US EditionKid Rock calls for price cap on resale tickets to protect against gouging
Kid Rock testified before the Senate subcommittee urging a 10% cap on resale ticket prices and stricter enforcement of the BOTS Act to curb scalping and protect fans.
- On Jan. 28, Kid Rock testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, urging lawmakers to enforce the BOTS Act and impose a 10% resale price cap.
- The FTC and seven U.S. states sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation in September, and the DOJ filed an antitrust case a year and a half earlier.
- Live Nation Entertainment counters that it banned broker multi-accounts, uses advanced bot defenses and calls the charges 'absurd' while denying wrongdoing despite federal filings alleging nearly $1 billion in fees over five years.
- Ritchie urged lawmakers to subpoena industry contracts, saying they `will find mountains of fraud and abuse`, while other witnesses backed the DOJ's breakup efforts amid tense exchanges with Chair Marsha Blackburn.
- Witnesses warned that secondary ticketing inflates prices, hurting fans and independent venues, while the Senate Commerce Committee approved the TICKET Act to ban speculative sales and mandate transparency.
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Kid Rock tells Congress that Live Nation-Ticketmaster “experiment has failed miserably” due to high prices and re-sales
Kid Rock has testified to Congress about rising costs of concert tickets and re-sales, saying that the Live Nation-Ticketmaster “experiment has failed miserably”. READ MORE: The ticket levy that could save grassroots venues and artists: what happens next? The musician spoke out at Capitol Hill on Wednesday (January 28), and told Congress about how corporations and scammers were routinely driving the cost of tickets to live music events, which i…
Kid Rock Slams Ticketing Giants in Fiery Capitol Hill Testimony - Real News Now
Country rocker Kid Rock took his frustrations over concert ticket prices straight to Congress this week, delivering blistering testimony during a Senate subcommittee hearing focused on the live entertainment industry. The hearing, titled “Fees Rolled on All Summer Long,” was led by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and aimed to shed light on the growing backlash against ticketing monopolies and price gouging. “I’m in a unique position to testify b…
Kid Rock Tells Congress That Concert Ticket Prices Are Out Of Control
Country rock singer Kid Rock headed to Capitol Hill yesterday to testify on the topic of skyrocketing concert ticket prices and the role corporations and scammers play in it. As he put it, “music fans and artists have been getting screwed by the ticketing system.” Wednesday’s subcommittee hearing led by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) was titled: “Fees Rolled on All Summer Long: Examining the Live Entertainment Industry.” “I’m in a unique positi…
Sen. Cantwell challenges Ticketmaster’s control over music venues, Kid Rock testifies
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