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        Beyoncé fans complain limited tickets, high prices for upcoming ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour

        The pop music icon will perform multiple shows at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford this May.

        Naomi Yané

        Feb 13, 2025, 3:30 AM

        Updated 4 hr ago

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        Beyoncé is coming back to the Garden State, but could Ticketmaster sales practices have you shelling out the big bucks?
        The pop music icon will perform multiple shows at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford this May.
        "I was already on the phone with my best friend. In [her 2024 country album] 'Cowboy Carter,' Beyonce has a song, 'Sweet Honey Buckin' and I told my best friend, ‘We buckin’, we in here, we are going,’" said fan Taylor Walker when she finally got tickets to the show.
        Walker says she spent Tuesday morning scrambling for tickets.
        "There was a queue on Ticketmaster. I was about 500th in line. Once I got in there, was absolutely nothing," she says.
        On Day 2 of presales, Walker managed to snag several seats for her and friends.
        Like in previous concerts, Ticketmaster offered presales, which gives fans access before general sales begin.
        What concertgoers like Walker are experiencing is a surge in resale tickets and Ticketmaster fees causing the tickets to be in the hundreds and sometimes in the thousands.
        "You couldn’t purchase the tickets directly from Beyonce’s site or anywhere else. It was from these ticket providers. If Ticketmaster is allowing that for presale time frames that’s not very fair to fans," Walker said.
        Last year, Attorney General Matthew Platkin joined the Justice Department and a bipartisan coalition of 28 states and sued Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., which owns Ticketmaster. The lawsuit alleges that the company has illegally monopolized the live entertainment industry, and it asks the courts to prohibit Live Nation from engaging in its anti-competitive practices.
        Fans say they have been left feeling the squeeze, which might deter some from going to future shows.
        News 12 reached out to the attorney general’s office for an update on the lawsuit, A spokesperson said the office had "no comment."
        News 12 also reached out to Ticketmaster and is still waiting for a response.