"Legit Should be illegal"— SEVENTEEN fans slam Ticketmaster over alleged technical glitches during the group's World tour

SEVENTEEN’s fans are enraged due to an alleged ticketing error on Ticketmaster for the K-pop group's upcoming World Tour SEVENTEEN [RIGHT HERE]. On Wednesday, August 14, the CARAT Membership presale for the US leg of the World Tour went live at 3 pm KST on the popular ticketing platform Ticketmaster.

Although this was only for the membership holders, many fans had been waiting for a ticket for the highly anticipated concert. Netizens revealed that they were preparing for the registration in advance with all the information required to make the process smoother, given the large number of fans in the queue.

Many fans alleged online that they could not get the ticket due to the application error shown by the Ticketmaster website, despite following all the processes. They also alleged that the codes provided did not work at the last minute and that some were logged out during the process, failing to get the tickets.

They took to social media to express their anger at Ticketmaster and the group's agency, PLEDIS Entertainment.

“Ticketmaster is honestly the bane of my existence. Like, how are you the primary platform for buying concert tickets, have experience with massive influxes of people with other big artists, but still manage to crash for hundreds of people.”- a user commented

Fans continued criticizing the ticketing platform as they could not get the tickets due to the error.

“CARATs trying to willingly spend their life savings to see SEVENTEEN, but Ticketmaster won't let them,” a fan said.

“REAL I’m genuinely so mad I was going to get these tickets for like a really late bday gift but ugh they needed a bigger venue bc this whole ticketing process was horrible and people who are immediately reselling don’t make it any better lmaoo,” a user wrote.

“lol I guess Ticketmaster was trying to save me money by not letting me get seventeen tickets,” a user added.

Netizens shared their experience of failing to obtain the tickets despite trying multiple times.

“I get in after 7 mins & in that time had VIP twice, regular front row 3 times & each time the payment option doesn’t work & now it FINALLY works when all that’s left is nosebleeds,” a user stated.

“TICKETMASTER I WAS SO WAITING FOR THAT LINE FOR MORE THAN 1 HOUR FOR THAT SH**** I JUST WANT 1 ticket for SEVENTEEN CONCERT,” a user added.

“This is such bulls**t. An application error for a payment method I don’t even use???? Guess I’ll be seeing seventeen in 2030 instead,” a fan said.

SEVENTEEN fans in the US upset over a handful of locations for the upcoming 2024 World Tour

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The PLEDIS Entertainment boy group unveiled five locations for the US leg of the 2024 RIGHT HERE tour, which had already upset the fans.

October 22 and 24 – Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois
October 25 and 27 – UBS Arena, Belmont Park, New York
October 31 and November 1 – Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas
November 5 and 6 – Oakland Arena, Oakland, California
November 9 and 10, 2024 – BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, California

As the group has a huge fan following in America, fans were disappointed that only a few locations were added to the tour stop list. Furthermore, among the five locations, the concert is set to be held only in a stadium in one city, BMO Stadium, Los Angeles.

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Meanwhile, Jun and Jeonghan will not be joining the group for the SEVENTEEN [RIGHT HERE] World Tour.

Edited by Shreya Das