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Ticketmaster Caps Olivia Dean Ticket Resales at Face Value After Artist Condemns Pricing

The move follows a corrected presale pricing error that fueled fan outrage.

Overview

  • General public tickets went on sale Nov. 21 and sold out within minutes, with secondary listings climbing into the high hundreds and, in some cases, near a thousand dollars.
  • Olivia Dean criticized Ticketmaster, Live Nation and AEG on Instagram as providing a “disgusting” service and said her team is reviewing resale issues while warning fans about scams.
  • Ticketmaster said it will enforce a face-value cap on resale for Dean’s shows on its marketplace and urged other platforms to adopt the same limit, with some inflated listings subsequently removed or restricted.
  • The company acknowledged a presale pricing typo that displayed about $753 instead of roughly $53 for some seats and said automatic refunds for the difference were issued.
  • Strong demand led to added North American dates, including expanding Madison Square Garden to four shows, as fans reported extremely long virtual queues that raised concerns about bots and scalpers.