Maggie Rogers selling concert tickets in person: ‘F – – k bots + f – – k fees’
nypost.comTicketmaster lawsuits, singer/songwriter Maggie Rogers is resorting to the old-school way of selling concert tickets. The 28-year-old “Light On” singer announced Thursday on social media that tickets to her upcoming “Summer of ’23 Tour” would be sold at various box offices across the country on Friday — leaving some fans scrambling to make arrangements to get to them. “There’s a lot of conversation right now about combating bots and making sure tickets get directly into the hands of fans, and at a reasonable price,” she wrote on Instagram.“Ticketing fees have never been higher and a lot of people, me included, are justifiably frustrated and concerned.
I’ve been thinking about this over the last few months and wanted to provide you with another option. So this time, in an effort to eliminate bots and lower fees — we’re going analog.”“Come buy a ticket like it’s 1965 … F – – k bots + f – – k fees,” she adds in a TikTok post.
The Post has contacted reps for Rogers for comment. For those too young to remember, concert tickets used to be sold in person at venue box offices and at the thousands of Ticketmaster outlets located in places such as department stores.
Hopefuls could also buy tickets over the phone. Rogers is still selling tickets online for her shows. Fans can sign up to receive a pre-sale code via the Seated app, and Ticketmaster boasts Live Nation pre-sales for several of her upcoming concerts.The Post reached out to Ticketmaster for comment.The US leg of the “Summer of ’23 Tour” kicks off in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 24 and wraps up in Washington, DC, on Sept.
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