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[ad_1] Twins Izzy and Alexa Harrison, of Potomac, Maryland, have a room that is like a shrine to Taylor Swift . They also sport Taylor Swift merch, wearing her cardigan sweaters, and sporting her necklace. "She's my role model, and she just makes me happy," said Alexa. But the twins were not happy when their mom was unable to get tickets for Swift's upcoming Eras Tour using a special code that Ticketmaster gave out to verified fans who had bought Swift's merchandise and downloaded her music. "Just disappointing and, like, upsetting," said Izzy. The twins' mom, Penny Harrison, spent several hours just trying to sign on: "I signed on at 9:30 in the morning, and at 10:00 it kicked me out, and then you just sign back on again. So, by the time I got in, it was 4:30 in the afternoon," she said. The problems continued for several hours as she tried and failed to purchase seats. "Any time I would click on something and try to pu

[ad_1] Ticketmaster has made a royal mess of issuing tickets to King Charles' coronation concert at Windsor Castle, angry fans are saying on social media.  The ticketing platform was charged with handling applications to attend the BBC event linked to the U.K.'s first coronation in 70 years. The concert will take place on May 7, the day after King Charles III's official coronation, and will feature performances from Andrea Bocelli, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and other stars.  Twenty-thousand tickets, released in pairs, were made available to the official coronation event by public ballot, according to the Royal Family's website . Applications were due February 28, and tickets were allocated "based on the geographical spread of the U.K. population, and not on a first-come first-served basis," according to the Royal Family. In other words, it didn't matter when you applied for tickets, as long as you did so be