Paramore‘s Hayley Williams became the latest artist to address current issues with Ticketmaster and the cost of concert tickets.The ticketing giant has been in the headlines frequently in the past few months for its controversial “surge pricing” scheme that was introduced last year, which inflates ticket prices based on demand.As Paramore continued their UK tour with the second show of the run in Cardiff last night (April 15), Williams discussed the problem as she thanked fans for coming.“I wanna say one more time how special it is that you’ve all made it tonight,” she told the crowd. “We don’t take it lightly, we know, honestly, especially now, it’s a huge sacrifice to come to a show because Ticketmaster need to get their shit together.
We’ve put a lot of pressure on ourselves too because we were like, ‘People are spending money that they don’t have to come and hang out with us and we better give them something that’s worth that’.
We just love you so much.”Hayley telling Ticketmaster to get their shit together omg this is why (ha) she is my fave ever my bestest girl fr.
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