Ticketmaster Will Require Negative Covid-19 Test Or Vaccination To Attend Concerts

Your negative COVID-19 test results or proof of vaccination will be required to attend your favorite artist’s concerts–if Ticketmaster gets their way.

According to the NY Post, Ticketmaster is planning to check every concert-goer’s coronavirus vaccination status before shows once a treatment is approved.

Concert-goers will have to use their cellphones to verify their inoculation or whether they’ve tested negative for the virus within a 24- to 72-hour window before the event or they will not be allowed to enter the venue.

The plan, which is still being finalized, is set to utilize three separate components, including the California-based company’s digital ticketing app, third-party health information firms like CLEAR Health Pass, and testing/vaccination distributors like Labcorp or CVS Minute Clinic.

Concert-goers would have to get tested and then instruct a lab to send over test results to companies like CLEAR Health Pass or IBM’s Digital Health Pass, which would verify the fan’s status to Ticketmaster.

The ticket company is also going to eliminate paper tickets in an effort to prohibit any ticket transfers or resales.