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The ticket giant & Styles announced that they're working together to sell tickets to fans at face value.
Jack Antonoff attends the "Honey Don't!" red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2025 in Cannes, France. Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images
Jack Antonoff is calling out Ticketmaster (again).
The live event giant announced Wednesday (April 22) that it discovered “scalpers with thousands of illegal tickets” to Harry Styles‘ upcoming 30-date residency at Madison Square Garden. In a statement posted to X, global president of Ticketmaster Saumil Mehta said the company caught scalpers using multiple accounts to buy tickets beyond pre-set limits and resell them at exorbitant prices for profit. In response, Ticketmaster canceled thousands of purchases, none of which it claims had been fans’, and is working with Styles’ tour to sell the tickets back to fans at original prices. The tickets that were refunded and are being resold were all originally priced under $130.
While some fans were happy to see that Ticketmaster reversed scalpers’ purchases and applauded Styles’ team for getting tickets into the hands of real fans, some were not as pleased with Ticketmaster.
“This is just PR. Trust me,” posted one Taylor Swift fan in response. “They don’t actually give a f— about us and that is very evident in the way they treated the Eras Tour.”
“Wow if only you wouldn’t make it so easy for scalpers to snatch up all the tickets you wouldn’t even have to tweet this rn,” wrote another.
One artist voice decided to chime in on the situation: Jack Antonoff. The 13-time Grammy winner was clearly unimpressed with Ticketmaster’s claims when he responded to the company’s X post with a quote reply of his own.
“You caught you?” Antonoff wrote, echoing the statements of some fans.
Fans were happy to see a major artist calling out Ticketmaster — which, along with its parent company Live Nation, was recently found liable for violating federal and state antitrust laws.
“Yes Jack,” one account replied alongside a GIF of Leonardo DiCaprio clapping.
“Jack you are so incredibly messy and I am living for it,” another wrote. “Yes king call their a—es out!”
Fans hoping to get their hands on the newly refunded Harry Styles tickets to his Madison Square Garden shows can follow the ticket request process outlined by Ticketmaster on X.
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