Where to buy beyonce presale tickets

While the days of camping in line at your local record store are long gone, the process of buying hot concert tickets can still be stressful and bewildering. Last week, when presale tickets were released to select groups, fans battled high demand and glitchy technology to secure seats. During one presale event Friday, Ticketmaster customers were greeted by a pop-up that said: "Attention!

LOTS of fans are trying to buy tickets right now. Why is buying concert tickets such a hassle? Start with this: There aren't as many seats as you might think. In January, following a yearslong investigation, the New York Attorney General's Office reported that more than half of all major concert tickets never make it to the general market.

For Adele's tour, Billboard estimated around two-thirds of the estimated , available seats were gone by the time they went on sale to the public, withheld for industry insiders or doled out via exclusive presales. Then, the moment tickets are released, automated programs called bots sweep up as many as possible so scalpers can flip them on the secondary market, through sites like StubHub or even Ticketmaster itself.

Bots and ticket resales have been a hot legislative topic over the past year. While antibot legislation exists in several states, a bill that would have cracked down on ticket-hungry bots died in the Florida Legislature in April Want more of our free, weekly newsletters in your inbox?

During the initial frenzy on Tuesday, as bots clogged the system, tickets would appear and disappear without notice, prompting dejected fans to freak out on social media. But within 24 hours, the bots backed off, and it became relatively easy for latecomers to grab a seat that wasn't available before. With the secondary market flooded — as of Friday afternoon, there were more than 7, tickets on StubHub alone — you could, in some cases, buy a new ticket for less than a scalped seat in the same section.

Filling a stadium is no joke, even for the world's biggest pop stars. And often, a venue will release additional seats for a show based on demand. When tickets went on sale for Pearl Jam's April 11 concert at Amalie Arena, demand was so high that the venue sold its entire planned allotment of day-of-sale tickets.

As a result, the arena opened up thousands more seats to accommodate for degree seating. That bodes well for fans buying tickets Tuesday. Still, Bungay, 53, of Sun City Center knew an opportunity when he saw one. He took up flipping tickets a couple of years ago to help pay the bills after he said his wife was diagnosed with a degenerative muscular condition, and it became harder for them to attend concerts together.

When a hot ticket goes on sale, they'll work five screens and a phone at once to try to get it. Contact Jay Cridlin at cridlin tampabay. Follow JayCridlin. Subscribe Manage my subscription Activate my subscription Log in Log out. Stay tuned, as we will be updating our page as more information becomes available. Sorry, no future events are currently in our system. Contact us to report a problem.

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