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Singapore needs to tackle issue of scalpers and scammers at its root to cement concert hub status
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Ticketing companies should look into facilitating a traceable and verified means of reselling tickets, says the writer.
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SINGAPORE – It was a nightmare dressed like a daydream for Swifties.
Emerging from the ticketing bloodbath for The Eras Tour concert, where they fought tooth and nail with ticket scalpers, desperate fans without tickets turned to ticket resale channels such as Stubhub, Facebook, X, Telegram and Xiaohongshu.

