"Never beating the fraud allegations": Fans react as Ticketmaster typo hikes Olivia Dean's TD Garden show ticket prices by $700

A typing error by the ticket management company Ticketmaster mistakenly drove up the price of Olivia Dean's show. To support her recently released sophomore album, The Art of Loving, Dean announced a world tour. On November 14, she unveiled the North American leg of this tour. The ticket presale for this tour started on November 18 on Ticketmaster.

However, some fans found the tickets too pricey. An X user shared several screenshots showing the ticket price, $753. The user was attempting to purchase a ticket for the Boston TD Garden show scheduled for August 10 next year. While expressing frustration, the user wrote:

"Raise ur hand if ur not seeing Olivia Dean next year because Ticketmaster is f*cked and charges insane prices and lets bots buy out the whole venue."

The user tagged Ticketmaster and Olivia Dean's fan page in the post. However, on Wednesday, the ticket management company replied to the post and issued a clarification for the expensive ticket. Ticketmaster acknowledged that the high price was due to a "typo."

"Appreciate you flagging this. The price was a typo, but has since been updated to the correct $53.45 all in price. Refunds for the difference have been automatically issued," the company replied.

When Pop Base shared the news on its X page on Thursday, netizens slammed Ticketmaster, with many raising eyebrows at the "typo" explanation. A user commented:

"Ticketmaster never beating the fraud allegations."

Many internet users did not find the clarification plausible and suggested that it was a calculated misstep.

A few netizens voiced frustration, saying many people lost the opportunity to buy the ticket. They argued that some could have afforded it but couldn’t purchase it due to the inflated price.

An internet user went on to demand RICO charges against Ticketmaster.

Another X user asked for an explanation for the alleged bots booking the tickets on the platform.

More about Olivia Dean's new album

The English singer released her second LP, The Art of Loving, on September 26. The 12-track album debuted in the top 10 on six Billboard charts. While announcing the release of The Art of Loving on Instagram, Dean wrote,

"Too overwhelmed and don’t know what to say right now other than thank you to everyone who makes it possible; it takes a village and mine is a beautiful one. Love is never wasted when it’s shared !!!"

Olivia Dean recently appeared on Saturday Night Live and performed two tracks from her latest album. Billboard reported that following her appearance on SNL, the sales of her sophomore album saw an uptick.

Olivia Dean recently sat for an interview with Zane Lowe. In Apple Music's podcast, aired on November 14, the singer spoke about her new studio album. When the host asked the vocalist about the inspiration behind her recent project, she replied,

"I went to an exhibition here in LA that was called All About Love in response to Bell hooks's 'All About Love', and I was looking at one of the paintings, and in the description it said, you know, something about the art of loving. And it was like, 'That's what I need to do.' I need to explore my understanding of love to close this chapter of my life... It felt like a calling."

On November 19, Olivia Dean performed at this year's ARIA Awards ceremony. In her live performance, she delivered a rendition of Man I Need, the third track from her new album.

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Edited by Anuj Singh Kushwaha