Ticketmaster Cancels Scalped Tickets for Harry Styles Residency

Ticketmaster announced on April 22 that it had identified and canceled thousands of tickets purchased illegally by scalpers for Harry Styles' upcoming 30-show residency at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The concerts, part of the singer's Together, Together tour, are scheduled to run from August 26 through October 31.

According to a statement from Ticketmaster Global President Saumil Mehta, the company detected scalpers using multiple accounts and fake identities to circumvent preset ticket purchase limits and resell the tickets at inflated prices for profit. "We caught scalpers using multiple accounts and fake identities to try and get around ticket limits and resell tickets for profit," Mehta wrote on social media. "We've canceled those tickets, none of which had been transferred to fans, and we are working with the tour to release them back to fans at the original price."

Mehta emphasized that the affected tickets, originally priced under $130 including fees, were targeted because they were among the lowest-cost and most in-demand options. He noted that 19 percent of the tickets were $50, 77 percent were under $95, and all were under $130. The company confirmed that...