U.S. Senate panel to hold Jan. 24 hearing on ticket industry issues

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A U.S. Senate committee will hold a hearing on Jan. 24 on the lack of competition in the ticketing industry after Ticketmaster's problems managing the sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets.

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is titled "That’s The Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment." The committee did not disclose the witnesses.

In November, Ticketmaster canceled a planned ticket sale to the general public for Swift's "Eras" tour, her first in five years, after more than 3.5 billion requests from fans, bots and scalpers overwhelmed its website. "The issues within America’s ticketing industry were made painfully obvious when Ticketmaster’s website failed hundreds of thousands of fans hoping to purchase tickets for Taylor Swift’s new tour, but these problems are not new," said Senator Amy Klobuchar, who heads an antitrust subcommittee.

"We will examine how consolidation in the live entertainment and ticketing industries harms customers and artists alike." Klobuchar and two other lawmakers argued in November that Ticketmaster and owner Live Nation Entertainment

 

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I guess there's nothing else going on in US politics like illegal documents that everyone has to worry about Taylor Swift

Can someone tell me why the venues themselves don’t handle ticket sales? Why go through a 3rd party at all?

Y'all could have used a different music artist?

Good God. What a waste of taxpayer resources.

But Biden crime family? Nadda

Of all the problems/issues that could use serious consideration to help all Americans...this is high on the Senate's list? 😳

Finally Taylor will be held accountable

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