Taylor Swift - Lover (August 23, 2019) Album • Page 107

I like what Madonna's doing where she's doing residencies at 3000 cap venues in different cities but Taylor may be too big to do that

 

Taylor on Broadway

 

ok maybe?? but also lol

 

Ticketing will be an absolute disaster if she does anything other than stadiums.

Hell, her ticketing is already a disaster in stadiums.

 

I'd actually prefer a stadium for cost/availability reasons, but I would like to see a center-stage set-up.

Also, don't know how logistically feasible this would be, but perhaps she could do a combination stadium/arena tour. In this area, for instance, two nights at Met Life and two at MSG. Maybe even have the latter focus more on Lover, while the former with more of a mixed catalog.

 

I think her vma performance was the least awkward I've ever seen her perform. At least pretending to play a guitar gives her something to do with her hands. I feel like when she's comfortable on stage u know it, so hopefully this era will be a great one for her. Seems like she's finding her balance of what kind of popstar she wants to be instead of trying to follow a "how to look like a popstar 101" manual like in the 1989 and rep era, which I appreciate

 

U2 is a stadium act, but I remember one tour a few years ago they did arenas and ended up doing 7 nights at MSG for the NYC dates.

I can totally see Taylor going that route for this tour.

 

Wait am I colorblind I thought Taylor's vma blazer was purple and then someone told me it's blue??

 

Maybe she does a festival run next year? Kinda goes against that smaller feeling she wanted but it’s a way for her to reach a huge amount of fans while also not having that many tour dates.

And it’s probably the only way I’d afford to see her with a decent view haha

 

I wanna see Taylor but don't wanna go all the way to Jerryworld to do it so hopefully she plays Austin or SA

 

I actually ended up having a really good experience with the ticket system for the rep tour. You really didn't have to do that much to get a spot in line that still left the majority of the stadium open and it was nice to actually have time to think about what seats to pick.

 

I think the big issue is that Cats promo season is a huge chunk of time she can't tour and a stadium tour can't be until next summer

 

I get so distraught when I remember Cats exists

 

I've been sayin Coachella for almost a year now!~!

 

The problem, at least in my case, was that I dumped a bunch of time into the Taylor Swift Tix platform to guarantee a decent opportunity window, got one, then had a choice of good (but not great) seats at significantly higher prices than the 1989 tour. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about a slight price hike, but we're talking $100+ more.

Then a week later, I got a generic pre-sale password from the stadium, logged in, and got significantly better seats for less money (much more in line with the 1989 tour.)

I don't think she'll wind up doing the play/buy/watch for a spot thing again, but she should do away with demand based variable pricing, too. That wasn't good for anyone and people were punished for buying during pre-sales.

 

I can't compare to 1989 prices, since I didn't go, but I do know that the presale tickets I got were considerably cheaper than the price for similar tickets when the general on-sale started, so I was happy. But yea if there was another presale that was cheaper, thats not ideal.

 

I think most people had the opposite experience price-wise, where regular sale tickets were significantly more than the presale...I know I did. Lots of people complained about the whole system though so I don’t think she’ll be doing it again either.

 

Ticketmaster shouldn't punish people for not going on at the exact right time to get tickets, they're also doing the platinum and resale shit where they arbitrarily make tickets twice the price for no reason
it's unfair to the fans but also the artists who have more empty seats because no one wants to pay double the price of a ticket for no reason

 

Did anyone post this Paste review? Because yikes..

Lover or Hate Her: Taylor Swift’s New Album is a Mediocre Shrug

Seems unnecessarily aggressive and is really the first and only negative review I’ve come across since release.

 

Got as far as "after the disaster of reputation she tries to win fans back" and peaced out. It baffles me that so many people still are trying to push the narrative that reputation was some kind of blemish on her career or anything less than a massive success.

 

I'm already dreading the inevitable "think" pieces about who her career is in a downward spiral if/when Lover doesn't clear 1 million units in its first week.

 

paste is a bad website with bad writing

 

I adored the presale for the rep tour. Got what turned into $375 tickets for $150.

 

You're both right, the general rule of thumb was that they went up during the general on-sale. That's the issue with the variable pricing structure. They fluctuated throughout the on-sale period. In my case, the second pre-sale (which required no participation whatsoever) was cheaper than the Taylor Swift Tix one. Then, they jacked the prices even higher during the general, but most of them settled back down again.

In fact, a month or so out from most shows is when tickets were cheapest, if I remember correctly, comparable seats to mine were between $30-$50 cheaper (face value) in the weeks leading up to the show.

This is why I think variable pricing, in general, sucks. Someone is going to feel cheated, no matter what. Just pick a market value and stick with it. I'm seeing less of it these days, but there's still some big pop artists doing it.

Unfortunately, Ticketmaster Platinum is only getting worse.