'Historically unprecedented demand': Taylor Swift fans crashed Ticketmaster site over 5,000 times



can also sing "I'm the problem, it's me", but his rabid enthusiasts have a real problem with Ticketmaster.

Presales for Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" went on sale this morning in select cities, causing Ticketmaster's website to crash more than 5,000 times before 2 p.m., according to .

Ticketmaster initially denied having any issues with its website, "the website is not down" and "humans are actively buying tickets."

But later in the afternoon, the big price-tag seller admitted to being beaten with the help of the Taylor Swift price-tag tsunami. In , Ticketmaster said that "there was a historically extraordinary roll call with hundreds of thousands of people showing up to buy tickets for the TaylorSwiftTix presale."

Ticketmaster has asked price tag customers, many of whom are trapped in hour-long queues, to "please hold on tight", sparking some horrific bloodshed with enthusiasts .

Even the politicians piled in.

In an apparent dig at Ticketmaster, White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain boasted that even the authorities' mortgage forgiveness site had become superior.

In the late afternoon, Ticketmaster responded to the onslaught, moving its West Coast sales to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Santa Clara and Seattle, to the scheduled start of 10:00 a.m. PT, 3:00 p.m. PT.< /p>

He also moved the Capital One presale from Tuesday to Wednesday, November 16, at 2:00 p.m. local time.

The U.S. leg of "The Eras Tour" begins March 18 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and ends August 5 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.