Announcements leaked by ticketing services

[Justin Longo]

Posted: 12/2/22 at 10:59am

With "Shucked" and now "Once Upon a One More Time" both appearing as Ticketmaster listings before their official press release, I was wondering if there were any other examples of Broadway shows being leaked by Ticketmaster/SeatGeek/any other ticket platform?

Updated On: 12/2/22 at 10:59 AM

[veronicamae]

Posted: 12/2/22 at 11:04am

Ticketmaster pretty much leaks every show - it's baffling that they don't have a way of having testing pages that aren't visible to the public.

SeatGeek also leaked Into the Woods.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 12/2/22 at 11:08am

Sweeney Todd

New York, New York

Bob Fosse's Dancin'

 

Updated On: 12/2/22 at 11:08 AM

[morosco]

Posted: 12/2/22 at 1:38pm

veronicamae said: "Ticketmaster pretty much leaks every show - it's baffling that they don't have a way of having testing pages that aren't visible to the public.

SeatGeek also leaked Into the Woods."

I have a hard time believing that Ticketmaster can't program an event into its system without it being visible to the general public until a specified date. I blame it on either communication errors between Ticketmaster and the show or error by the ticketing programmer. There's always an "announce" date or "visibility" date field that the people programming the ticketing have to populate. I think in the world of Ticketmaster it is considered the "publish" date.   

 

 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/2/22 at 7:26pm

Do producers/shows have a right to sue Ticketmaster? Is it a breach of contract for them to release this information earlier than what the show wants? Or are producers beholden to Ticketmaster when they are the official ticketing vendor of their show?