{"id":15166149,"date":"2026-06-18T15:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/spotifys-latest-feature-is-ready-to-help-you-avoid-concert-ticket-resellers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:10:21","slug":"spotifys-latest-feature-is-ready-to-help-you-avoid-concert-ticket-resellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/spotifys-latest-feature-is-ready-to-help-you-avoid-concert-ticket-resellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify\u2019s latest feature is ready to help you avoid concert ticket resellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"aa_tldr_text\" style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;padding: 10px\"><strong>TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spotify is rolling out Reserved, which lets some users buy tickets to concerts before general availability begins.<\/li>\n<li>Eligible users are chosen based on signals like streams and shares.<\/li>\n<li>The feature is being offered in partnership with Ticketmaster and Live Nation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>An under-regulated live entertainment market has made getting tickets to pretty much any large show a nightmare, with a significant share of face-value tickets instantly snapped up by resellers who go on to flip them at grossly inflated prices. It\u2019s an institutional problem that\u2019ll require institutional change to solve \u2014 but in the meantime, Spotify\u2019s got a new feature that might help you nab tickets you otherwise would\u2019ve missed out on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2026-06-18\/reserved-by-spotify-guide\/\">Spotify<\/a> announced this morning that it\u2019s rolling out a new feature called Reserved, which holds tickets for \u201can artist\u2019s most dedicated fans,\u201d giving users picked by Spotify a chance to buy seats at concerts before general availability starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/spotify-reserved-out-now-3679022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tech &#8211; Android Authority<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re chosen as a &#8220;dedicated fan,&#8221; 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