the-centre-of-new-canadian-class-action-lawsuit-against-ticketmaster.html\">The Toronto Star<\/a> reports that Montreal firm LPC Avocat Inc. claims in the lawsuit that Ticketmaster &#8220;intentionally misleads consumers for their own financial gain,&#8221; citing the price of tickets for Drake&#8217;s It&#8217;s All A Blur tour as evidence. <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            The LPC Avocat lawsuit cites one Montreal man&#8217;s experience of purchasing two Drake tickets for the upcoming July 14 show at Bell Centre, which set him back $789.54 each. A second date at the venue was announced the following day with the same tickets available for $350 less than the Montreal man paid. The suit alleges that Ticketmaster knew of this additional date before it was announced but withheld the information and didn&#8217;t adjust its prices accordingly to &#8220;squeeze out&#8221; additional money from customers. It also alleges that the \u201cOfficial Platinum\u201d seats were ordinary seats sold \u201cat an artificially inflated premium in bad faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            \u201cTicketmaster unilaterally decides which tickets it advertises and sells as \u2018Official Platinum\u2019 based on a given event,\u201d reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication for the class action. \u201cThe result is that most, if not all, of the tickets advertised and sold as \u2018Official Platinum\u2019 are neither \u2018premium tickets\u2019 nor \u2018some of the best seats in the house\u2019 and are, in fact, just regular tickets sold by Ticketmaster at an artificially inflated premium in bad faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            The Toronto Star reports that plaintiffs are seeking compensation in the form of &#8220;the difference between the prices charged for \u2018Official Platinum\u2019 tickets and what their regular price ought to have been\u201d plus $300 per customer in damages.<\/p>\n<p>            Ticketmaster is also being sued by Taylor Swift fans in relation to the fallout from last year&#8217;s disastrous Eras Tour ticket sale. In January a senate committee A judiciary subcommittee heard testimony about Live Nation and Ticketmaster\u2019s alleged music industry monopoly. More recently the company has been criticized by Robert Smith of The Cure and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2023\/mar\/24\/neil-young-ticketmaster-saying-tours-no-longer-fun\">Neil Young<\/a> over its pricing policies. Smith took particular offence to additional charges added onto ticket prices for his band&#8217;s upcoming tour, labelling them &#8220;sickening.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>            The FADER has reached out to representatives for Ticketmaster and Drake for further information and comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-244214\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">David Renshaw<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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